NBA 2K25 Review: Stellar Gameplay Continues to Contend With Pesky Microtransactions

[Steve_OS]

Among sports video games that are released annually, the NBA 2K series has established a reputation...

Written By: Kevin Scott

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[Fake Empire]

Nice review. As an offline player the microtransactions don't bother me at all. 2K won't get an extra penny from me and I'm buying the game since the first iteration. The can throw hundreds of purchase VC screens and I will still press the B button. Come on 2K why there are only 2 of them now? If I want to play MyPlayer I will do it even if I'm 3-20 FG for 20 games straight. I just don't care. I'll still try to play my videogaming basketball. The other consumers can continue to pay for their videogaming basketball.
This so far the best NBA 2K offline. 2K can ofc read this and ruin it for me and others like me.

[simbayless]

I hate the pop ups show up when you try to push a button on an mode and get hit with a accidental buy
2k knows what they're doing🤦

[scottyp180]

Quote: Originally Posted by simbayless

I hate the pop ups show up when you try to push a button on an mode and get hit with a accidental buy 2k knows what they're doing🤦

As a strictly offline player, I think those pop up ads are absolutely awful. There should be a way to opt out of them entirely instead of having to see them every time we boot the game. I feel like they sometimes pop up just by returning to the main screen.

I saw Ronnie tweet something like, "no one is forcing you to buy VC." While true, they certainly push it on you as hard as they possibly can. For someone like me, an adult who has no interest in modes centered around VC, it's extremely easy to ignore the ads (as annoying as they may be) but if you're a kid in their teens or younger and your main modes are My Player/My Career centric and/or My Team it must feel like buying VC is damn near a requirement.

It's just gross for a company to do this for a game aimed at gamers of all ages and act like there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. They do it because no one's saying they can't. IMO, it's like tobacco/cigarette companies seeing nothing wrong with having ads every where (which is basically illegal now) or selling products that will appeal to kids (it's not our fault kids are getting and using vapes that taste like candy). At some point, there needs to be restrictions on these types of microtransacations and how they're advertised.