Hey NBA live and 2k, I have a secret.
This will not be a rant, but it may smell like one. Somewhere sports games or the folks that make them became "Apple-lized" (Yup I just pulled that from the crack below my back). By apple-ized I'm saying somewhere marketing became more important than the actual product and I partly blame consumers for that. Now I can't give you a exact moment when this happened but I can't be the only person that feels this way.
For example, when NBA live was king and getting fat on the throne, 2k slowly put together solid titles that were far from perfect and they listen to what the people wanted which was a more simulation based basketball title. I switched in 2012 after hating 2k because I realized they were actually listening to what we wanted and now they are kings with A pretty product with subpar gameplay. 2K please listen to your consumers about the issues we complain about especially developing some kind of dependable online lobby system. Also the monkey see monkey do method doesn't work, EA just released peak of them capturing faces and I admit its pretty but gameplay is what gets you the yearly repeat buyers. Please list all your concerns in the comments.