2K Sports Announces Jay-Z as NBA 2K13 Executive Producer, 24 Song Soundtrack Included

[authentic]

Big announcement:

This "big" announcement is a huge let down.

[bakesalee]

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[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by jersez

I was saying people that don't care for jay-z or rap in general must really be mad, disappointed, annoyed etc. Because I love jay-z and this is still a fail. It's not about screenshots, videos, blogs. It's just the fact that 2k hyped it up, and it wasn't even worth a glance. I'm not disappointed I actually like it. But It's not announcement worth in my book.

They will always be disappointed if they arent a fan of rap. The soundtracks are always mostly rap.

Its completely worth an announcement. Its ridiculous that you don't think a partnership with perhaps one of the most famous musicians in the world isnt worth an announcement.

[LakersForLife]

Quote: Originally Posted by JBreezeNY

Damn that's a great selection, the winner is Hov! lol. And smdh at everybody bitching & crying, no that's not the big announcement, MJ is gonna announce the big news. This is why we can never have good things, that soundtrack sounds like the best since Live 03/04.

According to the other mod, he locked the forum and said the Jay Z thing was the big announcement, sorry to burst your bubbles.

[NealN42]

Eh...while I don't mind the soundtrack list, this is a really negative start for 2k. The soundtrack for a sports game shouldn't be one of their big announcements, especially when 99% of the songs have been out for quite a while (meaning most people already have them anyway). 2k HAS to start giving their hardcore game audience more love with a sharper focus on gameplay improvements and directly listening to, and fixing, the issues noticed by players who spend real time with the game.

[Dirk504]

Quote: Originally Posted by kjjnesb

I agree 100% its not like this is the only feature that will be ever announced 2K has always hyped stuff up early then came with the features in the dev diarys closer to release. I for one think it will be awesome to have authentic music integrated into the ingame imo. And lets be honest crew returning and numerous gameplay improvements can still be lurking but on a social level Jay Z moves the needle and lets people know 2K13 is coming heavy this year.

Who cares if its coming if its the same crapfest from last year? I'm still mad that I paid full price for last years garbage and lost interest after a few weeks. Id rather play 2k11.

[King_B_Mack]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

They will always be disappointed if they arent a fan of rap. The soundtracks are always mostly rap. Its completely worth an announcement. Its ridiculous that you don't think a partnership with perhaps one of the most famous musicians in the world isnt worth an announcement.

Ehhhh I don't think he's saying it's not worth an announcement because it is, clearly. However it's not worth the hype tag they put on the front of it and dragging MJ into it with the Facebook picture and what not.

For me personally I say again, I'm disappointed because if Argent didn't say this was the biggest announcement in NBA2K and 2K Sports history, this announcement is met with the respect it deserves. Obviously you'd have that crowd of dudes that bitch at everything that comes out that isn't specifically gameplay related but the overall reception of this is positive without that line.

[Epiffani]

This is suppose to be arguably the biggest announcement ever in 2k sports history? I'm sorry, but I've about had it with 2K writing checks that they can't cash (the checks are bouncing at this point). 2K is on strike two with me (I'm not even including the various gameplay problems that I have).

1st strike- the art modification that was touted as a back of the box feature, which it never fully materialized as they described. This is of course strike 2. Not to mention the little community thing that they have going on that seems like nothing more than a who's who, aimed at creating more hype and fooling people on twitter into thinking that they have a legit shot at being chosen. I'm really starting to see more flash than substance from this company (reminds you of anyone?). I understand what's considered a big announcement is subjective and dependent on the individual person, but Jay-Z executive producing 2K13 is the big reveal? Just stop it.