A lot of mainstream players play NBA 2K19

2K fucked up big time. But the real issue I see here are the "whale" gamers willing to shell out hundreds of real world dollars for in-game bonuses. It is like feeding a gremlin after midnight. Anyone doing this is encouraging game publishers to continue down this path of NBA 2K19 MT Coins predatory MTX.

Blaming the consumer for the misdeeds of the greedy corporate heads of these gaming companies seems like the type of thing the greedy corporate heads of these companies would want you to do.

This goes wayyy beyond cosmetic only mtx, it is absolutely a scam. Your output as a player is tied to this system and you can either grind forever or pay to maybe have them, this is what you find in f2p games. But this is not a f2p game this is a 60 dollars retail game. This is reason enough to stay clear of that shit. Now I also understand that if you like basketball there might not be a lot of games that are good in this genre beyond nba2k.

In the end I believe playing the game and spending extra money will frustrate you more than not playing it, judging by your post. If I were you I would not buy next years version as these practices will arguably be even worse. As they keep on tweaking them with each installment.

Sports (more specifically 2k) games are the hardest to actually start a movement in. They make so much money off of casual players who don’t give a shit about scummy business practices, and I’d say from my experience with 2k it has one of the most uninformed player bases full of people that don’t play many other games. I desperately want a good basketball game but it’s just getting worse.

They have moved the whole career/manager mode into one big dumbed down thing called franchise. The games become a series of quietly taking features away and reintroducing them a few years later. The Ultimate Team is the central focus now and the content this year has been unbearable., and they’ve added 2 serious things in the last 5 years.

But you can still play the game the same way you did 10 years ago though right? I mean if you bought and enjoyed Madden 10 years ago just playing Career Mode (Franchise now) then why can't you do that now? I agree though that the focus on the draft crap has ruined the experience for me (hence why it's been a few years since I played it) but I would still enjoy playing the game. It's a sports game that has been releasing every year for decades... How much do you think that can actually evolve?

I just bought it on Switch and started a farm with my sister today, and we played it for almost 9 hours. I was not expecting such a good time. I only wish there was a way to interact with other people's main characters, because the farm hand Co op doesn't really give anything tangible to the people who join you. 3 years straight I’ve grown increasingly unhappy with the quality of the game. This year, the gameplay improved but micro transactions continue to get worse. This is my last 2k until something is done. They are just as bad, if not much worse than EA NBA 2K19 and Activision.

Sports games just suck because of this. A lot of mainstream players play these games and they don't mind paying. When people got mad at EA, it was mostly because of the Star Wars license. EA thought they could strip Star Wars fans from their money as easily as FIFA fans, but that backfired on them. That and I would assume most people are just happy to play the single player career mode or arcade mode like we've done for 20 years... People like OP, who pay $400 (I swear I saw a post very similar to this a year or two ago but about FIFA) for their ONLINE Team Card mode that is separate from everything else, are the issue not the game... Though, if they've removed any ability to play online without using this system then I'd be pissed but I don't think that's the case.

No one talks about it because it’s not EA lol period. 2k19 is worst in my opinion but also other games do the same practice as EA but now the gaming community will forever use EA as the poster boy. I mean rightfully so but it’s like they don’t see others who use the same practices. All Sports games have been plagued by this for years. Still, people buy them, and the micro transactions within them. I agree that it is scummy, but people have unreasonably strong ties to their preferred sport and these publishers are milking it every way they can.

Well that's what I'm doing but the details people working for 2k released before the game dropped made it seem so much better than it actually ended up being. like when it came out it was amazing, but over time their promises went no where and now we are here, being robbed by 2k basically. I think the effect of the PD LeBron being removed is how people play the game. If they base their lineup around one big card, yes, they’ll fall flat on their face when it’s removed. Unfortunately it was Christmas, a lot of kids or teenagers just got the game and could only build their team around the PD LeBron.