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

[stizz]

Quote: Originally Posted by kcxiv

Well, they did ask him why he moved on and in all honesty, i think an answer was appropriate. Leaving 1 company, going to its direct competition, then coming back. While, he could have just left it as is, why? EA does everything in their power to lock up exclusives and flat out come and say they want to take away the competition. I am glad he did it. EA is the ones that play the dirtiest. So they got a little dirt thrown at them. In the end, they are still the powerhouse and 2K is the little engine that could. lol

Why do you keep leaving out the part where 2k got the MLB exclusive license?

[dickey1331]

Its not exclusive. Thats why the Show exists.

Quote: Originally Posted by stizz

Why do you keep leaving out the part where 2k got the MLB exclusive license?

[neegotiator]

obviously dev team needs to be held accountable for their product, though obviously with the high turnover rate keep hearing about at EA i doubt the same ppl that developed Lakers vs Celtics stayed on board til NBA Live 10

that being said though i'm a bit pessimistic about this different direction, will be waiting to see what this different direction is before writing Live off. i'm sure there were other people besides Mike Wang who helped push Live 10 in right direction, and hope that they're still on board to push back. i still enjoy Live 10 despite it's quirks so will be disappointed if moving way off course.

[stizz]

Quote: Originally Posted by dickey1331

Its not exclusive. Thats why the Show exists.

Then why doesn't MVP Baseball not exist?

[Court_vision]

Played a bit of both games last night...and the controls and movement in LIVE is just so much better. It's not even close.

However, LIVE is behind in all other areas by massive amounts. That's where Beluba's leaving is going to kill the series. He's an animations guru and he'd already 'promised' a tonne of new animations for LIVE 11.

You can read between the lines pretty easily here...he had a set of things he'd already said he wanted : animations, post game, hard core SIM stuff. He is a hard core SIG guy. He was the one who added most of 2Ks sig stuff.

EA's management said "we don't want to go in that direction".

Beluba walked.

It's a real pity as the game just needed that one more solid season of animations, post game, sig stuff.

The controls are so sweet that I find it hard to play 2K at times. It's dissapointing that the rest of the game isn't going to ever catch up.

You fellas are kidding yourselves if you think LIVE 11 will be "fine". No way in hell Marcus and Beluba just walk away if it was going in the right direction.

[dickey1331]

It is 3rd party exclusive. Only 2K, Sony, and Microsoft can make baseball games.

Quote: Originally Posted by stizz

Then why doesn't MVP Baseball not exist?

[stizz]

It's still exclusive ain't it?

[blues rocker]

Quote: Originally Posted by Court_vision

Played a bit of both games last night...and the controls and movement in LIVE is just so much better. It's not even close. However, LIVE is behind in all other areas by massive amounts. That's where Beluba's leaving is going to kill the series. He's an animations guru and he'd already 'promised' a tonne of new animations for LIVE 11. You can read between the lines pretty easily here...he had a set of things he'd already said he wanted : animations, post game, hard core SIM stuff. He is a hard core SIG guy. He was the one who added most of 2Ks sig stuff. EA's management said "we don't want to go in that direction". Beluba walked. It's a real pity as the game just needed that one more solid season of animations, post game, sig stuff. The controls are so sweet that I find it hard to play 2K at times. It's dissapointing that the rest of the game isn't going to ever catch up. You fellas are kidding yourselves if you think LIVE 11 will be "fine". No way in hell Marcus and Beluba just walk away if it was going in the right direction.

Yep...this is exactly how I see it. It's a real shame, because if EA would've allowed Mike Wang another year to really be in charge of the game and do all the things he wanted, then Live 11 could've been an amazing game...they were so close with Live 10 - the controls and movement were amazing, but it just needed some tweaks (more animations, faster animations, etc), but overall Live 10 had a great foundation and now it appears EA is going to scrap all the great stuff from Live 10 and "go in a different direction." EA is so dumb. They had a great opportunity to make Live 11 be the game that changes peoples' minds about Live...but they blew it. They had a perfect setup - a great lead gameplay guy who knew exactly how to make the series great again, and they ignored him. so dumb.

My only hope at this point is that Mike Wang can take all of the great dribbling and movement from Live 10 and bring it into 2k11. But, unfortunately I don't see that happening because I have a feeling 2k's engine is too old and can't achieve the type of movement that Mike was able to bring to Live 10...guess I'll just have to hope.