NBA Live 13 Has Been Canned

[sooperb]

Lmao.

I do feel bad for the 5 guys on this site that couldn't wait to get their hands on it.

EA might as well dead the franchise until Next gen so they're not putting together another piss poor effort like what debuted for this current generation.

I'll never forget this commercial/trailer and how EA never put together a game that resembled it.
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Remember these two?

Madden http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7r0HmuEkMw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

2k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02ajPL3Kna4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

How do you make the vid visible in the post?

[DatboyJ23]

All i can do is laugh. This is the same thing they said for Elite 11. How much time do you need off? Just take 5 years and remake the whole thing. I don't really play much Live (haven't owned Live since 2005 and played Live 10 a handful of times) but I jus hope the lack of competition doesn't ruin the "other" and far superior game...

[Bulls321974]

I think this is the best possible decision by ea. why rush the game this year only to receive negative feedback and probably lose money. I know a lot of people are saying that this is the en I ea basketball but I think it could be a blessing in disguise. The extra year in development might be enough to make this a competent game

How many more years do they need in order to release one competitive game?

[Profit89]

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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Agree 100%.

We're down to 1. I purchased two version of PES this year, PC and PS3. I need them to stay in this game. It's driving both games forward. Soccer is the only remaining sport where true innovation is being made and the games are being pushed forward. And that's the result of comeptition.

As much as I'm an NbA 2k fan, we need EA to come on strong. Though I disapprove of EA's monopolistic practices, this is one area where I'm routing for them.

[jersez]

Re: NBA Live 13 Has Been Canned

I think this is the best possible decision by ea. why rush the game this year only to receive negative feedback and probably lose money. I know a lot of people are saying that this is the en I ea basketball but I think it could be a blessing in disguise. The extra year in development might be enough to make this a competent game

They're losing money by not releasing the game. What would be smart is to fire whoever is managing the series. Two years and two cancelled games, it's ridicules.

[Bulls321974]

They're losing money by not releasing the game. What would be smart is to fire whoever is managing the series. Two years and two cancelled games, it's ridicules.

Absolutely. There is just no reason left to make excuses. It is indeed ridiculous and not understandable anymore...

[m1ke_nyc]

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So many fanboys in this thread. How is this a good thing like alot of you are making it out to be ? Your laughing like this is ok. This is bad for the consumer we now have less options. And please stop with this EA monopolized the NFL license thing, the NFL has gone exclusive in pretty much everything they do now. That was their doing. And how you forget 2K went exclusive on the 360 for baseball games and that game was utter trash and is now finished. I love 2K just as much as the next person but im really disappointed to hear this news.

[Drewski]

The biggest shame in this is that they hold rights to ESPN, which I would love to be in 2ks possession. Maybe someday. Till then ESPN NBA authenticity is still lost in incompetence.

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[PVarck31]

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I don't believe Live will come out on this gen. They might as well scrap the engine since they can't even work with it.

If there is any hope it would be a new engine on the new consoles. But we saw how that worked out the last time.

Yet another sad day for sports gaming.

[yungflo]

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They are not only loosing money on the nba license, but music licensing, shoe brand licensing,espn licensing etc. I'm curious to know how much exactly the nba live franchise has cost them this gen.

[aholbert32]

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dude if it were that easy to do, they would have done that by now. We dont know if the code engine has legal rights to them. Those filters might have been thrown out the window once live10 was done. Live10 engine might be limited to the point where it might not be able to upgrade. The growth of that engine cant really grow without its original crew members behind it.....it doesent make sense to have a completely different team work on a project they did not create

There's more to it than just a simple "why cant they build of 2k10".....

buisness is buisness at the end of the day


VC/2k sports fan

Has nothing to do with easy and everything to do with stubbornness. When EA lost to 2k10 with Live 10, they felt they had to change the game and make an entire new game with Elite. They thought selling a new physics engine and controls would be enough to overtake 2k but it wasnt. They still have that belief and thats why they wont take a step back and build off of 10. EA has been quoted as saying they took a year to look at Elite and see what was usable...completely ignoring Live 10. Also completely ignoring that many people preferred Live 10 to 2k10.

We do know that EA owns the code to 10 so thats not a question.

[shadio5]

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You have to be kidding me....EA I officially hate you.....had my hopes up after a 2 year hiatus.....and you pull this..even a November release would have been better than nothing.

I have been making EA vs. 2k videos for the last few weeks, hoping to lead up to a 13 series comparison and now this crap....

Disappointment is a understatement of how I feel right now....sad, sad and sad!

Hate you so much right now it's not even funny...

Another year of just 1 title.......

First Sony disappeared and EA just gives up....



Exactly and 99% of OS and other forums feel the same way!

Hey dont feel so bad about losing this game man, lets not forget, this all started with the NFL. So hey, what comes around gos......you know the rest

just sayin

VC/2k sports fan

[Bulls321974]

So many fanboys in this thread. How is this a good thing like alot of you are making it out to be ? Your laughing like this is ok. This is bad for the consumer we now have less options. And please stop with this EA monopolized the NFL license thing, the NFL has gone exclusive in pretty much everything they do now. That was their doing. And how you forget 2K went exclusive on the 360 for baseball games and that game was utter trash and is now finished. I love 2K just as much as the next person but im really disappointed to hear this news.

I am not disappointed at all. If EA was going to be on the right track to become competitive again and announcing a cancelation of this game now, I would have been disappointed. But they are actually lightyears away from becoming dangerous to 2K and their series. There just hasn't been any competition between the two companies because EA keeps failing miserably. Therefore there is no reason to mourn after this cancelation...

[NINJAK2]

Shots Fired!!!! Live 13 DOA
I would have checked that game out for $20 too...
If it's not too soon, 2k should try to talk to some of live's face scan artists

[aholbert32]

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They're losing money by not releasing the game. What would be smart is to fire whoever is managing the series. Two years and two cancelled games, it's ridicules.

Not as much if they released a game though. The only thing they've lost right now is the fee they paid for the NBA license this year and the man hours for people who worked on the game.