NBA 2K13 sets franchise sales record

 jookiyaya

not even close to best ever

 Metallicwolf29 so do you want some rock and metal in the soundtrack? or some good ole country music?

 COPMAN221ISBACK

 you are joking right .... you do realize that even at its peak with NFL 2K5 , Madden outsold it over 4 to 1 even with the $20 price point.  2K5 is the most overrated sports game ever and VC has released a football game in All Pro football and that was farther proof they dont have any idea how to make a football game. If they are so great at sports games then why is this their ONLY franchise. They got torn apart on NHL , and NCAA basketball games and their NCAA football was averaging a 4.5 review its last 3 years on the market. Oh wait they still make the unplayable and buggy waste of money baseball that they need to give a million bucks away to try to get people to buy that trash . EA is not worried about VC in any way shape or form .  You people do realize that VC can make a liscensed football game as long as it is released after Jan 1st right. EA only has exclusive rights for the NFL calender year and anyone can make an NFL game after the end of the year. In many interviews VC has stated they no longer have the desire to compete on that front and instead will focus on their other franchises to insure the best gaming experience possible..LOL , so i guesss they meant adding a sneaker creation tool  .  2K will remain a trash sports game maker

 checkrazor1976

 Thanks for the wall of nonsense but you either never played a NFL2K game, no nothing about sports, or are employed by EA. Eitherway when 2K had their football game out it made Madden look like childs play so much so that I remember EA lowering the price within weeks of its release. That my friend is why they bought the NFL rights. Check your facts kid and move along..

 COPMAN221ISBACK

 nope idiot you are wrong again  the NFL and the NFLPA started a new CBA in aug of 2005 and the PA said they would not allow their names and likenesses to more than 1 game because they only get paid once unlike the NFL  so the NFL went to the best selling football franchise that year and offered the exclusive deal   now if you were EA would you turn them down  didnt think so  and if 2K5 is so great go play it and only run in route pass palys and trow to the in reciever   yup you cant throw a pick that way as the AI wont allow it  as a matter of fact i have a youtube vid of me using jon kitna with default settings except hardest difficulty and my season stas are 88 TD's over 560 yards a game and a 94% completion percentage with no INT's   now let me tell ya thats a good game   once again the one who knows the real facts and doesnt hand out head touches to developers wins   you sir have been served

 COPMAN221ISBACK

 tw   its know not no and its not either way when you list 3 options

 checkrazor1976  COPMAN221ISBACK lol dude i think u live in 90s or early years of 2000... EA sports was great, now 2k rules 

 evil_devil_mons  COPMAN221ISBACK

 what do they rule   they make 1 sports game you moron

 Undietaker You moron, the servers always worked and that's why the game has always had stellar reviews. 

 cursealoud

 LOL you're trying to defend the online for these games, hilarious. It's far and away the most complained abouit thing in 2k's NBA games. And I'm the moron lol. Stop swinging off their nuts fanboy and open your eyes. Pathectic....

 cursealoud  Undietaker

 if the servers worked then why did VC issue multiple apologies to customers   in the first month of relese the game wasnt able to be played online for almost a third of it  thats great servers

 ao28

 lol who left the pen open, bbhhaaaa

 markcusdd You gotta wait til the 15th for a physical copy and the 30th for a digital download....I think

 nitefox1 seriously, lol?

 checkrazor1976 I agree with many of the bugs you listed and there are a lot more. The series isn't trash, but NBA 2K13 seems to be. NBA 2K11 was actually perfect. Yes, it still had the ball passing through players bug and the missing quarters in Gametrack/Shot Charts bugs. These same bugs are in 2K12 and 2K13 as well. What 2K11 had that 2K13 is completely missing is quick sharp passing and a smooth jump shot. Everything is delayed in 2K13, more so then in 2K12. If you push the pass button it either doesn't work or is delay a full second or more. If you hit the button again it does a fake pass. The jump shot must be released after you reached the top of your jump instead of as you are reaching the top. This will throw your game completely off, because every NBA 2K gamer has been releasing their shoot as the player is about to reach the top of his jump. My first 6 games I shot like 28%. I went 1 for 8 in one game where several of my shots were right under the basket. The game is seriously broken. The CPU team will get an enormous amount of OR because you team members won't block players out. Many of these issues weren't in NBA 2K11 or 2K12. If your thinking about buying this game, rent it for a weekend first.

 blackace

 Im glad im not the only one seeing this franchises flaws  the shooting percentages for shots around the basket are laughable and the canned animations never seem to change

Or maybe its because EA's NBA Live has died....

Nah I like the Jay-Z idea better

 Diablo-B People forget that Jay Z is an international superstar. So kids that never tried this game before are going to pick it up because of his name tied to it. The soundtrack is awesome, so that has an appeal to many. 2K11 was a hit because that was inclusion of Jordan, so they figured we have to top this. I also attribute its success in having to play the past and present Dream Team as well.

 cursealoud  Diablo-B

 lol international superstar my arse, no one outside of America could care less about that joker. I'm Australian and had literally never heard a single song of his before this game.

 Undietaker  You're a such a fuckin' idiot then, because Australia doesn't count as EUROPE! Jay-Z's black album was only released there and not in U.S., so what are you talking about? Why do you Australians consider yourself as Europeans. If you are looking at it through an ancestrial POV then yeah, but otherwise your not included. I could care less if you've personally heard of him and that doesn't matter. The masses have heard of him. Go back under you rock and STFU. No one wants to hear it

 cursealoud  Somebody hates Australia

 Bleak5170 guess you havent played many 2k game on any console or any sport... yes there bb games and their football games (when they had nfl) are way better than any EA effort. but they are always full of bug. because they at least try to push forward with thier deadline rather playing safe attitude.

 littleb75 

    Actually I own almost every 2K sports game ever made dating back to the Dreamcast and a couple hundred sports video games overall.

 Bleak5170  littleb75 

Then you already know the game still has the same bugs from NBA 2K5 right? I too own EVERY NBA 2K game since it was shown on the Dreamcast. I was actually one of the first people to see NFL 2K and NBA 2K for the Dreamcast when they unveiled it at the E3. My mouth dropped to the floor when I first laid eyes on them. This was before the E3 show even started. We got special passes that let us on the floor the night before. We watched both games in action for at least 45 mins and got to play the next day. In any case,  there are still lots of bugs in NBA 2K13. I still don't understand why 2KSports haven't fixed the Gametrack and Shot Chart bugs yet. It's been broken for 5-6 years now. Why can't we get FULL Boxscore quarterly stats for players. NBA Live has been doing this since PS2/XBox days.