Is it Time to Stick a Fork in the NHL 2K Series?

[Jamin23]

Quote: Originally Posted by Basebrooklyn

I hope mlb 2k is next.

I hope not. It would leave no baseball game for 360 owners, plus there are only two years left on the license.

[kcxiv]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jamin23

I hope not. It would leave no baseball game for 360 owners, plus there are only two years left on the license.

Gotta love when people dont think about what they are really saying. lol

[Jamin23]

Quote: Originally Posted by kcxiv

Gotta love when people dont think about what they are really saying. lol

Haha yeah. It just wouldn't make sense. It may not be the best, but at least it's a baseball game and the only one on 360.

[VanCitySportsGuy]

The NHL2K series has been going downhill since 2K6. I use to be a huge 2K fan but EA blows it out of the water now.

The EA series feels right (really nice controls) while everything feels off in the 2K series (skating, controls, menu's, etc...).

I prefer the consumer to have choices so I hope the 2K series doesn't go away.

You can't blame poor sales on the marketing this season. 2K brought Ovie to Vegas and New York. I saw a lot of commercials for the Wii version and events were on the various sport stations.

When EA brought out the skill stick in 2007 version, this was the first nail in the coffin for 2K.

[kerosene31]

Quote: Originally Posted by VanCitySportsGuy

You can't blame poor sales on the marketing this season. 2K brought Ovie to Vegas and New York. I saw a lot of commercials for the Wii version and events were on the various sport stations.

I disagree on marketing. While 2k got their product "out there" they did little to tell the die hard hockey fans what they were buying. The Wii version has little in common with the PS3/360 version. As a 360 owner, I was slightly offended that they didn't tell me more about the non-Wii version. (nothing against the Wii, but clearly it is a different product).

On the other hand EA showed us countless videos and blogs on gameplay changes. We all say vids of "hardcore passing" months before release. When the NHL10 demo dropped, we had a very good idea what we were getting. EA almost bombarded us with too much info at times.

Yet with 2k10 we had little info on actual gameplay plus no demo. Yet again the only real info was word of mouth from players. The only reason I bought 2k9 and 2k10 was personal recommendations from people on this forum. The only reason I got these recommendations is that I was in the 2k forum asking numerous questions and showing interest. How many hockey fans bothered to do that? There certainly were some, but not very many.

Marketing is telling people about your product, not that it just "exists". That's where 2k failed badly.

[hyacinth1]

Quote: Originally Posted by VanCitySportsGuy

The NHL2K series has been going downhill since 2K6. I use to be a huge 2K fan but EA blows it out of the water now. The EA series feels right (really nice controls) while everything feels off in the 2K series (skating, controls, menu's, etc...). I prefer the consumer to have choices so I hope the 2K series doesn't go away. You can't blame poor sales on the marketing this season. 2K brought Ovie to Vegas and New York. I saw a lot of commercials for the Wii version and events were on the various sport stations. When EA brought out the skill stick in 2007 version, this was the first nail in the coffin for 2K.

You can use Skill Stick in 2K's game. So not sure what you're getting at.

I just checked the NHL 10 forums and can't believe all the fanboyism towards EA's game. I was in that same boat, where I just had played EA's game from 08 -10 and was very happy with it. Until someone told me to try 2k since it was only 20 bucks, I still resisted but then finally gave it a shot. I am glad it did. I can say that while EA's game has more modes and options, ON THE ICE, 2k beats out EA's gameplay. But there is a big asterisk to that last comment, it beats it out With the RIGHT SLIDERS. And that's the problem with 2k all along. Every 2K game I played after their great 2k5 year, was a slider fest, which I hate. I gave up on 2K after NFL2K5 and NHL2K5 and only went back this year to NHL2K10 since it was cheap to get. I am glad I did, bec it's a terrific game to play,and I like it having it along to compliment NHL10.

But from a casual gamers prespective, NHL10 I can sit back and relax and play, don't have to really worry about sliders or settings. With 2K, it took me like 2 weeks to get the sliders i wanted right, so the game plays like I want it to play. it was a frustrating 2 weeks, but when I got it right it plays really good. But I can see from someone who wants to relax and play, why they would go for NHL10 over 2k.

[Dalsanto0026]

I'm not surprised.

NHL2K didn't stand a chance against EA's game.
It's the abundance 2K's bugs and glitches that drives so many people away, their NHL franchise just wasn't as polished as it needed to be to compete with the competition.
No game is without these flaws but with EA's hockey title they don't spoil the overall experience.

[Sabresfan2630]

I hope it doesnt end.