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

[pietasterp]

See, this is why you don't say stupid crap like "biggest announcement in our history" or whatever if you're 2k games...Unless it's the procurement of a new league license (i.e. NFL), it's going to be disappointing. They had to know that, yet they hyped up this announcement like they thought people would be pumped. I can't imagine anyone, even casual fans, heck even huge Jay-Z fans, thinking this is some momentous announcement. 2k is officially in Peter Molyneux / Boy-who-cried-wolf territory from now on....Idiots.

[pietasterp]

Quote: Originally Posted by Eman5805

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.

Yeah, why would any consumer of a product think that they should have their desires catered to?

[HnB]

I think i could listen to Nas The world is Yours all day long but that is about it

[Jdoug312]

Wait so that's the full tracklist? Too much rap, not enough indie artists. Not enough underground rappers either. Disappointed to say the least.

[coolcras7]

The point is the Jay Z would not put his name of crap, and coming from worse than nothing to who is is now says he is a smart business man, but sorry if that went above some our your heads, but until 2k releases more information about the improvements in 2k13 this is nothing more that the typical OS overrating over not hearing anything and everything in July -August.

[VDusen04]

Quote: Originally Posted by coolcras7

The point is the Jay Z would not put his name of crap, and coming from worse than nothing to who is is now says he is a smart business man, but sorry if that went above your head.

I'm not sure anyone is suggesting 2K13 will be crap (or anyone being reasonable for that matter), so I'm not sure your point needed to be made in that regard.

Second, I'm still unsure what being a smart business man will mean in regards to his contribution (beyond music) to the upcoming video game NBA 2K13. I think we're all still wondering how exactly he's planning to make his presence felt. As such, again, I understand the skepticism. Further, many of us have risen to become admirable professionals ourselves, but that doesn't necessarily mean all of our skills would translate over to video game making. Folks are looking at Jay-Z's history as an entertainer and business man and wondering exactly how that ties in to 2K's forthcoming release (and then whether the tie-on makes sense or whether it's merely a branding situation).

We're at that point of the year where there's infinitely more questions than answers, so I suppose it's natural for people to ask away. We all know the answers are coming, but hype and hints will only fuel speculation in the meantime.

[King_B_Mack]

Quote: Originally Posted by poloelite

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).

Okay it might be time to step away from the keyboard for a bit my friend. Starting to talk a little crazy here. If you don't like Jay or are underwhelmed by the announcement, cool, but let's try not to say irrational things. Jay sells what he does better than 2K sells what they do. In fact, I'm pretty sure that sales of the singles "Run This Town" "Empire State of Mind" and "N****s in Paris" has outsold 2K's last two games released. "Empire State of Mind" alone has sold at least 4 million copies. That's a single once again. Not an album, but a single. So yeah, let's think a little bit more before we type things.

[Rochelle400]

do you guys really expect 2k to show gameplay on the first of august. We're probably going to see gameplay around september or later august. RIght now its the first of august.