NBA Live Committed to Consoles - Shipping in 2017, But the Focus Will Be on Mobile

[22cedric]

Andrew Wilson said on the EA Investor Day webcast on Tuesday May 17th 2016 that NBA Live & Fifa on mobile will be built and delivered the same way they do Madden . They mentioned that they have a different plan in play to rectify there struggles with NBA Live franchise on the EA Investor Day webcast as well. Link to EA Investor Day webcast: http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/9gxpxwa7

[Calvenn]

Quote: Originally Posted by Playmakers

Everything sounds good the way you put it...... The only problem is we've been down this road before with EA twice if memory serves me right. If a guy goes out and robs someone twice and then tells us he won't do it again most of us aren't going to believe him no matter what he says.... Well EA has a past history that tells us they can't be trusted even when given more time and right now their words means nothing to some us.... Personally, I've moved on from the series and if they comeback strong then great but hey i'm not going to loose any sleep over it anymore expecting a game to improve that hasn't improved close to a decade now IMO.

Fair and understood. No, I haven't forgotten. As mentioned in my post, " anything can happen " and there is no 100% guarantee. I placed that statement there for that reason. I and others have seen the true progress made with Live16 from initial demo release, and for those unaware, the updates are still ongoing. We all know where the game was lacking. IMO, the same annual release schedule wouldn't allow ample time to meet the required improvements that we've belabored ( further individualization of players, various mode expansions, etc,etc). If i recall correctly, you made specific reference to the fact that Live16 finally offered certain improvevements we,d been asking for years, including a more effective point guard attack mentality, etc. So, there has been progress which i beleive was time and politically restricted from what i understand. Quite frankly, believe it or not, this is secretly what I was hoping for. I must admit to the frustration of seeing some key legacy issues remain with 16 such as the end game logic challenges. These areas must be addressed, no question!

They simply have to do this game justice and time, adequate resources ( as mentioned, they are actively hiring for the Live console game as we speak) and a more favorable political situation, is what's needed. With a good foundation in Live 16, in its current state, coupled with the aforementioned, good progress can be made. Think about it. In essence, all chips are being pushed in with this move. There can't be any excuses if it turns out to be a disaster. Lets talk again when that period arrives.

[Rockie_Fresh88]

I don't get this . Hopefully they just work they're asses off for live 17 and just skip a year but we all know the truth .

Maybe it's just me but it's always a nostalgia for me about the NBA towards the end of summer . I miss it so much that I look forward to basketball titles . That nostalgia wears off in the beginning of the next year

[Crunky]

The only reason there looking to hire new devs is because they split the live devs up to work on mobile so they need replacements. So don't expect major improvement due to the delay because of this. The live devs focus is 50/50 between console/mobile and their pretty serious this mobile game can become a success. If the mobile game is a success you can kiss console goodbye.


For those with doubts that NBA live won't release a console game in 2017 due to fear of a cancellation. There's no question they would release a console game in 2017 because the license they have with the NBA expires in 2017 so they wouldn't waste an opportunity not to release the game on console. I don't expect them to renew the NBA license if the game doesn't sell well for both console and mobile. What I do see them doing in the year 2018 is coming out with an arcade street game only for mobile without NBA players.

[Tomba]

They need to have full roster editing for players likeness and attributes and full slider editing.

IF they do not. then its like nothing ever happened within the last 3 yr development cycle of them listening to user feedback

glad ppl can save their money in 2016 as IF this game came i bet it wouldnt have editing

[nick_sr]

Been doing a lot of thinking and I must admit it's over. They pulled this b4 and canceled the game. It's over for us love fans