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[dragon4thQ]

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Beluba How has it been using all the technologies EA have to develop NBA Live and does all this technology help with the ideas and concepts you stated you've have had for years work for what you have wanted to do ?

[Beluba]

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Beluba How has it been using all the technologies EA have to develop NBA Live and does all this technology help with the ideas and concepts you stated you've have had for years work for what you have wanted to do ?

The tech definitely makes implementing certain ideas much easier... and at the same time, it often helps spawn new ideas. So it goes both ways. But yeah, it's been a great luxury having access to all the shared technology and central team resources here at EA.

Have all my ideas been realized yet? Nope. There are still A LOT of things I want to do with this game. But having said that, Live is coming together quite well and I'm happy with how far we've come over the last year.

[dragon4thQ]

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The tech definitely makes implementing certain ideas much easier... and at the same time, it often helps spawn new ideas. So it goes both ways. But yeah, it's been a great luxury having access to all the shared technology and central team resources here at EA.

Have all my ideas been realized yet? Nope. There are still A LOT of things I want to do with this game. But having said that, Live is coming together quite well and I'm happy with how far we've come over the last year.

Great to hear especially about it feeding new ideas. I don't expect all your concepts to be done in 1 big hit going by what you said in early interviews there were a lot.

Is working for EA Sports a place you can see yourself working longterm/permanently or you don't look that far ahead and enjoy what you are doing in the now and immediate future?

[michaeljordanjr]

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The tech definitely makes implementing certain ideas much easier... and at the same time, it often helps spawn new ideas. So it goes both ways. But yeah, it's been a great luxury having access to all the shared technology and central team resources here at EA.

Have all my ideas been realized yet? Nope. There are still A LOT of things I want to do with this game. But having said that, Live is coming together quite well and I'm happy with how far we've come over the last year.

Beluba,

If say there's a scale of grand ideas and big ideas. Do any of them require a more powerful engine with more realistic physics properties? Where do you see basketball games in 2-3 years with next gen consoles ?

Will natal work with basketball games?

[Beluba]

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Great to hear especially about it feeding new ideas. I don't expect all your concepts to be done in 1 big hit going by what you said in early interviews there were a lot.

Is working for EA Sports a place you can see yourself working longterm/permanently or you don't look that far ahead and enjoy what you are doing in the now and immediate future?

EA's a great place to work and I could see myself here for a long time. And yeah, I'd like to stay put in one place for a while... seems like I relocate every 4 years, which is getting tiring.

But yeah, I always try to enjoy what I have at the moment and not worry about the future. We could all be gone tomorrow, you never know.

[Beluba]

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Beluba,

If say there's a scale of grand ideas and big ideas. Do any of them require a more powerful engine with more realistic physics properties? Where do you see basketball games in 2-3 years with next gen consoles ?

Will natal work with basketball games?

Of course. If my vision could be accomplished with the current hardware, I wouldn't consider myself a very good designer. The stuff that I dream about doing and the ultimate game that I'm envisioning probably won't come to fruition within the next 10 years.

But with regard to Natal. I haven't seen the technology first hand... but yes, there's definitely a place for a b-ball application if it works as advertised. That would be quite a big project though, at least, if it were to be done right.

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Just get us as close as you guys can sir

[Haval93]

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Beluba...Is there a new free-throw system in Live 10?

[©roke]

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The day I saw project natal, I started to imagine creating myself in a basketball game, and capturing my own signature shot. It's one of my fantasies with natal

And hearing Beluba about not denying using the camera, can you imagine a 3 point contest catching and shooting imaginary balls? It would be amazing...

[Beluba]

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Beluba...Is there a new free-throw system in Live 10?

Free throws are tuned better this year, but the mechanic is pretty much the same.

[ecworldwide]

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Belbua whould you say with the freethrows for ex. Shaq even if you execute you freethrow perfectly he could still miss because he doesnt shoot freethrows well. Basically because his freethrow rating isnt that high.

[odbman]

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This year are going to be able to play as more than one team in season or dynasty mode or the ability to play any game on the schedule.

[FlyRice]

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Free throws are tuned better this year, but the mechanic is pretty much the same.

Are you able to intentionally miss on a FT that would give your team a chance to get the offensive rebound like players do in real life? Like throw it hard off the front of the rim. Also are airballs possible?

[Jamin23]

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Are you able to intentionally miss on a FT that would give your team a chance to get the offensive rebound like players do in real life? Like throw it hard off the front of the rim. Also are airballs possible?

You can already doing that by not stopping the meter in the green.

[MarvellousOne]

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Of course. If my vision could be accomplished with the current hardware, I wouldn't consider myself a very good designer. The stuff that I dream about doing and the ultimate game that I'm envisioning probably won't come to fruition within the next 10 years.

But with regard to Natal. I haven't seen the technology first hand... but yes, there's definitely a place for a b-ball application if it works as advertised. That would be quite a big project though, at least, if it were to be done right.

Just kind of going off the first part of you answer here, I know you guys look at the ideas us consumers have towards what we like to see in a basketball game, so now my question to you and the other producers is...what feature who you like to see implemented the most in a basketball game, that has not already been done? I'm interested in hearing your ideas from a gamers standpoint instead of a designer and just one would do.