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Re: NBA 2K14 Features Crew Mode - 3 vs. 3 or 5 vs. 5 (Current-Gen Only?)
Wow. That actually makes 2K look quite bad.
Essentially it sounds like 2K wanted them to shill the "return" of "Crew", which was just 3v3 Blacktop with stamina. Then they hastily hacked in 5v5 after Shake and Kspade wouldn't play ball.
Props to those couple of guys, but that doesn't give me a feeling of confidence or trust regarding what 2K was trying to pull on us this year at all.
Now it makes COMPLETE sense why "Crew" was shown running on a small screen in the background while a YouTuber talked it up in the foreground. They didn't really want to show it because they knew it would demo badly and what they had didn't look like Crew at all.
A week of coded hype for this? Yikes.
My theory is this:
2K didn't want to invest too much effort on current-gen 2K14, but wanted to retain its sales numbers since current gen consoles still have a massive install base, and current gen 2K14 will still make up a mass majority of their projected sales.
A full featured Crew would take too much resources from their other next-gen SKU, but a leaderboards Blacktop mode renamed "Crew" would be a huge marketing bullet point for the end-of-life platform, since it's one of the most requested features and they thought they could pass it off as Crew-lite with some minor tweaks. Enlist some Youtube A-listers and the rest is history.
Call me cynical, but this does feel a bit like a cynical money grab.Last edited by Sundown; 08-14-2013, 07:46 PM.Comment
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Re: NBA 2K14 Features Crew Mode - 3-on-3 or 5-on-5
I look at 2k14 CREW mode as Kwame Brown... Hyped it all up with the #3R335 hashtag, we all thought it would be great (like Kwame Brown being #1 pick) & all we are getting is a bust.... Atleast for nowComment
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I'm sure others in here have said this but I will say it myself...
With them only focusing on current gen in all of their announcements I think it is becoming a pretty safe guess that the next gen version of 2K14 will be a bare bones/stripped down port
Crew Mode - Current Gen only
King James DLC pack - Current Gen only
Screenshots/Videos released to date - Current Gen only
Other than saying there will be PS4/X1 versions they haven't mentioned anything about the next gen releasesPSN: PanicshadeLWK
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Re: NBA 2K14 Features Crew Mode - 3 vs. 3 or 5 vs. 5 (Current-Gen Only?)
Didn't watch the video yet.Looks interesting but you know what,the guys that have the most respect(shake and kspade),actually looked puzzled even in that 2k video.
It changes the whole narrative now...Comment
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Re: NBA 2K14 Features Crew Mode - 3-on-3 or 5-on-5
No arenas, no refs, no fouls, no 3 seconds in the key, no jersey customization, no real commentary, games up to 21. Are you ******* serious 2k?
Don't insult our intelligence and call this mode "Crew."Last edited by Jhawkfootball06; 08-14-2013, 08:02 PM.Comment
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Re: NBA 2K14 Features Crew Mode - 3-on-3 or 5-on-5
Are we gonna be able to call our own fouls too? Jesus 2kComment
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Re: NBA 2K14 Features Crew Mode - 3-on-3 or 5-on-5
The thing about this years' Blacktop 3v3 mode, is that there's NO FOULS...
So if Crew's not in an arena does that mean no fouls are gonna be called?
It's like taking away Coke for a year, then bringing it back but it's really just Diet with the original logo on it...don't screw this up again 2K, please.I don't wanna be Jordan, I don't wanna be Bird or Isiah, I don't wanna be any of those guys.
I want to look in the mirror and say I did it my way.
-Allen IversonComment
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I think 2K's gonna pull some all star crew DLC where you get the arena and jersey customization if you preorder the game or come out with dlc you have to pay for.Like NBA 2K16 MyTEAM Content? https://www.youtube.com/user/oMarcus2KoComment
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Re: NBA 2K14 Features Crew Mode - 3-on-3 or 5-on-5
Come on 2k...Don't mess this up smh.Comment
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