Hey everyone. I know I'm not too active on here. I lurk from time to time. Andrew knows I'm most vocal on Twitter and on Twitch. I'm sure Andrew has already seen this from one of my many tweets, but if we can pinpoint when this game started its downfall, it was during that NYC Event. Now the event itself was cool and generated a lot of buzz with people wanting to be a part of it, but giving away copies of the game to people that aren't even TRUE fans of the series, was a fatal mistake for Live 16 because once Shacknews and others that were in that NYC Event started streaming the game, not knowing how to play the game properly because most of them play 2K, I mean it was just frustrating seeing it. I could barely stomach watching Shacknews playing. So whoever at EA decided it was a good idea to give what the devs knew was an unfinished game with 2D avatars looking like PS2 graphics to people who didn't even appreciate the game like any one of us in this forum or just in the small Live community all together would have, YOU are the reason why at the very least, the sales are as bad as reported.
Yes I know the game is still what it is which is an average basketball game, gameplay wise. The graphics, aside from missing scans are really good. I don't know if any of you saw and/or heard my rant that I did on Twitch. Trust me, this was hard for me also after listening to it so I can't even imagine how the devs took it. I didn't really want to do it, but after hearing about the sales, there was nothing I can say that would hurt the sales even more, and in my defense, my rant pointed out a lot of issues in the game. Real issues that I experienced from over 100 hours I've already logged into the game. Anyway, most of the devs I talk to already heard the rant but if any of you want to listen and/or watch, here's the link to it. It's a Twitch highlight so I get nothing out of this. I'm not here to promote. Just here to share my frustration over a series I fight so hard for.
http://www.twitch.tv/nbalivestreamteam/v/21665998