NBA Live 09 Producer Blog

[Goffs]

certainly not the mets...i kid...i kid...lol

[Glenn33]

Quote: Originally Posted by mrnoobie

certainly not the mets...i kid...i kid...lol

OUCH......That hurts bro! You cut me deep.

[RoyalBoyle78]

I wanna know one thing, will the Synergy Sports updates still work beyond this year with 2009, like if we don;t wanna but LIVE 2010, will 2009 still get the updates?

[Pared]

No. This season only.

And this year it's being paid for by T-Mobile. What happens next year is up in the air.

[Stumbleweed]

I agree that Synergy is the more promising system. The implementation is what I'm worried about, if anything. I'm sure that I'll be happy with both simply because the rosters will be updated regularly, but I REALLY love having all that Synergy data at my fingertips just as a basketball fan and stat nerd. Far superior to having some dude's opinion about Amare's rebounding improvement causing a 2 point bump IMO.. I know that sounds dismissive of the 2K Insider, but that's more or less what it is. I like having the data myself, so if I really don't like the algorithms that they're using or whatever, I can edit ratings myself as I see fit based on that incredible data available.

2K Share makes the whole thing a lot better though, because we'll have some serious roster edits to share with eachother if we aren't satisfied with the 2K Insider. Glad that option is in.

EDIT: To be clear, EA has a 5-year agreement with Synergy. I don't think the lack of a corporate sponsor would kill that off unless they're literally using that money to pay for the agreement with Synergy and don't have another source for it... Good thought to mention that though, Pared. Heh, they'd be shooting themselves in the foot on new sales if they kept updating Live 09 with 09-10 season stats.

[RoyalBoyle78]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

No. This season only. And this year it's being paid for by T-Mobile. What happens next year is up in the air.

This is some funny stuff now that I;m looking at it......... You T-Moile is paying for it, and NBA2k using all the T-Mobile adds and extras in their game, and NBA2k9 has the NBA.com in there game, but on the NBA.com website there doing the little LIVE thing with the season previews, funny.

[stephensonmc]

Quote: Originally Posted by FootballForever

This is some funny stuff now that I;m looking at it......... You T-Moile is paying for it, and NBA2k using all the T-Mobile adds and extras in their game, and NBA2k9 has the NBA.com in there game, but on the NBA.com website there doing the little LIVE thing with the season previews, funny.

We also take our NBA LIVE hot spots from NBA.com as well

I just want to touch on a few things guys...

Sean didn't mean any harm by his comments. I think the important thing to take from this is how serious we are about Synergy and NBA LIVE 365. We truly think it's going to change the way sports video games are made. I keep seeing people say that we are talking about it alot -- we hope that in reflection, you'll understand why we kept stressing the importance of our partnership.

Also, I want to let you guys know who are worried that too much will be taken from "last night" and not from what's ahead. Guys, it's not like if Lebron has a bad game, he'll be bad in the game the next day. Synergy tracks tendencies and hot / cold streaks. That gets implemented directly into the game and you see, over time, an increase or decrease in performance.

I think part of the reason why we keep coming out with Synergy information is because we see alot of assumptions being made, and because this is so important to us, we want to clear up those assumptions.

Anyway, for those who spent time at the NCAA Basketball 09 community event, you already know what Sean O'Brien is like. As we move forward, I think the takeaway from this blog should be that Sean is an incredibly passionate person and someone who loves basketball and authenticity and wants our game to mimic that same level.

[Bornindamecca]

Quote: Originally Posted by stephensonmc

Sean didn't mean any harm by his comments.

I can't speak for anyone else, but for me the only harm was done to his fellow NBA Live developers. Despite having an inferior game for years, I give Live a fair shake with every new iteration. EA's marketing has done things that no developer should be blamed for, but when a producer puts out a blog like this, he makes it hard to separate marketing and development, because they appear like minded.

Quote: Originally Posted by stephensonmc

Anyway, for those who spent time at the NCAA Basketball 09 community event, you already know what Sean O'Brien is like.

Let's not get into what this man is really like. His mother and best friend know what he's really like. That's not our role. Our role is to deal with him as a professional, and as such he has conducted himself without class.

Just for once, take the high road. Shock us all. Take the high road and make a great game, rather than talking crap and putting out a mediocre product.