OS Fact or Fiction: College Hoops Edition

[SonOfEd]

Re: OS Fact or Fiction: College Hoops Edition

Or they could package it with NBA 2k12 for a higher price, yet they would still save on distribution costs. Win-win for all!

[JerseySuave4]

i dont see them investing in a college game until all this lawsuit/ amateurism stuff between the NCAA and players/ former players is settled. With all the attention thats been given to paying players and Ed O'Bannon and Sam Keller as well as other former player's lawsuits about their likeness being used, i dont know if someone is going to want to put the effort into a game and then find out they have to figure out another way to use the players.

Then again it could just be a simple solution like making rosters completely random in terms of numbers and such and maybe they would be willing to work on a college basketball game.

Only time will tell

[malachijohn666]

sorry but where is the above image from? I am just curious...

[malachijohn666]

sorry but where is the above image from? I am just curious...

I mean the one on the front page, where it looks like inside a stadium

[Gramps91]

A college basketball game, made by 2k would be good no matter when it is released.

Exactly my friend. This is what i popped in to say. Doesn't matter when they make one. Just as long as they sometime before I die

[BaylorBearBryant]

2K might be a better game than EA's NCAA BB, but I can't say no to Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery. I play EA's title a lot more.

[Mos1ted]

I think that if they do decide to bring back the series, they should release in November like they always have and just make a big marketing push close to March Madness so that those who have yet to get the game will be enticed to do so.

But I haven't enjoyed college basketball as much since the CH series ended. I believe that bringing that series back would also rejuvenate my interest in real life college basketball. On the flip side, my interest in the NBA is almost back to where it was during the 1990's thanks to some stellar NBA titles since 2K8.

[ArkHogs]

As long as it's made by 2K, it would be good no matter when it was released. However, I think if they released it around March Madness time it would bring in more sales, because people would be hyped up and motivated to purchase it.

[Tha_BlacKnight]

Moving the release date back would totally help sales for a college basketball game. IMO releasing a game in november would just doom the game to failure. I felt it would get lost in the mix with the NBA games that were released a month prior. Release it in Jan right when the March Madness is about to pick up.

[Eski33]

I agree that pushing a release of a college hoops game to January that it would do better. With pro hoops, hockey, and football games all releasing in the early to mid-fall, it puts gamers in a spot of making choices of which game to buy. If a college hoops game were released in January, or even late December when the holiday tournaments are played, the focus starts to shift to college hoops.

[Roggie]

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I think that if they do decide to bring back the series, they should release in November like they always have and just make a big marketing push close to March Madness so that those who have yet to get the game will be enticed to do so.

That's what I was thinking. Hardcore college fans will all buy the game when it comes out in November. Then, coupled with a price drop to around $40 in mid-late February, roll out some advertisement during games and on ESPN, and boom. Second wave of game sales come through. Throw up some advertising on the 360 dashboard/PSN Marketplace and their little scroll thing in the top corner, and all those who missed release day/forgot to pick up the game have the thought planted, and those who get the big up from March Madness see a price drop and flock to stores.

[smithdynasty]

Im still playing CH 2k8, haven't touched NBA 2k11 in a while bc it makes me realize how far behind the CH 2k8 gameplay is...SMH

[BenGerman]

Weird that we are now almost two years down the road from when this was written, and we still havent heard any concrete information. I think it's safe to say well just have to cross our fingers and hope the next generation of consoles is the answer to our prayers.

A good way to look at it is that a new set of consoles means a fresh slate for college basketball games. Wouldn't surprise me one bit if we saw a game announced for 2014 or 2015.

[QN_52]

Re: OS Fact or Fiction: College Hoops Edition

Pretty sure they don't have NCAA license anymore.