It's Exciting That Jam's Coming To The PS3, But The Circumstances Are Far From Satisfactory.

EA's just confirmed it. But it's not what you think...

While NBA Jam will be heading to the PlayStation 3, it won't be the full version and you'll have to buy NBA Elite 11 to get it. EA's Jordan Edelstein explained:

“We’re still holding back the Remix Tour for the Wii consumer, and that’s about 20 hours of gameplay,” he told ESPN.

“But for the PS3 and 360, we want people to try ‘Elite’. We feel like ‘NBA Elite 11? is a great product and we want people to give it a chance and see all the changes we’re making. So as a way to say thanks to these people, we are going to let them experience ‘Jam’. It’s not the full product, but it’s a good portion of it.”

For further clarification: “We’re not selling ‘Jam’ on PSN or Xbox Live. If you still want the full product, the full experience is on the Wii, but if you pick up ‘Elite’, you’re still getting a good taste of it, especially with the inclusion of online play.”

This screams of a lack of confidence to us. It's an admission that NBA Jam's releasing on the wrong platform in the first place; and the fact that they're bundling a "portion" of the game with another NBA title nobody wants suggests they are trying as hard as they can to get people to pick up NBA Elite without completely cannibalising Jam's sales on the Wii.

Why would we buy Jam on the Wii when we can get a good taste of it on the PS3? Why would we buy NBA Elite 11 when we're only picking it up for Jam, and can get the full version on Wii?

Dumb.