Comments on: Mike Wang Back With 2K Sports http://www.thesportsgameguy.com/2-basketball/nba-live/mike-wang-back-with-2k-sports/ Sports Gaming News up To Date And All In One Place Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:46:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: MPDamon http://www.thesportsgameguy.com/2-basketball/nba-live/mike-wang-back-with-2k-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-3361 MPDamon Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:50:46 +0000 http://www.thesportsgameguy.com/?p=3718#comment-3361 Yeah I am sure there is more structure at EA. Like you said there has to be. Maybe he didn't like the fact that changes had to go through more of a process. I agree though it's got to be the team that does well/bad and not just one person. Yeah I am sure there is more structure at EA. Like you said there has to be. Maybe he didn't like the fact that changes had to go through more of a process. I agree though it's got to be the team that does well/bad and not just one person.

]]> By: cdj http://www.thesportsgameguy.com/2-basketball/nba-live/mike-wang-back-with-2k-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-3346 cdj Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:41:16 +0000 http://www.thesportsgameguy.com/?p=3718#comment-3346 Privately, you'd have to think this will light a fire under the Live team, as if people think Wang did all the work in Live 10. I'm leery of heaping credit (or blame) on one singular dev and that seems to be what is happening in the hardcore community, similarly to Ben Brinkman re: baseball in 2006. Wang is a great dev, but he's still part of a team. People need not forget that in the last two years, Live made huge strides - but they did a have a hole to get out from. Wang was not there for the majority of the 09 cycle and that's when the swing started. I'd hope Wang tried to help change the culture he criticizes in these numerous interviews. Going from 2K with a couple hundred employees to EA with thousands of employees, he should have known there'd be more levels and red tape when it came to the dev process. That shouldn't surprise anybody. Privately, you'd have to think this will light a fire under the Live team, as if people think Wang did all the work in Live 10.

I'm leery of heaping credit (or blame) on one singular dev and that seems to be what is happening in the hardcore community, similarly to Ben Brinkman re: baseball in 2006. Wang is a great dev, but he's still part of a team. People need not forget that in the last two years, Live made huge strides – but they did a have a hole to get out from. Wang was not there for the majority of the 09 cycle and that's when the swing started.

I'd hope Wang tried to help change the culture he criticizes in these numerous interviews. Going from 2K with a couple hundred employees to EA with thousands of employees, he should have known there'd be more levels and red tape when it came to the dev process. That shouldn't surprise anybody.

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