NBA 2K12 Legends Not Available Online

[Knickerbocker]

Re: NBA 2K12 Legends Not Available Online

Well I will be hoping till 2k confirms this officially.

[EarvGotti]

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Fight Night Champion allowed you to use unlockable fighters online...

Retro fighters like young George Foreman etc, Just sayin..

[Glenn33]

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Fight Night Champion allowed you to use unlockable fighters online...

Retro fighters like young George Foreman etc, Just sayin..

Thank you sir.

I don't think some of you get it quite frankly. This isn't nitpicking or complaining...a highly touted feature such as this should be available for both OFFLINE and ONLINE players. It's kind of a big deal.

I play OFFLINE 90% of the time - but truth be told I am extremely dissapointed. This was the type of thing that would have got me to play ONLINE much more. This is a missed opportunity for 2K.

[Sasquash]

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Lmao once again i get to see how much 2k cares for online

[btrapp]

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same here

oh, wait. im not 12 anymore


i didnt expect em to be available in ranked games anyway, but unranked woulda been cool. oh well though. i wont lose much sleep over it

LoL, you think you have to be 12 to actually have human beings next to you when you play video games? Contrary to popular belief, some of us actually play multiplayer games with multiple people in one area. You should try it.

[exposedaking]

reading about all the improvements and things added, this is minor to me...im a online player too

[Raven Nation42]

This has no bearing on my decision that this will be a launched day purchase. I do agree with others that a option to play non rank games using these teams would have been nice.

[ruggedrum]

That is just stupid, maybe if we make enough of a fuss on blogs they will change this. I mean you have them on the covers we should be able to play online. That was my main hope and reason why I was going to buy this game.

[SpecterSBC]

this is definitely a bummer even though i don't play online very often. Well I'll still be purchasing regardless. I love basketball too much and apparently this may be my only source of basketball after the WNBA playoffs (besides playing some real life pick-up). So thanks 2K for that, but I definitely see why so many people are disappointed.

[Giammajo]

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From the looks of this thread, most people are either "online" players, or "offline players. I for one have enjoyed all the modes in 2k11. Association and My Player are my bread and butter, and Online is reserved for when I need something a bit more competitive.

With that said, it is certainly disappointing to hear that we most likely can't bring the legend teams online. The Legend teams are what I'm most excited for, and I would love to whoop some heat/95bulls players with my 72 Knicks. But I won't let that take away from all the amazing gameplay/AI/My Player/Presentation/Post up/Defensive changes 2k has obviously worked so hard to implement. They have listened to our feedback as a community, and are clearly doing everything in their power to deliver a truly special and polished product.

Devs, I'm not a programmer and have zero understanding of what it would take to include these legend teams in online play, but if it is a "fairness" decision, and not a technical hurdle, I urge you to re-consider. These old teams were great, but will be no better than the current heat in video game terms. It seems logical to reward dedicated players who have unlocked the teams in Greatest mode with access to those teams for online play. We don't need the era-specific presentation, and only players who have unlocked the teams should have access to them.

[Thegame326]

If this statement is true, we should all expect this since 2k is not very reliable for online play to begin with.

[SdotThaDon]

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My copy is paid for, still will enjoy the game but VERY disappointed with the news. Hopefully this is not final. I split time online and offline 50/50. I mostly play with a small circle of friends and family. We are able to get together and play every now and then, but with work schedules and families online games are more convenient. As basketball fans we have these debates throughout the year about who would beat who and which team was the best. This would be the ultimate game for fans of not only the nba but nba history as well. 2k is about to give gamers blue balls lol.

[tos violator]

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So now your "armchair" public relations,

SMH. So sick of hearing the term "bad PR" thrown around here......especially when it makes absolutely no sense. Do you even know what "PR" includes? This post is just ridiculous on so many levels.

The game not having the legends you want, or the mode not catering to what you feel it should be is NOT "bad PR". What makes your post even more ridiculous is the support the original NBA JAM got...but thats the game you rather play.

just, stop.

I believe I know the roll of a RP department, and the vast amount of resources that a company spends on it. My point was more that 2k spends too much of their resources on gimmicks that try to sell a few more copies instead of dedicating more time to the actual functionality of the game. The decision to make the 91 Warriors and 02 Kings preorder only was clearly a move from the PR/Marketing department, a decision that inevitably made the developers' jobs more difficult and could have very well prevented classic teams from being playable online. Announcing the "Greatest Mode" before realizing they couldn't actual make a mode that made sense to go along with the name also made the developers jobs more difficult than necessary. The PR department at 2k, in my opinion, does more harm than good. Especially to hardcore online gamers.

I'd be willing to bet that 99% of their fan base would rather them get rid of the greatest mode and the preorder bonus and just make all of the teams available out of the box and have the classic teams available online. This would have been much simpler, but also wouldn't have given them a fake selling point to appeal to the casual gamers.

So, basically what I'm saying is: fire Ronnie2k and the rest of the state college marketing degree dummies and spend the money saved on some decent servers!

[SwagDoc101]

smh ...i dont get it...2k knows that we all want that option...how could they drop the rock...FUMBLE!!!

[Ken North]

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That is just stupid, maybe if we make enough of a fuss on blogs they will change this. I mean you have them on the covers we should be able to play online. That was my main hope and reason why I was going to buy this game.

We're a little over a week from release. They're not going to change anything significant at this point.