Bring back a legendary basketball game
To all my fellow hoopers, gamers, and basketball lovers, I’m making this message because I know I’m not the only one who feels this way. Don’t you miss when basketball gaming actually felt like basketball? The realistic movement. The smooth dribbling. The feeling of making the right read, creating your own shot, playing real defense, and having your skill make the difference. Don’t you miss getting on the game and genuinely enjoying yourself instead of feeling like you’re playing the same game over and over again? Let’s be honest with ourselves. How many more times are we going to buy the next 2K, hoping this will finally be the year things change, only to feel like we’re being sold another version of what we already paid for? How much longer are we going to keep supporting a cycle that leaves so many of us asking for more? We’re not just asking for better graphics. We’re asking for better gameplay. We’re asking for innovation, effort, creativity, and a basketball experience that reminds us why we fell in love with these games in the first place. We’re not just customers. We’re a community. We’re the people who kept basketball gaming alive, who spent hours in the park, competed with our friends, created our players, and made memories that went beyond the screen. We deserve to feel that excitement again. I’m not here to tell anybody what to buy or to tear down another company. I’m here to ask a question: What if we stopped waiting for change and started demanding another choice? Let’s give EA Sports a reason to listen. Let’s show them that there is still a community ready to support a NEW NBA LIVE. A game built around realistic movement, authentic shooting, meaningful career progression, competitive online play, streetball, customization, and, most importantly, the love of basketball. For those of us who remember NBA LIVE 18, you know the feeling I’m talking about. We want that spark back. We want something fresh. We want to get excited about basketball gaming again. Imagine a new NBA LIVE where the community has a voice, where gameplay comes first, where competition pushes everyone to do better, and where we can finally say, “This is what we’ve been waiting for.” That future won’t happen just because we talk about it. It starts when we come together, speak up, sign the petition, share the message, and show that this movement is bigger than one person. One voice can start a conversation. Thousands of voices can demand to be heard. If you’ve been feeling the same frustration, if you miss the old days, if you want another basketball game worth investing your time and money into, then stand with me. Let’s stop settling for the same conversation every year. Let’s stand together for something new. EA SPORTS, THE BALL IS IN YOUR COURT. It’s time to BRING BACK REAL BASKETBALL. It’s time to BRING BACK NBA LIVE. Sign the petition. Share this message. Tag your fellow hoopers. Let’s make our voices heard. please sign and share this petition linked in this message https://www.change.org/bringbackrealbasketballFuture Of NBA Live
Let's be real, everyone wants to see NBA Live come back for one reason or another - whether that's because they actually enjoy the game, or the just want to see more competition in the basketball sim space, but as it stands, 2K is just that far ahead that it is really difficult to justify an NBA Live release UNLESS it is that good of a game. In saying this, I think the only option for EA is make drastic changes to its pricing and game model to compete. A lot of you won't like this suggestion, but I believe the best step forward for NBA Live is to truly become a live service game - similar to popular MMORPGs like World of Warcraft or Final Fantasy XIV, paying a monthly subscription fee to retain access. Since this is purely a sports game which doesn't have as drastic iterative improvements year-on-year, I think a lower price tag is justifiable, ie. $36 initial which gives you a free 6 months, then $4 per month or $40 for 12 months. Offline play should still be possible, and could be maintained through a mandatory login after 36 hours of offline game activity (which can then be resynced upon log on to NBA Live Online), at which point it returns to a trial state ie. can only play as 1 of 4 teams in a quick play mode. Is there a case to be made for inclusion of the game in EA Play for free / cost reduction, maybe, but that may make it unsustainable from a maintenance and iterative gameplay improvement perspective. At its core, most of the revenue should be made via subscriptions that incur the majority of the cost, it's about time EA stepped up to the plate and show that it can be better for the consumer than 2K regarding microtransactions - which should never be enhance the game play experience, only cosmetics, and at a highly affordable price (single digits for multiple cosmetics), unlike what we see in Valorant or League of Legends where they can cost $30+ for a single piece, which in some cases, you aren't even guaranteed to get. Every season / year is a new reset, all perpetually online modes like ultimate team are erased / archived so you can start again fresh - this isn't to say that your ultimate team is lost forever, it just can't be played in competitive, as current season cards come into play. Multiple cosmetic-only battlepasses could be added throughout each season that can be worked on at any time and are given to all players, whilst premium sets / bundles (designer / celebrity collabs) can be purchased via microtransactions and kept indefinitely. Battlepasses can stay for multiple seasons as well, so players who join NBA Live in 2025 can still earn the rewards from 2024, giving them more reasons to play. Cosmetics and achievements are all tied to your account, so whenever you make and level up or increase the overall of a created player, you can retain all the stuff that you got from potentially years ago. For offline and The One or franchise related modes, NBA Live can have player data updated throughout the years and retain multiple years running back, that can be downloaded from the servers with ease. For example - if you start a career in 2024 that season by the time the NBA 2025-26 season has begun, the NBA roster and draft will be reflected to more accurately match reality by the time that you do catch up in your virtual career, so theoretically, you could play one career for multiple years, and have each season accurately reflect the skills and landscape of NBA players. Or if you are playing H2H, being able to select the '15 Cavs or '21 Bucks because you have the official '15 / '21 NBA season roster downloaded. And hear me out, NBA Live becomes the premier way to play basketball on PC - with great support, optimisation and console cross-play utilising anti-cheat, you keep the audience large and capitalise on 2K's laziness. If there is a way to integrate this into NBA Live Mobile, even better; the competition is getting even fiercer with NBA Infinite entering the mix, which might I say, might be the best mobile ONLINE basketball game.We need nba live 26
NBA LIVE 26 — Concept 🏀 1. The League (Living Franchise Mode) Dynamic storylines every season (breakout stars, trade requests, rivalries) Real GM conversations instead of menu screens Expand / relocate teams Assistant coaches actually matter Players develop personalities, not just ratings Example: A rookie averages 22 PPG → gets national attention → teammates react → locker room chemistry changes. 🎮 2. The One 2.0 (Career Mode) Start in: High school College G League Overseas route Features: Interviews affect brand value Choose agents Signature celebrations Build rivalries that carry into playoffs 🌆 3. City + Neighborhood Hybrid Not one giant empty map. Have: Courts Training gym Shoe lab Arena district Street tournaments Fast travel keeps it playable. 🧠 4. Gameplay Focus Better foot planting Physics-based contact Signature movement packages Smarter help defense Momentum without scripted runs New controls: Skill-based dribbling Manual contest timing Adaptive shot meter 📺 5. Presentation Upgrade ESPN/TNT-style overlays Dynamic halftime shows Crowd chants by city Commentary remembers previous games 🏆 6. Ultimate Team (Less Grind) Salary cap modes Theme squads Earn cards by gameplay—not packs Historical challenges 🔥 Cover Athlete Ideas Victor Wembanyama — future-of-the-league vibeWe need nba live 27 or 28 or give us nba live
I been playing nba live my hole life I want to play all the nba live on Xbox series not the old jawn bring back memories and get the f off 2k we need some classic shut back dunk contest 3 points shootout skill challenge all that idk if it’s nba live 2001 we still need it im on Xbox I been playing it on ps2 and ps3 but im not spending 100 million just to play on pc im trying to play on the systemNBA and 3 pointer is to easy please fix it,
This game is trash yall need to do better with this Metter **bleep** take it off and I’m tired of this madden **bleep** all this can’t stop people is sad! Do away with teams and overalls make people really have to use a team in both games! Like it’s not supposed to be on competitive it’s supposed to be where the rose is if a team does something in a flag is called. Our NBA is easy to suit the three. I just said you can’t enjoy the game.NBA live 19
The servers are broken online play isn’t working for anyone I believe. EA FIX THIS WE WANT BASKETBALL GAMES TO BE FUN NOT REALISTIC THATS THE ONLY REASON LIVE STILL HAS A SMALL PLAYER BASE. I find it incredibly difficult to believe you guys never made another live considering it’s the fun version of 2k and now the servers don’t even work. Fix this soonEA supports scripts and pay to win users
So EA, do you have any kind of grudge against me? I play this stupid game of yours to relax but this game is making me a psycho. I was 8 stars in H2H and now I lost 5 games in a row to 116 and 117 ovr players. Whatever I shoots hits the post or my player slips, this happened in every game. My defender stays when the ball goes through. My network is so **bleep** good too and still I struggle with lags. My oppo has red networks and he scores a lot whereas mine is green and I'm getting the WiFi symbol. My players can't dribble, I'm sorry lemme correct it, my players won't dribble or pass the ball. My pack luck is so bad I keep getting the same players over and over again and I'm not complaining about that, it's fine, you give Mbappe and Gullit to pay to win users I can't be bothered. Your support is so bad we won't get a reply for any complaints raised. See I hope you reply to this, if you have any problems with me, let me know I'll delete the game and erase my account. It's fine for me. I'm speaking on behalf of all Free to play users and users who try to relax. But you won't let us.
NBA LIVE 19 SERVERS
EA FIX THE SERVERS PLEASE. I GO TO PLAY LIVE RUNN AFTER A WHILE OF NOT PLAYING THE GAME, AND I GET ERRORS. LAST TIME I PLAYED THEY WORKED. PLEASE TELL ME YALL DIDNT SHUT THEM DOWN!!! THATS THE ONLY GOOD BASKETBALL GAME TO THIS DAY THAT COMPETES WITH 2K. PLEASE EA DONT SHUT THEM DOWN 😭
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