Would Changing the Release Date Have Shifted NCAA Basketball's Fortunes?

[davel]

they couldnt just sell downloadable content for college hoops 2k8 that could update the graphics, player model, up to date rankings

[biggiejerseys]

I miss my college basketball games. As a kid I always enjoyed the cb games more than the nba games. I need to find my copy of CH 2K8.

[ggsimmonds]

I think this NBA lockout may have killed any hope for a return to CH by 2k.
For the past two years they have had a de facto monopoly on NBA games. The revenue would have been very high and it could have off set the costs associated with college hoops.
But because of the lockout, 2k lost a lot of revenue from sales. This is money that could have went to a college game.
Now we have to assume that next year EA will be back into the NBA market and 2k will have to devote resources to competing with them. But 2 years without competition could have effectively eliminated the competition before they even had competition.

[stlstudios189]

this was the perfect year to take advantage of the NBA lockout and release a new CH 2k game but, nobody jumped on the opprotunity and NBA 2k 12's sales are way down. I would love to see them send out a game and maybe lower the price to attract more customers or offer a collectors edition of NBA 2k13 with CH2k13 for $99.99 man that would freaking rock

[ven0m43]

I watch college hoops every week, but I don't really get into it until February right before march madness begins. The season is coming to the end, we see who the top teams are, Conference tournaments are getting ready and the selection show is around the corner.

I enjoy the college sports game must more than the professional sports games. I usually get bored of Madden or NBA 2k after 1 or 2 seasons, but with NCAA and CH2k I play 6+ seasons and still enjoy playing them.

[JStapley]

I think EA should focus solely on creating an NCAA hoops game. Instead of having to split money and resources between an NBA game and a college game, having just the one focus would, in theory at least, lead to a more highly polished game. Unless 2K came out with something revolutionary with their series, a lot of gamers might look at picking up the college game just for the uniqueness of it. I know I would.

[jsquared52]

I think the star HS players going straight to the NBA helped destroy the franchises as well. For a while there, you really had to be a college bball fan to know who was playing where. Stars sell the NBA games and stars use to sell the college games. I still reember the Coack K series that was loaded with future NBA players and that's really what is needed for the avg fans to move units off the shelves. I don't like the one and done rule but I'll admit that it is helping college bball. With guys like Jones @ UK and Sullinger @ OSU staying for their 2nd yr and even the 1 and dones help some, avg fans get to learn who these guys are and start to have favorites gain to follow to the NBA. I use to get frustrated and turned leaving early off b/c all my stars would leave after their 1st yr just like real life. It messed up the game to me a little and ultimately messed up college bball in real life. It's why I think this year's season is going to be really good and hopefully it will lead to more stars staying to bring back the popularity of college hoops which should drive the demand for a new game.

[Boogiemanjay]

With the my player mode if they find a way
To add it to ch2k them it will be a must buy

[ghm125]

Back in 2004 I was drooling hearing about the graphics and processing capabilities of the coming PS3 and XBOX 360 consoles. If you told me then that I would only have one NFL game to choose from and NO college basketball games at all, I would have punched you in the face and called you a communist...little did I know.

LOL so true though!

[sithlord06]

The greed of the NCAA has killed the video game market for college basketball, licensing deals are expensive....and people are simply not buying games like they have in the past. I do believe that a college game by 2K would be the best in the market, I would like to see it return but it would have to be creative and exciting enough to get gamers to fork over 60 bucks.....maybe lowering the price would be a better idea for the college experience or doing digital download of a college game, lowering some of the costs to the consumer.

[mcpats]

I think EA should focus solely on creating an NCAA hoops game. Instead of having to split money and resources between an NBA game and a college game, having just the one focus would, in theory at least, lead to a more highly polished game. Unless 2K came out with something revolutionary with their series, a lot of gamers might look at picking up the college game just for the uniqueness of it. I know I would.

While focusing strictly on an NCAA game might help EA offer something 2K doens't in terms of a basketball title, EA would never do it because they can sell the NBA game internationally while the NCAA game really only has domestic appeal. That's why so much time is spent on FIFA and NHL because those games sell to a global audience, which generates much larger numbers. Same for an NBA game.