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  • eival
    Rookie
    • Mar 2010
    • 102

    #1

    anyone else think its weird they made this free for PS4?

    EDIT = link to the store for those still confused

    https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-...A2K16000000000

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    i usually wait till the end of the season to rent the current year's game just so bugs and roster adjustments are finalized based on the players real life performances (since its proove that prior year game's final updates and next year game's initial attributes can be widely different with no valid reason)

    so its just a bonus for me anyways....

    but ive yet to see any other sports franchise offer a free game since XBL and PSN started giving free games, is it because of pressure from the NBA Live series taking fans away from the 2016 sales and wanting to get them to pre-order the new one, or what?
    Last edited by eival; 06-14-2016, 07:44 PM.
  • Rockie_Fresh88
    Lockdown Defender
    • Oct 2011
    • 9621

    #2
    Re: anyone else think its weird they made this free for PS4?

    What pressure lol
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    • Junior Moe
      MVP
      • Jul 2009
      • 3869

      #3
      Re: anyone else think its weird they made this free for PS4?

      I don't think so. Personally, I think it's the fact that Xbox has EA Access and the value is simply awesome and is growing by the month. PS4 declined. But ever so often they have an awesome deal themselves just to kinda say we're here too.

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      • Pokes404
        MVP
        • Jun 2008
        • 1720

        #4
        Re: anyone else think its weird they made this free for PS4?

        No, it's definitely not pressure from NBA Live. Their sales were a fraction of 2K's, and Live isn't even releasing a game next year. 2K probably figures that most everyone who is going to buy the game has bought it by now. So it's a chance to give people who might not have played the game otherwise to give it a try. Factor in that the NBA Finals are in progress at the moment, and 2K is about ready to start teasing 2K17, and you have the perfect opportunity to possibly pick up a few new customers without hurting your bottom line on 2K16.

        It's a pretty smart business move for 2K, but the pool of randoms in All Star Team Up is pretty brutal right now lol.

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        • jyoung
          Hall Of Fame
          • Dec 2006
          • 11132

          #5
          Re: anyone else think its weird they made this free for PS4?

          It's free now because the Finals are going on and all the new people they're bringing in can still contribute microtransactions to 2K16 and possibly get interested enough to go ahead and preorder 2K17.

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          • Gilley
            Pro
            • Jun 2012
            • 634

            #6
            Re: anyone else think its weird they made this free for PS4?

            Originally posted by jyoung
            It's free now because the Finals are going on and all the new people they're bringing in can still contribute microtransactions to 2K16 and possibly get interested enough to go ahead and preorder 2K17.
            Bingo. Marketing!
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            • 11anthony
              Rookie
              • Aug 2012
              • 119

              #7
              Re: anyone else think its weird they made this free for PS4?

              Nothing weird about it. Sony gave out 2K14 on the PS3 a few years back around the same time.

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              • Rockie_Fresh88
                Lockdown Defender
                • Oct 2011
                • 9621

                #8
                Re: anyone else think its weird they made this free for PS4?

                Originally posted by Pokes404
                No, it's definitely not pressure from NBA Live. Their sales were a fraction of 2K's, and Live isn't even releasing a game next year. 2K probably figures that most everyone who is going to buy the game has bought it by now. So it's a chance to give people who might not have played the game otherwise to give it a try. Factor in that the NBA Finals are in progress at the moment, and 2K is about ready to start teasing 2K17, and you have the perfect opportunity to possibly pick up a few new customers without hurting your bottom line on 2K16.

                It's a pretty smart business move for 2K, but the pool of randoms in All Star Team Up is pretty brutal right now lol.
                I was playing the park and was like what the hell, did randoms get worse than they already were
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                • Yesh2kdone
                  Banned
                  • Feb 2015
                  • 1412

                  #9
                  Re: anyone else think its weird they made this free for PS4?

                  They should do it every year because the parks were dying, and the rookies grinding has given given them a new lease of life, even if every possession ends up with 6 men spamming buttons within 2 square inches of each other under the rim!

                  I also have an xbox 1 and I turned it on for the first time in a while yesterday, and ballers was dead.

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                  • PopcornJones77
                    Rookie
                    • Aug 2015
                    • 355

                    #10
                    Re: anyone else think its weird they made this free for PS4?

                    Originally posted by eival
                    i usually wait till the end of the season to rent the current year's game just so bugs and roster adjustments are finalized based on the players real life performances (since its proove that prior year game's final updates and next year game's initial attributes can be widely different with no valid reason)

                    so its just a bonus for me anyways....

                    but ive yet to see any other sports franchise offer a free game since XBL and PSN started giving free games, is it because of pressure from the NBA Live series taking fans away from the 2016 sales and wanting to get them to pre-order the new one, or what?
                    NBA Live hasn't competed for sales with NBA 2K in a few years. Smart marketing, I believe, led 2K to offer a NBA 2K16 trial on PS4 this month. It's laying the groundwork for even more units of NBA 2K17 to be sold on pre-order or immediately after release.

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                    • fballturkey
                      MVP
                      • Jul 2011
                      • 2370

                      #11
                      Re: anyone else think its weird they made this free for PS4?

                      Originally posted by jyoung
                      It's free now because the Finals are going on and all the new people they're bringing in can still contribute microtransactions to 2K16 and possibly get interested enough to go ahead and preorder 2K17.
                      Yup. Plus they get some money (usually) from PlayStation for letting them put it up as a PS+ game. Somebody did some math and figured out that that plus the extra micro transactions would be worth more than the sales for the next few months.

                      Edit: I kind of hope it becomes the norm for sports games, to stretch out the online life a bit. UFC could certainly use a boost in a few months.
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                      • iam31yearsold
                        Banned
                        • Apr 2015
                        • 606

                        #12
                        Re: anyone else think its weird they made this free for PS4?

                        They did it with 2k14 on PS3, so pretty much the same exact thing.

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                        • TarHeelPhenom
                          All Star
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 7121

                          #13
                          Re: anyone else think its weird they made this free for PS4?

                          So is it just free for the month of June or are they just making it a free game for the remainder??
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                          • cosmosis
                            Rookie
                            • Mar 2016
                            • 43

                            #14
                            Re: anyone else think its weird they made this free for PS4?

                            Originally posted by TarHeelPhenom
                            So is it just free for the month of June or are they just making it a free game for the remainder??
                            It's free as long as you're ps+ subscriber and have the game in your library.

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                            • iam31yearsold
                              Banned
                              • Apr 2015
                              • 606

                              #15
                              Re: anyone else think its weird they made this free for PS4?

                              Hopefully all the on-the-fencers will now try and get their fill before 2k17. People who want to continue will be ready, and it will weed out the people who cant deal with 2k.

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