NBA 2K13 released in Amazon & Steam.

[daninoz]

Bad news. I tweeted @LD2K about the PC Digital release:



Update:

[Leftos]

Oh shit. Now I have to wait 2 weeks to get it on Steam? Dammit.

[Bboy500]

Why.... What's the point of that?

So people that aren't patient can go and pirate it now? I want my game on my Steam account along with 2k11 and 2k12 T.T

[Leftos]

Yeah, it's not a great move. Retail outside US is 3 days later, and by then the pirates will already have it. This could mean lost sales for 2K. When digital arrives before the pirated version, people are persuaded into giving their money to get it earlier. But now? -sigh- Why 2K?

[jay-r]

At least now you can pre order the shit out of it http://www.gamefly.co.uk/Download-NBA-2K13/5004746/

Seems that 2k work as hard on the game as they do on encouraging piracy with shit like this!

[wtferrell]

I just ordered via Amazon w/ overnight shipping, so hopefully my copy will be here tomorrow. Toss me into the bandwagon of going to go Digital like last year, but for some reason, I guess not.

Hopefully I can get a workaround so I don't have to have the disc in the drive the entire time. That gets extremely annoying.

[Leftos]

GameFly is UK only, OnlineKeyStore is worldwide and 23 euros is less than 25 pounds.

But then again, why would I wait 2 weeks? I guess I'll have to ask someone to buy me retail.

[pacificsmoke]

Terrible, terrible news. If they did this to "maximize" sales on the consoles, they failed.

[jay-r]

Terrible, terrible news. If they did this to "maximize" sales on the consoles, they failed.

They maximized their level of fail, since xbox 360 version of the game has been "out" for two days already

[skillzrundeep]

i dont understand, whats the difference between digital and buying it from your local store? is the local stores gonna sell it still tomorrow on the 2nd? or the 16th now?before i spend money some one please explain?

[JaoSming]

i dont understand, whats the difference between digital and buying it from your local store? is the local stores gonna sell it still tomorrow on the 2nd? or the 16th now?before i spend money some one please explain?

technically no difference, but digital versions are legal and dont require the disc, which is preferred by many, as is the ability to delete and redownload whenever they want without having to worry about a disc being broken or misplaced.

[pacificsmoke]

The gamestop an hour from me has one retail copy of the game. I just might go get it since its available.

[Leftos]

skillzrundeep, buying digital from Steam, for example, allows you to just download the game on any PC you want, without having to carry the disc around, and without worrying about damaging the disc so you're not able to reinstall or even run the game.

A supposed digital release of October 2 would beat the retail release of October 5 here, and it's also 12 euros cheaper to buy digital for me. Still, I can't wait 2 weeks until October 16, so I'll have to spend 35 euros and get it retail this Friday. Dammit.

[chaodck]

Is this 100% confirmed?? No Steam version for tomorrow?? If that's the deal, what a dumb move by 2K. Here in Chile it's impossible to get a physical copy, except for Xbox or PS3. Can't believe I won't be able to play for at least a couple of weeks, when I had my credit card ready for purchase tomorrow. Shame.

[Leftos]

And they'll lose sales because people with the pirated version won't bother to buy if that one comes first, and then they'll say they don't have enough PC customers, and then 2K14 won't be on PC...

-sigh- Yeah, I know this is a long and quite pessimistic possibility, but it's a stupid move.

[skillzrundeep]

wow that sounds really bad guys, i guess ill go to my local store and see what happens, i didn't per-order, but i called cpl stores around me, they only have 1 copy and will not hold unless it pre ordered, hopefully tomorrow evening is still there. ty guys for explaining though, its gotta be a way to stop the pirates, dont the company know that hurts there sales.

[chicagoRAW]

Everyone should tweet Ronnie and LD2K about this, even if you already have, keep at it, they need to know the demand for PC and hopefully they will never remove the game from PC, of course being a worst case scenario.

[chaodck]

Everyone should tweet Ronnie and LD2K about this, even if you already have, keep at it, they need to know the demand for PC and hopefully they will never remove the game from PC, of course being a worst case scenario.

Let's do that, while also using the hashtag #Scumbag2K.

[SC1211]

Everyone tweet them. This is a horrible marketing decision and they should know it. This is a reversible decision too...there will inevitably be a pirated version online tomorrow that a bunch of pissed off 2K PC users will download. No reason why 2K can't arrange to have a copy thrown up onto Steam.

[pacificsmoke]

Alright, ordered one copy on amazon with release day delivery(tomorrow) and I'm going to the other gamestop in a few hours to drop my preorder and have it tonight.

This is BS from 2k but its the hand they dealt us.

[skoadam]

What a fail 2k.

[JaoSming]

lol, the "local" (hour away) gamestop said they are getting 20 PC copies tomorrow. Last year I got the only PC copy and it was a preorder for someone else.

BS meter is high.

They open @ 10am, if I'm feeling stupid enough, I might start driving out there and call when they open to see if they have any copies, otherwise I'll hope for Steam at 1pm or wait for UPS in the evening.

[Leftos]

JaoSming, so you still think this could be a Steam exclusive for the first 2 weeks? Wouldn't Steam be promoting something like that already?

[daninoz]

JaoSming, so you still think this could be a Steam exclusive for the first 2 weeks? Wouldn't Steam be promoting something like that already?

I was thinking the same.

[JaoSming]

it would very well be....but Amazon sells Steam codes too....so, no? Nevermind the "confirmation" (see confusion) from LD2K

we'll see in 20 hours.