NBA 2K18 Sold-in More Than 10 Million Units, Over 2 Billion Games Played

[DJ]

I appreciate that NBA 2K was an early adopter to the Switch and 2K18 on that system was really good. Nice to see that they are sticking with it and putting 2K19 out for Switch as well.

[Rockie_Fresh88]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rockie_Fresh88

I wonder if the league help them sell even more

Quoted to clarify : E-League . Do you guys think the E-League pushed more units

[trekfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rockie_Fresh88

Quoted to clarify : E-League . Do you guys think the E-League pushed more units

More than usual? Perhaps slightly. But from what I watched of the E-League this year -- and it was like two matches -- I came away unimpressed.



I think, more than anything, NBA Live being ho-hum (though improved from its recent low-point) and the Youtube streamers helped push more units than the E-League.


I'd guess that the investment that 2K made in the E-League vs. the actual number of units pushed by it came up to being a loss: as in the E-League didn't recoup the costs by pushing the units to replace those costs.



That said, I doubt 2K felt like it was going to anyway. The E-League is limited by the game itself (which, despite how good it is, still has limitations one can see in any E-League match) and the lack of driving personalities -- I can't name a single team or person in the league, which is the opposite of how the NBA works as everyone knows who JR Smith is despite JR being a role player/bench guy at this point in his career.



The E-League will need a another year or two to really develop, assuming 2K commits to it that long. More than anything, I think the E-League will push the gameplay team to really address legacy issues.



It's one thing to have the game's flaws show up on Youtube videos, but it's quite another for those flaws to impact a live-stream of E-League sports with actual, real money and jobs on the line. That, to me, is the biggest contribution the E-League can make to 2K, assuming 2K sticks with it.

[Trackball]

Quote: Originally Posted by DJ

I appreciate that NBA 2K was an early adopter to the Switch and 2K18 on that system was really good. Nice to see that they are sticking with it and putting 2K19 out for Switch as well.

The question is, will all this extra stuff be in there too?

If so, I'm getting that version. Until I find out either way, I'm waiting to preorder.

[The Gym Reaper]

Congrats to the whole team.

[Retropyro]

50% of those "hours played" were stuck in cut scenes while another 30% was standing in the Park hoping for a game that would never come.**

[WaddupCouzin]

I remember 2K10 selling 2 million and that was a big deal. Also shows how stagnant Madden has been. Madden was always at a point of selling between 4-5 million copies, where basketball lagged in the 1-2 million range (2008-2010) times. You see 5x the sales with NBA and football growth has been marginal at this point. Kudos to 2K. I remember Madden signing the exclusive football deal and 2K looked to be dead in the water! *Surprise MF *

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[pauliewalnutzz824]

Cool, now give back to us by eliminating micro-transactions or give us free 500,000 VC or matchmaking in the park.