College Hoops 2K12 -- A Mock Review

[grismosw]

can't tell me there is no market for a college basketball title

[LionsFanNJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by grismosw

can't tell me there is no market for a college basketball title

The sales of NCAA Basketball 10 and Choops don't show that market. Die hards like us here would buy it, but college hoops lack the casual draw needed to justify production, especially since it was the NCAA jacking up the license cost. Its why you only see EA with any type of college sports game. They have the pockets to do so. 2k couldn't afford it based on sales of 2k8 when they jacked it up so they didn't renew their deal.. Note that it wasn't an exclusive deal EA made either.

Still doesn't make me not wish they had a college hoop game in development.

Give me the dynasty features of 2k8 and the fastbreak, playbooks and post play of NBA 2K12 and I'll be giddy.

[Jukeman]

Quote: Originally Posted by LionsFanNJ

The sales of NCAA Basketball 10 and Choops don't show that market. Die hards like us here would buy it, but college hoops lack the casual draw needed to justify production, especially since it was the NCAA jacking up the license cost. Its why you only see EA with any type of college sports game. They have the pockets to do so. 2k couldn't afford it based on sales of 2k8 when they jacked it up so they didn't renew their deal.. Note that it wasn't an exclusive deal EA made either. Still doesn't make me not wish they had a college hoop game in development. Give me the dynasty features of 2k8 and the fastbreak, playbooks and post play of NBA 2K12 and I'll be giddy.

2k barely even ran ads for 2k8 outside of coaches vs cancer broadcasts..

2k's marketing as of now is miles better than 4 years ago..

Good games sell, just have to get the word out!


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[jyoung]

2K8? You have to go back to 2K2 for the last time Indiana basketball was relevant.

[smithdynasty]

Personally i would have never purchased a college basketball game. Then one day my friend had it at his house. I made fun of him for buying it and themonce I played, I was sold and I've been buying college hoops game ever since. Point is that there needs to be some sort of marketing behind it to get people to play the game. There would never be a better time than now

[LionsFanNJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jukeman

2k barely even ran ads for 2k8 outside of coaches vs cancer broadcasts.. 2k's marketing as of now is miles better than 4 years ago.. Good games sell, just have to get the word out! Sent from my HumancentiPad using Tapatalk

I agree. Run ads during the regular season broadcasts. Hell market the game half as much as they market others would do the game wonders.

[AllJuicedUp]

Quote: Originally Posted by LionsFanNJ

I agree. Run ads during the regular season broadcasts. Hell market the game half as much as they market others would do the game wonders.

picking a better release time would help as well... 2k8 was released on November 19th, which is entirely too early for college basketball.

They'd be better off with a January/February release date, when conference play is underway and people finally start paying attention to the college game.

Now granted, without the NBA the college game will be in the limelight much more, but generally speaking, no one cares about the first couple months of the college game. It starts picking up during January when conference play gets underway, and then really starts kicking into gear in early February after the Super Bowl. If they want to maximize sales, thats when they should be releasing/marketing the game.

[Romey27]

This would be better than NBA 2K 12