The State of NBA Live Franchise Mode

[dasunsrule32]

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I'm under NDA.

*sighs* you know too much than lol

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[StormsWarning]

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Well they were to late this go round for me. Maybe next year. Enjoy whatever they put out that was so secret. #lostcustomer.

[Smallville102001]

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I don't think comparing a career mode in an basketball game to a golf game is the right comparison.

My point is that basketball is a team sport and golf is a individual sport and I dont think you play a team sport video game to just play has one player.

[Smallville102001]

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FYI: I'm 50

I'm not anti-old guys. I do tire of old guys that continually privilege their view over everyone else.

EA is not doing anything willy nilly. They run focus groups, track telemetry data, and are always looking for ways to maximize sales and revenue. So when they do something, my first instinct isn't to react about how it affects me, but look at why they made the choices they did.

At some point, once you realize you are no longer the target demographic, it's okay to just walk away, or try to enjoy something differently. You might be surprised how much more fun life is if you try to enjoy things the younger generation are doing rather than fighting it so hard all the time. Because the younger generation wins every time.

Companies have to change and adapt. Look at TV right now. My daughter just turned 21, lives with two roommates, and while they have a TV, they don't have an antenna or cable. they don't watch it. They use it for console gaming. Everything else is Netflix, Hulu and so on, and they use their laptops and phones. You think TV execs want to hear what I think about how to distribute TV and what kinds of shows to watch? Those days are over. It's nothing to be mad or bummed about. It's the way life works.

Further, you know where most of my posts are here? Madden and Live, right now. Both games are preordered, and I am anxious to play them. I don't post about TGC, which I don't like. Before 2014, I never really posted about Madden at all. Hated the series, so I didn't play it. So what did I have to offer?

When I started to bounce off The Show again this year, I didn't start posting about what I didn't like about it, I started playing and thinking about other stuff. I'm not anti-old guys. I'm anti-grumps that can't figure out how to stop obsessing over a game they don't like anymore.

Good point I know a lot and I mean a lot of people who dont have cable or any thing and only watch Netflix and hulu but that dosnt mean that just because a lot of people do that cable company's dont try to keep people using cable and just because a lot of people do that dont mean that different tv stations dont try to run shows to keep people watching.

[MDSavageBeast]

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My point is that basketball is a team sport and golf is a individual sport and I dont think you play a team sport video game to just play has one player.

Yeah, with the team aspect coming from squading up with friends lol. I still play 2K18 but I don't touch mycareer unless I'm grinding for a badge (stopped that long ago). I mainly play Pro-Am for the successes (and challenges) of playing with random teammates.

[oldman]

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Man, the other game with a 7k word bomb coming Thursday on subjects relevant to this topic.

SMDH

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[WTF]

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Yep... it's a bit late to get any sort of excitement after 2k will inevitably bring down the house. Should have gotten people excited if they had improved it, and gained whatever preorders they could from it.

[Walt Frazier]

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The simple reality is that this game is not aimed at franchise players.


Anyone even remotely hoping for some depth at this point is sadly delusional.


They abandoned the season mode / franchise / dynasty style player ages ago and, basically because they have an NBA license and 'have' to include it, do so. But it is absolutely tokenism at its most obvious.


The reality is they are chasing a street ball / online style market / buyer. For all I know, their data / surveys say that is what people want.


But for season guys, it has been 'one off games / all the same style / stats don't matter / not even cpu trades (!!) / no controlled rosters' for ages now. And absolutely nothing is changing.

[Johnnythelegend]

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I agree with some here. What I think is that unfortunately NBA live decided to give up on the franchise mode, at least in comparison to online modes, at least for now. I expect improvements, but only a few, nothing much, nothing what you could call a serious improvement. On the other hand, we can see how dedicated EA is towards The One and improving that mode.

They will let 2k win offline/myleague battle since the gap there is just too big. I think the most of people who play these games today play it online and it is mostly my player / the one mode. From that point of view it could be seen as a smart decision, even though we don't like it. If they can win that battle, take a chunk of people from 2k, and go from there and try to attract more people from other modes, maybe that's their strategy.

[Mintsa]

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I still believe they have to “madden” “FIFA” “2k” this game out. Give this game the budget, resources, man power those games have.

I may be wrong, I don’t have any insider info. But I’m assuming Live is a low budget game compared to those 3 games.

Maybe these features are bare bones or even non existent because they don’t have enough resources to do so.

Live has been a minor league game from EA for a long time now and obviously still is.

[TannerYoho]

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I really don't want to get 2K. I hate giving them my money. But a 7000 word article about mygm/myleague. Man..They're going to pull me in.


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[Johnnythelegend]

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I really don't want to get 2K. I hate giving them my money. But a 7000 word article about mygm/myleague. Man..They're going to pull me in.


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I kind of feel the same, since myleague/franchise is my favourite mode. But there's no way I am preordering before the demo, I just have to check myself if they fixed things, defense mostly, that bothered me so much in 2k18.

[MDSavageBeast]

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I think, either way, 2K's MyGM/League will be superior to NBA Live, regardless if EA makes improvements.

[WTF]

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I think, either way, 2K's MyGM/League will be superior to NBA Live, regardless if EA makes improvements.

I think that's a given, by FAR.

I just want them to pay some attention to the actual NBA aspect of their game.

[Johnnythelegend]

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I think, either way, 2K's MyGM/League will be superior to NBA Live, regardless if EA makes improvements.

Yeah no question about that.