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NBA Live 15 Ships on October 7th For Xbox One & PS4 - Open Letter from Sean O’Brien

03:01 PM - June 5, 2014 by Steve_OS

NBA Live 15 is set to release on October 7th for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Sean O’Brien, the Executive Producer of the game has posted an open letter on some details that are coming around the corner.

Below are some of the quotes, but you can read the entire article here.

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	5-on-5 gameplay didn’t have the depth and polish of an EA SPORTS game and our visuals just weren’t up to expectations for a next-gen title. We’ve scanned a majority of the league, and the new player heads, combined with refined player models and new lighting, makes our characters look really amazing. We want teams to play just like their real-world counterparts, and to that end we’ve spent a lot of time this season talking with NBA coaches to better understand their schemes and philosophies, which we can then implement in-game. Another equally important area of focus is improving flow and responsiveness in every area where you touch the ball, and we feel that shooting, passing and dribbling all feel much better this year. We’ll start sharing gameplay details in July, and will continue to provide in-depth insight through August and September. We know we’ve got a lot to prove this year, and we’ve got a solid plan in place to provide you with all the details and take the first steps to making NBA LIVE 15 a game you’re excited to play.

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# 41 shutdown10 @ 06/06/14 11:51 PM

They just don’t understand. Someone in their development team is a cancer, and they need to figure out who these people are. Multiple years in development and we ended up with Live 14….

# 42 bamalam @ 06/07/14 10:34 AM

probably wont happen-

but this is the year for them to take a big bite out of 2k which has f'd up the new gen game.

i'll give them a rental- live 14 was sub par to say the least.

in no particular order=

1.full editability,
2.dlc rosters,
3-4.improved gameplay/graphics,
5.30 team control.

thats the big 5 they need to do to get live up and running.

they will most likely do slight graphics improvement, and i will be buying neither game for the first time in years and years.

# 43 sportjames23 @ 06/07/14 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by MAGboyswifT27


	I can't hate on this open letter for it's honesty and because before 2K, most of us was ON THE LIVE WAGON, real talk! But EA has a very steep hill to climb to get back to where it was in the past because if it's anything like or close to last year's title, it'll end up with the same results of no one buying the game and talking bad about it. It's good to have competition between companies for sports games because I feel it brings out the best of both worlds.. We haven't had that in a long time for sport games..

Well, before 2K, we didn't have much choice but to be "on the live wagon". There weren't really any other basketball games.

# 44 sooperb @ 06/07/14 12:34 PM

We know we’ve got a lot to prove this year, and we’ve got a>>> solid plan in place to provide you with all the details<<< and take the>> first steps<< to making NBA LIVE 15 a game you’re excited to play.

I have a very bad feeling. I want NBA Live to actually succeed which sounds funny coming from me as I do not like EA. I am just sooooo fed up with NBA2K's BullS*** though. All they're concerned about is MyTeam. 5 patches in and the game is still unfinished and broken. Even some of the most basic things like saving settings and play books which are an option but wont work even though it is prompted on screen have been a yearly issue.
I'd love the option to boot up a PLAYABLE NBA LiVe game and decrease the sometimes stressfulness of a game of hoops in the cement shoes defensive world of 2k.

# 45 DC1980 @ 06/07/14 01:15 PM

Let's just hope they get Sleep Train Arena right this time. They've been using the same damn arena sine Live 06 on the 360.

# 46 m1ke_nyc @ 06/07/14 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by sportjames23


	Well, before 2K, we didn't have much choice but to be "on the live wagon". There weren't really any other basketball games.

There were a few NBA games over the years with multiple releases. NBA Shootout(actually liked that more than Live in the 90s), Kobe Bryant NBA Courtside on N64. Put a ton of hours into that 2 game series. Those were 2 I particularly liked.

# 47 lakers24 @ 06/07/14 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ratedmoney


	There were a few NBA games over the years with multiple releases. NBA Shootout(actually liked that more than Live in the 90s), Kobe Bryant NBA Courtside on N64. Put a ton of hours into that 2 game series. Those were 2 I particularly liked.

Don't forget Inside Drive and the Sony "The Life' games on the PS2 not PS3

# 48 jyoung @ 06/07/14 03:58 PM

Tecmo NBA Basketball was also great on the NES and SNES. It had the NBA/NBAPA licenses, plus a full season mode with detailed stat tracking.

# 49 LionsFanNJ @ 06/07/14 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by jyoung


	Tecmo NBA Basketball was also great on the NES and SNES. It had the NBA/NBAPA licenses, plus a full season mode with detailed stat tracking.

Meh. All I rmember about that game is Charles Shackleford pretty much being Shaq the remix when it came to season stats. Hed average like 17 rebounds a game no matter what you did, but you use the sixers and his *** was nonexistant. Always made me go wtf.

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# 50 Dostoe @ 06/07/14 09:51 PM

In my opinion, I'd love to see the online modes in the other EA sports games make an appearance in NBA Live. I'd love to see an online franchise mode, as well as an online my player mode.

# 51 VDusen04 @ 06/08/14 05:27 PM

I'll say, I'm most definitely interested to see what Live brings to the table this year, which is more than I've generally been able to say at any other point over the last 11 years or so. I still have an "under construction" feeling from them so I fear the game will still be rough in many areas, just based on how much work last year's game seemed to need.

That said, my recent dissatisfaction with my formerly reliable basketball product has me pulling for EA to get it all the way together and produce a very viable alternative. Here's hoping.

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Originally Posted by jyoung


	Tecmo NBA Basketball was also great on the NES and SNES. It had the NBA/NBAPA licenses, plus a full season mode with detailed stat tracking.

Yup. Underrated. Second basketball game I ever owned (after Magic Johnson's Fast Break). Tecmo taught me about backcourt violations, Rod Strickland, and how much easier it is to shoot three pointers from the top of the key versus anywhere else. Good times.

I also remember watching Tecmo's cutscenes and thinking, "What if all the game looked like that?" Then I'd immediately dismiss that thought as being entirely too unrealistic.

# 52 jyoung @ 06/08/14 05:38 PM

Yes, the cut-scenes added so much fun factor to that game. I loved all the different dunk scenes, as well as the ones that would trigger when you timed a three-point shot perfectly. THREE!

The set plays you could run were also pretty decent, for an early-1990s basketball game.

# 53 yungflo @ 06/08/14 06:56 PM

hoping they deliver cause as far as sports games go, 2013 was pretty stale. heres to 2014 being better.

I also know dramatic change cant happen overnight, so yeah.

# 54 PlatanoGames Network @ 06/08/14 09:34 PM

I always thought Live will sell HUGE if they featured NBA JAM and NBA Street as separate game modes within the menus! Complete with their own GM mode, soundtrack, Rising Star, Ultimate Team, Challenges, unlockables, ETC. Its common for different studios to develop the multiplayer aspect of some games or only the campaign. Why not have EA Big develop those modes. Imagine an exciting trailer for NBA Street Vol 4, and exciting trailer for NBA Jam: Boomshakala Edition, and then finding out they are ALL packaged within NBA Live 15, Someone could purchase the game only for those modes and be fulfilled!

# 55 LingeringRegime @ 06/08/14 11:23 PM

If they take Jalen Rose out the game; I will buy.

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