NBA 2K14 is the #1 Selling Sports Title on Next-Gen Consoles, 4th Overall

[Guard-ian]

This time I was cheated with the extremely barebones Online Leagues, but in the future I won't run into the same brick wall again, you can be sure...

[JasonMartin]

Quote: Originally Posted by G5XL

Basketball is the most popular sport in the US. It's football, and it's not close either. I'm not sure what kind of undertone you were pitching with big surprise in parenthesis, but it doesn't seem appropriate.

My bad, my bad.

Anyways, there is barely any competition. 2K shouldn't be acting like this when the game is flawed.

[Sundown]

Quote: Originally Posted by RangersCruz

Well say 20 people on websites won't hurt 2k when 50 casuals buy it and i doubt those guys at 2k lose sleep over probably around 5-10% of the gaming community being negative when majority of it is positive

It's not 20 guys. They're just the canary in the coalmine and a sample of general sentiment. When your most faithful and hardcore are disillusioned, casuals will eventually follow, though it may take awhile. See Madden. The fact that Madden lost to 2K on Next Gen even being a much more popular sport is extremely telling of what happens when you lose the most passionate and engaged.


Also, the dissatisfaction over VC is trending on reddit, and reddit is pretty mainstream.

[RangersCruz]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sundown

It's not 20 guys. They're just the canary in the coalmine and a sample of general sentiment. When your most faithful and hardcore are disillusioned, casuals will eventually follow, though it may take awhile. See Madden. The fact that Madden lost to 2K on Next Gen even being a much more popular sport is extremely telling of what happens when you lose the most passionate and engaged. Also, the dissatisfaction over VC is trending on reddit, and reddit is pretty mainstream.

Basketball is a worldwide sport NFl/Football is not there is no surprise as to why its been better in sales and LOOK AT THE GRAPHICS.

[Escobeats]

Quote: Originally Posted by JasonMartin

My bad, my bad. Anyways, there is barely any competition. 2K shouldn't be acting like this when the game is flawed.

Of course the game is flawed which game isnt ? But that doesn't take back how great and how high they set the bar for sports games today. Presentation, gameplay, player likenesses. Just imagine If 2K wasn't making basketball games today people would probably be saying that NBA live 14 is a really good game just like madden.

[vtcha]

It really frustrates me sometimes on how reviewers rate the game a 9.5 despite all these glitches and bugs. Don't get me wrong, the graphics and presentation are spectacular but that is only one part. My theory is that because these reviewers have to play so many different games that they cannot go into an in-depth detail of the many aspects of the game. They probably only play a few quick-game matches and the introductory of MyCareer or MyGM and then based their opinion on that, hence giving them a rating of 9.5, etc.

Personally, I feel that 2K is catering more to the casual gamer as opposed to us sim heads or NBA-freaks. I mean these issues (bad trade logic, constant MyCareer crashes/freezes, poor A.I coach rotations, player roles, etc.) have been plaguing us for years, and what's disappointing is that they're the same problems year after year. Enough is enough!

[Dazraz]

This game has sold well on its prior reputation. If 2K think they can get away with releasing a stripped down & heavily broken game next year with the same results they may well see a different set of figures. Of course it helps 2K that EA's effort was comical but EA will take heart in the issues that have afflicted NBA 2K on next gen.

[shegotgame]

Quote: Originally Posted by vtcha

It really frustrates me sometimes on how reviewers rate the game a 9.5 despite all these glitches and bugs. Don't get me wrong, the graphics and presentation are spectacular but that is only one part. My theory is that because these reviewers have to play so many different games that they cannot go into an in-depth detail of the many aspects of the game. They probably only play a few quick-game matches and the introductory of MyCareer or MyGM and then based their opinion on that, hence giving them a rating of 9.5, etc.

Tells me that the review process isn't thorough enough.


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