Sean O'Brien still part of NBA Live?

[The Timber Wolf]

This quote was over two weeks ago and absolutely nothing since. I read on another forum he was removed from the game. Is it true? I.e. this quote wasn't received well by those higher up. Hopefully wrong, but he's not said a single word since this. If they actually are working on fixing things, it would be a good idea to actually keep people updated. My 2K copy has bug after bug, I have $60 here if EA actually guarantee they are doing this. Again, just what I read elsewhere = he is gone and so is the 'promise'.

O’Brien also explains how the team prioritized its efforts during the development cycle. “We felt authentic gameplay, control and the connected experience would provide the best foundation for the future,” he writes. “As a result, game visuals and animation polish suffered. Improvements on these fronts are also in development now for NBA LIVE 14. You will notice in the coming weeks and months that the game’s visuals and animation will improve significantly.”

[shutdown10]

Re: Sean O'Brien still part of NBA Live?

This quote was over two weeks ago and absolutely nothing since. I read on another forum he was removed from the game. Is it true? I.e. this quote wasn't received well by those higher up. Hopefully wrong, but he's not said a single word since this. If they actually are working on fixing things, it would be a good idea to actually keep people updated. My 2K copy has bug after bug, I have $60 here if EA actually guarantee they are doing this. Again, just what I read elsewhere = he is gone and so is the 'promise'.

O’Brien also explains how the team prioritized its efforts during the development cycle. “We felt authentic gameplay, control and the connected experience would provide the best foundation for the future,” he writes. “As a result, game visuals and animation polish suffered. Improvements on these fronts are also in development now for NBA LIVE 14. You will notice in the coming weeks and months that the game’s visuals and animation will improve significantly.”

What forum did you get that info from, if you don't mind me asking? I would not be surprised if that were true. The EA suits have micromanaged this game into a constant failure where the damage is near irreparable. Their vision for this franchise is a very questionable. Sean O' Brien's apology letter probably was not received well because it probably brought more bad publicity along with there NCAA football game being canceled, and them being sued and losing for using players likenesses. Nba Live has a shaky future. How can you mess up again when you had three or four years to create a proper vision for this game?

[Tomba]

Re: Sean O'Brien still part of NBA Live?

been like 3 weeks too

i think they whole team took themselves off the internet

[nick_sr]

Re: Sean O'Brien still part of NBA Live?

been like 3 weeks too

i think they whole team took themselves off the internet

og tweeted that he would be active on here a few weeks ago also. maybe these guys are really hard at work on trying to improve the game

[DonWuan]

Re: Sean O'Brien still part of NBA Live?

Would be messed up if he found out he was no longer apart of the NBA live team from this thread.

Probably on vacation. Everyone deserves a break. Specially around this madness round here.


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[Boilerbuzz]

Re: Sean O'Brien still part of NBA Live?

Would be messed up if he found out he was no longer apart of the NBA live team from this thread.

Probably on vacation. Everyone deserves a break. Specially around this madness round here.


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This sounds more plausible than the excuse that they are "hard at work on updating Live 14/ Live 15". No, that's not saying they are lazy. It says they promised to stay active within the framework of knowing they would be working hard. That would be a crappy excuse.


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[The Timber Wolf]

Re: Sean O'Brien still part of NBA Live?

This deserves to be repeated. EA is ignoring this stuff and it's just not acceptable. You all should put this in your sigs until they at least comment. You were promised DAILY art updates.

"Through our Xbox One hardware and the live services we are able to update content on a daily basis. So a guy changes his hairstyle, breaks his nose, wears a mask, new footwear drops - we're able to update that stuff on a daily basis."

[Boilerbuzz]

Re: Sean O'Brien still part of NBA Live?

This deserves to be repeated. EA is ignoring this stuff and it's just not acceptable. You all should put this in your sigs until they at least comment. You were promised DAILY art updates.

"Through our Xbox One hardware and the live services we are able to update content on a daily basis. So a guy changes his hairstyle, breaks his nose, wears a mask, new footwear drops - we're able to update that stuff on a daily basis."

They said they are ABLE to. Not that they would be.


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[JBulls]

Re: Sean O'Brien still part of NBA Live?

lol indeed, sneaky

[yungflo]

Re: Sean O'Brien still part of NBA Live?

a break after a problematic launch? I really doubt it. I mean, its not entirely his fault. If your parent company gives you ****ty time to prepare than you get a ****ty product. This is like the GM firing the coach, when the gm failed to make the moves to get good players. how is the team supposed to win, if the gm doesn't give the coach the best options to win? That's what ea did. they didn't give the dev team the enough opportunity to work on this game. I think even 2k had a 2 year cycle. Devs here only had one. On next gen no less. Shame on ea.

[nick_sr]

Re: Sean O'Brien still part of NBA Live?

They said they are ABLE to. Not that they would be.


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seems as if things are coming along albeit slowly. maybe things will pickup after the next patch.

[Boilerbuzz]

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a break after a problematic launch? I really doubt it. I mean, its not entirely his fault. If your parent company gives you ****ty time to prepare than you get a ****ty product. This is like the GM firing the coach, when the gm failed to make the moves to get good players. how is the team supposed to win, if the gm doesn't give the coach the best options to win? That's what ea did. they didn't give the dev team the enough opportunity to work on this game. I think even 2k had a 2 year cycle. Devs here only had one. On next gen no less. Shame on ea.

Where did you hear Live had less than a year? Live 14 was a continuation of the Live 13 project and that stopped last September. 2K had less than a year. I think you have the roles reversed, man.

[The Timber Wolf]

Re: Sean O'Brien still part of NBA Live?

The silence is deafening. I don't want to sound negative, but I'll be very, very surprised if this game gets a patch and any art updates. Again, people considering buying the game should know what to expect. At this point, the lack of sales and absolutely brutal reviews look like they have simply moved on. You can't make a public statement like "in the next few weeks we are going to be communicating with the fans, updating the game with new animations and graphics and I am going to be online making sure all this is done" and then disappear.

You simply can't do that in modern business where communication is available to you with your customers 24/7. Yet, we've not heard a word for almost a month.

[Boilerbuzz]

Re: Sean O'Brien still part of NBA Live?

The silence is deafening. I don't want to sound negative, but I'll be very, very surprised if this game gets a patch and any art updates. Again, people considering buying the game should know what to expect. At this point, the lack of sales and absolutely brutal reviews look like they have simply moved on. You can't make a public statement like "in the next few weeks we are going to be communicating with the fans, updating the game with new animations and graphics and I am going to be online making sure all this is done" and then disappear.

You simply can't do that in modern business where communication is available to you with your customers 24/7. Yet, we've not heard a word for almost a month.

Well, there has been two updates. So they are doing something. Again, I worry about the state of Live 15.