EA Sports also cancels NBA Live PC
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After hearing that Madden for the PC had been shut down it can’t come as a huge surprise that NBA Live will join it on the bench. While this has caused the PC community more angst the sales and piracy concerns don’t seem to warrant new releases in their current forms.
The only PC titles that would probably seem safe are Tiger Woods and FIFA, while NHL would appear to be another possible cut in the near future.
I previously mentioned EA’s Battlefield:Heroes as one potential direction they could be headed. I don’t believe they’ll just abandon the PC completely but they will be more creative in what they do there. They could come back with licensed games that follow the B:H model of being free and relying on advertising and microtransactions. There is also EA Gameshow, another free interactive experience on the PC that is supported solely by short video ads in between sessions. So they’ve shown some signs that is a model they are open to.
April 10, 2008 at 5:30 am
was to be expected cant blame them for making the decision
April 10, 2008 at 7:29 am
they will be glitched and mediocre like in the past anyway. good riddence.
April 10, 2008 at 10:52 am
I don’t understand it since it is just a port of the PS2(not that PC users are happy with that) version and there is no competition. Easy money. I mean, not even for Direct Download only?
It’s obvious they are focusing on something different for the PC platform since I recall hearing that they were completely reworking their PC development team for 09. I guess cancelling NBA Live 09 for PC was that reworking. If it means that NBA Live X for PC will be of nextgen quality, then I am all for it.
April 11, 2008 at 12:31 am
The PC version of the LIVE serie was so ridiculously in lack of quality, that I would say, this is a logical step to focus more to the consoles. I just can not understand, that many of the developers can present their games both on consoles and pc, x360 has more or less the same programing architecture, than a pc, only the biggest company is uncapable to do it, losing their 15 years old pc NBA community. Believe me, if they wanna play with the newest nba game, they shall choose 2k.
A few things, EA should not forget:
- Their main title, Sims is basicly a PC game, they should not betray it.
- In America there are about 15 million x360+ps3, but 100x more pcs! It is not a market?
- Piracy on pc? I can buy written x360 games, whenever I want.
- On consoles, nba 2k’s sales are about 2x better, plus there comes Sony’s own nba game for ps3 plus the Ballers. For PC, EA would not have a competition.
For most players, EA became more and more only a moneymaker company, producing their series endlessly, it is a mass production on a moving conveyor, expensive sofwares, lack of creativity and quality. Adding ads would confirm this supposal, ruining the joy of gaming.
April 11, 2008 at 1:20 am
To much work rebuild old engine-game in a nextgen game on PC!!! Too much work for EA sports workers!!! Their work was (many years) only new statistics and some new shitty features!!! Well done EA, well done!!! If there is too much work -> just throw it away!!! THX very much!
April 11, 2008 at 5:37 am
EA lost the console battle to the 2K series and lost the PC battle to their incompetence.
April 11, 2008 at 6:48 am
In the last 4 years, EA said after the release of the actual nba pc game: next one is next-gen graphic, genious replays and shortcuts, improved gameplay. Nothing came true! WHAT THE HELL DID THEY THINK, THE SALES SHALL INCREASE, MEANWHILE THE NBA SERIE IS BASICLY DID NOT CHANGE IN THE LAST 5 YEARS? Why should I buy something for 50$, if I have seen that last year? EA just repacked the same software year by year, and now they blame us. How is the pirate?
July 13, 2008 at 11:42 pm
WHY MADDEN 09 ISN’T BEING MADE FOR (PC) ? I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WAITING FOR MADDEN 09 TO COME OUT ON (PC). I BEEN WAITING SENSE THE BEGINING OF THE YEAR AND NOW YOU SAYING NO MADDEN ON (PC). MADDEN IS MY FAVORITE GAME ON (PC) IM VERY MAD ABOUT THAT . EA. SPORTS ALREADY TOOK (MVP BASEBALL) AWAY NOW MADDEN, THAT IS BAD VERY BAD .
September 18, 2008 at 5:28 pm
well….with consoles you’ll have to buy a new one every year for sure….so this decision is totally profit based….in pc you can at least update the roster indefinitely until there’s really a new game worth playing….updates for consoles can now be limited to one year to two forcing people to buy new version of the series….huhu…guess i won’t be able to create custom teams anymore in sports game…
September 29, 2008 at 3:53 pm
I’m to blame them for making that decision.
With things out for the PC like Xbox360 PC controllers and the like the link between computer and console is shrinking.
More gamers than ever would be playing these games on controllers if these games came out, and thus buying them.
Yes of course there’s piracy on the computer. People also get modded XBoxes and the like and burn games.
Plus there’s CDKeys, protection software, and regardless of how successfull piraters are people who want to play it, most of them will buy it.
November 6, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Well, I woulda probably pirated it, so I can see where they’re coming from.
Sadly, I DID buy last year’s PC release (and I think I bought 07 too, can’t remember, maybe I got it for the PS2), and was looking forward to 09.
I DLed 2k9 last week and it sucked for franchise mode. Basketball games have always had one of the weekest franchise modes, and NBA 2k9 is an utter failure at it in this day and age
February 14, 2009 at 2:29 pm
THIS SUCKS
NBA LIVE 09 PC WOULD MUST HAVE BEEN A FABULOUS HIT IN THE MARKET
I DON'T WHY THEY HAVE CANCELED IT
February 15, 2009 at 5:13 pm
fuck you bich