NBA Live 20 Delayed Until Late 2019 as Team Plans a Different Approach

[Heat_Fan]

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If EA lost the exclusivity for the NFL, NHL, and many of the soccer leagues, what is happening to Live would be the fate of all the EA Sports games. It's time to end the exclusivity deals and allow more than one AAA company to produce sports games. This entire generation of consoles SHOULD be a wake up call to sports gamers. We're getting a subpar product year after year while the EA, 2K, and SDS continue to haul in massive profits from these ******* Ultimate Team modes. We must demand better going into the PS5/XBOX...whatever era.

The only way to do that is to vote with your dollars and right now gamers are voting for 2K. If gamers en mass decided to boycott 2K for micro-transactions then it would send a message to 2K that they need to stop. But they aren't and won't because 2K keeps raking in more money each year. And lets not forget that a good portion of those EA MUT, FUT and 2K My Player micro-transactions are by eSports players.

We may just need to accept that the days of multi-sport titles are over. Really the only Sport that currently has two titles is FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer and PES is getting beaten by EA's FIFA.

[loveinanelevator]

Re: NBA Live 20 Delayed Until Late 2019 as Team Plans a Different Approach

What they should do:



They replaced the game with a complete remaster of NBA Street V2! Taking a year off to concentrate on the next gen consoles.


What they will do:


Sell the game cheap with limited additions to the game and maybe toss in a few college teams.

[lareka]

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Been playing live 19 with ea access and the things i am noticing with it that need to be improved going foward are to many blocks, cpu plays starters to many minutes, cpu dosnt take enough 3 pointers. Those are the 3 things that stand out the most. I am woundering is there a way to improve those things in 19 with settings? Or are all 3 just simple things ea needs to improve going foward that no settings in 19 can improve?

You should set the block success of AI to 0/100 but for 3p attempts and them playing starters more you can't do anything about it unfortunately. EA needs to fix those things

[MDSavageBeast]

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I don't think the game is coming out given the news. I would like for it to, but this is pretty much the KOD.

[illwill10]

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I'm not overly concerned about the future of Live. EA has shown patience with NBA Live over the past decade. EA has the money to take potential losses with Live as they build themselves up. EA could have gave up on Live years ago. Only doubts is because of next generation. As the cost of game development increases, Live's low sales will have an impact on how much patience EA could have.

[CujoMatty]

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Glass half full approach is that they are "taking extra time to perfect the game"...

Unfortunately, that just rarely ends up being the case. The new approach statement makes me feel like in one form or another, we're starting from scratch...which means we wont get a refined product building off previous releases.

Only time will tell, but I don't have a great feeling.

This is exactly what I said on Reddit.

Guys are saying “the game will at least be polished” and I just don’t see it. You don’t say “new approach “ when you are polishing a game.

1. NBA Live 17 was delayed(eventually cancelled) because they “needed more time” and 18 and 19 are good games but “polished” they are not. So saying 20 will be is massively optimistic.

2. I’m in full agreement that “new approach” doesn’t at all say to me that they are polishing gameplay or even working on franchise or anything like that. It really says to me that they are going to try and reinvent the wheel which is not good in my books. 19 was on the right track finally. If this is the case then they just need to stop.

What I’m really hoping is that “new approach” means marketing strategy by either trying a later release date when the 2k hype has died down a bit or even better that they are going to change to a free to play model.

[Mintsa]

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Sorry I’m old. What do you guys mean by free to play ?

[ILLSmak]

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Glass half full approach is that they are "taking extra time to perfect the game"...

Unfortunately, that just rarely ends up being the case. The new approach statement makes me feel like in one form or another, we're starting from scratch...which means we wont get a refined product building off previous releases.

Only time will tell, but I don't have a great feeling.

It's disappointing when you expect something, especially when you've been disappointed before. Then you fall into the same oh it's happening again. I'll be happy to get live a little late. If they cancel then Yea that sux. But I thought that was what this announcement was meant to quash. If they cancel its like being stood up twice. V bad mojo to put on your customers.



However, I felt the new approach was only in reference to the release/possibly pay model. I didn't feel like they meant they were gonna remake the game again but that would indeed be another face palm.


I have lowered my standards a lot in the last five or so years, each year I am disappointed by the basketball product, all I want is something to play eventually that's not gonna feel like it's shafting me out of my time. If live somehow goes ftp with mircos I hope they make lvl 1s viable. I know I could give someone work w a 70 in 18 and 19, but if they make it grindy I might just dump even tho free is free and I'd still be gaining .


Mts are like cancer to a game. It's a multi year model. I don't have the energy for a game that requires that or starting down that path again.

Mintsa
Google freemium.



-Smak

[snocone]

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Sorry I’m old. What do you guys mean by free to play ?

Free up front, but with lots of microtransactions or season pass DLC.

[illwill10]

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I just don't see how the Free to Play model would work for a sports game. The benefit I could see is that developers wouldn't be on a set time restriction. Where they can release season passes for each season, but not the pressure to finish a game by a certain deadline.
I get that most games make a large chunk of revenue from Microtransactions, but they would be banking primarily on that for revenue. Unless they are going to charge for every roster update when it comes to season passes. I don't know what type of DLCs a sports game can have without developing a game mode.

[Goffs]

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In my mind they are just delaying it to have a PC version ready. I know it's not happening but I can dream.

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[CujoMatty]

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I just don't see how the Free to Play model would work for a sports game. The benefit I could see is that developers wouldn't be on a set time restriction. Where they can release season passes for each season, but not the pressure to finish a game by a certain deadline.
I get that most games make a large chunk of revenue from Microtransactions, but they would be banking primarily on that for revenue. Unless they are going to charge for every roster update when it comes to season passes. I don't know what type of DLCs a sports game can have without developing a game mode.

I have no idea the ins and outs of how it works but I’m positive I read an article where the live devs said they make way more money on NBA Live mobile which is free to play.

[CujoMatty]

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In my mind they are just delaying it to have a PC version ready. I know it's not happening but I can dream.

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If this by some miracle was the case I would be overjoyed

[Cavs2016]

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Us offline gamers are far outnumbered in today’s industry. It’s changing. I don’t even think the last call of duty had a single player campaign.

We’re not gonna get a polished version of live 19.

2k used to pride itself on being sim, and it hasn’t progressed in that department much at all since the rise of VC and online play and parks and ultimate team.

Has madden franchise mode even gotten better in 5 years?

It’s time for NBA Live to drop the nba game and rebrand itself to fit the modern gaming landscape.

Live Online, Free to play. Whether it’s Parks, tournaments. Battle royale. Call of duty style with boxes and stats and leaderboards. 2k neighborhood.

Can you make a balanced, competive basketball game that eliminates VC?

Equip perks like limitless range or you know. Perk system.

Something new. Something different. Cuz rn the franchise is on its last legs.

[Hustle Westbrook]

Re: NBA Live 20 Delayed Until Late 2019 as Team Plans a Different Approach

Meh, Live 17 was "delayed" as well and we all saw how that turned out.