NBA Live 13 Has Been Canned

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Quote: Originally Posted by VUUAASSHHH!

EA Sports love to spend money. It is not cheap getting a license from NBA and from the players. Anyway, I hate EA. They are responsible for destroying gaming nowadays. Burn in hell, bunch of mercenaries.

You know, there is a sad, sad truth to this post. EA, a company largely responsible for the growth of the industry, is now at the head of the industry's contraction to assembly line gaming. Where is Westwood, Origin, Relic, Bioware? Companies that lead and/or broadened genres are now pumping out the same game formulaic games. It's sad that new ideas seem to only come from small, indie houses with limited resources. Don't get me wrong, EA has tried some new ventures, but they devolve into stale amalgamations of known genres.

Anyway. Sorry. I just had to respond to this as it struck a cord with me. Some for Activision and Nintendo, btw...

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Quote: Originally Posted by Profit89

I am against EA's monopolistic practices as much as the next guy, but a strong NBA Elite would help the basketball genre obviously.

Obviously this isn't true. The genre is doing pretty well even with Live on the sidelines...

For now.

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Quote: Originally Posted by Bunselpower32

NBA is to EA what MLB is to 2K.

Bull. When did MLB 2K cancel weeks before release? I missed that one.

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Quote: Originally Posted by Arod2k9

Disgraceful and I won't purchase any games for the rest of my lifetime that has EA on the cover.

I find that hard to believe.

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Quote: Originally Posted by dickey1331

Why? Because 2K had great success in NHL and MLB? 2K is great at making basketball games and was good at football games like 5 years ago.

Do you know anything about the development of those titles? Do some research. The fact that those titles ship was an accomplishment.

[kingpnp3]

Quote: Originally Posted by ondreythegiant

Give the 2k13 demo a try...it's a whole new ballgame in terms of player movement.

^no its not. its still similar to 2k12 and 2k11. you just control the dribbling now and the passing is much quicker(which helps the game alot).

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Quote: Originally Posted by kingpnp3

I disagree. I feel its still similar to 2k12 and 2k11. you just control the dribbling now and the passing is much quicker(which helps the game alot).

I corrected that for you...

[shadio5]

Quote: Originally Posted by Babyportobello

My fear is that old saying" if you can't beat them buy them". EA has deep pockets and that would be one way to eliminate the competition.

Been there, and they tried that, TWICE...i belive in 08, 09 EA went ham and tried the strong arm tactics. which is why us guys who were there in 05, can now get a bit of peace in our heart. There is trouble in the EA towers, i just hope they can maintain and keep my Fight night going.

just a thought

VC/2k sports fan