Mike Wang Has Left EA Canada and the NBA Live Development Team

[SHAKYR]

EA wanted to go more arcade than realistic with NBA LIVE and Mike Wang wanted no parts of this. EA needs to fire the head of marketing because he doesn't know anything about the type of customers who buy Sports games games. Most Sports games are bought by sports fans and they want their sport represented as deeply as possible. EA doesn't have a clue.

I might lose my good standing with EA and it's producers but I don't care. It is what it is.

[travis72]

Quote: Originally Posted by SHAKYR

EA wanted to go more arcade than realistic with NBA LIVE and Mike Wang wanted no parts of this. EA needs to fire the head of marketing because he doesn't know anything about the type of customers who buy Sports games games. Most Sports games are bought by sports fans and they want their sport represented as deeply as possible. EA doesn't have a clue. I might lose my good standing with EA and it's producers but I don't care. It is what it is.

Well if there going arcade than I am back to 2k. With Wang back at 2k now they will probably have the best game once again. IMO live was better this year but I highly doubt it for next. Hope the EA guys prove me wrong and not go arcade crap on us sim guys.

[JohnDoe8865]

Hate to say it, but I kinda saw this coming yesterday in the "Where is Mike Wang" thread. It's like being in a tunnel and you see the train lights coming at you, but can't move. That's how I feel about Live right now, and they just lost the train conductor too.

No possible way to spin this into "good" news for NBA LIVE.

[Logic Doctor]

He basically took a dump on EA Sports

[tabulaRasa]

How about trying to be on par with NBA2k10? Funny that he referred to only EA titles...

[Court_vision]

Beluba is not holding back...


Every year NBA Live seems to take a new direction, only to shift gears again the next year when it’s not lauded a complete success. Are there too many camps pulling the game in different directions?

MW: Yeah I definitely think that’s the case. When I went there I kind of went there with a three-year vision to do something. We finished NBA Live 10 and after talking over with management what they wanted to do, I think that they feel like they need to do something different all the time – I think they are trying to reinvent the wheel sometimes. Unfortunately, they haven’t had the chance to gain any traction that way and build on top of the many things that are substantial.

[Tico Da Great]

Live ?

[Pappy Knuckles]

Guess I better hold on to Live 10. Who knows what we're gonna get next year.