09-28-2010, 02:06 AM
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Originally Posted by HOLLIDAY1183 |
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Wow, lot of emotions in this thread, and now that I think about it, that's to be expected. This is big news, for us the hardcore NBA fans, EA (the devs esp), and for this franchise.
You might feel this is a purely by-the-numbers decision, aimed at reducing losses incurred had "Elite" released in its current condition....
You may feel EA deserves praises, for "looking out for the consumer" and "taking community feedback seriously"....
You may feel like your intelligence has been insulted, certain that had the response to the demo been slightly less negative, this would have released, and devs would still be here two weeks from now praising "Elite" for its "revolutionary" control, w/commercials playing claiming it has "unprecedented features for a basketball game"...in other words, EA woulda kept their game face on pretending this was complete when WE ALL KNOW IT WASN'T....
For me, it's all of the above.
But as a hardcore NBA/Basketball gamer, I saw this headline, and almost smiled literally. Sometimes, though business is business, and profits trump all, in the end, we win. We won with this whole development today. EA made a business decision, and the result is in everybody's best interest, and that's why I'm happy. Who cares about anything, really, except the fact that we are going to get a BETTER game out of this.
Every day at work (VZW), I make purely business decisions. A single-line customer on her eighth Storm, is getting another Storm replacement. A customer with 25 business lines, on their 3rd, heck I will probably tell the rep to upgrade her to her choice of device, WITH a discount.
Why? Because it's worth it. They'd lose $$ by not releasing "Elite" but a TON less by cutting it short right now, and getting to work on "Elite/Live" 12.
Which brings me to my next thought: I doubt we'll see an "Elite 11" at all. I think releasing "Elite" 11 is another business decision that won't make sense, whether it's January or April. I think conference calls are happening now that are debating not just whether or not to cancel 11, but more-so "How do we break this to them in the most positive light possible? How will we spin it to still look good?"
What I'm hoping (and why I put the "Live" in the last paragraph, lol) is that they reopen the code for Live 10, and try to find a way to marry it with parts of the new system they tried with "Elite" (if this is even possible). I don't even know, maybe like have real physics trigger in a congested lane or something. But just keep ALL OF LIVE 10 intact, and build off it. More sig, more personality, revamped Dynasty, fully fleshed out online options. Maybe full dynamic half- and post-game shows showcasing dynamic footage from around the league (they were on to something with the saved replays playing on the bigscreeen. "Rebrand" it Live again, and announce they're going back to the "Soul of the game."
Fire Littman and NEVER let him near the studio again. Honestly guys, doesn't it kinda tick you off that the actual devs (rEAnimator, stepsix) are here all day, defending a game that is the result of HIS vision, and where has he been. His vision has been met with 99% negative feedback, and these guys are here on the frontline defending it.
Why isn't Littman here explaining to us why it isn't important to have in-game injuries, and true to life signature animations? Ugh
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exactly my point man.... i respect rEAnimator and stepsix alot and feel bad for them because there here defending the game, when it wasnt there vision (theyll never admit to it not being there vision), if there was a way to fuse elites shooting, rtp, presentation, into live 10, with improved grpahics, and more sig stuf, and animations, wed have one HELL of a game... hell since 2k took a page out of eas book this year, take a couple out of theirs, put old retro teams in the game.... ive owned every live since 2000, this is a disappointing day for a ea fanboy like myself.... ima jordan nuthugger(almost got into fist fights because people call kobes name and jordans into the same sentence lol), and i REFUSE to buy 2k, i absolutely HATE the way it moves and feels.... c'mon ea yall dominate every other sport game, time to do the right thing and take over basketball too |
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