NBA Live? More like NBA DEAD
Remember howNBA 2K16was thebest-selling US retail gamein September, toppling evenMaddenandMetal Gear Solid V? Well, that one is made by 2K.
Electronic Arts also makes a basketball game,NBA Live.NBA Livewas so bad EA stopped making it for several years and then tried to reboot it withNBA Live 14, which was bad, and kept on giving it a try withNBA Live 15and, this year,NBA Live 16.NeoGAFextrapolation of those same NPD numbers hasNBA Live 16US retail sales at about 8,000 to2K16‘s over 1 million.
PastaPadrenotes seeing no more than 120 people (connected online) playing, even at peak hours. The revivedLivehas gone from claiming 2-3% of basketball market to less than 1%. Just like last time, consumers have an idea of which basketball game is good, and which one blows, and they just aren’t buying the latter. Even if EA could makeLivegood next year, the franchise name is so damaged (again). I can’t expect EA to keep at it much longer.
Just make anotherNBA StreetwithMariocharacters.
No one bought NBA Live 16[PastaPadre]NPD Sales Results for September 2015 [Up2: Nintendo Numbers][NeoGAF]
