Interviewing the ex-EA Devs who made NBA THE RUN
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Check out NBA THE RUN! - https://sbx.gg/nbatherun-softdrink In this video I interview Mike Young and Scott Probst, former EA devs (NBA Street/Madden and Visceral/EA Games) who formed Play by Play Studios! We talk about their time at EA, NBA The Run's devlopment, the state of the industry, and so much more. -- Timestamps: 00:00 Meet Mike Young 05:23 Meet Scott Probst 10:52 Why arcade sports games disappeared 17:01 How they landed the NBA license for NBA THE RUN 23:19 The risk of going indie 28:00 Will there be offline & single-player content in NBA THE RUN? 35:32 Avoiding 2K's pay-to-win park 37:26 Fixing the animation criticism 44:13 Capturing player likeness without face scans 50:35 Community feedback vs. creative vision 57:31 Making defense as fun as offense 1:01:34 Microtransactions & monetization plans 1:05:08 Mike's time working on Madden's Longshot 1:13:38 Mike's proudest moment & biggest regret at EA 1:20:09 What happened to NBA Live? 1:23:23 Why they left EA to go independent
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