2K Sports Restores NBA 2K14 Servers After Outrage
 

2K Sports has changed their tune on shutting down the NBA 2K14 servers. After the outrage from gamers losing their MyCAREER saves on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, 2K has decided to extend the life of their servers and online services from 18 to 27 months, following each release.

Source - Polygon

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Hilarious, careers still wont be saved though after they take down servers next year.

It was crappy for them to take them down so quickly especially since they try to get every cent out of you on micro transactions with these games.

Lol & Smh at the same time.

Like I said before. Give props to EA and there servers at least.

2K Sports Restores NBA 2K14 Servers After Outrage
 

Good thing to do, 2K. I give you props for not being prideful and ignoring your customers complaints.

Now if you could throw on those 2K11 servers for a little bit. I'll dust my xbox 360 off in seconds and get my crew going lol.

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Props for what exactly ?

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For one I haven't had a laggy game of THE Live 15 or Madden 15, and I'm sure they keep their servers open longer for older games, and they also don't require them for many modes

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This gives me hope that 2K will actually release another patch soon!

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I don't know what all the fuss is about the patch. They won't waste the time and money. I'm getting great percentages. MyCareer percentages are really high but that mode was always cheesy. Game is great in its current state

2K Sports Restores NBA 2K14 Servers After Outrage
 

Selfish is the way you come off. You acknowledge MC percentages are really high now but go on to say "the mode was always cheesy." So forget about us and make it even worse huh?

Imo, it wasn't really "cheesy" (which is madly overused) and definitely wasn't in my case offline. It was damn near perfect and competitive to me gameplay wise besides some issues that's still in the game. Was the most fun I've ever had before this patch dealing with MC.

But we are talking about this in the wrong thread.

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Yeah, I don't play MyCareer nor do I play Online.
But like stated above, I won't derail this thread.

Congrats to everyone this helps!

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I can't be the only one who subtly laughed when they saw the title.

to be honest it just makes me not want to do much on nba 2k15 myteam any more.i worked my butt off to get 86 jordan.to think bye the time nba 2k16 comes around it will all be for nothing anyways.reminds me of how i sold every player i had lebron durant to get dominique wilkins just to have them give everybody a diamond one a couple of months later for practically free.

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Doesn't this bring into question the ability to bring old saves to the new game a la MLB The Show this year? If they're gonna shut down servers and force u to buy the new game they should have to implement this technology in order for those who don't feel like starting all the way over right away. 80 years in a My League is great for those who Sim most games. I personally enjoy playing every game 12 min quarters. So I barely get thru the 1st season with all these changes that require u to start over. Would be great if they considered making old saves transferable

I moved on from 2K14 in Oct. I don't get up on the MyCareer stuff, either. But this is pretty cool on 2K's part IMO The "always online" setup was dumb from the start. But it's great to see 2K trying to make amends.

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Yo! lol I was saying the same thing. I would buy those servers. And just run them at home myself.

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This is exactly what 2k should look into. I'm surprised after all these years it wouldn't be easy to just transfer. I would hate to have to rebuild my player every damn year.

That's where they went wrong. The whole online checking thing was stupid.

Yeah. That was a bad move. I couldn't even enjoy MyGm mode because of 2K's spotty server. I can relate to how those guys feel. 2K14 was a beautiful game that played great, but the online stuff just ruined it for me. I lost a little love for 2K afterwards. But 2K15 is that deal, they hit a homerun with it, IMO. Hopefully they continue to learn from 2K14.

Still a complete joke. My Career / My GM should never be tied to online. (I am fully aware that you can play them disconnected however you also do not get the full experience without the server tie-in.)

These modes should be fully and completely independent of the 2K servers.

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Tieing MyCareer so closely to a mandatory requirement of being online and force fed rosters (no custom rosters for new careers) is proving to do more harm then good in the long run.

Anyone trying to play multiple years of a career and utilize everything the mode has to offer either has to devote a lot of time in each 28 month cycle or they will feel cheated once the servers go off.

The fact that 2k has not thought this through shows me that their vision in presenting MC and My GM is fatefully flawed.

It certainly puts major concerns on my decision to buy next year's cycle, as MC is the most used mode for me.

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I think all this shows is that your 60$ pays for the game and a 1 year subscription to 2k servers. That needs to be taken into consideration when buying the game each year. That should also be taken into consideration by 2k when making modes mandatory online which I'm sure won't be the case in 2k16....

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LOL. I've been saying a long time, I and others would pay to get those 2K11 servers back on for awhile.

2K is definitely falling off. They had so many golden opportunities to blow out their opponent, but they are letting them comeback. Not to say I don't want Live to succeed because I do. However, 2K has been very disappointing and I am very glad I didn't buy this years version. The fact that they shut down their 2K14 servers showed how greedy they are and that they are not in touch with their customers.

Live is getting closer to the checkmate. They just need smoother gameplay, more features and modes. If they add in Adidas Live Run and FIBA, it's over.

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That's all I pay. But many pay hundreds for VC (I think they are all nuts) or I've even heard people pay thousands just to get a myteam card. Why people would give thousands for what you just said is beyond me

so basically a yr a half from now 2k15 servers will be coming down. so disrespectful. especially for the people who spend their money on the game and cant or dont get the next yr and skip a yr or 2. they are forcing you to get the game every yr.

my sediments exactly. if they are going to be shutting down servers 18 months after release then they need to set the game up in a way that is not server dependent.

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Couldnt agree more...hate that my GM is server dependant anyways

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Maybe you should slow down just a bit, bud.

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I also have Live 15 and it sucks. Many of the players have computer generated faces that look nothing like the players. All of the players dunk frequently (And if you have Lebron James you can expect 10 posters a game). Very few shot animations (Most players all use the same signature shot and you can't even choose your signature shot for the career mode (Same with free throws, layups, hop steps and everything else). The career mode is as bare bones as can be. You start at 78OVR (Basically the best rookie) and just play games with no immersion at all. You can't even edit the face at all. All the players feel the same because they all have the same animations. The big moments mode is stuck on one awful camera with no way to change it. The behind the back camera swivels way too slowly for it to be of any use so you're forced to use a broadcast cam if you want any semblance of fast break play. All the teams play the same, no where near 2k in that regard where different teams run different offenses. The commentary in 2k blows Live out of the water.

Basically what I'm getting at, is that you're dreaming if you think Live is going to overtake 2k anytime soon. Live has better courts, less animation bound, and a better shoe and tattoo game. Thats it. 2k is better in literally every other way.

Oh and go take a shot with Shabazz Napier and tell me what the announcers say because they call him DJ Augustine.

2 year cycles on sports game with a $10 upgrade at the start of year two. This upgrade should include the ability to get new rosters for the upcoming year with regular updates and the new courts and jerseys for the upcoming year. This way the developers can have time to build a game that makes improvements over a two year window..... Honestly 2k15 just pissed me off for being that same old stale thing I've come to expect since 2k11. Developers should consider it..... Seriously!

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Yay more lag.

Sidenote we have to get these modes offline this year or this series is gonna go down the toilet.

2Ks greed will eat itself away. It happened with Live because 2k put out a better product but now that product is a brand and soon the tables will turn. They always do.

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This boggles my mind. I can understand being cranky about the upgrade from 2k13 to 2k14 last gen to last gen (Because those games truly were basically the same) but 2k14 current gen to 2k15 current gen is a gigantic difference. 2k15 added in new modes, an awesome RPG like mode, both a GM and League mode, one with no VC and one with VC only if you want to spend it. A new Ultimate Team mode. Roster updates very often. 2kTV every week. Face scanning (works amazingly if you spend a bit of time learning how to do it). Awesome new freelance offenses.

Seriously, if you don't think 2k15 is a huge step up from 2k14 you aren't paying attention.

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Since online is integral to playing the game, why wouldn't 2K invest more in servers. It's been the one constant flaw.

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I bet it's that comeback code thing that I keep seeing everyone post about that's causing that.

:smirk:

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What 2k needs to do is fix player resigning, I mean it is truly impossible to resign LeBron James to the Cavaliers in this game, he's not leaving for more money he's staying out so why is the only way to resign him is to turn the salary cap off? That's a pretty cheap way to cheat the system but for a game that's suppose to be all about realism it's truly lacking in that department please fix this

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Hilarious, careers still wont be saved though after they take down servers next year.

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Why are you copying exactly what I said?

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Lmao. It's a bot man. You can mainly tell by just looking at their usernames or the date they've joined.

They just go around copying what someone said in that thread.

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Thanks for heads up