NBA Live 08 will offer online leagues

by pastapadre
Posted August 30th, 2007 at 4:55 pm

NHL 08 won't be the only upcoming EA Sports title to include online leagues. For the first time it will be introduced into the NBA Live series as well. They will be available on the Xbox 360 and PS3.

It appears for this first attempt at leagues the system will be somewhat limited. There can be 2-32 teams, 1-11 games in a season, quarter length of 2-12 minutes, and owners can have the same teams within a league (which means there will probably be no trading of players). One good aspect is that it is an open structure. There is no strict schedule which is one of the main reasons the majority of leagues end prematurely. It is uncertain whether player stats will be tracked, what the playoff setup will be, or if there will be a web site to view updated league info.

EA Canada seems to be putting a lot of effort into the online area and from my understanding it is a completely different set of circumstances for their games when it comes to online performance as opposed to those produced at Tiburon. Where widespread problems have been seen with the 08 versions of NCAA Football , Nascar, Madden, and now Tiger…those same issues may not arise with NHL 08 and NBA Live 08. They are working towards making sure they don't.

Fortunately they seem to understand that if the online experience is plagued by lag, disconnects, non-functioning features, or simply being light on options then adding in features such as online leagues would ultimately be pointless. So lets hope that they deliver and build on that for the future.

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theREALDEALkid

I knew it, i guess i’ll have to wait for all human players online for next year
theREALDEALkid

I knew it, i guess i’ll have to wait for all human players online for next year
http://consolesports.net/ Craig

Interesting, that is now two EA Canada titles to feature online leagues. I wonder if FIFA will as well?
http://consolesports.net Craig

Interesting, that is now two EA Canada titles to feature online leagues. I wonder if FIFA will as well?
http://www.artoficial.com/ Artoficial

Step in the right direction.
http://www.artoficial.com Artoficial

Step in the right direction.
Dantecamp

Outstanding news! I’m so hyped up for Live this year. Just finished playing the NHL 08 demo and I did like what I saw. Props for EA Canada. Pasta, any info on when the demo will be available on Xbox Live? I heard it would be early september.
Dantecamp

Outstanding news! I’m so hyped up for Live this year. Just finished playing the NHL 08 demo and I did like what I saw. Props for EA Canada. Pasta, any info on when the demo will be available on Xbox Live? I heard it would be early september.
http://consolesports.net/ Craig

Well, I will hold back further comments on the game until EA makes a competent basketball title. Is this the year it starts? I have no idea, but once again I will give it a bash just to see what’s up.
http://consolesports.net Craig

Well, I will hold back further comments on the game until EA makes a competent basketball title. Is this the year it starts? I have no idea, but once again I will give it a bash just to see what’s up.
http://www.pastapadre.com/ pastapadre

[quote comment="3297"]Interesting, that is now two EA Canada titles to feature online leagues. I wonder if FIFA will as well?[/quote]

Yep. Fifa has online leagues also.

[quote comment="3299"]Pasta, any info on when the demo will be available on Xbox Live? I heard it would be early september.[/quote]

Nothing more than that. I’ve pushed to try and get more details on the demo but no luck so far.
http://www.pastapadre.com pastapadre

[quote comment="3297"]Interesting, that is now two EA Canada titles to feature online leagues. I wonder if FIFA will as well?[/quote]

Yep. Fifa has online leagues also.

[quote comment="3299"]Pasta, any info on when the demo will be available on Xbox Live? I heard it would be early september.[/quote]

Nothing more than that. I’ve pushed to try and get more details on the demo but no luck so far.
http://www.artoficial.com/ Artoficial

Just what I feared, EA has royally screwed up if this is true.

taken from an article on gamespot.com

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/sports/nbalive08/news.html?sid=6177918&autoplay=6177890&tag=topslot%3Blink%3B1&om_act=convert&om_clk=topslot&page=2

Interestingly, if the opposing team passes the ball, Live 08 will automatically switch your player control to the player closest to the ball. Although there’s no option to turn this feature off that we could find, you can go into the menu system and choose to control one position for the entire game if you like.
http://www.artoficial.com Artoficial

Just what I feared, EA has royally screwed up if this is true.

taken from an article on gamespot.com

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/sports/nbalive08/news.html?sid=6177918&autoplay=6177890&tag=topslot%3Blink%3B1&om_act=convert&om_clk=topslot&page=2

Interestingly, if the opposing team passes the ball, Live 08 will automatically switch your player control to the player closest to the ball. Although there’s no option to turn this feature off that we could find, you can go into the menu system and choose to control one position for the entire game if you like.
http://www.pastapadre.com/ pastapadre

It only automatically switches if you’re holding in the left trigger.
http://www.pastapadre.com pastapadre

It only automatically switches if you’re holding in the left trigger.
http://www.artoficial.com Artoficial

If this is the case the feature is nice.
http://www.artoficial.com/ Artoficial

If this is the case the feature is nice.
CR Knight

very cool news.
CR Knight

very cool news.