No Demo For NBA 2K14

[Boilerbuzz]

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If anything, I think the XBone will have more Kids on it, due to children's inherent nature to latch onto anything they think is cool. "MY XBOX IS AWESOME. PS3 SUXS! XBOXONE RULZ! SONY IS DUM!". I know, having a 6 year old younger brother(while being in my late 20's), and I can see how the mindset is. If they think it's cool they want the next one until they think that one sucks. I see PS4 being bought by level headed adults looking at what they want out of a system, and what they don't want, seeing as XBONE Screwed the pooch out of the gate, and has been playing P/R Catch up ever since the initial announcement. This is all opinion, granted, but I know plenty of friends who were die hard XBox fans that all cancelled the live subscription and preordered PS4s as soon as Xbox announced it's original policies.

I agree with one small exception. I think the reasonable, mature adult didn't flip out with MS's early policies. Let's face it, most people play online or while connected to the net anyway. Many liked not having to trek to stores to get a game that may be sold out. I think many of the folks having a tantrum were the kids. But that's just my guess.

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[TeeDogg]

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With respect, I think this kids/adults back-and-forth is kind of silly and full of huge, off-base generalizations. For instance, I am certainly not a child, but I totally admit the XBox One news initially really threw me off and amongst my gaming adult friends and family, their feelings were the same. I suppose it depends what you mean by tantrums though.

It seemed it may have been suggested that all mature folks are cool with being locked into the internet to play offline games all the time. For me, not to go too far off topic, I didn't like the idea of something that didn't need to be online, to be required to always be online. I'd have the same negative feelings if my toaster function were tied to always being online. Maybe it's paranoia, but I just wouldn't like the feeling of knowing my ability to play, say offline Association, is completely dependent upon whether my shaky internet connectivity is up and running.

That initial release, combined with the funky game policies (the inability to play a game without downloading it to the machine, at which point the game could become locked over time and not as easily borrowed) just hit me in a funny spot. I do not believe it had to do with immaturity.

I feel a little silly getting involved with this conversation though. I apologize for intervening.

I don't want to speak for anyone, but I think tantrum is the key word. I too thought Microsoft made some poor judgement choices in the beginning. I thought they were terrible for the gamers. Especially the younger gamers who depend on used games and may not have internet. But the over reactions were amazing lol. Similar to being disappointed with no demo vs launching wild accusations and chaffing comments about the Devs over it.

[VDusen04]

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I don't want to speak for anyone, but I think tantrum is the key word. I too thought Microsoft made some poor judgement choices in the beginning. I thought they were terrible for the gamers. Especially the younger gamers who depend on used games and may not have internet. But the over reactions were amazing lol. Similar to being disappointed with no demo vs launching wild accusations and chaffing comments about the Devs over it.

Ha, well done with the quick quote. I thought better of stepping into this conversation but it worked out, because I agree with you. I find it unfortunate when the tantrums and illogical overreactions outweigh measured responses. Sometimes it feels reasonable criticism is too readily lumped in with the crazy.

[DETERMINOLOGY]

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This thread is way over cooked and needs to end...We know theres no demo coming game will drop tuesday simple

[WarlordZMaster]

No problem, worth buying every year.