NBA Live 14 Roster Updates Not Living up to Promises

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Submitted on: 01/08/2014 by Jayson Young

The last time NBA Live 14's roster was updated, Stephen Jackson had just signed with the Los Angeles Clippers and Rudy Gay had been dealt to the Sacramento Kings in a massive 7-player trade.

Since December 10, almost a dozen different transactions have occurred in the NBA, including Captain Jack's departure from Lob City. None of those moves, unfortunately, are currently reflected in NBA Live 14.

Significant injuries, such as Kobe Bryant's fractured knee, Brook Lopez' broken right foot and Al Horford's pectoral tear, also are not presently represented in NBA Live 14.

None of this would be an issue if gamers were allowed to edit NBA Live 14's rosters and make the changes themselves, but by design, the game prohibits all 400-plus NBA players from being edited or traded.

The sudden, early-December halt to roster updates contradicts the gameplan NBA Live 14 had laid out at June's Electronic Entertainment Expo and continued selling to consumers, all the way up to the game's November release:

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"I want NBA Live to be relevant to the NBA fan throughout the entire NBA season, providing data and content updates that keep your gaming experience fresh and in lockstep with everything that's going on in the real world NBA...I'm really excited about being able to update our game within an hour of something happening in the NBA. We're going to be making an enormous investment into this connected experience."

Sean O'Brien, Executive Producer NBA Live 14
June 18, 2013

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"If something happens in the real world the night before, you see it in your game the next day -- actually, an hour from when it actually happens."

Sean O'Brien, Executive Producer NBA Live 14
November 6, 2013

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"Our connected experience doesn’t stop at player ratings – data will also affects the way each player looks. If Derrick Rose drops a new colorway for his sneakers during the season, the new kicks will be updated in NBA LIVE 14. No waiting for a roster update, no special patch, just another piece that gets automatically updated each day. Same goes for new accessories or gear, even haircuts. Anytime an NBA player changes up his look NBA LIVE 14 will be there to make him look right in-game."

EA Sports Press Release
November 6, 2003

Over the past two months, being an NBA Live fan has become about as difficult as being a Brooklyn Nets fan. A new coach, rebuilt lineup and state-of-the-art arena all generated preseason optimism. Injuries, poor on-court performance and questionable leadership have since squashed any enthusiasm.

Unfortunately for NBA Live 14, the lineup of launch games it's competing against is significantly stronger than the 2013-2014 Atlantic division.

And unlike the real NBA, there will be no magic lottery balls coming to save this rapidly dwindling franchise, its only hope is in turning its fortunes around with hard work and kept promises.

Does the lack of roster updates in NBA Live 14 bother you?

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# 1 alexthegreat @ 01/08/14 07:07 PM

Thank you for touching on this, Chris. Hopefully EA gets them updated soon.

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# 2 maltliquor23 @ 01/08/14 07:36 PM

nope NBA live was received as a gift... i traded it for some magic beans and still think i got the better deal

# 3 Flightwhite24 @ 01/08/14 07:36 PM

Thanks Chris. Hopefully someone from EA sees this and will give an update on the now and immediate future in regards to this game.

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# 4 RaychelSnr @ 01/08/14 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by FLIGHTWHITE


	Thanks Chris. Hopefully someone from EA sees this and will give an update on the now and immediate future in regards to this game. Sent from my iPhone

Jayson wrote this and even brought it up via e-mail so all thanks should go to him, I only approved it's publishing haha. I hope it does get touched on though, needs to be fixed for you guys playing the game.

# 5 Iceman87GT @ 01/08/14 08:03 PM

My guess is that it has something to do with the massive patching they are doing, still don't see why that would prevent them from at least having plans to release an update for the living rosters.

Its a shame both franchises have dropped the ball on Next Gen, both are playable yet not playable at the same time (NBA 2K is difficult to play any career modes because you have to be online, and NBA Live, while technically playable, is not a game you want to play).

# 6 nick_sr @ 01/08/14 08:08 PM

some news I guess

# 7 nick_sr @ 01/08/14 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Iceman87GT


	My guess is that it has something to do with the massive patching they are doing, still don't see why that would prevent them from at least having plans to release an update for the living rosters. Its a shame both franchises have dropped the ball on Next Gen, both are playable yet not playable at the same time (NBA 2K is difficult to play any career modes because you have to be online, and NBA Live, while technically playable, is not a game you want to play).

thinking the same thing as well. we will see all the things they promised with the huge patch. they showed off shumpert to show us that they have the ability to do it.

# 8 nick_sr @ 01/08/14 08:13 PM

sliders possibly? lol

# 9 WTF @ 01/08/14 08:14 PM

The Stephen Jackson signing has been in the PGA version for a while. Biggs and I had a condo about it. I hope that the rest will get done tonight.

# 10 barimanlhs @ 01/08/14 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Iceman87GT


	My guess is that it has something to do with the massive patching they are doing, still don't see why that would prevent them from at least having plans to release an update for the living rosters. Its a shame both franchises have dropped the ball on Next Gen, both are playable yet not playable at the same time (NBA 2K is difficult to play any career modes because you have to be online, and NBA Live, while technically playable, is not a game you want to play).

Unfortunately the always online portion will plague all games going forward. Its great in theory but not practical in the grand scheme of things.

That said, EA has a lot of prove still with their basketball games. They sold a promise that the game would be up to date within hours of it happening in the real world yet that hasnt happened. Unless this update comes out and completely changes the way the game functions, I dont see how the consumer would/should expect much in Live 15. This by no means puts 2k in the clear as they have many issues of their own

# 11 Fiddy @ 01/08/14 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by nick_sr


	sliders possibly? lol

question is, whens is that update? LOL. and when will the rosters be in as well? bah.. teasers..

# 12 Flightwhite24 @ 01/08/14 08:53 PM

I'm holding out hope that if/when this patch comes out that it fixes the "Promised Gameplay" features and some added animation tweaks, give me REALISTIC FOULS/FOULS/FOULS/TIMEOUTS!!!!!

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# 13 DonWuan @ 01/08/14 09:39 PM

This has been a issue with bball games since the beginning of time. I think majority of us offline users use custom rosters with massive tweaks.

The thing that pisses me off the most(pc modder/leecher) it literally takes 1 minute to update roster moves and signings. After the initial roster tweak it takes seconds to move players even without pc tools.

As for Live another exaggerated promise.

# 14 PamTIde @ 01/09/14 08:20 AM

My last pay check was $9500 working 12 hours a week online. My sisters friend has been averaging 15k for months now and she works about 20 hours a week. I can't believe how easy it was once I tried it out. This is what I do... Buzz19.cℴm

# 15 The 24th Letter @ 01/09/14 09:48 AM

Did an update drop yet? The Live twitter account said rosters are "coming in hot"...I would assume that meant soon...

# 16 RipCityAndy @ 01/09/14 04:30 PM

Good post. This is inexcusable because it is one of the only things they boasted about prior to launch.

However, I assume with the release of the last patch a lot of EA man power is being used to fix/improve gameplay elements for this coming patch. If we receive neither a new patch (which significantly changes some gameplay aspects) nor updated rosters on a regular (hourly, right?) basis, I have no idea what they are doing over there at EA. Maybe they are mo-capping new baseline spin animations from the post

EA better realize that while this game is a good start (I have enjoyed it so far), it is in no way sufficient... empty promises to consumers is not the way to start.

# 17 DIRK41NOWITZKI @ 01/09/14 09:37 PM

Some things were added. It now says 11,107 records instead of 11,020, so that's something. They added some new challenges and a few slides on the home screen.

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# 18 WTF @ 01/09/14 09:40 PM

I know good and well that the game speed has been increased. The game is playing almost too quickly for my liking right now. I'm playing Heat vs Wizards (me), and Lebron and Wade are dominating. I've shot 3 free throws and they've shot 4 FT's in the first 4 minutes of play.

Also, D-Wade and the Heat ran a nice play, having Bosh set a screen for Wade, he drove middle, hop stepped, and instead of dunking (wide open) he rose up for the nice finger roll. Some things are being tweaked, I know.

Rosters haven't updated, so I guess those are just tendency files that's update?

# 19 nick_sr @ 01/09/14 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by The 24th Letter


	Did an update drop yet? The Live twitter account said rosters are "coming in hot"...I would assume that meant soon...

man,they tweeted that like 2 days ago lol. don't know too much about the gaming industry but i don't think it should take that long to update rosters.

# 20 Tha_Kid @ 01/10/14 12:25 AM

XBO still showing 11020. Again the keyword was daily.

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