Worst pre-release marketing ever for sports game?

[Chargers_Are_The_Bes]

Quote: Originally Posted by WISports

People complain about gas prices and health care, yet still pay for it. What's your point?

How was that relevant to what I just said


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[KingTocco]

Quote: Originally Posted by Vni

We haven't had THE 2K on this gen yet like we had with 2K11 on the older gen. Maybe it's 17, doubt it though.

This is your opinion, 2K16 was great IMO.

People complained about 2K11 all the time when it was out, nostalgia can be blinding.


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[MarkWilliam]

Quote: Originally Posted by Chargers_Are_The_Bes

Can we all just shut up and stop complaining all. Y'all say the same thing every year and always end up buying it. Even when the price drops Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

....glad you could join us.... take a seat, there's no reason why you shouldn't be out there contributing to any of the other threads when this is clearly the one you belong in.....

[MarkWilliam]

Quote: Originally Posted by Trackball

And even 2K11 had serious problems. Remember the unstoppable spin dunk?

What enhanced 2K11 was how crap 2K10 was in comparison.

To make such a leap in 1 dev cycle made it that much better for me. So much harder to do that now the bar is so high....

[jadert]

Quote: Originally Posted by coolcras7

Nah, people just don't understand that the key to selling something is to keep the consumer interested until they reach the cashier, their is a lot of other things 60 dollars can buy in the 2 to 3 weeks. The per-order bonus was for the hardcore going to buy regardless, the next 2 weeks is for the hold out where you have to keep reminding them what they will be missing out. The youtube guys will keep them hyped this week, and when they start to fade, you hit them with something else.

NBA 2K series has been one of the top selling sports franchises of all time. Do you think this year will be different because they are waiting till later to release info... Hmm lets see

The bottom line is marketing helps generate extra interest, but if the product is inferior, that will not matter. It will get shredded to pieces with social media nowadays. After all, social media destroyed the NBA Live/Elite fiasco with the Jesus Bynum incident lol.

[Vni]

Quote: Originally Posted by Trackball

And even 2K11 had serious problems. Remember the unstoppable spin dunk?

Yeah it had it's flaws for sure but the game was incredible. 2K14 last gen was even better but didn't have the same impact. That shows that it's take time for developers to really master the mechanics and the engine they use for each gens. Pure gameplay has definately took a hit on this generation with the awful imput lag and overloads of animations but I believe they will get somewhere with this. We'll have a very responsive game with great footplanting sometime soon.

[coolcras7]

Quote: Originally Posted by 23

The key to selling something is to put out quality. ...but since people don't believe in marketing they shouldn't show anything because people will buy anyway. I can't believe we're at the point of being all hollywood where you really believe the hype is better than the ones who do the actual work on the game. The substance keeps you not the smoke and mirrors

haha in what world, the best music, movie etc.. are never the ones that make the most money, and video games have now become an extension of Hollywood a basketball game is now being marketed as an RPG, last year we had Spike directing, it's a different world.

[Vni]

Quote: Originally Posted by KingTocco

This is your opinion, 2K16 was great IMO. People complained about 2K11 all the time when it was out, nostalgia can be blinding. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

2K16 isn't THE 2K of this generation for sure. It's a really good game but there are too many work in progress for it to be. They're still tweaking their stuff.