Andrew wrote:The career modes and connected experiences are the most popular, no doubt. However, it's not as though nobody plays franchise modes anymore, and one of NBA 2K's strengths is that there's depth across all of its modes. Conversely, depth is one of NBA Live's weaknesses, as modes not only lack basic functionality and features that are standard in 2019, but also things that were present in NBA Live more than fifteen years ago. A focus on The One is understandable, but it's also been to the detriment of the overall experience, especially as it still isn't as deep as MyCAREER anyway. If nothing else, the focus on The Streets has negatively affected the quality of NBA gameplay, be it The League, Franchise, Ultimate Team, or Play Now.
This is true. I mean how many people are on 2k's team vs how many people have EA allotted to nba Live's team for the entire time it takes to build and release a game +updates during the year? I bet its night and day where 2k probably has 3 times if not more people working on the game. this affords 2k the ability to push more content. In addition 2k has always be super content heavy. Well before they blew up and took the #1 spot. What 2k has done recently is take away things they have already had for a couple of seasons, then bring it back under a new name with new colors and call it brand new. The reason is because they were so content heavy from the jump trying to beat out live with content. So now they are on top and they no longer have to fill up the box score. lol. So they choose to go that sneaky route i just suggested. It's apart of their nba contract, same for EA. they have to have add something NEW every season. This is something stern put into the contracts back in the day. This is why on both games people would get ticked when they are touting this new thing and most are like dude..just fix your servers, or "dude..just fix the game play."
Since live did multiple full on reboots. they have basically wiped the slate clean each time and started from the ground up. I mean this is basically a new IP. With a name we remember. If another studio developed live 18 and 19 then called it something else we would be a lot more patient. Think about it.....
So what I'm saying is, since we know the team is much smaller. There's no reason in begging for all of these modes that we agree they SHOULD have in the game, then saying all of the modes they do have, should be super in depth. which we also agree on. When they still have basic game play issues to deal with. Fix the game play issues in the mode you're sinking the most money into and the mode people play the most which is THE ONE(my career for 2k). FIX the basic gameplay flaws. If you do that, then these other modes are just that modes. You wont have to worry nearly as much about gameplay issues and modes once you get the gameplay stuff down to a really nice place. remember this game is about playing video game basketball. Sure messing with trading cards in ultimate team is cute and all. but that aint playing actual basketball. Sure playing in franchise mode, changing your teams colors/jersey's etc is great, moving rosters around, adding accessories, the salary cap, substitutions, etc, etc. is all fun and need to be correct. but if the basic game play isnt on point.whats the point? Since we know they have a smaller team they need to focus on basic gameplay. get that right. then start tightening up the modes you do have and making sure the things you do have work properly. THEN...start pushing for more modes or more features within each mode.