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

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[RoyalBoyle78]

Mike Better be careful, Take 2 is laying off 400 employees, hope there's no bad blood and they took him back just to dump him.....LOL...I kid, I kid...



http://ps3.ign.com/articles/106/1066211p1.html

[CX1329]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jukeman

you'll prolly see Steve Nash dunking next year....

WELCOME TO....NBA LIVE!

[Behindshadows]

Quote: Originally Posted by FootballForever

Mike Better be careful, Take 2 is laying off 400 employees, hope there's no bad blood and they took him back just to dump him.....LOL...I kid, I kid... http://ps3.ign.com/articles/106/1066211p1.html

Article is terrible, it's a rumor! But most companies today are laying off tons of people my company laid off 680 employees in 2 weeks.

But you can tell Take 2 doesn't respect 2ksports even as a division. Almost ever article you read on the company. 2ksports division is never even mentioned as a part of the company. No wonder they are down to two sports titles with VC intact.

No effort or name recognition as even being with the company. And they wonder why their sales numbers slip in certain parts of their sports sections.

R.I.P: APF, ESPN NFL, NHL 2k series, and the beloved College Hoops.

Thanks to Take 2 for killing a great series of games.

Also this thread has turned into a 2k fest and a easy ticket for the fanboys to gloat and boast on EA's situation.

I think Live 11 will still deliver, rather we like it or not, each game since 06 has been better than the other. So I don't see the series declining, just improving. If they want to try new things each year until they find a solution, let them.

But I do agree with one thing. The big wigs pulling the strings are the ones ruining efforts by the developers. They need to go have board meetings and write on chalk boards. And let these developers do their jobs and save this series. Without all the number throwing! When in reality they are the problem, not the developers.

[CX1329]

I know that no matter what happens, I'll always be fond of Live 10. The more I play this game, the more I learn about it, and the more I enjoy it. I'm even about to start a Dynasty, and I'm usually a Quick Game person.

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Quote: Originally Posted by kcxiv

Its all about dollars. IF it doesnt make them, then it doesnt make sense. EA wanted a quick fix to all their sales problems. It doesnt work that way. The suits only see that as a failure. They dont care why. So, they want to move in a different direction. I will say one thing, there is no way on gods green earth that the suits look at websites like this. They just want to see reports on how the game is doing and they do all their choices based on numbers. 2k struggled with NHL and MLB, but they are letting the new teams do their thing and are cutting them some slack. They knew it was goign to be bad. They are giving them a chance to turn things around. They arent moving in a different direction. Anyways, EA shouldnt have made their press release about this yesterday. It made them look bad and desperate. Which quite frankly is/was. That EA CM dude doesnt even want to step into this anymore. I Dont blame him.

Being that you have a huge bias and a connection with the competition, Its not right that you try to use this opportunity to smash on EA any way you can.

Dont try stirring up anything in here about the company, and quite frankly it gets annoying after awhile seeing you running around the site patting yourself on the back about 2k info and seeing you do this as well.

Im not being a jerk but relax

[Court_vision]

Quote: Originally Posted by Behindshadows

R.I.P: APF, ESPN NFL, NHL 2k series, and the beloved College Hoops. Thanks to Take 2 for killing a great series of games. .

You've outdone even yourself with those lines Shadows.

They didn't "kill" off the NFL games...they lost the right to make them.

APF didn't sell, neither did College Hoops. EA just ended your beloved NCAA game...so it's pretty clear college basketball simply doesn't sell.

Honestly, taking a shot at them for "killing off" games that they had no control over is taking even your 'dislike' for them a bit too far.

[Tomba]

Bottom Line...NBA Live 10 was very good compared to the last three years of Live games.

Did Wang have THAT much influence over it? Not really because ultimately it STILL played and felt like 07 08 and 09.

I'm just more curious about where exactly this games going as far as direction? If by sim do they mean by the game just having a online following of realistic nba stats like the symmetry thing? meaning that if they strengthen THAt that's what will make a difference? if they trigger animations properly if they add realism to the speed of the game then maybe yes but stats and game engines rarely mix and we see that. gameplay has been wonky until a editor comes along...and it's been like that for two years which Wang was around for...So...that means the influence hasn't been THAT major.

Honestly I do not think anyone influence could have been that major as been stated because it's a team of people deciding.

i know this isn't a improve Live thread but there needs to be one or just maybe good ol' tomba goes and consults them huh?