Are you buying 2k18 at launch?

[EveretteWarren]

Quote: Originally Posted by SirGaryColeman

If I didn't play MyPark/Pro-Am, I wouldn't buy it. But the way MyPark/Pro-Am works, you kind of have to buy it in order to continue playing with friends or participate in competitions. I'm crossing my fingers that NBA Live will finally make a comeback.... its desperately needed as 2k clearly is taking advantage of the lack of competition.

Park is what got me back into the series. Before that I stopped playing 2k after 2k11.

[SirGaryColeman]

Quote: Originally Posted by ksuttonjr76

And I'll say again...NBA Live is not competition to 2K Sports. That's like saying Nike is taking advantage of the competition, because Pro Wings is not in the market.

Hm? Not sure what you mean?

NBA Live isn't competition in the sense that it's not very good... but if it was good, then it would force 2k to compete with them for customers.

[jfsolo]

Quote: Originally Posted by LorenzoDC

This year I dove in based on past experience of good overall quality and execution. But I have not been satisfied that 2K17 was well executed in core game play. Subsequent patches have not helped, and in many respects have made it worse. So while I am not in the business of projecting what I will or won't do a year from now, I will weigh that decision once again based on past experience of the game, just as I did this year. My most recent experience will weigh most heavily. Maybe 2K will turn this year's game around and do a far better job of communications next year, so that could affect my decision. But if I had to decide today, I would definitely wait two months before even considering buying the game.

The most bothersome thing to me is that there have been serious flaws in the way that defense works for a few years now, and after 16, I was completely sure that they would fix them for 17, but for many of these flaws to have seemingly not been addressed at all is beyond disappointing.

Fixing the defense should have been priority number 1, 2, and 3 for NBA 2K17, that it wasn't, gives me a level of skepticism about the series that I haven't had since NBA 2K5.

[striker3771]

No. This does not only pertain to 2K. I'm just getting a bit tired of waiting a couple of months for patches and tuners to make the game enjoyable. By that time, the price of the games have gone down.

[Goffs]

Quote: Originally Posted by jfsolo

The most bothersome thing to me is that there have been serious flaws in the way that defense works for a few years now, and after 16, I was completely sure that they would fix them for 17, but for many of these flaws to have seemingly not been addressed at all is beyond disappointing. Fixing the defense should have been priority number 1, 2, and 3 for NBA 2K17, that it wasn't, gives me a level of skepticism about the series that I haven't had since NBA 2K5.

This! Oh god I was shocked that defense actually regressed when they patched 16 to play better. How does that happen? It shouldn't be that way.

[prestwood90]

Yes no doubt about it, love basketball too much not too.......

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[psydefx]

Quote: Originally Posted by striker3771

No. This does not only pertain to 2K. I'm just getting a bit tired of waiting a couple of months for patches and tuners to make the game enjoyable. By that time, the price of the games have gone down.

same. buy the game a little late, but patched and cheap. especially for questionable games like nba2k.

[ksuttonjr76]

Quote: Originally Posted by SirGaryColeman

Hm? Not sure what you mean? NBA Live isn't competition in the sense that it's not very good... but if it was good, then it would force 2k to compete with them for customers.

I meant that Live is so irrelevant that people need to stop pretending that its existence will somehow "push" 2K Sports to make better games.

2K Sports is in a league of their own.