Sean O'Brien Issues Apology for NBA Live's Quality, Promises Improvements

[GisherJohn24]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tha_Kid

Im interested to see 14 will look like around March. Chances are not too different but i'm open to being surprised.

Graphics on a patch won't be much

[Phreak50]

Quote: Originally Posted by King_B_Mack

Honestly I'm a little concerned that there isn't even going to be a Live 15. ...Why would you intentionally cut into the development time of Live 15 worrying about improving Live 14? I simply cannot see EA Sports wasting resources like that. ....

Two things wrong with that.


1. Live 14 is that bad, it NEEDS to be fixed to restore some of the ever increasing damage done to the franchise but also to show some respect to those who paid full price for it and essentially got a dud.


2. Whatever fixes they do now will simply carry over into 15.


Seriously, if EA don't dramatically patch 14, their basketball franchise will never recover.


And by dramatically, I don't mean simply removing a few dodgy animations and updating a few faces.

[Boilerbuzz]

Quote: Originally Posted by Phreak50

Two things wrong with that. 1. Live 14 is that bad, it NEEDS to be fixed to restore some of the ever increasing damage done to the franchise but also to show some respect to those who paid full price for it and essentially got a dud. 2. Whatever fixes they do now will simply carry over into 15. Seriously, if EA don't dramatically patch 14, their basketball franchise will never recover. And by dramatically, I don't mean simply removing a few dodgy animations and updating a few faces.

You miss his point - patching 14 only limits 15. What good will it do if 15 is only going to be a marginal improvement on 14? You don't have enough time to make 15 worth buying over 14. Live 14 is pretty much DOA man. The only people that will care are fanboys and stragglers. By the time stragglers come, Live 14 will be in the bargain bin or a heavy resale.

[Phreak50]

At the same time, if they don't fix 14, no one will go anywhere near 15.

[Boilerbuzz]

Quote: Originally Posted by Phreak50

At the same time, if they don't fix 14, no one will go anywhere near 15.

I think that decision, for some, may have already been made. My decision on 15 has nothing to do with 14 at this point. As a matter of fact, I would hope they just get down to work on 15 now. 14 is out the door.


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[RangersCruz]

Quote: Originally Posted by Boilerbuzz

I think that decision, for some, may have already been made. My decision on 15 has nothing to do with 14 at this point. As a matter of fact, I would hope they just get down to work on 15 now. 14 is out the door. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

Boiler you really don't like Live do you? :P

[King_B_Mack]

Quote: Originally Posted by Boilerbuzz

You miss his point - patching 14 only limits 15. What good will it do if 15 is only going to be a marginal improvement on 14? You don't have enough time to make 15 worth buying over 14. Live 14 is pretty much DOA man. The only people that will care are fanboys and stragglers. By the time stragglers come, Live 14 will be in the bargain bin or a heavy resale.

Yep, pretty much this. I don't get where they're going with this. People already use the short development cycle excuse for this and why Live 13 got cancelled and they're talking about improving 14 drastically over the coming months during a very large chunk of Live 15's development cycle.

They've already botched their three year plan if this is what we're going with. Saying the improvements to 14 will simply carry over to 15? So basically they're going to sell the same game twice? How does this make sense? Basically year 2 of the three year plan is going to be what year one was supposed to be. I just can't see it personally how this is supposed to work out.

[Phreak50]

You still don't get it.


Saying things like sell the game twice...how about the people that paid for 14? It's like selling a coaster for $60.


Earning some respect by fixing 14 does a lot more for this franchise than an improved 15 does.


After all the mess over the last few years and all the hype surrounding the new engine, the new physics, the whole 'nothing but next' slogan... if EA leave Live 14 as an untouched disgrace, what does that say about them and what they think of their fans?