OS Roundtable: Are 2K12's Online Gaffes a Major Concern?

[hallauer]

Great article! I completely agree that 2K's inability to maintain a solid online game is causing them to lose a lot of respect with the online sports gamers.

[DubTrey1]

Online is a major miss for 2K. They really need to address this longterm if they are ever to truly dominate the genre once EA gets back in the fight.

[NINJAK2]

Quote: Originally Posted by JCEVO

well ninja sports game are totally different beast than shooters. shooters are not that hard to make a streamlined online game. everything about shooters online is simple

I'm no dev JCEVO so I'll take your word for it but that is no excuse for 2k's servers to be as bad as they are....

[tril]

I dont play sports games on line, but I would have to say its a major concern.
Maybe 2k should consider outsourcing their online services to a more experienced company., and if they already do this, maybe they should find a new provider.
Cost , is what is most likely holding 2k back from providing a stable onlineenvironment.
IMO, I dont think they have their business model for sports online gaming hashed out yet. I dont think they even sat down and thought out plans that included scalablity issues, etc.

I would hate for 2k to lose business becuase of this.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Quote: Originally Posted by skillz7854

Online is what sells NBA 2K

Online is what sells videogames period this generation.

[justud]

not big concern...HUGE concern. i'll wait until its discounted next year. if i can't play online why pay full price?

[amedawg00]

Again, props to OS for shining a light on 2K's online issues. For a site that traditionally caters to offline gamers, I have now seen two major articles in as many weeks on this subject. Since this site is frequented by the devs, I can only hope that the trend continues and that this site hold 2K accountable for unfulfilled promises that can be characterized as borderline deceitful and misleading advertising about the online portion of the game.

Having said that, I am not so naive as to think that these online issues will engender a significant backlash from their customers because the game play and sheer amount of modes is simply peerless, especially when you consider the competition or better yet the lack of competition. Hence, like a junkie who constantly yearns for the euphoric high, and as a result cannot put down the pipe, or the battered wife that cannot leave the abusive husband, us online gamers will continue to be drugged and battered so long as the core of the game and the non online portions continue to be 2Ks priority.

That sentiment is so demoralizing for an individual such as myself who is not even a gamer, in terms of one who enjoys different types of games, just a "2K ONLINE GAMER." I have no need to remove this game from the xbox year round when online leagues and now online associations are functioning properly, so hopefully this upcoming patch resolves the plethora of issues plaguing this beautiful game. After all, who would I be kidding to sit here and pontificate about switching to EA when Elite makes its return or potentially not buying future iterations of 2K. I and 2K know that aint happening. Oh the love/hate relationship.

[whoahello]

Thank you guys for making this article. I feel like online has always been under the radar and people don't seem to care enough.