NBA Live Committed to Consoles - Shipping in 2017, But the Focus Will Be on Mobile

[Crunky]

I keep hearing you guy mention that they should come out with a NBA Street game but I can tell you as a fact that their aren't alot of people willing to shell out $60 for an arcade basketball game. Don't tell me that they can sell it at a reduced price because they can't with the agreement they have with the NBA. I would love if they came out with a baseball game, but in reality they can't due to licensing fees with MLB it will be very hard to make money because of it, just look at the competitors baseball game as an example they went out of business because of it.

[KingTocco]

Quote: Originally Posted by Crunky

I keep hearing you guy mention that they should come out with a NBA Street game but I can tell you as a fact that their aren't alot of people willing to shell out $60 for an arcade basketball game. Don't tell me that they can sell it at a reduced price because they can't with the agreement they have with the NBA. I would love if they came out with a baseball game, but in reality they can't due to licensing fees with MLB it will be very hard to make money because of it, just look at the competitors baseball game as an example they went out of business because of it.

Lol I guarantee that if they came out with a new NBA Street that was on par and have improvement of the last versions, people would pay $60 for it....especially if it had an online mode as well.

[Crunky]

I would purchase this NBA Street game only if they go to the extreme with it by adding things the competition won't risk in putting in their game, like arguing foul call, receiving technicals and getting ejections. Go over the top with it, like backboard alley oops to self and teammates, shattering glass on backboard like shaq, breaking rims, have user input celebrations, user input dunks, hang on rim with user input. Have minigames like half court shot to win cash prize. Make the game more physical like flagrant fouls, blowing up defenders with moving screens ala draymond green. Also have the presentation be top notch than and only than can I see myself and many others shell out the $60.

[KingTocco]

Quote: Originally Posted by Crunky

I would purchase this NBA Street game only if they go to the extreme with it by adding things the competition won't risk in putting in their game, like arguing foul call, receiving technicals and getting ejections. Go over the top with it, like backboard alley oops to self and teammates, shattering glass on backboard like shaq, breaking rims, have user input celebrations, user input dunks, hang on rim with user input. Have minigames like half court shot to win cash prize. Make the game more physical like flagrant fouls, blowing up defenders with moving screens ala draymond green. Also have the presentation be top notch than and only than can I see myself and many others shell out the $60.

I'll just leave with this, I don't want to de-rail this thread anymore. None of the stuff you'd like (the extreme stuff) will probably ever be in a basketball game. That's why players get fines and other things when they do it, it's not a good look for players and the NBA when it happens. The NBA would never allow for that to be in a game.

Based on your response I'm not sure if you've ever played the original street games, they were all ridiculous with crazy dunks/gamebreakers etc. That's really the whole point of the game, it's a type of game between an NBA Jam and NBA 2K series.

Maybe you won't pay $60 for it and that's fine. $60 isn't really a lot when it comes to video games anymore considering all the collection edition, DLC, etc. stuff that gets sold as well. NBA/NFL/FIFA street made it to the "greatest hits" collection for Playstation and Xbox for a reason, if it was good, it would sell a lot.

[TheBadazz]

They have NBA street and NBA Jam. Put out one of those. I gave Live a chance the last 2 years, that's it.

[Crunky]

My belief is instead of hiring more devs their using the same dev team for both mobile and console that's why theres a delay. But in reality there seeing how well they do on mobile if they do good in sales then they would cancel the consoles. Don't forget their NBA contract expires in 2017 so I believe this mobile game will transition into a street basketball game without NBA players. They will call it Extreme Street Basketball since the NBA won't be involved they could add all the technicals,flagrant fouls, ejections and all the cool ideas I wrote in my other post. Millions of people will support this on consoles that's a fact.

[magicman32]

They should consider releasing it for PC too and let the mods have at it. Why not at this point?

[Shakedowncapo]

Its a wrap. I feel like most people are looking at the 2017 release date and ignoring the, "The best way to do that is through the fastest growing, largest, and most accessible gaming platform…mobile."

Game.Set.Match.

EA is letting you know right now where this series stands and where they stand with you as console fans. They're finished with you.