Why 2k not allow us to play LAN Multiplayer?

[pacMan47]

first of all i dont like console thats why i play pc and i love playing nba2k on keyboard and i want to play with my friends in lan. ea has that how come 2k doesnt?

[Uros12]

Well I guess they dont care about PC multiplayer so much.

[pacMan47]

well 2k should consider this, its needed especially when online sucks you name it we need to connect via lan.

[karlsanada10]

Why lan? you can play on two controllers on PC.

[benji]

ea has that how come 2k doesnt?

EA hasn't released a PC basketball game in four years. And never ported from the current consoles.

[Andrew]

I can't recall any of the most recent Live PC releases supporting LAN play, either. Only EASO and Direct IP.

[JaoSming]

Why lan? you can play on two controllers on PC.

first thing I thought of. You can do two keyboards too I think.

I've had 4 controllers plugged into the computer plus the keyboard and played a 3v3 game with 1 AI no problem before. So the game supports a lot of people.

[pacMan47]

as far as i remember i think live03-07 has that feature. i dunno what you call it but we call it lan multiplayer ^_^.

[Andrew]

I only recall Direct IP and EA Sports Online in the online options for those games.

[pacMan47]

i think thats the correct term Direct IP

[Andrew]

Ah, fair enough. It was possible to play over a LAN that way but generally speaking there was no LAN support for NBA Live like you might find in a first person shooter. If you knew what you were doing you could make the Direct IP option work for LAN though, certainly.

[Phraynk]

When I saw the title of the topic, this literally came to mind.

"NBA 2K, Y U NOO ALLOW US TO PLAY LAN MULTIPLAYER?"