Will College Basketball Return to the Next-Gen Sports Lineup?

[js3512]

Here's an idea, release it just before or at the same time as the NBA games. Take football for instance, many hardcore gamers here will purchase both Madden and NCAA but for alot of the more casual and/or more financially restricted consumers, they have to make a choice between the college game or the pro game and I would be willing to bet that if NCAA released after Madden it's sales would take a HUGE hit. Yes, I'm aware that Madden outsells NCAA despite that but I think that's more because of the NFL's huge popularity and the name Madden. With basketball, many fans, perhaps a majority, prefer the college game to the pro game but the preference may not be enough to convince them to wait an extra month for a new game. I'd bet that if consumers had the choice of either/or on release day of two identical games, one an NBA version and one an NCAA version, many would choose the NCAA game.

[MHammer113]

With the recent success of the NBA 2K series I dont see why College Hoops couldn't have great success with a game that is cheap to make. Obviously this has to do with licensing fees, but we shall see. I also believe release the game early for the hardcore fans, but then have a huge marketing campaign including a combo pack with NBA 2K when February and March roles around. The fact that NCAA Basketball 10 sold double of College Hoops 2k8 and was half the product and didn't even work for many proves EA did a good job marketing. Step up your marketing game 2K and you will see sales.

[JaySwizzlez]

I think that 2k could definitely pull it off, but I just don't see it happening, as much as I would like a new game to come out.

[js3512]

Quote: Originally Posted by MHammer113

With the recent success of the NBA 2K series I dont see why College Hoops couldn't have great success with a game that is cheap to make. Obviously this has to do with licensing fees, but we shall see. I also believe release the game early for the hardcore fans, but then have a huge marketing campaign including a combo pack with NBA 2K when February and March roles around. The fact that NCAA Basketball 10 sold double of College Hoops 2k8 and was half the product and didn't even work for many proves EA did a good job marketing. Step up your marketing game 2K and you will see sales.

Jordan in his tar heel gear lol

[ven0m43]

Quote: Originally Posted by MHammer113

With the recent success of the NBA 2K series I dont see why College Hoops couldn't have great success with a game that is cheap to make. Obviously this has to do with licensing fees, but we shall see. I also believe release the game early for the hardcore fans, but then have a huge marketing campaign including a combo pack with NBA 2K when February and March roles around. The fact that NCAA Basketball 10 sold double of College Hoops 2k8 and was half the product and didn't even work for many proves EA did a good job marketing. Step up your marketing game 2K and you will see sales.

NCAA BB 10 sold dbl of C Hoop 2k8, because that was the only college BB game out. If you add the total number of sales for CHoop2k8 and NCAA BB 8 they're about the same as what NCAA BB 10 had.

I would think that if 2k took there NBA game and turned it into a college game they would sell around 400-600k copies.

NBA 2k sells in the 4mil plus range. If 2k could make a college hoops game that transfers well to the nba game and release the college hoops game before they release the NBA game, then I could see a large increase in sales. If draft classes and player creations could transfer to the NBA then I could see people buying the C Hoops game to create a player/career starting in High school and then through college and then taking them into the NBA game , giving their created player a stat/skill point increase for the NBA

[js3512]

Quote: Originally Posted by ven0m43

NCAA BB 10 sold dbl of C Hoop 2k8, because that was the only college BB game out. If you add the total number of sales for CHoop2k8 and NCAA BB 8 they're about the same as what NCAA BB 10 had. I would think that if 2k took there NBA game and turned it into a college game they would sell around 400-600k copies. NBA 2k sells in the 4mil plus range. If 2k could make a college hoops game that transfers well to the nba game and release the college hoops game before they release the NBA game, then I could see a large increase in sales. If draft classes and player creations could transfer to the NBA then I could see people buying the C Hoops game to create a player/career starting in High school and then through college and then taking them into the NBA game , giving their created player a stat/skill point increase for the NBA

I've always thought that going into the bigger consol generations of the PS4/720 and beyond that eventually the NCAA/Madden games would eventually merge into one larger, all encompassing football game and I could even see the same happening for basketball games. You'd have a core group of gameplay developers who handle the gameplay for each but then seperate teams for the presentational elements. As games get more and more costly to consumers it only makes sense otherwise sales are going to continue to drop as more and more consumers are forced to choose between one or the other. I think a football game or a basketball game doing this would result in record sales for their respective sport. Of course there'd be hurdles to getting to that point but in the long run it only makes sense. Otherwise more and more sports games are gonna fall by the wayside.

[champ195797]

I think 2K should sell college and NBA together as An upgrade Pack

[iDaulton]

God I'am missing some College Basketball on my Xbox. 2k make it happen!