NBA Live 13 Has Been Canned

[shadio5]

Re: NBA Live 13 Has Been Canned

Uh... Because THEY OWN IT!

Of course they OWN the GAME Itself!!!!


VC/2k sports fan

[Boilerbuzz]

Re: NBA Live 13 Canceled

Lol. Every single thing they have done and shown over the past few months pointed towards this happening, and any time any of us brought up the obvious, we were called 2K fanboys or Live haters.

This statement is, sadly, SO true. Whenever anyone mentioned the probability of this happening, some folks went into immediate defense mode and denial. You either hated EA or was just trolling. At some point, people have to stop thinking with their hearts and use history as a teaching tool. This thing played out SO much like Elite, it truly is not funny.

This IS sad news. It's sad for the folks that hoped to see another quality title being available.

[jersez]

Re: NBA Live 13 Has Been Canned

Competition for the sake of competition doesn't benefit anyone...at all...especially when one company has proven they can put out quality games without it, and one to this day still can't...

It's all about quality...people don't laugh at things worth caring about..

That's what I've been saying, 2k has been competing against themselves for years now, that's their only competition, to prove that they can make the next product better. People are assuming 2k will turn into EA, if Live is cancelled. We don't know what 2k basketball will be like when or if Live is cancelled, so all of this competition talk is just a excuse to buy a terrible game in my opinion. Competition has it's place but I don't think we should assume, I mean EA has tried to buy the NBA rights from 2k and they tried to buy Take-two. Competition is terrible either way because a giant like EA will just buy the competition out, and we are stuck with their product.

[yungflo]

Re: NBA Live 13 Has Been Canned

??

I would take them YEARS to make a game of this magnitude with a small team. 70 team members isn't all that big either. You're reaching a little bit.

No, I don't think so. 70 is alot for a team that has just been assembled together with most of them not knowing the game engine or where the direction of the game is going. EAC sent probably one or two guys to tiburon..which is not really not doing much. How many of those people would you say are experience in game design? sports design? we don't know the specifics. EA said it themselves that they are bringing in more people to revamp the series to hit the ground running. They threw that number out there. Had they continued with the regular staff, I think it would have been a much better product. A small team, 2-3 years would have gave them live 13..vs hiring 70 people and starting in 2012 to create live 13..

[Boilerbuzz]

Re: NBA Live 13 Has Been Canned

Of course they OWN the GAME Itself!!!!

GAME == Code, assets, right to distribute and any other use!

[jersez]

Re: NBA Live 13 Has Been Canned

Of course they OWN the GAME Itself!!!!


VC/2k sports fan

What? I'm confused so they own the game, but they can't re-use it, even though they own it?

[yungflo]

Re: NBA Live 13 Has Been Canned

What? I'm confused so they own the game, but they can't re-use it, even though they own it?

Of course they can use it.

[Bulls321974]

What's funny is EA is paying for a license that they don't even use now.

Right. Because they got plenty of money in order to get over this. But this leaves the question why a company, that rich and wealthy, remains unable to produce one single game in two years. Other smaller or poorer companies have good reason to fail here and there. But in the case of EA it's just inexplicable and also inexcusable...

[spike83]

Re: NBA Live 13 Canceled

Thank goodness for the "other guys."

Do you really think that without competition, EA still would have cancelled their NBA game the last two years?

[yungflo]

Re: NBA Live 13 Canceled

Thank goodness for the "other guys."

Do you really think that without competition, EA still would have cancelled their NBA game the last two years?

good point lol

[Brooklynnets24]

Re: NBA Live 13 Canceled

Is this what happens when EA Sports actually has competition hmmm makes me wonder.

[Boilerbuzz]

Re: NBA Live 13 Has Been Canned

No, I don't think so. 70 is alot for a team that has just been assembled together with most of them not knowing the game engine or where the direction of the game is going. EAC sent probably one or two guys to tiburon..which is not really not doing much. How many of those people would you say are experience in game design? sports design? we don't know the specifics. EA said it themselves that they are bnring in more people to revamp the series to hit the ground running. They threw that number out there. Had they continued with the regular staff, I think it would have been a much better produce. A small team, 2-3 years would have gave them live 13..vs hiring 70 people and starting in 2012 to create live 13..

Well, I agree with some of your finer points and questions. But a 70 member team can get it done. You just have to know how to manage it. That's all I'm saying.

Your point about no direction and experience is 100% valid.

[N0VACANE]

Re: NBA Live 13 Has Been Canned

Could you imagine if EA was our only option and we were stuck with Live 10 after all these years? Thank God for 2k Sports and their willingness to listen to the fans and adapt and admit when they've made mistakes. They aren't perfect, but they are damn near close.

[Boilerbuzz]

Re: NBA Live 13 Canceled

Thank goodness for the "other guys."

Do you really think that without competition, EA still would have cancelled their NBA game the last two years?

No comment.

[yungflo]

Re: NBA Live 13 Has Been Canned

Well, I agree with some of your finer points and questions. But a 70 member team can get it done. You just have to know how to manage it. That's all I'm saying.

Your point about no direction and experience is 100% valid.

Not on one year development they can't. Multiple year development, yeah.