NBA 2K11 Lead Gameplay Designer, Mike Wang Interview

[SHAKYR]

Quote: Originally Posted by wsu_gb23

This is pretty huge news for the basketball videogame industry. MIke Wang is the real deal. Look what he did for LIVE 10 in the short time he was there. I actually bought LIVE this year and not 2K for the first time since 2K's inception. I am pretty pumped about what Wang will do for 2K11! It'll be a tight race for sports-game of the year.

It won't be a race at all. It would be like a Hybrid vs. a muscle car.

[ataman5]

Quote: Originally Posted by SHAKYR

It won't be a race at all. It would be like a Hybrid vs. a muscle car.

Unfortunately.

[STLRams]

Wow, 2K11 will be awsome.

[BedBug]

Mike Wang=SPY!!!!

[Dantecamp21]

He's still the real deal when it comes to designing bball games and I'm pretty sure 2K11 will rock. I'm concerned about Live 11's future though.

But at the end of the day, at least for me, he has lost some credibility. He took swipes at 2K's lack of tools when he was gone and now he's throwing EA's management under the bus.

[bigsmallwood]

Oh Boy! 2K11 just got waaaaay more interesting in what they will be able to offer!

[Critical Kills]

I guess I can cross NBA 11 off my to-purchase list next year now.

[BrianFifaFan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dantecamp21

He's still the real deal when it comes to designing bball games and I'm pretty sure 2K11 will rock. I'm concerned about Live 11's future though. But at the end of the day, at least for me, he has lost some credibility. He took swipes at 2K's lack of tools when he was gone and now he's throwing EA's management under the bus.

Maybe they've got the tools now. Or maybe having been in contact with EA's tech and how they use it, he's got ideas of how VC's stuff can be used more effectively. Now, if you haven't been living totally in the dark, the observations that have been made about EA management and corporate culture are hardly new. They were the first assumptions made over in the other forum when we found out he had left and he just confirmed what was considered the real story on this. His only act of "throwing EA management under the bus" was being honest. He could have dogged the product and the team, but he was actually quite diplomatic.

They just wanted to make a different game, hoping to hit a home run next year. Maybe the NBA Live lead needs to have a pow-wow with Littman and Rutter. Home runs don't get hit often. Building a strong game over many iterations is how every sports title gets built into a legend. NHL,MVP,PES,NBA2K,NFL2k, the list goes on and on. I hate to say it, but Mike knows all of Live's strengths and weaknesses. Programming and tech. He could use that knowledge to help fix the few flaws that remain in the 2k product. It could be a really rough go of it for the EA product next year....