NBA 2K15 Ships on October 7th, Pre-Order and Get the KD MVP Bonus Pack

[JasonMartin]

Shame to see 2K going down this path. I truly miss the 2K11 days. I'm definitely not buying this game anymore as long as it has VC.

I hope EA takes advantage and brings out a better product.

[PPerfect_CJ]

For me, always online=always going to pass on it. If they're not going to let me play MY game the way I want with rosters and such, then I have no use for them. Not going to put up with the VC problem, either. Having 2K14 on my PS3 with RedMC to keep things accurate is good enough. Won't let it stress me out anymore.

[King_B_Mack]

I will reserve judgement on the VC aspect until we see more of the game. I've been confident that 2K will have learned their lesson from last year's disaster and dialed back the way VC is handled this year.

Just because VC has appeared as a pre-order bonus doesn't mean a continuation of 2K14's mess at this point. People saw MLB The Show's version of VC as a pre-order bonus and started freaking out as well. As an owner of the The Show, I can say that I'm perfectly fine with how it was handled there. As far as it's inclusion in Road to the Show. There isn't a single second where it's required for you to buy the currency. Your contract isn't some ridiculous looking 500 Mario coins while everybody else has 5 year/40 million dollar deals and so on. It's exactly as a microtransaction system should be. There if I want it, but never something I actually NEED.

2K has a chance to right some major wrongs from 2K14. I'm still confident they will, but as of right now, they are a used game purchase (when I get around to it) from me as opposed to the pre-order on the first day available that they used to be.

[VDusen04]

Quote: Originally Posted by King_B_Mack

I will reserve judgement on the VC aspect until we see more of the game. I've been confident that 2K will have learned their lesson from last year's disaster and dialed back the way VC is handled this year. Just because VC has appeared as a pre-order bonus doesn't mean a continuation of 2K14's mess at this point. People saw MLB The Show's version of VC as a pre-order bonus and started freaking out as well. As an owner of the The Show, I can say that I'm perfectly fine with how it was handled there. As far as it's inclusion in Road to the Show. There isn't a single second where it's required for you to buy the currency. Your contract isn't some ridiculous looking 500 Mario coins while everybody else has 5 year/40 million dollar deals and so on. It's exactly as a microtransaction system should be. There if I want it, but never something I actually NEED. 2K has a chance to right some major wrongs from 2K14. I'm still confident they will, but as of right now, they are a used game purchase (when I get around to it) from me as opposed to the pre-order on the first day available that they used to be.

Well said. I'm also hopeful the always-online thing is not what we believe it to be as well. I'd love to see those guys get back on track.

[CoreyG87]

Has anyone at OS heard anything about the PC engine? EA are putting Ignite on PC for FIFA 15, so that should put all of this "PCs can't run "next-gen engines" crap to bed.

[Vni]

Why would PC's not be able to run next gen engines anyway? That doesn't make a lot of sense.

[ShogunTake]

Quote: Originally Posted by Vni

Why would PC's not be able to run next gen engines anyway? That doesn't make a lot of sense.

Who the hell said this? lol I hate PC elitists, but out of every single piece of gaming software out there whether it's Current-gen or last, there's nothing PC can't run. Well obviously depending on your wallet of couse. But there's not much reason why the current-gen NBA 2K's shouldn't be on PC.

[CoreyG87]

Quote: Originally Posted by ShogunTake

Who the hell said this? lol I hate PC elitists, but out of every single piece of gaming software out there whether it's Current-gen or last, there's nothing PC can't run. Well obviously depending on your wallet of couse. But there's not much reason why the current-gen NBA 2K's shouldn't be on PC.

I can't remember the guy's name, but an EA rep at E3 2013 (or shortly after in an interview) said that the reason they weren't putting the IGNITE engine in the PC version of FIFA 14, was that the "next-gen" consoles were more powerful than most high-end PCs. I'm paraphrasing, of course, but that's the gist of what he said. I assumed that it was the reasoning behind 2K giving PC players the same engine, as well. However, EA has changed their tune, for some reason.