NBA Live 365 MIA
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If you’ve been watching any of the NBA games so far this year you surely haven’t been able to miss the onslaught of advertising for NBA Live 09’s 365 feature. Certainly the feature is already proven beneficial for improving Live, but what most everyone was waiting for was the daily updates. After all the slogan is “Made Fresh Daily”.
To EA’s credit they’ve done manual updates including details such as player accessories leading up to the start of the season. Though I felt that they should have started 365 right away after the first night of games, it wasn’t a big deal to wait two days and have the very first update be significant and affect every team in the league. So the promise was made that the first update would be out this morning. Yet is no where to be found with no explanation having been given. It sure would’ve been nice to get whatever is causing this delay out of the way two days ago…
Needless to say this isn’t the ideal start for a feature that EA is hoping to be perceived as a value add-on. I’ll have a full look at how well 365 turned out for this year as well as the 2K Insider which hasn’t lived up to its own PR hype. That is when both of them actually get serious and start providing what they’ve promised.
Update: I’ve just now received the following statement from EA
“Hello Everyone,
Like we told you guys yesterday, NBA LIVE 365 would go live today. Well, I’m officially letting all of you know that NBA LIVE 365 has now been turned on, and is scheduled to go live between really late Friday, and early Saturday morning. You should see all roster lineups accurately reflected in-game based on what’s currently happening in the real NBA season. You’re probably wondering about DNA and Tendencies right? Well, those will be ready for you to download soon, but we’re waiting for teams to play a few games so that you see some differences in their DNA and tendencies.
This is an exciting and brand new feature for not only us, but sports games period so there’s bound to be some kinks that need to be worked out. I wanted to thank you on behalf of the entire NBA LIVE 09 development team for being so excited, eager and patient about the implementation of this feature. Because this is happening as the season goes along, it’s something that we wanted worked out and fully tested before we turned on the switch to you guys. Two things to note; there are some inconsistencies in the lineups that you may see, but they will be addressed as we move forward. Also, in order to keep the daily updates going, if there is a player at any point in time during the season that is not in our game but has played a game in the real NBA, you’ll see him reflected in-game as a generic player. Don’t worry, he’ll be implemented in-game accurately that same week, and the generic player will be out of your game.
Thanks again for the patience everyone! These are truly exciting times for all of us as the future of basketball is now!
Thanks,
The NBA LIVE 09 Dev Team”
October 31, 2008 at 4:49 pm
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October 31, 2008 at 4:53 pm
I hope this gets ironed out soon. I went online today just to download the first update and there wasn’t anything yet. This needs to get resolved soon or there will be plenty of unhappy NBA Live ‘09 owners.
October 31, 2008 at 4:56 pm
im kinda upset that they didn’t deliver. . .but i have no control over the situation so whatever. . .
October 31, 2008 at 4:58 pm
typical ea
October 31, 2008 at 4:58 pm
woooowwwwwwwww ridiculous
October 31, 2008 at 5:01 pm
That would be the “bullshavicks”
October 31, 2008 at 5:25 pm
BASKETBALL MAKES ME SLEEPY
GO RAPS
October 31, 2008 at 5:49 pm
you won’t see an update like the ones we see when a patch comes out,the stuff is downloaded thru the game. i have gotten the first nights games in rewind and injury moves and everything. they said they had to wait till every team played,so we should be kicking now fellas.
October 31, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Is there anyone that u can call about this? this is a form of false advertisement i just would like to know when we are going to get the update. this is the main reason i pick live over 2k9. This is bs
October 31, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Got an update on the situation sent to me by EA.
October 31, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Hey guys, the ‘official’ update is below. Overall, sorry for the delay… no trick or treating for me this year.
“Hello Everyone,
Like we told you guys yesterday, NBA LIVE 365 would go live today. Well, I’m officially letting all of you know that NBA LIVE 365 has now been turned on, and is scheduled to go live between really late Friday, and early Saturday morning. You should see all roster lineups accurately reflected in-game based on what’s currently happening in the real NBA season. You’re probably wondering about DNA and Tendencies right? Well, those will be ready for you to download soon, but we’re waiting for teams to play a few games so that you see some differences in their DNA and tendencies.
This is an exciting and brand new feature for not only us, but sports games period so there’s bound to be some kinks that need to be worked out. I wanted to thank you on behalf of the entire NBA LIVE 09 development team for being so excited, eager and patient about the implementation of this feature. Because this is happening as the season goes along, it’s something that we wanted worked out and fully tested before we turned on the switch to you guys. Two things to note; there are some inconsistencies in the lineups that you may see, but they will be addressed as we move forward. Also, in order to keep the daily updates going, if there is a player at any point in time during the season that is not in our game but has played a game in the real NBA, you’ll see him reflected in-game as a generic player. Don’t worry, he’ll be implemented in-game accurately that same week, and the generic player will be out of your game.
Thanks again for the patience everyone! These are truly exciting times for all of us as the future of basketball is now!
Thanks,
The NBA LIVE 09 Dev Team”
October 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
HeY PasTa is the 1st update gonna include the new uniforms for Ohklahoma CitY? I’ve had Live 09 since day 1 and haven’t chosen to play with or against the Thunder because of their Uniforms and Logo!!
October 31, 2008 at 10:41 pm
uniforms for Ohklahoma CitY you can download if yer using 360 in the market place and ps3 the store
October 31, 2008 at 11:35 pm
if they can do the thunders court why cant they do the hornets court through patch/download? every year they have the hornets court wrong
October 31, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Living roster had a update this morning. or thursday. way to be a EA fanboy
November 1, 2008 at 1:47 am
Quote:
“Two things to note; there are some inconsistencies in the lineups that you may see, but they will be addressed as we move forward. Also, in order to keep the daily updates going, if there is a player at any point in time during the season that is not in our game but has played a game in the real NBA, you’ll see him reflected in-game as a generic player. Don’t worry, he’ll be implemented in-game accurately that same week, and the generic player will be out of your game ”
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Hmmmm…. weren’t we led to believe that all roster moves would be made DAILY….. Soooo why would there be a”generic player” at any time??? Sounds to me like WEEKLY roster updates, not daily–like we were led to believe…. Another case of EA deceiving us on a feature..
So in reality it sounds from the “NBA Live Development Team” that the rosters will be updated WEEKLY– NOT daily. “Made fresh daily” uh-huh. Except for the roster updates….That will be made once a week. We were lead to believe that “if a guy gets injured the previous night that it would be there the NEXT day…If a guy signs a 10-day contract…..it would be there the next DAY…..There should NEVER , EVER be a generic player…. EVERY player that even PRACTICES with an NBA team–let alone gets in a game or is on the active roster, has some type of contract. Looks like this Live 365 DNA Feature will mainly consist of be able to replay the previous nights’ games. So if you want accurate rosters for a dynasty you are SOL.. Total bullsh*t.
November 1, 2008 at 7:11 am
Phil, the reason the generic players get created is because they are players that didn’t ship with the game. So for example, if some guy gets signed from the D-League and plays, our game will ‘create’ him on the fly the next day, but he will be generic. Then we have to manually replace him with a guy with the right ratings, stats, etc.
November 1, 2008 at 8:06 am
[quote comment="43853"]Living roster had a update this morning. or thursday. way to be a EA fanboy[/quote]
LOL the “living roster” that didnt add any of the missing players and didnt change any ratings. Once again pasta proves people like you that he is unbiased by holding EA accountable but you find some way to throw an insult his way still.
November 1, 2008 at 9:20 am
Damn still nothing
November 1, 2008 at 9:38 am
Quote:
iminurbase (nbadev) on November 1st, 2008 7:11 am Quote
Phil, the reason the generic players get created is because they are players that didn’t ship with the game. So for example, if some guy gets signed from the D-League and plays, our game will ‘create’ him on the fly the next day, but he will be generic. Then we have to manually replace him with a guy with the right ratings, stats, etc.”
Hmmm.. so then having completely accurate rosters the next day —like it told us during all the “Made Fresh Daily” commercials and marketing was not exactly correct. Gotta hand to your guys…we actually believe the EA hype machine. So in TRUTH, the rosters are NOT “Made Fresh Daily”–since there is really no player with the name “Player Player” or “Joe Generic” or “Generic Player” or whatever. You guys should pull those commercials,since it’s obviously borderline false advertising.
November 1, 2008 at 9:53 am
[quote comment="43874"]Quote:
iminurbase (nbadev) on November 1st, 2008 7:11 am Quote
Phil, the reason the generic players get created is because they are players that didn’t ship with the game. So for example, if some guy gets signed from the D-League and plays, our game will ‘create’ him on the fly the next day, but he will be generic. Then we have to manually replace him with a guy with the right ratings, stats, etc.”
Hmmm.. so then having completely accurate rosters the next day —like it told us during all the “Made Fresh Daily” commercials and marketing was not exactly correct. Gotta hand to your guys…we actually believe the EA hype machine. So in TRUTH, the rosters are NOT “Made Fresh Daily”–since there is really no player with the name “Player Player” or “Joe Generic” or “Generic Player” or whatever. You guys should pull those commercials,since it’s obviously borderline false advertising.[/quote]
I don’t see the problem you have with this. The game is going to generate a generic player if that player didn’t exist in Live before. The generic player will have his name, DNA and everything that comes with 365, but not his appearance and full ratings set until the Live team can make those adjustments. How did you expect 365 would auto-generate a player with correct appearance and full ratings?
Jamario Moon is the perfect example from last year. Both Live and 2K didn’t have him, and he wasn’t added at any point. With 365, he would’ve been in the game the very next day after playing in his first game. It wouldn’t have looked like him, or had his accurate ratings (tough to base off of just one game) but a player with his name and DNA from that one game would’ve been there the very next day. Within the week the Live team would’ve edited him for appearance and ratings. I’d say that is about the best case scenario that could be imagined right now and a huge advancement from anything that has ever been provided.
November 1, 2008 at 10:04 am
people are weird
November 1, 2008 at 11:32 am
[quote comment="43881"]people are weird[/quote]
i second that…
November 1, 2008 at 11:34 am
any changings for the ratings of Rose,Beasley,Mayo, and oden?
November 1, 2008 at 11:46 am
I shoulda got live 2k bites
November 1, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Pasta is correct above, the player will just look generic for the first little while, but will have the right name, DNA, etc.
November 1, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Its gonna be funny bc they wont no what skin color it is so its gonna have like a white guy black i bet or other way around
November 1, 2008 at 1:31 pm
[quote comment="43862"][quote comment="43853"]Living roster had a update this morning. or thursday. way to be a EA fanboy[/quote]
LOL the “living roster” that didnt add any of the missing players and didnt change any ratings. Once again pasta proves people like you that he is unbiased by holding EA accountable but you find some way to throw an insult his way still.[/quote]
way to suck up bro.
November 1, 2008 at 8:27 pm
the update is coming through for me….I already see a 10/28/08 rewind game…Lakers vs Blazers
November 1, 2008 at 9:29 pm
its great how everyone hates on 2k9. but its those same people who have never played a real game of basketball in their entire life. i have played ea basketball “sim” games since they were born and they lost me when 2k6 came out. but i have still bought both since then just to see the difference and 2k beats live in sim style basketball. for arcade i’ll go back to nba jam…peace
November 2, 2008 at 3:59 am
Few things:
-PR hype for 2k Insider?
Probably I missed something, but 2k is not really advertising, hyping its games, unlike EA.
-Future of Basketball is now?
What does that mean? Nba live 2010 will be the same? No developments anymore?
-Live 365
Adding new accessories, new jerseys, new shoes, new moves time by time is amazing, but only modifying the sliders and player attributes slightly, that is not fun.