NBA 2K12 Cover Athletes - Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird

[ifriedrice]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sam Marlowe

I think you'd be hard pressed to argue that the classic elements of 2k11 didn't have a good deal to do with its sales.

I bought 2K11 for today's NBA. The classic teams were a huge added bonus, especially MJ. I don't speak for anyone else's reason for buying 2K11, but I imagine you're right. A few people I know skipped 2K since the last gen, but picked up this last one 'cause of MJ.

[ifriedrice]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportjames23

No need to keep complaining about it, though.

Complainers can and should be ignored.

Added edit: Complainers with no substance can and should be ignored, unless they're paying your salary.

[sportjames23]

Quote: Originally Posted by ifriedrice

Complainers can and should be ignored. Added edit: Complainers with no substance can and should be ignored, unless they're paying your salary.

True dat.

[T3AMGEIST]

Want that Bird cover. Would be better if they were all on one cover.

[mkharsh33]

I'm more interested in what's inside the box than the wrapping paper and pretty bow. Shoot, I can make a Larry Bird cover for 2K11... Personally, I don't see the big deal. We have nearly every COMPLETE SEASON (360 users) from 1985 to present (with only a small amount missing) so 2k12 offers me nothing that I can't play this year. Sorry, I just don't get the appeal... 20+ pages of blathering about a cover and arguing over historical NBA players is quite comical to me...

[Shinyhubcaps]

Very surprising, unless you consider that NBA.com and NBA-TV are wiped of current player images. Really cool art style, I wonder if we'll see any good custom covers this year (with the drawing instead of photos and whatnot).

[stillfeelme]

I thought it would be Jordan, Magic, Bird, and Isiah all on one cover with the Larry O'Brien trophy with other legends in the background but I was wrong. Smart business move by VC I must say. This is the way you get multiple people to buy your game just to get the different covers. D Rose, Dirk are great and could have been on the cover but how many people would bought the Dirk cover and the Rose cover if they offered both of those?

[VDusen04]

Quote: Originally Posted by mkharsh33

I'm more interested in what's inside the box than the wrapping paper and pretty bow. Shoot, I can make a Larry Bird cover for 2K11... Personally, I don't see the big deal. We have nearly every COMPLETE SEASON (360 users) from 1985 to present (with only a small amount missing) so 2k12 offers me nothing that I can't play this year. Sorry, I just don't get the appeal... 20+ pages of blathering about a cover and arguing over historical NBA players is quite comical to me...

In my regard, I'm always a fan of user-created historic rosters, but for console users, it's tough to beat the official inclusion of historic teams. Therefore, I'm a little excited about the prospect of having more historic teams and subsequently more historic arenas (or at least court art and/or jerseys) at our disposal. For instance, it'd be nice if the 1991 Warriors (unlocked with a preorder) came with their actual court design, like all the classic teams did last year.

Further, it's just more agreeable with me to have teams featuring real players. For instance, a lot of the classic teams and seasons created for 2K11 by users wouldn't have been nearly as awesome without the ability to use a real MJ, Scottie, Jud Buechler, Hersey Hawkins, or James Worthy. I thought the 2K11 classic rosters far eclipsed the 2K10 rosters due to that aspect alone. So I view the cover and very early news as an indicator that maybe we'll see even more of that (think a real Chris Mullin, Mitch Richmond, Tim Hardaway and Sarunas).

I understand a lot of folks are totally fine with using generic classic players with teams on current courts that look nothing like the actual classic floors, and it works for me in a pinch, but I sure like the idea of things getting a little more official in that regard.