The Michael Jordan license outsold everything. Uh, who didn't see this coming?
yea that's exactly why NBA2k11 sold well
It doubled last years sales...so yeah. It is.
I know this is G&T where people are out of touch but it's possible 2k11 might be the best basketball game ever. you heard about how the EA nba game was canceled? yea you can't really just associate doubled sales with some new game mode without having anything to back it up.
Michael Jordan had no fucking bearing on 2K11 selling that much, there literally was no other basketball game this year.
By your logic Joe Montana Sports Talk Football 2K12 would be the greatest selling game of all time.
NBA 2K11 was the #1 selling game of the last NPD reporting period.
But please continue to try and do whatever you were doing in this thread before by trying to deny that a Michael Jordan license is worth it's weight in gold.
edit: just as I figured, looks like the tag team is back.
You'd think the nba jam license would be worth its weight in gold, but not even the people defending the poor design decisions in this thread bought the game.
are you seriously saying MJ sold the game and not the fact that there was no competition
do I need to point out Madden sales numbers
NBA Live 10 recieved a free roster update for the 2011 season. Clearly since this was online functionality, 100% of the userbase had no reason to buy 2K11 because they already got a roster update for free, because everyone playing it is online.
Yes, MJ sold the came. The usual hardcore crowd bought 2K11 for the roster update. Casual fans and people that haven't bought a basketball video game in a while bought it for Michael Jordan. Many more people have nostalgia for the '95 Chicago Bulls than a video game that was out at the same time.
are you seriously saying MJ sold the game and not the fact that there was no competition
do I need to point out Madden sales numbers
I wish you did because you might notice something:
Madden NFL 2001 1.21 million in US (PS2)
Madden NFL 2002 2.3 million in US (PS2)
Madden NFL 2003 3.18 million in US (PS2)
Madden NFL 2004 3.95 million in US (PS2)
Madden NFL 2005 5.77 million: 4.35 million in US (PS2), 1.42 million in US (Xbox)
Madden NFL 2006 5.12 million: 3.71 million in US (PS2), 1.41 million in US (Xbox)
Madden NFL 2007 4.72 million: 2.8 million in US (PS2), 1.72 million in US (Xbox 360)
Madden NFL 2008 3.61 million: 1.9 million in US (PS2), 1.51 million in US (Xbox 360)
Madden NFL 2009 2.3 million first month
Note: 2005 was the last year that Madden had competition against 2k5. After that it was the only show in town.
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are you seriously saying MJ sold the game and not the fact that there was no competition
do I need to point out Madden sales numbers
To be fair, I think MJ was huge for the non-usual crowd.
I know it's anecdotal, but I and others I know only took notice of it because of MJ and the commercial with Bryant referencing Jordan in a respectful way.
That and, lets face it, when was the last MJ endorsed game?
The big gap in time between that and this would've helped immensely.
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Back Breaker was about as much competition to Madden as NBA Jam Wii was to 2k11.
or NBA live was to NBA 2k. NBA Live 10 didn't even crack the top 20 when it was released. Every Live fan would have had to bought 2k11 10 times over to explain the increase as a "lack of competition". The whole reason they were changing the name to "elite" was because the Live franchise was irrelevant.
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are you seriously saying MJ sold the game and not the fact that there was no competition
do I need to point out Madden sales numbers
I wish you did because you might notice something:
Madden NFL 2001 1.21 million in US (PS2)
Madden NFL 2002 2.3 million in US (PS2)
Madden NFL 2003 3.18 million in US (PS2)
Madden NFL 2004 3.95 million in US (PS2)
Madden NFL 2005 5.77 million: 4.35 million in US (PS2), 1.42 million in US (Xbox)
Madden NFL 2006 5.12 million: 3.71 million in US (PS2), 1.41 million in US (Xbox)
Madden NFL 2007 4.72 million: 2.8 million in US (PS2), 1.72 million in US (Xbox 360)
Madden NFL 2008 3.61 million: 1.9 million in US (PS2), 1.51 million in US (Xbox 360)
Madden NFL 2009 2.3 million first month
Note: 2005 was the last year that Madden had competition against 2k5. After that it was the only show in town.
That was also the last year Michael Jordan was in the game...hmmm, I think you may be onto something
Anyway- so did anyone get Nba Jam for either PS3 or 360 yet? I was looking forward to this but I'm not 100% sold on the price point yet.
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I'm also curious if anyone has the 360 version yet, as I actually purchased the Wii version but haven't opened it yet... wondering if online is worth anything.
I'm also curious if anyone has the 360 version yet, as I actually purchased the Wii version but haven't opened it yet... wondering if online is worth anything.
I imagine any version is good. I haven't seen a review of online yet, so I have no idea what the latency is like (possible they're using lockstep networking, ala Reach Firefight/Campaign if you are familiar with that).
But also remember that it's an EA title, so there are no guarantees online will be functional this time next year. At which point it won't matter which versino you get anyway.
NBA 2K has been beating EA for half a decade on quality (though like all basketball simulators always falls short) so its no surprise in a year with decent advertising, a very marketable spokesperson, and no competition it does gang busters.
NBA JAM though is still a better game. Hell I'd take TE or the N64 spinoff games over any other 3D basketball simulation games.
So this game is incredible and if you don't buy it, you suck.
Basically.
It's fucking awesome in multiplayer.
Hell yes it is! I just got back from renting it as I had the itch to play after a recent get together involving the game. Plus it was only about $3.50 for five days and I got a free movie rental as well. Whoo!
NBA 2K has been beating EA for half a decade on quality (though like all basketball simulators always falls short) so its no surprise in a year with decent advertising, a very marketable spokesperson, and no competition it does gang busters.
NBA JAM though is still a better game. Hell I'd take TE or the N64 spinoff games over any other 3D basketball simulation games.
lol
This post is just... so penny arcade. NBA2k11 is a GOTY candidate and NBA Jam is Christmas cash-grabware.
So it's arcade-perfect then, that's awesome! I can't count the number of times back in the day I watched a guy who was getting beat punch the screen and walk away in disgust.
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It doubled last years sales...so yeah. It is.
Michael Jordan had no fucking bearing on 2K11 selling that much, there literally was no other basketball game this year.
By your logic Joe Montana Sports Talk Football 2K12 would be the greatest selling game of all time.
I know this is G&T where people are out of touch but it's possible 2k11 might be the best basketball game ever. you heard about how the EA nba game was canceled? yea you can't really just associate doubled sales with some new game mode without having anything to back it up.
NBA 2K11 was the #1 selling game of the last NPD reporting period.
But please continue to try and do whatever you were doing in this thread before by trying to deny that a Michael Jordan license is worth it's weight in gold.
edit: just as I figured, looks like the tag team is back.
do I need to point out Madden sales numbers
Well at least Madden went up against Back Breaker.
I mean, in theory, any way.
NBA Live 10 recieved a free roster update for the 2011 season. Clearly since this was online functionality, 100% of the userbase had no reason to buy 2K11 because they already got a roster update for free, because everyone playing it is online.
Yes, MJ sold the came. The usual hardcore crowd bought 2K11 for the roster update. Casual fans and people that haven't bought a basketball video game in a while bought it for Michael Jordan. Many more people have nostalgia for the '95 Chicago Bulls than a video game that was out at the same time.
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I wish you did because you might notice something:
Madden NFL 2001 1.21 million in US (PS2)
Madden NFL 2002 2.3 million in US (PS2)
Madden NFL 2003 3.18 million in US (PS2)
Madden NFL 2004 3.95 million in US (PS2)
Madden NFL 2005 5.77 million: 4.35 million in US (PS2), 1.42 million in US (Xbox)
Madden NFL 2006 5.12 million: 3.71 million in US (PS2), 1.41 million in US (Xbox)
Madden NFL 2007 4.72 million: 2.8 million in US (PS2), 1.72 million in US (Xbox 360)
Madden NFL 2008 3.61 million: 1.9 million in US (PS2), 1.51 million in US (Xbox 360)
Madden NFL 2009 2.3 million first month
Note: 2005 was the last year that Madden had competition against 2k5. After that it was the only show in town.
that wasn't a joke
To be fair, I think MJ was huge for the non-usual crowd.
I know it's anecdotal, but I and others I know only took notice of it because of MJ and the commercial with Bryant referencing Jordan in a respectful way.
That and, lets face it, when was the last MJ endorsed game?
The big gap in time between that and this would've helped immensely.
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or NBA live was to NBA 2k. NBA Live 10 didn't even crack the top 20 when it was released. Every Live fan would have had to bought 2k11 10 times over to explain the increase as a "lack of competition". The whole reason they were changing the name to "elite" was because the Live franchise was irrelevant.
That was also the last year Michael Jordan was in the game...hmmm, I think you may be onto something
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I imagine any version is good. I haven't seen a review of online yet, so I have no idea what the latency is like (possible they're using lockstep networking, ala Reach Firefight/Campaign if you are familiar with that).
But also remember that it's an EA title, so there are no guarantees online will be functional this time next year. At which point it won't matter which versino you get anyway.
Basically.
It's fucking awesome in multiplayer.
NBA JAM though is still a better game. Hell I'd take TE or the N64 spinoff games over any other 3D basketball simulation games.
Hell yes it is! I just got back from renting it as I had the itch to play after a recent get together involving the game. Plus it was only about $3.50 for five days and I got a free movie rental as well. Whoo!
lol
This post is just... so penny arcade. NBA2k11 is a GOTY candidate and NBA Jam is Christmas cash-grabware.
Arcade basketball on the other hand has been done well for almost twenty years.
It looks pretty awesome
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