NBA Live: Change the game (blog)

**carnalnirvana** · 10-31-2009, 01:52 AM

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its a blog this is nothing new to the creative design business, this is for their die hard fan base who blog and go back and forth....

the rest of us should ignore this...

**MikeJ2021** · 10-31-2009, 01:56 AM

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First off I would like to say that I have both games so I'm not a 2K or Live "fanboy". With that being said I think this tactic by NBA Live was simply a smart business move.

I mean when you put your strong feelings and support about 2K aside, you begin to realize that 2K has really done its customers wrong this year. Live put out a patch (yeah I know it has some problems) before the first game of the season and it fixed a lot of problems that we asked them to. 2K's patch probably won't come out until Thanksgiving or close to it.

All this blog did was point out facts. It didn't name-call or sound immature like 2KRonnie's post did. It did anything that a competing company does. Point out facts on why their game is better.

I mean, do you guys get mad when you see NBA players trash talking each other? Or when your favorite ESPN reporter talks about how horrible a player is playing while supporting that opinion with stats? Or, for hip hop fans, do you get mad when your favorite rapper disses another rapper when hip hop has been like that since the beginning? This is a competition. Get over it.

2K may be a better game once it gets fixed but right now, Live is clearly better IMO and the game I play the most because of the reasons that was pointed out in that blog.

2K10 is becoming the sports game version of 50 Cent. The game started out great but got too cocky and full of itself and soon it will be on the decline just like 50 Cent's rap career.

I hope 2K responds by getting to work on this patch and getting it out sooner, like before the 14th of November. No disrespect to the previous posters but to say that you won't support Live because of this is ridiculous. If that's the case then don't buy a car, house, or any product that competes with another because that's what company's do. They compete for consumers and this tactic by Live wasn't that bad. It could of been far worse.

**joesto54** · 10-31-2009, 01:59 AM

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To start this off, i like Live over 2k. Now that that is out of the way.

What in the heck was that? Are you guys serious?
You are losing in sales.
You lost on this site.
You lost on IGN.
You have a lower score on both Gamerankings and Metascore.
And as a Bulls fan, I don't much appreciate my invisible freaking player either.
Now, there is a good chance that the guys we know on here had nothing to do with this so I'm not gonna throw them under the bus but
FIX YOUR BROKEN GAME instead of worrying about what 2K does/says.
Very Busch league move by (someone at?) EA Sports.
When you make a game as good as The Show, Fifa 10, or NHL 10, then you can start talking.

**carnalnirvana** · 10-31-2009, 02:22 AM

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Originally posted by joesto54

To start this off, i like Live over 2k. Now that that is out of the way.

What in the heck was that? Are you guys serious?
You are losing in sales.
You lost on this site.
You lost on IGN.
You have a lower score on both Gamerankings and Metascore.
And as a Bulls fan, I don't much appreciate my invisible freaking player either.
Now, there is a good chance that the guys we know on here had nothing to do with this so I'm not gonna throw them under the bus but
FIX YOUR BROKEN GAME instead of worrying about what 2K does/says.
Very Busch league move by (someone at?) EA Sports.
When you make a game as good as The Show, Fifa 10, or NHL 10, then you can start talking.

i dont know about the show or nhl 10 but FIFA 10 is pure trash you lost cred with that buddy.........

ign and gamerankings= subjective

**joesto54** · 10-31-2009, 02:32 AM

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I enjoy FIFA 10 quite a bit so i guess we can agree to disagree.
and all reviews are subjective. like i said, i like live way more than 2k this year.
Are you saying that all reviews should be discarded?
You want objective knowledge?
I have an invisible player on my Bulls, and Yao and TMac are still getting subbed in when neither should be playing.

**Wiffyjustus** · 10-31-2009, 02:58 AM

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Trouble with posting a blog like that is 2K could just find some nice quotes about their game and poor ones about Live and blog straight back.

**michaeljordanjr** · 10-31-2009, 03:11 AM

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If you're going to bring in review scores to push your agenda then at least be honest. The gaming sites that reviewed these games use resident "sports" guys from their geek club. Guys that have never picked up a real basketball in their life(not all but I know for a fact of a few reviewers).

The only people I trust reviewing my basketball games and spending my $60 for me are guys who have proven themselves on these forums and true sports gaming websites. You all know who and what those are.

So don't use reviews as any form of justification. The craigslist tactic I must admit was witty and I had a good laugh. Plus I verified for myself that there are a lot of 2K10 for Live 10 trades.

**thcchoi** · 10-31-2009, 03:13 AM

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Originally posted by joesto54

To start this off, i like Live over 2k. Now that that is out of the way.

What in the heck was that? Are you guys serious?
You are losing in sales.
You lost on this site.
You lost on IGN.
You have a lower score on both Gamerankings and Metascore.
And as a Bulls fan, I don't much appreciate my invisible freaking player either.
Now, there is a good chance that the guys we know on here had nothing to do with this so I'm not gonna throw them under the bus but
FIX YOUR BROKEN GAME instead of worrying about what 2K does/says.
Very Busch league move by (someone at?) EA Sports.
When you make a game as good as The Show, Fifa 10, or NHL 10, then you can start talking.

Totally agreed. Oh just quickly on the invisible Bull, one of the developers here said it would be fixed by Friday. - BUT as we all expected, that never happened.

**randombrother** · 10-31-2009, 03:46 AM

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Great move on EA\'s part. You guys don\'t understand, try to think of the mentality of the general public that plays this game.

**ExtremeGamer** · 10-31-2009, 05:29 AM

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That was embarrassing EA. Classless and ugly. There is no reason for a blog like that. Let a fan site do it, not EA themselves. I thought 2K's COMMENT was bad, but it was one comment, this is an entire blog.

Maybe if your patch didn't break the game, people wouldn't be as upset.

I'm now embarrassed for both of these companies. Let your game do the talking, not mouthpieces.

**RayAllen20** · 10-31-2009, 07:13 AM

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People could say the same thing about NBA Live 10. I'm sure that many people have returned it and bought NBA 2K10. I infact bought NBA 2K10 and returned it a couple days after. Hated it. But I still didn't buy NBA Live 10 because of terrible dynasty mode, and when it comes to the NBA dynasty mode is my thing. I understand NBA Live 10 writing a blog about how they are back, but trashing 2k is classless.

**23bluesman** · 10-31-2009, 07:47 AM

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This is just a stupid blog.

**carnalnirvana** · 10-31-2009, 08:59 AM

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yall need to stop being so emotional this has been going of for years in games and marketing

the unreal engine vs all
crysis engine vs all
steam vs console gaming online
burger king vs mcdonalds( BK always mentions MCD in their commercials).......
car companies

yall need to read those blogs that the companies released then talk about combative, its a marketing tactic hell look we are talking about this is my 3rd post in this thread thats a comm. guy's job spark debate or interest.

why so serious ???
who so emotional ???

and yes the game has bugs that wont get fixed welcome to gaming friends....

oh about reviews show me one that mentions a bug in a game, ex. fifa got rave reviews did they play manager mode, the other game did they really play it on HOF, this game did they play it extensively like we did.... NO

**green94** · 10-31-2009, 09:10 AM

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Let your game do the talking... this is the first year I bought Live over 2k and I couldn't be happier honestly. The game is a breath of fresh air but to go back and forth on blogs and message boards probably isn't necessary. A few people touched on it though, this should light a fire under both dev teams to raise the bar next year, so we as consumers will benefit.

**Pared** · 10-31-2009, 09:14 AM

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Originally posted by carnalnirvava

yall need to stop being so emotional this has been going of for years in games and marketing

why so serious ???
who so emotional ???

I find the irony of your entire post funny.

NBA Live: Change the game (blog)

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