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Today's confirmation of NBA Live 13 is nominally news,and it's hardly a surprise that EA Sports would distance itself from the Elite name and start over. Until we know how this game will be different, all it means is that NBA 2K will have a competitor after two years running unopposed. In the void left by Elite's collapse, 2K Sports turned in games that were, legitimately, the best in series history at the time of release. One of them, NBA 2K11, is still widely played more than 18 months later.
NBA Live 13 is getting some goodwill publicity today but faces an enormous challenge from now until the first Tuesday in October, when both it and NBA 2K13 will hit shelves. It's going up against a sales and quality leader that has had two years as the only option for NBA fans. That's two years of them playing with its control set, two years of them building up players and franchises in their career modes, two years of playing with and against the sport's all-time greatest stars, all of whom, including Michael Jordan, have inked deals with 2K Sports.
NBA Live 13 is getting some goodwill publicity today but faces an enormous challenge from now until the first Tuesday in October, when both it and NBA 2K13 will hit shelves. It's going up against a sales and quality leader that has had two years as the only option for NBA fans. That's two years of them playing with its control set, two years of them building up players and franchises in their career modes, two years of playing with and against the sport's all-time greatest stars, all of whom, including Michael Jordan, have inked deals with 2K Sports.
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