NBA Live 13 Has Been Canned

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Quote: Originally Posted by sword1986

kinda like the Chicago Cubs and the goat curse EA NBA Live has been casted a Mike Wang curse

The curs of the Wang.

[yungflo]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bulls321974

I know about their 15-yr deal. I was referring to contract clauses, details that nobody can know about except the guys who have to deal with this stuff. Those contracts can always contain opting-out clauses that become law in various situations. We don't know anything about that...

I sincerely doubt they EAS would not fight them going to a competitor. ESPN isn't only on live, I'm pretty sure its carried on other lackluster titles that eas has to offer as well. If they were to try to break the clause, I'm pretty sure eas would try to break it off with fifa. And Fifa is too much of a cash cow.

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Quote: Originally Posted by smithdynasty

With NBA 2k13 running as smooth as it does, I personally feel like 2K sports not making a College Game is like Manny and Mayweather refusing to fight. It makes no sense.

That's on the NCAA dude.

[swac07]

folks sending death threats to EA on their website..its not THAT serious ..go outside and play some real basketball

[yungflo]

Quote: Originally Posted by PVarck31

Where are people getting that EA can't use or doesn't have the rights to Live 10 code?

Say no to drugs.

I'm reading that in this thread and wondering that too. Are people forgetting that eas produced this game along with the engine? LOL.

I have never even heard of them using another company's engine to produce a game

[Semipro91]

Quote: Originally Posted by Drewski

The biggest shame in this is that they hold rights to ESPN, which I would love to be in 2ks possession. Maybe someday. Till then ESPN NBA authenticity is still lost in incompetence. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

I wonder how much money EA had to pay ESPN and the NBA for failing to put a product out? I know that when the NBA makes a deal with EA/2K they have a clause about HAVING to make a certain release date or face a fine. I bet missing the entire year is in there too. I wonder if ESPN has anything similar in their contract with EA.

[Bulls321974]

Quote: Originally Posted by yungflo

I sincerely doubt they EAS would not fight them going to a competitor. ESPN isn't only on live, I'm pretty sure its carried on other lackluster titles that eas has to offer as well. If they were to try to break the clause, I'm pretty sure eas would try to break it off with fifa. And Fifa is too much of a cash cow.

Never say never...

[shadio5]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

Thats a horrible analogy. Tiburon and Canada are different studios but under the same umbrella. Its ridiculous to think that EA wouldnt leave a few employees who were knowledgable about the Live 10 engine to help guide the new team. The fact is EA wanted to move from the Live 10 engine and only use the elite engine. Just like the Live 13 team had to try to use the Elite engine, they couldve used that time to learn the Live 10 engine and built from there. It was an indefensible decision by EA to use Elite as the foundation for 13 and the main reason why this game wasnt released.

lol EA has done and made "ridiculous" decisions on alot of their product since 1995 imo...but again this is just my opinion.

They had no choice but to move forward. Either you move forward or get left behind. Unfortunately in this case they werent able to MOVE at "tall"(english accent)....

EA used a successful NHL development team to push the their NBA franchise, would you call that smart or ridiculous?................

VC/2k sports fan