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

[JerryJones3]

Quote: Originally Posted by TeamBuilder

He can sing, start a fashion line, marry an attractive woman, acquire his own island, and own part of a basketball team... but none of that has to do with video games.

Ding, ding, ding, ding! I'm fully expecting the most generic and overtly "street" presentation 2k has had in years.

[Eman5805]

This is clearly not a move designed to appeal to the Sim Nation types. It's for the casual players. The ones who bought 2K11 not cuz it improved such and such did such and such and had great such and such. Nah, it was cuz Micheal Jordan was on the cover.

I got no problem with it. Some people have that sense of entitlement to them and think they deserve to have their desires catered to above all else, like the big announcement would've had anything to do with some innovative gameplay thing that on average most people wouldn't appreciate or even understand.

[magicman32]

The announcement was over hyped. But great soundtrack.

[BrooklynsFinest]

I think the biggest shock to everyone here should be the fact that Viva La Vida and Amazing are in the soundtrack. Especially Amazing since it was already in 2K10. I thought video game companies didn't bring back old songs for new games in their series?

[poloelite]

Oh and they announced 19 or 24 songs. So I guess we get 5 exclusive Jay-Z songs, which would only mean something in the Blueprint era. I don't think fans of 2k are really excited about hearing some new Jay-Z records these days. Now if Jay-Z managed to get Andre 3000 to record 5 exclusive songs, then I take back everything I said about Jay-Z's inclusion. I've heard BP3 and Watch the Throne (his most recent music) and NOTHING but maybe 3 to 5 songs were even decent. So if that's a future announcement, save it!!

So many times people get success a certain way and think they have to reinvent the wheel to maintain it and fall off. The answers to 2k13 have been in this forum for months (crew, better myplayer/association, passing update, stable online, more legend teams and more polish). Get with some of these roster builders and slider makers on how to make the game sim and voila a classic. I didn't go through the wishlist, but I'm almost certain NO FAN said they need to get Jay-Z involved to go to the next level. Once he's on board, 2k13 is a classic again lol.

[daflyboys]

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[poloelite]

Quote: Originally Posted by Eman5805

This is clearly not a move designed to appeal to the Sim Nation types. It's for the casual players. The ones who bought 2K11 not cuz it improved such and such did such and such and had great such and such. Nah, it was cuz Micheal Jordan was on the cover. I got no problem with it. Some people have that sense of entitlement to them and think they deserve to have their desires catered to above all else, like the big announcement would've had anything to do with some innovative gameplay thing that on average most people wouldn't appreciate or even understand.

But Michael Jordan on the cover, the greatest basketball of all time, of a basketball game makes sense to casual gamers and sim gamers. Brilliant!! Jay-Z makes sense where???? It's not like his albums are flying off the shelves. They should've gotten Lil Wayne instead, he's actually a real fan and moves more units himself and as a label head (even though I'm not a fan of his music).

[chandlerbang]

if i was a young casual gamer i would be happy but sadly i am a 10 year vet of 2k and older than 18.