NBA Live 13 Has Been Canned

[PVarck31]

I don't believe Live will come out on this gen. They might as well scrap the engine since they can't even work with it.

If there is any hope it would be a new engine on the new consoles. But we saw how that worked out the last time.

Yet another sad day for sports gaming.

[yungflo]

They are not only loosing money on the nba license, but music licensing, shoe brand licensing,espn licensing etc. I'm curious to know how much exactly the nba live franchise has cost them this gen.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by shadio5

dude if it were that easy to do, they would have done that by now. We dont know if the code engine has legal rights to them. Those filters might have been thrown out the window once live10 was done. Live10 engine might be limited to the point where it might not be able to upgrade. The growth of that engine cant really grow without its original crew members behind it.....it doesent make sense to have a completely different team work on a project they did not create There's more to it than just a simple "why cant they build of 2k10"..... buisness is buisness at the end of the day VC/2k sports fan

Has nothing to do with easy and everything to do with stubbornness. When EA lost to 2k10 with Live 10, they felt they had to change the game and make an entire new game with Elite. They thought selling a new physics engine and controls would be enough to overtake 2k but it wasnt. They still have that belief and thats why they wont take a step back and build off of 10. EA has been quoted as saying they took a year to look at Elite and see what was usable...completely ignoring Live 10. Also completely ignoring that many people preferred Live 10 to 2k10.

We do know that EA owns the code to 10 so thats not a question.

[shadio5]

Quote: Originally Posted by Behindshadows

You have to be kidding me....EA I officially hate you.....had my hopes up after a 2 year hiatus.....and you pull this..even a November release would have been better than nothing. I have been making EA vs. 2k videos for the last few weeks, hoping to lead up to a 13 series comparison and now this crap.... Disappointment is a understatement of how I feel right now....sad, sad and sad! Hate you so much right now it's not even funny... Another year of just 1 title....... First Sony disappeared and EA just gives up.... Exactly and 99% of OS and other forums feel the same way!

Hey dont feel so bad about losing this game man, lets not forget, this all started with the NFL. So hey, what comes around gos......you know the rest

just sayin

VC/2k sports fan

[Bulls321974]

Quote: Originally Posted by ratedmoney

So many fanboys in this thread. How is this a good thing like alot of you are making it out to be ? Your laughing like this is ok. This is bad for the consumer we now have less options. And please stop with this EA monopolized the NFL license thing, the NFL has gone exclusive in pretty much everything they do now. That was their doing. And how you forget 2K went exclusive on the 360 for baseball games and that game was utter trash and is now finished. I love 2K just as much as the next person but im really disappointed to hear this news.

I am not disappointed at all. If EA was going to be on the right track to become competitive again and announcing a cancelation of this game now, I would have been disappointed. But they are actually lightyears away from becoming dangerous to 2K and their series. There just hasn't been any competition between the two companies because EA keeps failing miserably. Therefore there is no reason to mourn after this cancelation...

[NINJAK2]

Shots Fired!!!! Live 13 DOA
I would have checked that game out for $20 too...
If it's not too soon, 2k should try to talk to some of live's face scan artists

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by jersez

They're losing money by not releasing the game. What would be smart is to fire whoever is managing the series. Two years and two cancelled games, it's ridicules.

Not as much if they released a game though. The only thing they've lost right now is the fee they paid for the NBA license this year and the man hours for people who worked on the game.

[MarvinOida]

Probably instead of rebuilding, take the Live 10 Engine and Improve on that. Rebuilding is possibly worse then using the Elite engine.... USE THE Live 10 Engine!! Closest thing to NBA 2K13 from EA... (Since it was Mike Wang-produced.)