MiniBossBattle
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Please be true. NFL2k is what this generation needs.
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NFL 2K to make a comeback next year? HipHopGamer firmly believes so
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I hope not. I'm all for NFL2K coming back, but we need competition. FIFA wouldn't be where it is , if PES wasn't around to try and outdo it.
soundscream
Member
HipHopGamer as the source so I'm not ready to get hyped, but if true..................................
I haven't bought a football game in years, I was a 2k guy and this would be amazing.
I haven't bought a football game in years, I was a 2k guy and this would be amazing.
It's all on the NFL for this to happen, though. Wasn't it the NFL that pursued the exclusivity agreement to begin with? At least that's what I remember reading.
Nevertheless, competition is good. I've never played the NFL 2k games, but if it means better NFL video games period, I'm all for it.
Nevertheless, competition is good. I've never played the NFL 2k games, but if it means better NFL video games period, I'm all for it.
FaintColt388301
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The difference is that 2K had a great game and then left while NBA Live had an awful game, left and then proceeded to come back with the exact same thing. Even if 2K just made an HD version they'd still be doing better than NBA Live
slight hyperbole
This is the same guy who said NBA Live was more ready than 2K for next-gen.
So excuse me if I don't believe a word from this dude.
So excuse me if I don't believe a word from this dude.
soundscream
Member
The only way the NFL doesn't re-up is if they realize the damage Madden is doing to their brand, and I don't think the NFL sees anything but the paycheck they have been getting.
Pop
Member
let's go baby
LETS FUCKING DO THIS!
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
does competition mean anything? look at how horrible MLB 2k is (with competition). look at how good NHL is (with no competition). some developers are good at certain types of games and some aren't. to some degree, competition doesn't really matter but i do think both games would benefit in the realm of football. maybe 2k would improve their god awful online and maybe tiburon would actually look into getting a true physics engine.
i hope if 2k does comeback they use the backbreaker system. i know it was rough around the edges but i think with a good developer behind it they can make it viable
stawnkald
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More important than just 2K getting back into the NFL, letting anyone make a football game is the real big deal. Who knows what great developer could have made something awesome, aside from the 2K guys? Shit, maybe Sony has spent all these years, in secret, making an NFL game worthy of their PS1 era NFL Gameday franchise and the current quality of The Show.
...well, probably not, but getting some extra horses in the race is beneficial to everyone.
...well, probably not, but getting some extra horses in the race is beneficial to everyone.
Telephoto999
Member
I've battled love and hate the last few days over the next gen Madden.
Sometimes it feels okay, sometimes it feels great... but most of the time it feels like just a rehash of what I've been playing since 2001. I remember buying Madden 2001 the day it was released in stores... and it sat on my computer desk at my parents house for 2 months before I was able to find a PS2 to play it on. I played this game so many hours... I loved everything about it. That was the high point for Madden. It's went downhill ever since then. EA Tiburon has been stagnant... and have let other developers simply waltz past them. If it wasn't for EA and their money backing the license this series would have been gone from Tiburons hands a long time ago. There's simply no innovation or evolution in their development process.
Sometimes it feels okay, sometimes it feels great... but most of the time it feels like just a rehash of what I've been playing since 2001. I remember buying Madden 2001 the day it was released in stores... and it sat on my computer desk at my parents house for 2 months before I was able to find a PS2 to play it on. I played this game so many hours... I loved everything about it. That was the high point for Madden. It's went downhill ever since then. EA Tiburon has been stagnant... and have let other developers simply waltz past them. If it wasn't for EA and their money backing the license this series would have been gone from Tiburons hands a long time ago. There's simply no innovation or evolution in their development process.
speculawyer
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But look how good MLB The Show is. And look at the fact that there is absolutely no NHL 14 for the new consoles and NHL has stagnated a bit lately.
plutoknight
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I don't know if MLB is a good example here, because, really, MLb is gonna sell to the half of the sports fan crowds that don't own a Sony system
He's a shitty YouTube personality who dick rides publishers and developers for free lanyards and cinch bags and complains about the integrity of other "games journalism" but is too afraid to call specific people out because they might not send him any more free stuff. He also claimed on multiple occasions that NBA Live 14 was going to be on-par or better than 2K14 lol. He's not to be trusted or taken seriously.
Xplatformer
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They aren't making NCAA Football $$ anymore.
God, I hope this rumor is true. I'm getting my PS4 in 2014 for NBA 2k14 and Destiny, but if neither of those two titles were coming I'd get a PS4 for a next generation version of NFL 2k. Hell yeah I would.
Screw Madden (not EA...MADDEN GAME)
And developers shouldn't need competition to drive innovation. Well, the lead title shouldn't.
NBA 2k had to grab the lead from the NBA Live series. They took it in spades.
Hopefully they can do the same with football.
I went back and played Live 10...it's shite except for the shot animations.
"THE SNEAKER.. YOU CAN SEE THE STITCHING.. IN THE SNEEEEAKER DUDE"..
this guy knows how to suck up to companies to get into the industry.. the one guys EA will be sure to invite to press events.. and that's people how the gaming industry works.
Talk truth, you get blacklisted.. suck up and you get an invite and free games.
not to forget his famous videos where he's guessing how some female gaming personalities would be in bed.
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
lol you think MLB 2k had any effect on what the show was doing?
Seventy_X_Seven
Member
If they make it anything like 2k5, we're in for a treat. Please, please be true!
::spit-take::
I would welcome competition in the football space. I was Team 2K for so long.
LiveFromKyoto
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If true I would buy my first NFL game since Madden 07. I tried switching to Madden after 2K5, but it just wasn't happening.
Grover Cleveland
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Slim, just because I can't see 2K beating EA in a bidding war.
But who knows, maybe EA sees the writing on the wall, and hitches their wagon solely on the FIFA train for next gen.
Never forget:
And:
The golden years of football! Actual competition kept two companies on their toes and actual innovation went into the products.
greatnorthern
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NFL 2k5 is the best football game ever made.
abstract alien
Member
Does 2K have the money to get an exclusive license, even for a year or two?
I would actually be pretty excited for a new NFL Gameday title, especially if sony put the right people on it. Anything but madden, i haven't played those games since Madden 2010.
soundscream
Member
I'm sure T2 would fund them the money needed...But not for an exclusive license.
Obscene Jester
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Hope it happens. It would be in the NFL's best interest to move away from exclusive deals at this point. They certainly don't need the EA injection anymore and stand to make more by licencing their brand to whomever wants it. I believe the same goes for theit TV deals as well. I just don't see the logic in them staying with exclusive deals, and I think they may be opening their eyes to this as well.
speculawyer
Member
So Good
This needs to return.
therealPeterman
Neo Member
PLEASE BE REAL!
speculawyer
Member
2K is part of Take-Two . . . you know, the company that just raked in $1 Billion in revenue from GTA V sales. They got bank.
Considering NFL 2k5 is better than Madden 2013, yes.
greatnorthern
Member
Yea, I'm not sure newer gamers understand this, but 2k's football games on the original Xbox are better than this year's Madden.
Yeah, they could literally bring the nearly decade old engine onto the next gen consoles/PC, give it HD textures, bump up the polygon count and absolutely destroy Madden.
pastapadre
Neo Member
Last I heard EA was still in negotiations with the NFL. They need each other at this point. NFL can't just drop EA, because then there would be no NFL video game on the market for a couple years. EA knows this so they're going to push for the most favorable deal possible. We already saw this happen when they extended for a year when heading into a possible lockout but needed a $25 million credit to do so. The NFL could open it up to multiple parties but that isn't how they handle their business - they'd make far less with multiple companies paying in than they do with an exclusive, and they'd lose some of the control they have over every little thing done with the products.
I wrote about all this in March, but that nothing has been officially completed at this point is at least curious.
http://www.pastapadre.com/2013/03/01/nflpa-explains-position-on-the-exclusive-license
It pressured them to add right stick controls at the very least.
Speaking from personal experience this is absolutely true.
I wrote about all this in March, but that nothing has been officially completed at this point is at least curious.
http://www.pastapadre.com/2013/03/01/nflpa-explains-position-on-the-exclusive-license
It pressured them to add right stick controls at the very least.
Speaking from personal experience this is absolutely true.
abstract alien
Member
Hmmm. At this rate, 2K wouldn't even need an exclusive deal to get people's attention. It would just be quite the story if it were to happen
How could I forget that. I'm slipping lol
PhoenixFyre
Member
Let's stop wishing and hoping. Let's at least attempt to make it happen. GAF isn't the only group that wants this.
We've seen how much of an impact gamers can have with their voice. So let's start it up. Hit twitter and facebook with #BringBackNFL2K. Tweet it to the NFL and everyone involved. Hell, tweet it to players too. They stand to benefit just as much. Petitions, videos, letters, lets get to work and see what happens.
We've seen how much of an impact gamers can have with their voice. So let's start it up. Hit twitter and facebook with #BringBackNFL2K. Tweet it to the NFL and everyone involved. Hell, tweet it to players too. They stand to benefit just as much. Petitions, videos, letters, lets get to work and see what happens.
So is Madden '05. Who knows what happens.
But really, with NCAA having its issues and dropping the game from EA, there's just Madden and nothing else now. Competition helps everybody so I'm hopeful the exclusivity can be wiped also. I doubt it since the NFL wants it the most.
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