Should 2K Buy the Exclusive Rights for NBA 2K12?

[popo324]

Since 2K11 could very well be the best selling basketball game of all time, do you think it would be a wise decision for 2K Sports to crank it up a notch and buyout the NBA license for 2K12 and beyond?

[mikenoob]

Re: Should 2K Buy the Exclusive Rights for NBA 2K12?

And that would help them.... how?

[ffpp]

Re: Should 2K Buy the Exclusive Rights for NBA 2K12?

Probably too expensive and also a bad decision from the perspective of fans. Because it would lead to 2k becoming lazy in development and improvement without any real competition and would get the genre stagnant.

[VDusen04]

Re: Should 2K Buy the Exclusive Rights for NBA 2K12?

If I know this community, and I like to think that I do, I would bet the answer to this query will be overwhelmingly, "NO!".

I do not see a reason to make the rights exclusive, even if they had the means to make such a move. Just like every post in this thread will say, with competition, everybody wins. We have all seen firsthand what happens when one company has exclusive rights with sports titles.

[jr2424]

Re: Should 2K Buy the Exclusive Rights for NBA 2K12?

Nope. And I hope the NBA is smart enough not to sell it to either. Competition is the only way we got what we got from 2k this year. 2k was probably worried about Live making a significant stride after what Live did last year. I just hope Elite doesn't have a bad enough showing this year that they take next year off or scrap the franchise like they did with college basketball. Both companies need to push each other.

[Goffs]

Re: Should 2K Buy the Exclusive Rights for NBA 2K12?

use the search this had been bought up before and the answer is the same

NO!

[HustlinOwl]

Re: Should 2K Buy the Exclusive Rights for NBA 2K12?

do they really need to at this point?

[TMagic]

Re: Should 2K Buy the Exclusive Rights for NBA 2K12?

No.

Competition is bliss.

[PRAY IV M3RCY]

Re: Should 2K Buy the Exclusive Rights for NBA 2K12?

NO NO an NO. what makes these games so much better is competition. 2k needs competition. Look at all the things they are doing this year. I think part of that is because of MJ being on the cover, but also because of everything Live/Elite is doing with their RTP. And plus, 2k doesnt need to waste so much money.

[youvalss]

Re: Should 2K Buy the Exclusive Rights for NBA 2K12?

I would say "No", but I have a bad feeling about the NBA rights...I'm pretty sure 2K isn't the one who's going to buy it...

[ehh]

Re: Should 2K Buy the Exclusive Rights for NBA 2K12?

Stern won't allow it.

[infam0us]

Re: Should 2K Buy the Exclusive Rights for NBA 2K12?

No thanks, like everyone else already stated this would be a bad thing. Competition brings out the best in the product. Look at the MLB2k series and Madden, no good comes from exclusive rights.

And if there was a bidding war for the NBA rights, EA has the financial advantage and would be able to spend a lot more than 2k so we'd end up with the Elite series for the next 5 years or so.

[truballer845]

Re: Should 2K Buy the Exclusive Rights for NBA 2K12?

no way should it do that,means 2k series will take a decline,2ksports has strive off of having competition

[hokupguy]

Re: Should 2K Buy the Exclusive Rights for NBA 2K12?

no way keep it the way it is.

[Naismithball]

Re: Should 2K Buy the Exclusive Rights for NBA 2K12?

Definitely not. The only thing that comes out of exclusive league deals like that are worse games! MLB 2k got worse without the competition of MVP and All Star Baseball. Madden got worse without the competition of games like ESPN 2k5. The competition that other games producing a similar product creates forces each game to better itself. 2K saw how good NBA live was getting last year, so they upped it again and have created what looks to be an amazing game this year! Without the drive to be better than competitors, even a great franchise like 2K basketball could only get worse. I would hope that no more exclusive deals would ever happen for any sport.