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OS Fact or Fiction: College Hoops Edition

03:32 PM - April 5, 2011 by RaychelSnr

1. Releasing a college basketball game in January instead of November would be a positive for a college hoops title.

Dustin Toms: Fact/Fiction. I feel like this is a loaded question. For the hardcore college hoops fan, this would be nothing short of a disappointment. You don't want to start playing halfway through the season, you want to take control once the actual season begins. But on the other hand, for the gaming companies, releasing closer to the tournament would probably make them more money in the long run. When it comes down to it, we all just want a new college hoops game.

Christian McLeod: Fact. I consider myself a college hoops fanatic -- the kicker is that outside of the early season tournaments, my interest level in the sport doesn't peak until mid/late January. Once college football is over and the NFL Playoffs come to an end, college basketball kicks into high gear. Also, by January interest in NBA gaming is beginning to tail off after a four month play period. Why not refine the NBA engine, polish up gameplay quirks, and even add some new features to the college game? In short, use the NBA game as a beta to perfect the college game, and then use the college game to use as a beta to perfect the next year's NBA game? Seems like a win-win for everyone involved to me.

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# 21 Tha_BlacKnight @ 04/06/11 11:27 PM

Moving the release date back would totally help sales for a college basketball game. IMO releasing a game in november would just doom the game to failure. I felt it would get lost in the mix with the NBA games that were released a month prior. Release it in Jan right when the March Madness is about to pick up.

# 22 Eski33 @ 04/08/11 07:17 PM

I agree that pushing a release of a college hoops game to January that it would do better. With pro hoops, hockey, and football games all releasing in the early to mid-fall, it puts gamers in a spot of making choices of which game to buy. If a college hoops game were released in January, or even late December when the holiday tournaments are played, the focus starts to shift to college hoops.

# 23 Roggie @ 04/10/11 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Mos1ted


	I think that if they do decide to bring back the series, they should release in November like they always have and just make a big marketing push close to March Madness so that those who have yet to get the game will be enticed to do so.

That's what I was thinking. Hardcore college fans will all buy the game when it comes out in November. Then, coupled with a price drop to around $40 in mid-late February, roll out some advertisement during games and on ESPN, and boom. Second wave of game sales come through. Throw up some advertising on the 360 dashboard/PSN Marketplace and their little scroll thing in the top corner, and all those who missed release day/forgot to pick up the game have the thought planted, and those who get the big up from March Madness see a price drop and flock to stores.

# 24 smithdynasty @ 04/12/11 11:04 AM

Im still playing CH 2k8, haven't touched NBA 2k11 in a while bc it makes me realize how far behind the CH 2k8 gameplay is...SMH

# 25 BenGerman @ 01/19/13 08:43 PM

Weird that we are now almost two years down the road from when this was written, and we still havent heard any concrete information. I think it's safe to say well just have to cross our fingers and hope the next generation of consoles is the answer to our prayers.

A good way to look at it is that a new set of consoles means a fresh slate for college basketball games. Wouldn't surprise me one bit if we saw a game announced for 2014 or 2015.

# 26 QN_52 @ 01/21/13 08:40 PM

Pretty sure they don't have NCAA license anymore.

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