The History Of How NBA 2K Passed NBA Live (EA's Fatal Mistake) 

Good vid

How u forgot that ea made fifa i dont know

ea screwed up on live 06 and 07 on next gen.

Live 06, 14 and elite 11 sucks.

For original 2k players, we were NEVER an underdog!

Osasupah Yeaa, they just put out bullshit now because they know people are still going to give them $64 for the game lol smh.

@@roddy.m *same* game.

Live 19 is already better in terms of gameplay and graphics aren’t as great but I find live to be better

I was a 2k all the way in the early days and hates madden and that licensing sucked I loved 2k5 but ea has let me down and so has 2k now I refuse to but madden every year and now find myself in the same dilemma across the board

BullShark Live 19 is still stiff asf. It’s not better in gameplay at all

William Scott Jr. 😂😂😂

First oof it was Kyrie Irving on live 14 so get it right

DL3 Nation Kyrie was on the cover, he’s talking about Westbrook’s face scan ^

DL3 Nation dumbass he’s talking about in game. Keep your mouth shut

@@Eagles2020 right

Loved the crowd and playoff atmosphere still better than 2k today

Thank you

Totally agree. Both Madden and Live were terrible launch games for 360/ps3. The ps2 versions were undeniably still better than the next gen versions until Madden and Live 08. Meanwhile after playing 2k6 on a 360/PS3 it was impossible to go back to the ps2 version. Ironically i believe this happened with the latest generation also. Nothing about Madden(im not gonna even mention Live) for PS4/XBONE made it so much better than its 360/PS3 counterpart besides graphics. While 2k14 was very hard to play on a 360 or PS3 after experiencing it on a next gen system.

That's exactly it. Re watch the 07 e3 presentation for live. It was a completely different game than what we got and it was running on a ps3. Live 07 didn't even end up coming out for the playstation 3. Something wrong happened behind the scenes that year and it put live down the path they have been on since

2k5 was already far superior than live 05

No nba live 08 was great 09 was good! 2k11 just killed all nba games.

Live 07 killed it. I brought that bullshit and dumped it after a few plays. Once 2k had KG and Kobe on the covers it was a wrap cuz Live was pure garbage by that time

Facts

I mean, it is the beginning of the month. Who knows?

No complaints here 😂💀💯

This comment has been said so many times already now

Bills never stop

Lol i turn my off my ps3 when i see that

I think it was Greg Olden but yea

And that's how NBA Elite 11 got cancelled kids. Geez I used to play tf out of that game on my old phone bc there was an app that was the game on mobile, i'm not even joking. And Young KD was on the cover. Back before he wasnt anywhere near a snake.

That video still makes me laugh

Wipexherxdry I read that last part in deyontay wilder’s voice 😂😂

Wipexherxdry not graphics but lighting

No but it had the best bodytypes like last gen 2k only differents the lighting

Nah 2K15 or 2K16 has the best. Both of those games and 2K13 are my favorites.

I swear '14 the best

Facts

Damn, I forgot about that!

25nahshon I remember buying my Xbox and live was expensive lol I told my mom buy that one because it’s more so the game has to be good. My homie let me trade for his 2k and I never gave it back to him lol

@@boomhowwer916 yeah I picked up 2K because of the price, and never looked back. I think that Live knew they screwed up after that

I remember this distinctly. And that was like the biggest thing. It was like well 2k ain't that bad actually. Because Live started changing a lot

@@joshuawhite4330 after I bought it for $19.99, I was like "this is actually way better than Live". My brother, who was LOYAL to live refused to switch. He was pissed when he came to my dorm, and I had 2K. He played once and has been on 2K ever since.

That was the one of the best Arcade Nba games ever. Played that over and over with the homies

@TNL Spider Gang no. He meant ballers

i still have that game. it’s still fun

Remember we could dish to the crowd bro that was crazy

Midway’s been dead for over a decade dood

Dude thats exactly what happened witn me. Been playing live since 95 but once I played 2k11 it was a wrap....too bad. Never saw such a hard fall but live had it

Fr bro best console ever. My dad got me the sonic adventure box with everything

@@joey90035 Yo I remember that bundle, Dreamcast was the shit and they memory cards were different

I only bought 1 Live ever since the very first NBA 2K. I bought Madden in both 04 and 05, but I felt NFL 2K was the better game both of these years. Madden didn't even get a decent upgrade from their early 200s game play until like 2010 or some ish. They finally added some new stuff again for the newest one. EA dgaf cause they have no competition for the NFL.

@@dbjungle I definitely liked NFL 2K better, NFL Fever was also good to me.

TRUTH! Live is slowly creeping again. It's a vicious cycle.

Nico De Vera no they’re not they clearly can’t make good sports games maybe besides fifa

@@incognitoblack8661 No it's true, Live is slowly making a comeback, next year Live is really gonna compete with 2k, I'll put my money in Live next year 2k has been disappointing too many people lately

Young Dab-A-Roosa that’s the thing. 2k has been disappointing for the last few years and live still can’t catch up. We’re going into 2019 and live is still years behind along with madden. I guarantee you if madden didn’t license with the NFL madden would be trying to catch up to 2k as well. It’s just a shitty company who sucks at making sports games particularly basketball and football.

@@incognitoblack8661 You're acting like LIVE wasn't the best game for more ore less a decade back then. Either that or you're just too young to remember. lol

Unless it’s the shoes bc apparently they’re great with that

@@jorgeanta2912 Or clothes lol

@@supermanrun2313 Yeah they got all that name brand shit

And stats are so accurate it's not funny

Live jerseys look like body paint

Authenticity😂

I quit 2k after my team won by 20, I scored 12 points and I still got a C- rating. #DifferentStrokes

I quit 2k when another $50 bought me a high 80 something rating that still played like a 70 something. VC rigged. MyPlayer going downhill...

ravenjmain you do realize it’s team rating so that means that you get more for assists than actual points

NolMizzle of course, I know how to play team ball. But you get penalized for every single thing that happens. It pushes you to play for teams with superstars because it’s WAY harder to get assist on bland teams that miss easy shots.

an we be RU-vid Friends.. I have a lot of NBA2K highlights on my Channel ..Thanks.

Who's don

@@denisnevsky3734 ik I spelled it wrong

Accidents happen.

microtransactions: the game

you can play it with emulators still lol

In all honesty, it was a REALLY good football game that rivaled and may have possibly been better than Madden. The last one came out before the microtransaction influence, back when 2k actually cared more about the quality of their games

I think, what he meant is... Not American Football, but soccer

@@gunturtirta3215 I'm pretty sure he meant american football

Live 06 was Goated. I stayed doing the dunk contest lol.

You don't have enough VC for that pull up. Game forfeited.

Somregularguy 2K is just as bad.

No 2k7 boi

shannell walker def not lol

2k11 revolutionised everything

But 7 started

But 11 there was no coming back

Facts straight from the FACTory!

I always wondered why that didn't happen with NHL or NBA. Ever since EA Madden bought exclusive license with the NFL the game has become trash. It up to the consumer to not purchase madden so we can put them out of business and bring back NFL 2K this is why NBA 2k is successful because more people are buying NBA 2K than EA'S version. We need to put EA Madden out of business by not buying their crap sports games.

1seatac naw I prefer Madden

@@Denastio11 I'm with you on this. I had both titles at the time and while I loved the visual presentation of nfl 2k I hated the button mapping and movement of the players. Sometimes nostalgia gets in the way of reality. Madden was the better game.

I like madden better

EXACTLY

100! EA very quickly realized this and got the rights from the NFL. NBA Live was a big deal back then, but Madden was (and still is) a HUGE cash cow they couldn't gamble on. The only reason they don't have exclusive rights for the NBA is because the NBA told them they make more money with 2 games.

Why The Fuck Isn't NBA 2K5 Backwards Compatible With The 360 If NBA 2K3 Is Backwards Compatible So Should 2K5