NBA 2K18 Features Shaquille O'Neal on the Cover of Legend Edition, Ships September 15

[xman2k]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hellquist

I want to take advantage of my Amazon Prime pre-order bonus. I'm not buying this game at full price 2-week period on Amazon or not. I'm buying NBA Live 18 regardless how bad it is just to support it. It's a 90% chance I will not buy or play 2K18 because of my frustrations with 2K17. This game has to be a highly rated game across the board for me to consider. No more blindly buying this franchise. Too many mishaps with this one for me to support 2K18. I can't do it.

So you will blindly buy a franchise that has not been top rated from a company that tried to coup the NBA license and in return serve a turd than from a proven franchise that revolutionized sports game presentation from a company trying to be greedy and make extra money off its fans although it is an option.
I don't know 2k has always found a way to stick something in the game that makes it dynamic and not stale like it's competition

[Macs Power]

Quote: Originally Posted by de_jesus

Wait... you're tired of money grabbing so you're considering an EA product? Well, that's something

Live 16 made their upgrading system in an old-school format

EXP points to upgrade your player and another point system to purchase accessories/clothes/tattoos etc. Neither of these could be purchased and you had to play the game in order to earn. So yeah, they weren't really going for the money grab

[youvalss]

Quote: Originally Posted by Peter_OS

$149.99 lmao.. It should be $59.99 $79.99 and $99.99 respectively. 2K should be ashamed of themselves! Not spending a penny more! Standard edition for me.

I have no problem with that. I have never in my life bought anything else than the regular version (nor have I ever purchased any DLCs whatsoever). Don't blame 2K for people who are willing to pay for it. They could charge $300 if there were enough people who would pay that. Don't blame the seller...if someone out there is willing to pay more - you sell it for that price.

Again, blame the gamers. Some people just can't get a hold of themselves...and they deserve to pay that much. It's just like those people who find the game being sold online by someone a day before release for $300. They deserve to be taken advantage of.

It's not being sold for that price because 2K is doing something wrong. It is because some consumers are doing something wrong. And other people need to pay more because of them. If no one paid that price, there would be a price drop pretty fast, and next year the extra stuff will be sold for less.

[FerdBrown]

Quote: Originally Posted by youvalss

I have no problem with that. I have never in my life bought anything else than the regular version (nor have I ever purchased any DLCs whatsoever). Don't blame 2K for people who are willing to pay for it. They could charge $300 if there were enough people who would pay that. Don't blame the seller...if someone out there is willing to pay more - you sell it for that price. Again, blame the gamers. Some people just can't get a hold of themselves...and they deserve to pay that much. It's just like those people who find the game being sold online by someone a day before release for $300. They deserve to be taken advantage of. It's not being sold for that price because 2K is doing something wrong. It is because some consumers are doing something wrong. And other people need to pay more because of them. If no one paid that price, there would be a price drop pretty fast, and next year the extra stuff will be sold for less.

Hmmm. Good point. Goes back to economics. Market demand. If there are buyers, and lots of them there are - why sell cheap? At this rate I believe 2K must have data analytics to backup increasing the price. They could "Stretch" it further like limitless range and there will be takers.

Again, just an opinion.

[NoLeafClover]

Quote: Originally Posted by youvalss

I have no problem with that. I have never in my life bought anything else than the regular version (nor have I ever purchased any DLCs whatsoever). Don't blame 2K for people who are willing to pay for it. They could charge $300 if there were enough people who would pay that. Don't blame the seller...if someone out there is willing to pay more - you sell it for that price. Again, blame the gamers. Some people just can't get a hold of themselves...and they deserve to pay that much. It's just like those people who find the game being sold online by someone a day before release for $300. They deserve to be taken advantage of. It's not being sold for that price because 2K is doing something wrong. It is because some consumers are doing something wrong. And other people need to pay more because of them. If no one paid that price, there would be a price drop pretty fast, and next year the extra stuff will be sold for less.

People are idiots who throw money away yes, but the fact that 2K has the monopoly on the genre plays a big role too. Just because it ALLOWS them to charge whatever they want doesn't mean they have to gouge prices so blatantly.

There's a point where people just snap and buy an alternative product or brand out of spite because they feel they are being exploited.

We aren't there yet, but everyone has their limits...

[Junior Moe]

Quote: Originally Posted by youvalss

I have no problem with that. I have never in my life bought anything else than the regular version (nor have I ever purchased any DLCs whatsoever). Don't blame 2K for people who are willing to pay for it. They could charge $300 if there were enough people who would pay that. Don't blame the seller...if someone out there is willing to pay more - you sell it for that price. Again, blame the gamers. Some people just can't get a hold of themselves...and they deserve to pay that much. It's just like those people who find the game being sold online by someone a day before release for $300. They deserve to be taken advantage of. It's not being sold for that price because 2K is doing something wrong. It is because some consumers are doing something wrong. And other people need to pay more because of them. If no one paid that price, there would be a price drop pretty fast, and next year the extra stuff will be sold for less.

This is it right here. It's simple economics. I don't begrudge 2K or anyone else for utilizing demand for a profit. I didn't even know that the price changed from a year ago because I'm not into the online stuff. I buy the standard edition. That's cool. I did buy the college team bundle last year. If that was a huge success it wouldn't shock me that they charge more it. If so, then I'd have a decision to make on whether or not it's worth it. Me being the sap I am I probably would buy it but like you said if enoug people don't they'll drop the price eventually.

[ammar_munes]

For me , I always buy Standard ,


if I'm willing to upgrade the need to show us what's new , what have changed not beat around the bush , show me what changed in player creation , in park , in proam . show me the changes from the begging.
not 2 weeks before launch , then maybe I will upgrade my copy !

[youvalss]

Quote: Originally Posted by NoLeafClover

People are idiots who throw money away yes, but the fact that 2K has the monopoly on the genre plays a big role too. Just because it ALLOWS them to charge whatever they want doesn't mean they have to gouge prices so blatantly. There's a point where people just snap and buy an alternative product or brand out of spite because they feel they are being exploited. We aren't there yet, but everyone has their limits...

It's not bread or meat, you can live without it. I don't know if you can say that 2K has the monopoly on the genre, anyone else can make a basketball title, it's just that other than EA no one does. And even if 2K did have the monopoly, why would anyone pay full price for a product they don't think is worth it?

If you really want the game but don't agree with the price, just wait and/or buy it used. I don't buy basketball games (and other games) new any more. I haven't even bought 2K16 or 2K17 - not because of all the flaws. I wouldn't even notice 99% of what people here are talking about since I'm not that fanatic about it any more. But it's not a must for me any more, so I prefer spending money on other games (and still buy them mostly older/used).

It's not to say "Don't like it - don't buy it", and this is definitely not to defend 2K. I didn't even buy Mafia 3 on release, though I really wanted to play it. Bought it about 6 weeks ago at more than 50% off. I didn't think it was worth the full price, and anyone who thinks this way about a game/DLC needs to wait for a price drop.

Games like NBA 2K and GTA keep their value and a price drop doesn't happen that fast (unless it's Black Friday or something like that) because they sell millions of units. If they sold 300,000 units, you would buy it 50% after 2 months. Again, it's because the millions of people who buy it. Again, demand.

You said "There's a point where people just snap and buy an alternative product or brand out of spite because they feel they are being exploited" - well there should be millions of people doing this to have any real effect. If only 50,000 people did this, it may not be enough to cause 2K take drastic steps, I would think.

Then again, you want your voice heard, take it to the (virtual) streets. It's much easier to gather enough people to support your cause these days, with all the media/internet. I don't think you would be doing anything wrong if you did.