Sean O'Brien Issues Apology for NBA Live's Quality, Promises Improvements

[DIESEL]

A public apology and promises of improvements.

Problem is most people that have to make public apologies aren't around long enough to try and fulfill their promises.

[o Elevate o]

Quote: Originally Posted by RandyBass

EA Skate... Whatever happened to that series?

Honestly, I'd hope for a more simulation Skate 4. I loved Skate 2 (never played skate.) and I think they did basically eliminate the Tony Hawk series.

What I don't get is, how can different studios (or whatever, not too familiar with the inner workings inside of EA) can produce simulation experiences within games, and do them WELL, and yet they can't produce the same experiences with, say, Live or Madden or what have you.

It just blows my mind that Live 14, Madden 25, and Battlefield 4 are under the same "brand" so-to-speak.

[RangersCruz]

How much are the ps2 graphics going to be fixed?

[Jakeness23]

I really hope Live does well because it's the only sports game I play that has a direct competitor, and honestly the only other sport I can think of that does is soccer. I'm glad to hear that they are set on improving graphics and animations, not just next year, but in this years game, which is refreshing. I like that they can hear and learn from their mistakes and then be willing to adapt, you don't see that a whole lot nowadays. Kudos to you, EA. I'll probably be getting this next month some time.

[jmood88]

Quote: Originally Posted by youvalss

Again and again. Unless someone tells them that it doesn't look good, they don't know it. Basically, they had to have people seeing gameplay videos/playing the game to tell them that it's not good. Same thing with Elite, same thing with 13. They just don't get it. I hope they will this time. I've said it before - when you don't know what the problem is, you can't fix it.

Yup. I still remember that guy who worked on Elite coming on here everyday telling people that they just need to play it and that the game was great but just took some getting used to. They've been saying the same bull**** for the past three years.

[blackceasar]

This is what I DON"T get and clearly O'Brien and his Live team DONT GET IT..

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We felt authentic gameplay, control and the connected experience would provide the best foundation for the future. As a result, game visuals and animation polish suffered.

I mean it sounds like he's saying "well everything else suffered so you can have authentic game play and THATS WHAT WE GAVE YOU PEOPLE!"... when in reality.. he didn't give the Live fanheads authentic gameplay and contorl at the cost of visuals and animation. At this day and age of "next gen" and that marketing gimmick "infinity engine" or whatever they are calling it, the ANIMATIONS alone play a huge part in the gameplay. You are controlling 3d models of people to score points and how they move, react, etc plays as ABSOLUTE MAJOR ROLE IN THAT!!! WTF? You aren't making Defender or Donkey Kong here dudes. Your animations go hand in hand with the game play in this next gen day and age of physics affecting gameplay.

And "foundation for the future?" If you are selling just a foundation then why do you expect people to pay full price for it??? Its like you fools are home builders, and you poured some concrete and stopped there and want me to drop a couple hundered thousand on that????? because I know its a "good foundation"... where's the rest of the home if you want me to pay full price? You think I'm gonna roll up on your concrete foundation you just poured and say "Daaaamn Sean.. that's some awesome concrete you poured.. what? 200k full price for the home? Sold.. here's my money".

Then he goes on to say...

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It started 12 months ago, and continues until we build this franchise bigger and better than it ever was..

What? 12 months? You killed your last game like 2+ years ago... 12 months? Really? If you guys have only been working on this thing for the past 12 months, you should have spent the 12 months prior to that when you weren't working on this game playing 2k12 and 2K13....and no.. NOT to copy the game.. but to research it.. look at it.. see WHY I gets great reviews, and why people like it..and why people dont complain about dropping 60.00 on it. Are you so big and mighty of a company that you think you are too good to admit someone else is putting out a better product then you,and you need to figure out how to actually do it BETTER or at least just as good without making the exact same game.

Either you and your team there are full of yourselves and delusional about what you think is a great basketball game and refuse to admit someone else has been stealing market share from you in this genre year after year.. OR... you all are just flat out lazy and HOPE there's not too big of a blacklash...

Either way.. you people have really no excuse. You have come out and admitted what we all already knew, they your game is just not good, or even just OK... at least not OK enough for ask people for 60.00.. you ADMITTED this basically which makes you guys look even worse because you are all grown adults. If you know your game is bad.. why didnt you try to make it good before putting it out?????

So let me point out one more talking point statement he had...

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This is just the first chapter in the NBA LIVE comeback story.

Huh? What??? The "first chapter??" Most intelligent people would assume the first chapter was when you guys did the nobel thing of scrapping your last game and starting over to make a better game.. ummm.. 2 years ago. First chapter? Ooooh.... let me move on from my "foundation" metaphor and talk about "chapters"... A can see Allen Iverson right now.. "chapter?... CHAPTER??? .. man.. here you are asking me to pay 60.00 for a full game and you wanna talk about chapter".... Man.. so basically its like you wrote the next Harry Potter, and I ordered it off Amazon, paid you full price and when I got my book..it had like 20 pages in it.. you know.. A CHAPTER...

Just get out of basketball, or at least come back when it's truly time. There's nothing stopping you from making a bball game that's not this awful.. you know it and we all know it... so really..what IS the excuse?

Excuse me while I drop the mic, and clear up that hard drive space on my PS4....

[buddaking]

Im truly disappointed that i spent 60 plus tax on this trash, i honestly try to like it and get into it but it was just to bad, very bad. EA knew this sh*t and basically gave all us basketball fan the middle finger.

Sean O Brien apology seem fake to me, after playing live 14, i don't think i will never touch another basketball game from EA sport..............NEVER


Enjoy my $60 plus tax money you rob from us gamer because im pretty sure none of us basketball gamers will support your nba live series again.

[RyanLaFalce]

How do they make improvements to the games graphics when it's already out?