NBA Live 13 Has Been Canned

[Sandbox]

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yes NBA Live 13 will be released the game is scheduled for October.

No it hasn't been cancelled the game will come out.

I guarentee nba live 13 won't be cancelled they can't afford to cancel it again after that NBA Elite debacle they would lose too much money if they cancel the game again.

Well I guess Cedric can stop now.

[bigsmallwood]

I said this many months ago! Live was finished! It is unfortunate and sad because it had the potential (after NBA Live 10) to be great again...but something is going on internally at EA Sports that is causing these issues. I hope they can fix things and get back on track.

[jersez]

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I don't think any developer could have saved this game from what they were trying to build off of. We can say Mike Wang this, Mike Wang that, the game was being build off of crud and the devs were trying to fix all of the mistakes that hockey guy made. Also stop belittling these devs, they've put their work in to get where they are today, they are qualified to make a video game, so bringing up Mike all the time is disrespectful.

It wasn't the devs that killed this series, it's management and looking back at how poorly this product has been manged the last Two years, it's obvious. No developer wants to make a terrible product, they have to listen to the higher ups and work with what they have. The devs have to follow orders, and EA felt that Elite could be a successful product so that's why they've built of of it. Please stop putting all of the blame on the devs, do they have a part to play yes, but I think the "suits" play the larger part in how good or bad a game will be.

[LingeringRegime]

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maybe...in retrospect...less time on the faces...

Thank you sir, for my new signature.

[al2k4]

Funny how 2k plays like live niw with the new control stick dribble moves. Insult to injury. LOL

[Nexgenrulz]

What have they been doing the last 2 years? Really? It's going to take 3+ years to make a bb game?

[shadio5]

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THIS!!!! ^^^^^^


VC/2k sports fan

[JayMFlight]

1. If the Beta Video was never Leaked they would have released the worst game that has come from EA

2. They cancelled it so they can "HOPE" that they can make a game decent enough to jip us out of 60$

[brandontrapp88]

You this game fell by the waist side after Mike wang went to 2k. You know i always believed the whole one man don't make a team but i no longer feel that way after watching the colts last year and watching EA sports the pass 2 years

[yungflo]

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2K hasn't had any real competition since the 360 came out. Live has been a train wreck for years now. 2010 might have been an exception.

2K isn't EA. They don't need competition in order to put out a good product.

in hindsight, you can say 2k was exclusive all this gen pretty much. This gen has been around, 6,7 byears or so. For 3 of those years, live have been absent.

[piccolomair]

Everyone happy? Why with 1 game on the market 2k can put out trash and almost make sure you guy it oh wait didn't that happen to Madden?We need competition to keep these devs and company in check other than that will get the same watered down game like that's what happen to Madden and to be honest don't think it can't happen to 2k.I want more than 1 game hell let's get NBA Shootout back out there we need this competition we don't want another monopoly.

I dont think 2k needs to buy exclusive rights, I think they are fine saving their money and churning out a better game than its comp. EA bought the madden license because they felt threatened by 2k, they knew they had a weak established system and over time its only been proven. 2k basketball is just like nhl and the show....those games dont have exclusive licences but they are so much better than their comp. that over time no other company is even bothering spending money on making a game that wont stack up.

I was gonna write a huge blog about this, but essentially i dont think 2k "didnt have time" to put crew in 2k13, i think they had crew done, but they were saving it as their trump card. Ea showed their hand first, and eventually decided they were gonna opt for an arcade release at reduced price, so 2k13 redacted crew to save it for next year.

I dont think that 2k12 was pretty weak in gameplay, they knew they were the only game that year and so they really experimented with some things, and worked on presentation more than gameplay, setting up a new backbone. 2k probably felt live would present a game this year, so they implemented a better game for 2k13 (so essentially you could say 2k13 had a two year development cycle). If live had created a better game this year, im positive 2k would have announced crew as well.

If live takes another year off, then i can see 2k14 being almost the same as 2k13, with slight tweaks here and there and just adding a crew mode. I think 2k14 will be the last basketball game for this generation of consoles, and i fully expect live to reboot for the new generation, so 2k15 will be far better than 2k14....

But more to your point, i dont think competition is what makes a good game. Fifa and nhl, and the show have had little to no real competition the last couple years, yet they are still incredibly well done games...its all about having a great backbone...and live and madden have failed at establishing a good core system

[jbthegreat]

2K hasn't had any real competition since the 360 came out. Live has been a train wreck for years now. 2010 might have been an exception.

2K isn't EA. They don't need competition in order to put out a good product.

yep Don't mistake 2ks work ethic for EA 2k never rest on their laurels they been killing it since the Dreamcast

[teddyballgame78]

Don't feel bad at all. Yes I'm a 2K fan and this is the way NFL2k and Madden settled the best game. Not EA monopolizing the NFL game market.

But really in the end the only people who feel it is us. Competition and choices are always good....

Now we got one choice for NHL,NFL,NBA, let's pray PES sticks around to push FIFA.

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[iClutch]

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R.I.P NBA Live. You will forever be the king to me.

[Flightwhite24]

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I knew this speech was coming months ago. EA ruined this franchise. to the other game