Is the game already available from EA Direct Download?

chefk out what these lying, cheating bastards at EA told me when I submitted a request for a refund because I couldn't download the game yet:

Thanks for contacting EA Technical Support and for your interest with NBA Live 08! I’m sorry for the difficulty that you are having in downloading the game.

The game is already released so you should be able to download the game.

This error will occur because your computer is not able to connect to EA Download Manager to authenticate with our digital rights management server.

1. Please ensure that your computer is connected to the internet before trying to start the game again.
o Click here for EA Download Manager connection troubleshooting. http://support.ea.com/cgi-bin/ea.cfg/ph ... aqid=11084

2. If you are able to connect to EA Download Manager properly but the issue still occurs, make sure your date and time are set correctly to prevent issues with authentication times. Simply double-click on the time at the bottom right of your screen to bring up the time and date settings.

But if the trouble still persists and you wish to request for a refund, please send us the following information:

- Your full name:
- Your EA DM account name:
- The E-mail address listed on the account:

When we have this information, we will redirect your concerns to the proper department. Please accept our sincerest apologies for any inconvenience caused.

If you have any other questions feel free to reply to this e-mail, and I will be very glad to help you out to the best of my ability.

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the download manager DOES connect. my date and time IS correct. it says October 3rd 8:25 AM. That is the correct date and time. THe game will not download. If I move the date up to Octber 31st the game will download. That proves the download manager connects and that I cant download it until the 31st. But they are telling me I can download it now? HA! What a joke EA is.

I emailed them back demanding a refund and complaining about their misleading and illegal business practices. I told them if my order is not cancelled or refunded that I am going to contest my charge on the basis of their misleading and illegal business practices. Contesting the charge is going to cost them more money than if they refund/cancel it, so maybe that will get them listening since all they apparently care about is getting money out of you then screwing you over.

That's pretty much what happened last year. The PC version could be pre-ordered through the EA Downloader service but wasn't available until the release date.

hey shukcb04 : this is really funny, cause they told me I cannot play it till 30th, they said the game is not released....look :

Response (GM Talos) 10/02/2007 05:02 PM
Greetings,

Thank you for contacting Electronic Arts.

Thank you for contacting us about NBA Live 08 for the PC. Thank you for your question about the release date for this product on your PC. While the game is available for consoles today, the PC version will not be released until October 30th.

I do apologize for the misunderstanding and I have informed the web team that the currently listed release date for the PC may not be correct. I apologize for the inconvenience that this issue may have caused you.

Sincerely,

EA Rep Talos
Game Support
Electronic Arts

People at ea must be crazy, i see that depending who's answering, the answer will change...anyway I suggest you to write them again, tell them to other users they said the game is not available, and see what they answer

and read this...that's incredible, shameless :


http://www.easports.com/nbalive08/news.jsp?id=ship1002

they say the game is out today...

I hope everyone at EA catches on fire!!! ...or at least gets burned on their Cheesy Beefy Gordita Crunch Wrap Supreme! NEW! At Taco Bell!

Seriously though... EA are a bunch of scum bags... They don't care about customers. If they can weasel you out of $40-60, they could care less. I vote:

Andre anch'io sono italiano...

by the way it's true, they cannot say the downloadable version is ready, then the downloader says you must wait 30 days....that's stealing money, i sent a email to ea support, asking them why they are doing this...i'm curious to see how they'll answer

Eh eh, bene, fa piacere avere dei connazionali...anche se ormai vengo poco su questo forum..da quando lavoro ho poco tempo...

Anyway, these things are extremely annoying. Especially the 2 different answers from EA listed above.

Shame on EA. period.

The PC version of the game will be in stores on October 30 in North America .

It doesn't matter whether you can download it now or not, you won't be able to play the game till the 30th anyways.

I emailed them back saying I demand a refund. Here's the rest of my email

There is no reason to lie to me. When I open the EA Download Manager, which DOES connect, it says it isn't available to download until October 31st. If I move the date on my computer up to October 31st then I can download it, keep it the current date I can't. I want my order cancelled or refunded or I am going to contest the charge on my credit card on the basis of illegal and misleading business practices. I don't appreciate being lied to by you and the website. If the game isn't available to download then the website shouldn't tell me it's available for download. It's ILLEGAL.

still no dice, i tried to TURN MY INTERNET OFF and try to install, tells me "please check your internet connection your pc appears to be offline". so u HAVE to be connected to even attempt to install the game. i still get the decryption error. first, ea F____ed us up with a lemon in 07 that took the help of dozen of NLSC people like loguga, looser, andrew etc. to remodel this whole live 07 deal. now, they giving different release dates and everything and cost me $45.94 for something i have to wait for 30 days for? that's F____ED up man. just like buying baseball season tickects in december and have to wait til april to use them.

embarrassing

Dude, are you kidding me? He ment to shut the window down, then to change the date. No shit the internet needs to be on, where would you get the game from? The fucking nomes in the box?

[Patr1ck]

There is no sense in trying to install the game a month before the release date, unless you can hack the decryption process. So there is no need to get bent out of shape. It has been known for quite some time that the PC version will not be released till later on this month.

Last edited by Patr1ck on Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:01 pm, edited 1 time in total.

it's weird if you can download something, then it should be the final version, rigth?

why put off the PC users if the game is already finished and you won't be changing anything on it anymore?

The retail version needs to have the DVD's pressed, the box art and manuals need to be printed, and then they need to be shipped. I guess since people can download it already then we can put to rest that talk about EA testing or putting more work into it.

Why even pre-order the game? One thing I have learned after Live 07 and MOH:Airborne is never get an EA game until reviews or patches come out.

No shit the internet needs to be on, where would you get the game from? The fucking nomes in the box?

If he already downloaded the game he wouldn't need a connection to install it. It looks like he does ONLY because that is the way it is setup. Think before you bash.

my god!!!inpossible..

Guys finaly some solution for PC or something.

http://forums.ea.com/mboards/thread.jsp ... 2&tstart=0

Did anybody try to download?

my god!!!inpossible..

Me fail English? That's unpossible!

thats what i did i closed ea set date and restarted cpu. still got the decrypt error. mitus well wait to 30th.

I emailed them back saying I demand a refund. Here's the rest of my email

There is no reason to lie to me. When I open the EA Download Manager, which DOES connect, it says it isn't available to download until October 31st. If I move the date on my computer up to October 31st then I can download it, keep it the current date I can't. I want my order cancelled or refunded or I am going to contest the charge on my credit card on the basis of illegal and misleading business practices. I don't appreciate being lied to by you and the website. If the game isn't available to download then the website shouldn't tell me it's available for download. It's ILLEGAL.

Did it mention anywhere that the downloadable version was still a pre-order? If not, that's certainly a detail they need to make clear before proceeding with the transaction.

thats what i did i closed ea set date and restarted cpu. still got the decrypt error. mitus well wait to 30th.

You make some mistake then, look you have to put computer same date as on the site www.eastore.com(date & time) . BTW release date is 31 oct

thats what i did i closed ea set date and restarted cpu. still got the decrypt error. mitus well wait to 30th.

You make some mistake then, look you have to put computer same date as on the site www.eastore.com(date & time) . BTW release date is 31 oct

look, i tried all that shit man. i shut down ea, CHANGED THE DATE TO THE 31ST, AND RESTARTED MY CPU AND EA DOWNLOADER. STILL GET THE DECRYPT ERROR. HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED YET SO WHAT DAM SENSE DOES IT MAKE TO KEEP TRYING THE SHIT AND WE KNOW IT WONT DECRYPT TIL THE 30TH?? HELLO???