Official PC Patch?

[tcnumba10]

I just think it's a shame that the PC community gets the shaft when it comes to getting official patches from 2K. Is there a reason why the PC community have to wait a longer period of time to get these updates?

I just want to raise the awareness on this issue since it's been happening when 2K9 first came out and nothing has been done to quicken the process. It's really disappointed and frustrating b/c we spend money on a product and expect the best although it's not the full $60 PS3/360 users pay but money is money and I believe we should all be treated fairly.

There hasn't been any official word/reason from any 2K reps that explains why PC patches are always late. I wish they would come out and explain it!

[Sjurdur]

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Yes, I agree. If something doesn't happen soon (Official patch, fix online etc.) then this is the last time I will buy an nba 2k game for PC (And possibly the last nba 2k game, that is if nba elite will be good).

[se7six]

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I have no idea exactly when a new patch will be released for the Windows version but I'm guessing around January or February is when we will see the first patch. I hope I'm wrong but that's what I'm expecting.

[tcnumba10]

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I made a thread on the main forum, hopefully it doesn't get moved to the PC forum since I doubt 2K developers ever come here.

Patch 1.04 is out for Xbox and PS3, yet we still haven't gotten anything! (not even 1.03)

Other games like Skyrim have their patches pushed out at the same time for PC, Xbox, PS3, so why can't 2K Sports do that too??

Really frustrating, I'm getting really angry with the lack of PC support. I rather them charge me the same price as the Xbox/PS3 games is and get the patches the same time as them...

Seriously the lack of PC Support is really giving me second thoughts on purchasing future NBA 2K games for the PC now...

[illusiondrmr]

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I made a thread on the main forum, hopefully it doesn't get moved to the PC forum since I doubt 2K developers ever come here.

Patch 1.04 is out for Xbox and PS3, yet we still haven't gotten anything! (not even 1.03)

Other games like Skyrim have their patches pushed out at the same time for PC, Xbox, PS3, so why can't 2K Sports do that too??

Really frustrating, I'm getting really angry with the lack of PC support. I rather them charge me the same price as the Xbox/PS3 games is and get the patches the same time as them...

Seriously the lack of PC Support is really giving me second thoughts on purchasing future NBA 2K games for the PC now...

+1

However, lets hope that there is a bright side out of it. The pc patch when eventually be available, will probably be a combined patch, addressing all the hardcore issues. For example, after 4 patches for the consoles, the team stats bug is STILL THERE.
So lets hope, the pc patch will eventually be THE REAL PATCH.

[tcnumba10]

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+1

However, lets hope that there is a bright side out of it. The pc patch when eventually be available, will probably be a combined patch, addressing all the hardcore issues. For example, after 4 patches for the consoles, the team stats bug is STILL THERE.
So lets hope, the pc patch will eventually be THE REAL PATCH.

They said the "pc patch" will be a combined of 1.03 + 1.04... next thing you will know is that they will say that the pc patch will get delayed even further because they are planning on releasing another patch, 1.05 for xbox/ps3 users and that the PC users will have to wait so it will be all combined, 1.03 + 1.04 + 1.05 lol. This is so ridiculous and frustrating. It seems that they (2K SPORTS) don't give a damn about PC users while other developers for other games treat all consoles equally.

[tcnumba10]

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One example does not qualify "Other games."

Plenty of developers have done the same, year after year with franchise after franchise...Hell, we get patches to take portions of our game out. PC support has been the same for the better part of the last ten years, EA, Ubisoft, Activision...It doesn't matter, all of them in one way or another screwed us over, some even released "patches" that broke the game.

Other games = Fifa 12 too. Patches for fifa come out roughly the same time and it's a sports game across all platforms...

[football_dynasties]

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One example does not qualify "Other games."

Plenty of developers have done the same, year after year with franchise after franchise...Hell, we get patches to take portions of our game out. PC support has been the same for the better part of the last ten years, EA, Ubisoft, Activision...It doesn't matter, all of them in one way or another screwed us over, some even released "patches" that broke the game.

I remember my roommate getting having that issue with Black Ops last year.

There's a thread on here where someone posted the first month or week's sales for 2k. It went like this:

NBA 2K12 (X360) - 311,142
NBA 2K12 (PS3) - 246,912
NBA 2K12 (PSP) - 15,224
NBA 2K12 (PC) - 10,795


With such lopsided sales figures, we're lucky that even bother to release it on the PC. Heck, I can remember at least each of the last two years reading that 2k has considered cancelling the series as a whole due to the lack of profitability. I share your frustration, but they have some decent reasons to neglect the PC version.

[Muuuu]

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Well, the "NBA 2k" series just got to the pc with it's 2008 title "NBA 2k9". So the roots of the series are within the console "market". With "The Elder Scrolls" it's the other way around and that's a reason why Bethesda has to make sure that all plattforms are "served" at the same time.

It does almost seem like 2k still isn't quite convinced that the PC version of the NBA 2k series is a thing to stay and just for this reason they sure should think hard about giving the PC version of the game a little bit more love in the future. Otherwise they'll just cause to ruin their prospects of making the pc communities grow in the future. If there would be any competition on the market then we probably would not have this problem, but there you go.


Muuuu

[geisterhome]

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how come the pc version sells so badly compared to the others actually? i mean its cheaper, we got the modding on pc, it doesnt require any highend system either, every average laptop selled nowadays can run the game on decent settings, the computer can just as a console be connected to your tv in order to play on a big screen and even the offical console controllers work with the pc as well... and yea i got an xbox too but still i bought the game for my pc..

[DJ24966]

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For one reason is that console games are so much easier to find versus PC games, most places now such as Walmart carry only a handful of PC titles.

That and developers constantly develop on consoles and then port over which causes tons of issues that half the time are never fixed.

When you do any kind of game programming you are taught to develop on PC first and then port to consoles, from there you can scale the graphics down if needed, resolutions, remove things that the consoles maybe can't handle and all that.

Instead most developers do it completely backwards and PC gamers end up with a port that is filled with issues that were never fixed.

[tcnumba10]

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how come the pc version sells so badly compared to the others actually? i mean its cheaper, we got the modding on pc, it doesnt require any highend system either, every average laptop selled nowadays can run the game on decent settings, the computer can just as a console be connected to your tv in order to play on a big screen and even the offical console controllers work with the pc as well... and yea i got an xbox too but still i bought the game for my pc..

I guess "true" video gamers use PS3/Xbox and nerds like us play games on PC lol. That's why sales are not so high for PC...

Personally I find playing games on the PC much more practical, you can use the PC for work, surf the internet, watch movies and play games, like an all-in-one bundle + our system is alot more powerful than the other consoles.

I guess PC gaming is for the much older crowd while Xbox/PS3 is for the younger audience which tend to buy more games and that's why 2K put more effort and focus more for this audience since there's alot more ppl who rely on Xbox/PS3 for their gaming pleasures.

BTW no news on a PC patch yet! LOL