NBA Live 14 Confirmed For Release on Xbox One and PS4 Only

[Steve_OS]

NBA Live 14 is being met with careful skepticism from all who approach it. Gamers and critics alike are looking upon EA's upcoming NBA title with increased caution after several years of what amount to broken promises and unmet expectations.

GamesIndustry recently sat down with with members of the NBA Live 14 team to discuss the upcoming game, which is coming to next-gen consoles exclusively.

Comparing NBA Live to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Executive Producer Sean O'Brien said, "You can look down the road in a couple years and say, 'I could see them as a team that's going to be in contention."

O'Brien worked on EA's NBA Live and March Madness franchises for a decade before he left EA after NBA Live 10. EA Sports President Andrew Wilson approached O'Brien about rejoining the team, O'Brien said he did so only because there appeared to be a serious commitment to making a great basketball game again.

The focus for the NBA Live series going forward will be to establish a foothold on the new generation of consoles using the Ignite Engine rather than try to compete on over-the-hill last gen hardware where the NBA 2K series has obviously won.

You can read the full article on GamesIndustry.biz. We are expecting to hear more about NBA Live 14 next week at E3.

What do you think about the decision to bring O'Brien back to the NBA Live series? Do you have any faith a good product will be delivered at launch on the Xbox One and PS4?

[SageInfinite]

Sounds interesting, but also like they know they won't have a really strong game with NBA Live 14. I appreciate and respect the honesty here and I'm looking forward to what Tiburon has. As much as I love the NBA 2k series, it'll be nice to have another NBA game to play.

[Bionickle]

I other words, the game will still suck ***!! But that's to be expected after a relatively long hiatus, I just think this will benefit us as gamers cause it'll make 2K look over its shoulder to see how close EA gets.

[huntt26]

Competition will be a good thing, but I can't see Live 14 being good at all.

[22cedric]

Great article it seems like the NBA Live team is committed to making a great NBA sim game that fans will enjoy.

[Steve_OS]

I'm hoping it will be playable at E3.

[JazzMan]

Player models look like they were yanked right out of Borderlands.

They have their work cut out for them, that's for sure.

[TalenT]

I agree that competition always brings out the best in companies but on another note...Why can't they get player models right??? The poly count is obviously higher but you can't tell me that they put up a side by side of a virtual player and an actual photo and said "Got it! Spot on!".