OS Roundtable: NBA Live's Digital Release a Good Idea?

[Subversion]

Quote: Originally Posted by 23

speaks volumes of the massive screw up that took place from whoever is making the decisions.

I'd like people to start naming names. For closure, and because they owe us.

[JimLeavy59]

Lets be honest EA wants to make a buck before they give up on the Live series.
NBA Live is dead simple as that. I was at the gamestop midnight release and people were asking about Live 13 and employees were telling them it won't come out this year. You really think people are going to shell out cash that could go towards 2k13?

[King_B_Mack]

Just thought I'd say that I saw a commercial for NHL 13 today. Info/announcements/commercials I've seen this sports gaming season for EA? Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13, FIFA 13, NCAA Football 13, Madden NFL 13 and now NHL 13. All of these games have gotten ample promotion in print and televised. Live 13? Not a damn thing. We still don't even have official confirmation on this download thing. This situation is truly pathetic.

[DaSmerg]

Quote: Originally Posted by jwtucker710

Been hearing a lot about this Mike Wang guy ... he wasn't the only one who worked on LIVE 10. He jumps Visual Concepts and goes to EA for a year and then back to Visual Concepts (2K). WTF? Show's you his loyalty.

Not to single jw out but ya see this kind of post frequently. A lot of these guys and gals work on contract. When your contract is up, you go where the next one is. Would you do any differently?

I have no idea what the uproar is about Live 13. I really, really don't get it. The footage we've seen, it looks exactly like what NBA Live was for years.

In this veteran gamers opinion, Live 13 looks like a glossy update to the last Live release and that, barring presentation, not much else has been done to the game. Is that a bad thing? In some folks minds it might be...actually gauging some of the reaction, it seems to be a crime against all humanity LoL. But the NBA Live series had a pretty decent and loyal following. Not saying that's an excuse but I know a few Live title fans who are going to be thrilled that they don't have to pretend anymore with updated roster files.

I don't know if I'll pony up 20 bucks though at this point. I'll get to see it thanks to season's pass though (at least I hope I do LMAO) and decide from there.

[cmidd]

It makes sense to not make physical copies, now they can sell the game for a little over what it's going to be worth ($7.00). your looking at a game that is going to look and play like it was developed in 2006 b/c they pretty much started from scratch It's poor frame rate can be tuned but the main build looks crappy.. Once again, EA proves that their business plans are thought up by chimps... Instead of spending the time and extra resources on Madden, they tasked their supposedly overworked devs with a project that has no future. Good thing they changed the name back to live, nothing ELITE about it

[kingpnp3]

Quote: Originally Posted by DaSmerg

Not to single jw out but ya see this kind of post frequently. A lot of these guys and gals work on contract. When your contract is up, you go where the next one is. Would you do any differently? I have no idea what the uproar is about Live 13. I really, really don't get it. The footage we've seen, it looks exactly like what NBA Live was for years. In this veteran gamers opinion, Live 13 looks like a glossy update to the last Live release and that, barring presentation, not much else has been done to the game. Is that a bad thing? In some folks minds it might be...actually gauging some of the reaction, it seems to be a crime against all humanity LoL. But the NBA Live series had a pretty decent and loyal following. Not saying that's an excuse but I know a few Live title fans who are going to be thrilled that they don't have to pretend anymore with updated roster files. I don't know if I'll pony up 20 bucks though at this point. I'll get to see it thanks to season's pass though (at least I hope I do LMAO) and decide from there.

i got a funny feeling we will not be able to touch nba live 13 thru the season pass. since its not a legit title. zero info on it in a long while. it will probably just drop at some point in october or sometime in 2013 when they feel like it.

[chandlerbang]

WOW EA just canned their head mod on their live forum for telling the truth and expressing his frustration with the series direction!!!! EA playing cleanup watch what you say about them

[barimanlhs]

Quote: Originally Posted by chandlerbang

WOW EA just canned their head mod on their live forum for telling the truth and expressing his frustration with the series direction!!!! EA playing cleanup watch what you say about them

Smh well I guess that shows the status of the game. What was once a great franchise has turned into a joke....its a shame.