Kotaku now calling out 2K. This problem is now 'big'

[LorenzoDC]

Whoa, the game and its spokespeople are getting positively HAMMERED on twitter.

Makes the criticisms here on the OS forums look like

[Mauer4MVP]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hot Kidd

No benefit to the consumers, only to the company.

That's what I thought. Says a lot of where 2k has gone.

[VDusen04]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hot Kidd

Massive call out article here http://kotaku.com/if-you-combined-ba...oud-1492456387

Great article. I am glad to see these issues being aired on a larger stage. Some really solid lines there:

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And as the mangled launches of Diablo III in 2012 and SimCity this year showed, nothing infuriates gamers like being told they can't play a game's solo mode because of a publisher's online prerogatives.

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The problems hounding NBA 2K14 are both typically 2K Sports—the server failures—and also very unlike the label—the Virtual Currency debacle. 2K Sports, until very recently, prided itself on putting everything on the disc. Sixty dollars bought you the full experience. That changed incrementally—historic teams here, All-Star Weekend contests there—over the past two years. Now the series seems to have sunk both fists into the molasses, monetizing everything from a created player's clothing to how a general manager makes strategic choices. For more than a decade this franchise has been one of the best and most trusted names in sports video gaming. NBA 2K has faced its own shortcomings every year—every series does—but these things were smoothed over largely with the benefit of the doubt the game had earned from a reputation for high quality and fair treatment. The past six weeks have shown how quickly that can be depleted.

[Mauer4MVP]

I don't care if I have to deal with VC. I just want to play the game!

[m1ke_nyc]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mauer4MVP

Can someone explain to me what the benefit of this would have been had the online requirement and saving files to the servers worked properly?

The ONLY benefit would have been making sure hacked players do not get into the park. Thats it. Is that alone worth it ? NO NOT AT ALL

[Smirkin Dirk]

Quote: Originally Posted by ratedmoney

The ONLY benefit would have been making sure hacked players do not get into the park. Thats it. Is that alone worth it ? NO NOT AT ALL

Of course its not worth it.

The irony is they want to preserve the integrity of multiplayer but then allow people to buy a 99.

The bottom line is the monetisation of VC. That is why we cant play online.

[Sundown]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hot Kidd

Massive call out article here http://kotaku.com/if-you-combined-ba...oud-1492456387

Good to see an article dedicated to calling out 2K's recent practices.

[Crookid]

Quote: Originally Posted by MrBigShot1

IGN needs to call them out.

They won't though. bIasGN is probably in their pocket.

Either that or they have the worst journalists in the industry.

Wow, a double entendre AND irony.