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

[inkcil]

I predict that's probably it for Live as we know it on this gen of consoles. They'll probably announce a new Target date of February then finally announce it's permanently delayed. In the meantime they will probably continue to support 19 in some fashion until the All Star break.

[SincerelYourz]

i'd be ok with them releasing a patch that added more features to franchise...

[noshun]

LOL...Live another 3 year cycle delay. Dang, fire everyone. No use keeping the same devs around.. Send them all exit stage left. jk.

[Big Bankhead]

I honestly think Live 20 isn’t going to be released because they said the exact same thing about Live 13 and they out right canceled it to focus on the launch of Live 14 on PS4 and XBOX One. I wouldn’t be surprised if they do the same thing to focus on Live 21 for PS5 and XBOX Scarlet.

[Smallville102001]

Quote: Originally Posted by Big Bankhead

I honestly think Live 20 isn’t going to be released because they said the exact same thing about Live 13 and they out right canceled it to focus on the launch of Live 14 on PS4 and XBOX One. I wouldn’t be surprised if they do the same thing to focus on Live 21 for PS5 and XBOX Scarlet.

That might be good has it would give them a lot of time to work on just live 21 for ps5 and xbox scarlet but at the same time with live sales having not been that good skipping another year may be to much to over come any type of momentum they have tried to bulid the last few years.

[Smallville102001]

Quote: Originally Posted by KennyJ1976

If EA releases an update with rookies on 19, you might as well kiss 20 goodbye. I wonder if different approach could mean EA dropping the NBA license all together and just focusing on the Live Run/street ball type modes? Most players don't play the NBA portion of the game anyway.

Oh man I hope that is not what happends and I dont buy that most players dont play the nba portion.

[bigsmallwood]

No surprise here. Another EA incomplete 3 year cycle. Minimal progress after skipping 17, they came back with Live 18 which was fun but still far behind 2K in all key areas.

On top of that, EA Sports keeps on removing features from the game rather than adding them on from the start and creating a competitive game. Their gameplay isn’t bad but just needs regular tweaks to become great.

I’m sure they will launch a full scale Live attack again on next gen with the same song and dance. Best of Luck Live! #Salute

[Smallville102001]

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?