LeBron James fans are too happy, Kobe fans are too mad, and Dirk fans are beside themselves. Blogs dedicated to each team has broken down the ratings for each of their players, and while the general consensus seems to be agreement on most of the numbers, Dirk's 85 and LeBron over Kobe seem to be the biggest sticking points.
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Twinfinite takes a look at NBA 2K12's ads and what makes them so great. Also, Brian Wilson in short shorts...
2K Sports seems to have pulled the plug on its old online servers. Users playing All-Pro Football 2K8, NHL 2K10, College Hoops 2K8 and the year-old NBA 2K12 multiplayer have noticed a lack of online support across the last three weeks.
... pulling the online MP from a game that's only a year old.
The box says it has an online MP mode, and I'm sure people are still playing 2k12 online (probably many people who aren't enthusiastic about the whole Jay-Z layer they vomitted over the game), so they should keep supporting the online MP mode for years to come.
I agree. 1 year is to short. The other gams I can understand since 08 is almost 5 years ago and as for their NHL title....well EA took them out of that genre with EA's NHL series.
Shutting down the servers is going to reduce their overhead costs so I see why as a business standpoint. I read that 2k won't be doing MLB titles anymore as well so expect MLB 2k12's servers to shut down in the year to come.
It's bad enough that we sports fans buy a new sports game every year with minimal changes other then the rosters....now we have no choice if we want to keep older titles to play online. Things like this will lead to more pirating of sports games. Nobody want to be forced to pay $60 for a game and then have the servers shut down a year later giving you no choice but to buy the next $60 game. People are going to look for other ways around having to pay full price for a new game because their money for the current game didn't stretch out for more then a year.
That is real cheap on the part of 2K sports..I'm sure many people enjoyed playing 2K12 online and it just came out last year...
Why is this not illegal? When are games going to be treated seriously by the law? If this happened with anything else, people would be up in arms wanting blood.
I think the only fair thing to do is that when people buy these games, included in the sticker price is a bond. After the servers shut down, 2K (in this case) have to pay them the bond back, whether it be bank deposit or game credits.
I think next-gen developers are going to be doing this to many more games. It basically forces you to buy the newer one. Why people still buy these games is outstanding. Have they no freaking morals?
Not sure but I think the back of the box says they can disable the online part anytime..
I was going to buy 2k12 this year and play it online haha.
I think one year is absurb. The typical console server shutdown is 2 years, but hey on PC I can run my own server for any game anytime.
Dirks overrated. He is a horrible defender and is mediocre at rebounding the ball. He may be a good shooter, but there are other PF's in the league that score just as easily without needing the 3pt range he has. How people think he is the best PF baffles me.
It's all about how they do the ratings. Although he is a great player and fantastic shooter, he doesn't have a PF skill set. To be ranked high as a PF in the game, you need great rebounding, post offense and post defense, etc. That's why he will never be in the 90s in the game even though he's one of the best players. He's a shooter not a post player. I bet if they switched his position in the game to SF his rating would be much higher. It's just the way the ratings work.
His rating goes from 98 to 60 in the 4th Quarter of the NBA Finals.
who cares dirks a one time thing nex season we getting much deeper into the league.....
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