Will College Basketball Return to the Next-Gen Sports Lineup?

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  • RaychelSnr
    Executive Editor
    • Jan 2007
    • 4845

    #1

    Will College Basketball Return to the Next-Gen Sports Lineup?



    If no college basketball game releases on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720, it will mark the first generation of consoles without an NCAA basketball game since the days of the NES, Atari and Sega Master System.

    Starting with 1992's NCAA Basketball, multiple college basketball games have appeared in every console generation since the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo.

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  • SpergLordStuntn
    Rookie
    • Jun 2012
    • 75

    #2
    i believe there is a market for college hoops simply because the nba 2k series has really evolved into a great game. arguably the best game on the sports market and if they just apply what they have done so far with nba into college ball it would sell. that combo pack is even a great idea at first
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    • Irishwhiskey119
      Banned
      • Jul 2012
      • 65

      #3
      If you buy it during March Madness then you will get bored after a few weeks because the tournament ends. This is a great sales technique if all you care about is money and not your consumers.

      The problem is the NBA early entry rule. It takes the recognizable star power away from College Basketball and makes it much tougher to get emotionally invested in a team when it is completely different w/ no "elite" players to market. It's all in the NBA's hands to raise the age limit thereby making College basketball much more interesting to the fair weather fans.

      One of the best games i own right now is CHoops 2k for ps3. If you gave it the NBA2k treatment and really went into detail im sure it would catch on enough to make a profit.

      But yea if it's all about making money and screwing the consumers then i agree they should release it in February.

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      • chi_hawks
        Beat the Heat!
        • Sep 2007
        • 301

        #4
        I hope so. College Hoops 2k8 ws awesome.
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        • ozzy57
          Rookie
          • May 2009
          • 252

          #5
          Re: Will College Basketball Return to the Next-Gen Sports Lineup?

          I disagree you would screw the customers releasing the game in February. A lot of people don't start following it until around February I know the hardcore fan follows it at the start of the season but it has to compete with the NFL, NBA and NHL all games that release between August-October. Most people buy the pro game because of the names in the game, however if they made a quality College Basketball game and release it around February but do something they haven't done and make the draft classes able to import onto both the preceding NBA game and the upcoming unreleased pro game I think they would have good sales.

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          • TreyIM2
            MVP
            • Apr 2009
            • 1424

            #6
            Just seeing that SNES box got me all misty eyed. Lol. I had that game and swore it was the ish...
            Just cuz you pour syrup on ish....

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            • Kentucky_Wildcat23
              Rookie
              • Dec 2011
              • 101

              #7
              I will take just about any game 2k is willing to give. I'd take a downloadable game from the XBOX market place. Even if they only pushed a game out every few years with updates and new rosters I'd be fine with that.
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              • khaliib
                MVP
                • Jan 2005
                • 2884

                #8
                Right there with ya Trey!!!
                The good ol days.

                Gamers these days are spoiled.

                Man you put the game in the system and made the best of it.

                It was like someone calling a "Carry" on the court. (you'd get punched in the mouth).
                So you just rolled with it and handled your business...

                miss those days when it was about the sport itself.

                Anyway, I just left college again this past fall, and College Sports is not like the Pro's.
                Most folks follow a College team more so because of a personal identification rather than what particular player is on it.
                Ohio St follows Ohio St...
                Michigan follows Michigan...
                Fresno St follows Fresno St....

                We've been so long without an actual College BBall game, folks would purchase it just to see or just to have.

                Now days, I believe most gamers want developers to build from a simulation foundation, provide an open editor and get out of the way...

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                • bigdoc85
                  MVP
                  • Oct 2010
                  • 1081

                  #9
                  I really think 2k could pull off DLC to the NBA2k series -- especially once the new consoles hit and have more horsepower. Heck, just get the licensing, the arenas and let us edit the teams. Just put the same generic players on each team and the folks here at OS will make the necessary changes.

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                  • trevdeez09
                    Rookie
                    • Jul 2009
                    • 40

                    #10
                    Maybe the sales were bad because they were bad games? If they put an effort into it and made it like nba 2k, mlb the show, or fifa, people would buy it. Maybe making us miss a college hoops game was on purpose, but for me it worked, and i would buy the game in a heartbeat.
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                    • RandyBass
                      MVP
                      • Dec 2009
                      • 1179

                      #11
                      Coach K... Probably my favorite college hoops game of all time.

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                      • tril
                        MVP
                        • Nov 2004
                        • 2914

                        #12
                        Marketing is what hurt sales. The college hoops game ws never marketed correctly. With that said a release date a week before Christmas might make sense. By then the The College hoops season would have gained some traction. Meaning at this time of year is when all the teams and networks start focusing on conference play, the rivalries etc.
                        the publishers could even market it at discounted price along with the NBA title. kind of of like how 2k just marketed the mLB and NBA combo pack.
                        you're basically getting the Chroistmas gift buying consumer also.
                        other than that you could just realease the game at the start of conference play. the first week of january.

                        I just want a new 2k college basketball game. release it June Id still buy it.

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                        • ven0m43
                          Rookie
                          • Mar 2010
                          • 94

                          #13
                          If NBA 2k allowed for college hoops 2k to have imported drafts/career mode, and also a NBA/college hoops combo pack then sale would rise. I still play college hoops 2k8, and am still waiting for the next college 2k game.

                          In general I feel that sports game should be released every other year, which is why I buy the game every other year . However, I see why companies release it every year.

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                          • Cardot
                            I'm not on InstantFace.
                            • Feb 2003
                            • 6164

                            #14
                            Originally posted by trevdeez09
                            Maybe the sales were bad because they were bad games? If they put an effort into it and made it like nba 2k, mlb the show, or fifa, people would buy it. Maybe making us miss a college hoops game was on purpose, but for me it worked, and i would buy the game in a heartbeat.
                            "trevdeez09
                            Maybe the sales were bad because they were bad games?"

                            The CHoops series got very good reviews here on OS. I though the series was fantastic, which is saying something because I am not all the big of a college basketball fan.

                            For whatever reason, I don't think college basketball games sell that well....which baffles me, because I think it transitions very well into the video game world. But EA and 2K both bowed out of the business.

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                            • Gramps91
                              MVP
                              • Sep 2010
                              • 2116

                              #15
                              I don't see much hope in one being released.

                              However, I do hope that 2k realized I would be willing to pay $100 for a solid NCAA Basketball game with a lot of the same features that NBA 2k has. No question about it.
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