NBA 2K11 Lead Gameplay Designer, Mike Wang Interview

[jira2004]

It seems like EA was trying to implement gimmick's to try to increase their sales and not for the long haul make a real Bball sim....

If live doesn't pull a "real rabbit" out of the hat this year than it will be their demise as their live franchise will take that long slow roll down the hill......

P.S. EA we dont need gimmicks but great solid gameplay to start with and the rest should follow....

It's 2k11 for me again!!!!!!

[eko718]

All I have to say is welcome the hell back Beluba.

[robinsnestkc]

I have been a LIVE fan since 95. Though they have had some horrible titles. I got into 2K on the Dream Cast also. I didn't by a Basket ball game between 2003-2007. In '07 and '08 I was with 2k. '09 Live. I think I too am a Mike groupie. 2k11 for me. LIVE you are the biggest idiots God ever created you let go someone who is a leader in the industry.

[2kjunkie]

I am happy that Mike is back with 2K but I still can't get over the fact that he is a flip flopper but ohh well I guess that's life.

Bring on 2K11

[HiTEqMETHOD]

mike returning to 2k was something I pretty much expected ever since I heard he was joining EA. EA just has too much of a corporate attitude toward how they make their games.

[BroMontana82]

this is good for 2k but it was also good for 2k fans for him to go to live for a year. live's competitive offering this year made 2k raise its game too. if the series becomes complacent again because live starts to go downhill, i will not be happy.

[youvalss]

I don't care much about what he has to say about 2K just like I don't care about what he said about EA. It all depends what company he works for. 2 years from now he may go to who knows where and say 2K was this and that and so on... I don't know why the media keeps asking him about this or that company, it's really pointless.

[thmst30]

NBA Live series is in SERIOUS SERIOUS trouble. Outsold this year by their largest margin ever, and now the most sim NBA developer around has left saying he doesn't agree with NBA Live's direction. I really wish I could have been a fly on the wall in those meetings to hear what was so bad that it dove Mike Wang away after just ~1 year. Hopefully he can fix 2K's problems now.