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

[Edi286]

Quote: Originally Posted by JasonMartin

Typical 2K sports to be proud of such a non-event. The PS4 has been out for about a month and 1 week, the Xbox has been out for a couple of weeks. Then you factor in that most of the consoles are being sold in the USA in which the biggest and most popular sport is basketball (big surprise). FIFA and Madden are available on the next gen but from what I've read they aren't developed from scratch like 2K is (at least madden isn't) but they do look good. So the competition is probably between 2K and FIFA. Let's just wait until everyone in the world has the possibility to get a PS4/Xbox one since most of these aren't even available yet in Europe. You can get them but you have to order them from the bigger markets like Germany/France/UK. I'm sure Fifa will catch up, since soccer is the most popular sport in the world. It's like doing a 100 metres sprint against Usain Bolt while he's still tying his laces. Fair battle.

these sale figures are for the United States only.

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/12/12/no...ne-is-fastest/

[Sundown]

Quote: Originally Posted by shegotgame

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

The OS Podcast also mentioned that reviewers get free VC, so they have NO idea what the grind feels like for a normal player over an extended period of time.

[WaddupCouzin]

Congrats 2K!

[Starwipe]

I canceled my order and don't regret it a bit. If this is the future of 2K and it's our only option for an NBA game I probably wont even buy a PS4.

[yungflo]

I enjoy 2k and outside the park, and the vc bull****. I don't really get alot of issues. With that being said, I'm done with preorders this generation. (unless its a preorder sale, newegg 12 dollars off type of thing) otherwise, I'll wait til how the game fares and buy it after everyone has a general idea on how the game will be.

Battlefield burned me and this game although awesome, wasn't really that awesome.

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[VDusen04]

I know it's a pipe dream to hear this from a title that's dominating sales figures, but it'd be nice to hear an approach similar to that of Fox Sports 1 president Eric Shanks:

Quote:

It's less about looking at audience figures and more about whether the quality of the product continues to improve.

Again, that could just be happy-speak for a company that's not #1 but still... I prefer this approach to 2K's "Clearly we're awesome and our product is incredible" stance.

[spankdatazz22]

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.

Maybe I'm looking at this the wrong way, but imo it's debateable that it's "2K's most faithful" fans that are disillusioned. Many people here are hardcore purist basketball fans - not necessarily hardcore purist NBA2K fans. These people don't care who provides them with the basketball game they want, only that someone gives it to them. They're only as faithful as their options allow. A faithful fan here is deemed a fanboy, which many people here aren't.

There are very few here that wouldn't jump ship to NBA Live IF it were as good or better. And because it isn't, all their anger is directed at 2K. Many people buy Madden not because they're Madden fans, but because they're NFL fans. And Madden has NFL exclusivity. That isn't the case with NBA2K; they're simply way better than any other NBA option out there. So much so there are still people here that foolishly try to insinuate that 2K has a monopoly.

The whole VC-issue aside I don't have a problem with 2K trumpeting a sales triumph given the games are starting off on equal footing. Why not try to combat some of the negativity/overreactions going on in the forums with something positive? If anything they show their superiority over a competitor (Live), as well as maybe bring some attention to the NFL exclusivity situation. Since the NFL is by far the most popular sport here in the U.S. there should be no way a NBA game is outselling a NFL game.