Yeah this is what sicks in my head. I think the casual game really bought into 2k5 due to word of mouth and a price that was too good to be true. I mean look at the Wii. You can't tell me casual gamers aren't sucking those systems up because they cost half of the other next gen systems. Even my girl (the CASUALEST of gamers bought one for me so she didn't have to get me a 360.) although she waited in line at 4 am while i was sleeping. Yeah she's the bomb.
The point is casual gamers go for whats cheaper of the two or what they know. Right now apf2k8 is neither.
I love the gameplay of 2k5 and probably 2k8, but people around me just don't know what it is. There are 4 gamestops around where I live. And you learn alot from conversations in gamestops (like the barbershop lol). All I hear is kids, young and old say is, "Can I be Reggie Bush?" That's telling to me.