What's to Become of NBA Live?

[KingTocco]

Quote: Originally Posted by Nemesis Enforcer

Please no nba street or cater to what 2k fans want other than a franchise mode with customization if indeed it will be a full release. Live fans can take a punch. We aren't going anywhere!

Except for the fact that there is like 20 of you...

You're left with only delusional and completely die-hard Live fans at this point, which from the sales numbers and feedback...isn't many at all.

Live needs to seriously overhaul everything and I still don't understand why so many of you are opposed to a new NBA Street, people LOVED that game.

[Crunky]

Kingtocco isnt NBA live pro am just another version of NBA street just without the glitz. How would it sell well now compared to back then without people feeling cheated in someway knowing they had a NBA street game in pro am already included with the NBA product and now without just a NBA street game with more glitz. Excuse me for my ignorance because I never played NBA street.

[KingTocco]

Quote: Originally Posted by Crunky

Kingtocco isnt NBA live pro am just another version of NBA street just without the glitz. How would it sell well now compared to back then without people feeling cheated in someway knowing they had a NBA street game in pro am already included with the NBA product and now without just a NBA street game with more glitz. Excuse me for my ignorance because I never played NBA street.

No, they are honestly completely different. The only thing that would be close to being the same is the customization and venues that this year's Pro-Am had.

They don't even have to just focus on NBA Street but I think they should get back to it, it would sell well for them if done right and is a very fun casual/arcade option of the NBA games.

[vtcrb]

I think NBA 2K took huge step forward when they started listening to what the community wanted in a basketball game. They also brought in people from the Community like Leftos, Vlad, Beds, etc. Live never seemed interested in doing either one, and lack of communication with their fan base hurts as well.

[Crunky]

I maybe crazy and delusional but all NBA live has to do is get back to the basics gameplay and animation quality. Forget everything, forget Dynasty, forget customization, forget all of that. Just focus your time, energy, resources to gameplay and animation quality. With Kobe retiring just focus on his career, begin with fro Kobe, kobe/shaq, kobe/gasol, kobe/russel. This is your perfect excuse NBA live devs just forget about everything else the features, the modes, just focus on gameplay/animations. Mo-cap all of Kobe signature moves including his teammates throughout his career in finest detail possible. This game will sell like crazy based on Kobe alone don't even need the current NBA product included.

[Ermolli]

Why do you guys think replicating a single game or person's career would help them? By that you're just alienating even more people since not many people would be interested in playing with whichever two teams they decide. Plus Kobe is already 2K's coverstar so there's no chance to do his career plus having to get each of his teammates and opponent's likenesses would implicate higher costs.

In my opinion, next year they should release a free to play version with Ultimate Team and Pro-Am. It would attract people since it wouldn't cost a thing and could get enough people attracted to those modes to buy packs on LUT and gear on Pro-Am. That way it could help them generate some income to invest in a full game like Live 18.

[Crunky]

For me personally a standalone Kobe career mode would sell well all by itself. With the player likenesses costly it won't matter since they wouldn't need alot of teams for the story mode and for the players that are costly just use fictional players in their place, let us create players to replace the fictional players. If there ever was an excuse to skip 2yrs of the current nba product and release a game in 2018 this would be the perfect opportunity to do it with Kobe just now retiring. Just because 2k has Kobe on their special edition cover doesn't mean NBA live can't use Kobe, even better there'll have him on their main cover, the casual gamer would barely even know Kobe is on 2k cover unless they researched it. With the thought that this idea would alienate non kobe/lakers fans so what NBA live is in the business of making money not friends.

[Ermolli]

Quote: Originally Posted by Crunky

For me personally a standalone Kobe career mode would sell well all by itself. With the player likenesses costly it won't matter since they wouldn't need alot of teams for the story mode and for the players that are costly just use fictional players in their place, let us create players to replace the fictional players. If there ever was an excuse to skip 2yrs of the current nba product and release a game in 2018 this would be the perfect opportunity to do it with Kobe just now retiring. Just because 2k has Kobe on their special edition cover doesn't mean NBA live can't use Kobe, even better there'll have him on their main cover, the casual gamer would barely even know Kobe is on 2k cover unless they researched it. With the thought that this idea would alienate non kobe/lakers fans so what NBA live is in the business of making money not friends.

NBA Live 16 sold extremely poor at launch which was a "fully featured" game and you think a game around a certain player's career would get better sales? Just by people knowing it's an NBA Live game people would pass just by lackluster previous games. 2K17 might even have a mode just like that and it still would be integrated into a deep game with modes for everyone's tastes.

Also, who is saying that Live is in the business of making friends? They need to reach as many people as possible, not go to a certain group. I don't think EA is reaching for 2K's youtubers to ask for something like the one game /one player's career thing suggested here. They are trying to get as many people interested in the game, not a few to appease with such a narrow game.