NBA 2K14 Videos - In Real Life (TOO FUNNY)

[RogerBlack]

Re: NBA 2K14 Videos - In Real Life (TOO FUNNY)

Ha, the funny/sad thing is that this is EXACTLY how 2K plays.

Also, Ronnie2K is the least trustworthy marketing person ever, I don't believe he'll fix anything.

OUTSTANDING video.

Oh best believe..... 2K will DEFINITELY TRY to fix all that stuff.

Guess why???

Because their PRIMARY TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC has just spoken.
LOUD & CLEAR.

Plus, there is an (unwritten) rule in Customer Service that basically says...

If you get just (1) email complaint sent to Customer Service... there are probably at least 100+ additional customers with the VERY SAME problem who WILL NEVER take the time to write an email also.

They will either live with it. (and remain fed-up)
Or stop using your 'products & services' altogether.

But if you get just (1) VIDEO COMPLAINT (like this) posted on Social Media (that could possibly go 'viral') that is a MAJOR PROBLEM. Believe it.

Because there are most likely THOUSANDS of additional customers dealing with the exact same issue who do not have the technical ability, or the time, or the motivation to FILM, EDIT & UPLOAD their thoughts as well.

And even if the problem was just occurring for this small group of friends who made this movie... it could be acknowledged & "co-signed" by several HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE customers by the end of the week, if it's on YouTube and goes 'viral'.

In fact, they already have over HALF A MILLION views.... and the video has only been up for 1 WEEK.

(If they care about this 2K NBA game as much as this video implies... the LAST thing they should do is take this video down from YouTube. It sends a big, clear message to the 2K Dev team about their product)

ANY video game company whose employees saw a video like this... but chose to 'ignore' the implications of it... welp... let's just say they probably would not be in business very long after that, imo.

It's not just a gameplay issue.
It's a PR issue also.

And if someone important in the NBA saw this video...

Best believe 'a few conference calls between executives' are happening behind the scenes.

Yup, they will try to fix all that stuff. Definitely.
The real question is... will they succeed? (I hope so)

Time will tell.

Plus, the annual E3 convention is just 3 or 4 weeks away.

2K can either 'get ahead' of this issue, or choose to ignore it (just like Microsoft ignored gamer complaints last year at E3)... and see what happens.

[BezO]

Re: NBA 2K14 Videos - In Real Life (TOO FUNNY)

Pretty funny... and accurate.

I have the PS3 version but haven't played in quite a while.

The PS4 version was going to be the reason I purchased a PS4, but the game just didn't improve as much as I anticipated. This vid shows many of the problems. Hopefully these dudes put out a few more. We know there's material available.

And we all have obviously been presenting suggestions/problems all wrong. The comedic angle is where it's at.

[Majingir]

Re: NBA 2K14 Videos - In Real Life (TOO FUNNY)

Ha, the funny/sad thing is that this is EXACTLY how 2K plays.

Also, Ronnie2K is the least trustworthy marketing person ever, I don't believe he'll fix anything.

You clearly haven't seen EA Sports NHL then, they have a guy who flat out lies so much more and has been doing so for so many years, and can't even give a proper explanation when asked a question in an interview.

[Texas Ace]

I would LOVE to see these kids do one for Madden as broken as that game is and has been in what seems like forever now.

[XXstormmXX]

Re: NBA 2K14 Videos - In Real Life (TOO FUNNY)

You clearly haven't seen EA Sports NHL then, they have a guy who flat out lies so much more and has been doing so for so many years, and can't even give a proper explanation when asked a question in an interview.

I haven't seen any NHL interviews but I follow the EA Sports NHL blog and have the game and everything seems in order. NHL is more rough around the edges and not promising a ultra realistic sim and then delivering a farmville style cheesefest like 2K.

[turty11]

Re: NBA 2k14 In Real Life

The dev. team will address everything in that NBA 2K14 in real life video for NBA 2K15. Video gave me a chuckle. Creative.
— Chris Manning 2K15 (@LD2K) 9. Mai 2014

2k just admitted to comeback code!

[rkocjay]

this was the most accurate real life gaming experience i ever seen too funny. and i bet this cost nothing to make this video very creative

[LorenzoDC]

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Just want to add my mad props to these kids for a great video, great effort.

Viral video parody is the best way to get 2k to notice issues BEFORE they release a game, so they can plan and fix.

I appreciate some of the devs dropping by here post release to try to tweak things we notice are whacked, like the player morale/roles coding in MyGM this past year. But that's obviously not enough to address these annual gameplay issues.

Great job by these kids.

[RunN1st]

Re: NBA 2K14 Videos - In Real Life (TOO FUNNY)

Maybe one of these kids will grow up to be developer.

They'll realize that it's easy to point out everything wrong, it's a whole different story to sit down and create code to simulate reality. Cool videos though.