NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM & More

[zello144]

Can't wait


They weren't joking around last year when they said 2k16 was going to be good.
September 25th better come soon I need me some NBA 2k!!!!

[Gilley]

Quote: Originally Posted by Wildcats302

I am just going off the map and basic geographical knowledge. Any I missed guys? I can't really tell what is going on near NYC as they all merge together without a zoom function.

That probably includes locations in New Jersey as well.

[Number999]

As someone who prefers offline to online... THANK YOU 2k. You aren't ignoring online, but to see a video game consistently year in and year out make efforts (even if they aren't perfect) showing they DO care about offline franchises is amazing and you've already earned my purchase. GAHHH this is awesome.

[LADRAGONSS]

I want to be able to change max contract value.

[ataman5]

Quote: Originally Posted by amedawg00

To my long battered and bruised Online Franchise heads, it sure looks like we spoke too soon about receiving the motherlode in 16. This myleague online mode is some Orwellian word play at its finest. Why give a mode the equivalent name of its fully featured offline version when it pales in comparison? The lack of an offseason alone renders this mode an online league; and far from an "online franchise" as described in the blog. Let's call a spade a spade and leave the misleading marketing wordplay of "myleague online" for the casuals and uninformed who can't discern between the fully featured offline version and the half baked online version. I do respect VC for delivering a mode that will work out of the box while implcitly alluding to the fact that the inclusion of the offseason aspects could glitch or break the mode like they did on last gen OA modes. I am also appreciative of the admin options and league customization options that were omitted up until the 3rd iteration of the series for next gen. With the hype meter fully dialed down after the reveal of this god forsaken mode in comparison to the offline version, it is imperative that the questions posed by Ataman be answered in order to calm the anxieties of an appreciative albeit dissapointed OA nation. If at the bare minimum, a dev can assure us that all of the myleague offline options for team coaching options and roster management are present in the mode, then the confirmed custom roster feature will be the bed rock of hardcore leagues on extending this mode to be a fully featured multi season OA; accounting for manual progressions, regressions, retirements, and draft classes, along with a work around FA system. Frankly, we were able to do this in 15 with custom rosters as workaround, so the admin options, game registration, stat tracking, a functional post season is what VC is essentially assuring the OA community in the is blog for 16. Leftos, Czar, Sim baller, we appreciate your efforts in beginning to throw more resources and attention to this long neglected mode. The community acknowledges that Rome wasn't built in a day but acknowledging basic roster management, coaching options, i.e playbook customization would go a long way in placating the anxieties of this hardcore community who has enjoyed the OL/OA mode dating back to the xbox/ps2 era.

Couldn't put it better than this Ame.

[joosegoose]

Wow...I mean...just, wow. I alternated between head-nodding, fist-pumping, and a few actual cheers as I read through all of that.

So many great things here, but I'm largely at a loss for words. This is incredible, I will definitely be getting this now. Just when I was worried that sports games were slowly kicking franchise modes to the curb too...I feel so naive.

[23]

Quote: Originally Posted by sammy watkins

Over the past few years 2K has actually gone backwards in terms of online leagues. Can't you guys see. There were essentially no online leagues at all in 2K14 on the next gen consoles and the mode has been non-existent the last 2 years. Previously, NBA 2K12 and NBA 2K13 had online leagues (granted there were bugs and issues with the leagues), but the basic features where there. We are now reaching NBA 2K16 and still no offseason activities. This game's online franchise mode is FAR AND AWAY behind NBA 2K13 and that is 100% UNACCEPTABLE.

[Taer]

I recently asked for info released so that I can convince others to invest in 2k16 instead of waiting until next year or later.

You more than delivered, thank you. Your Developer Diary/Blog has a lot to present my family and friends with to convince them to buy the game.

I also think the diary/blog was one of the best written I've seen in years. Thank you for renewing my faith that such can still be written. Not just an hour ago, I lamented the lack of such elsewhere.

I can not wait to see which of these amazing systems and features made it into the MyCareer mode. MyLeague was fully covered, so I can at least drool over every detail released there.



One thought related to a fellow community member's recent posting:

Quote: Originally Posted by strawberryshortcake

Had a "team expansion" feature been implemented, you would be damn sure the Seattle Supersonics would be ADDED to the existing league leaving the Thunders intact exactly where they belong -- in OKC.

OKC will never "deserve" a team until the wrongs inflicted in Seattle are addressed. A stolen team does not "belong" in the possession of the thief regardless of that thief being a multi-billionaire friend of the ex-Commissioner or not.