You are wrong, I have not paid for it, since 2020. So in your world, we can go back to Cigs advertisements aimed at children right? Your logic is flawed. Corporations make money, correct. But we have laws in place, to help not expose our kids. Addiction comes in many forms and can latch onto someone, very, very young. Maybe, just maybe, reflect a bit, before you write some nonsense.@@darylrichardson8567
I gave up on 2k 4 months ago. 1) you have to pay for builds. 2) no matter how you set the defense the cpu will always leave their assignments. 3) 2k have gotten too money hungry. 4) I already broke 2 ps5 controllers by playing this game. This game has been deleted out of my system and in the trash. My wife was shocked when I cracked it in half and tossed it in the trash can.
@@joshsanders2820 😂😂 I broke them. I love to run zone Defense. Each player that you are not controlling will automatically run to the paint. I click on them to bring them back to their assignments and the player I clicked off will then run to the paint. The game sucks
I’m old enough to remember 2k14…the first year of park. It was so simple yet beautiful. You could get to a 95 ovr for $19.99. You could buy badge upgrades and animations immediately. The park was a normal park, no Ads or city bs. It was all about hoops
@@zada2423 me too. many ppl in 2k14 took that route as well. it only took about 2 weeks to grind a build back then. But the $19.99 was for ppl who wanted it quick. Either way it wasn’t a chore. The good days
2k11… just fucking skill points from playing actual games. They shouldn’t have ever abandoned that. But I bet they make millions off of VC and that’s why it’s become more and more egregious each year
"You could get to a 9t over for $19.99" Or invest that money in something worthwhile... Hilarious those bitching about "pay to play" are ONLY complaining because THEY CAN'T AFFORD!!! Cos that mere "$19.99" was too much for many, having saved to buy the game..
I quit playing NBA2K shortly after Season One. Fortunately, I saw the writing on the wall and deleted the game. Never buying another NBA2K game again unless as you stated, they start to favor the consumer.
And to add insult to injury, they advertise on our faces non-stop, AND also have us be walking advertisements or walking build boards. If i invest VC that came from real-life money in order to buy Clothes for my player, every person my player walks by is receiving an ad from what my player wearing. I'm here advertising Nike, Puma, Under Armour, and other companies for FREE, and, on top of that, I'm paying for VC AND season packs AND the cost of the game? These people are crooks
Thank you. I done spending my money on the game. I regret splling over 5K on MyTeam on average year in year out. I developed an addiction and it had consumed me. Videos like this helped me breakaway.
i played a few weeks this year then just havent touched my xbox. Instead, I quit games and started chasing my dream in music instead. Way more worth the time and I've built great connections within the music industry and have a lot of promising stuff coming my way. The video game industry has been completely ruined, I'm not touching my console until GTA 6 comes out.
Already moved on when I saw the new TOS that was coming out, been playing a lot more single player games and honestly just been having fun gaming again.
i’m not even a 2K hater, i never make dramatic statements like “this is the worst 2K” or “im not buying another 2K” but honestly the game is just boring to me at this point. I haven’t played MyCareer or online since whenever season 3 started. there’s just way funner games out rn and sadly 2k may never change unless someone actually creates another basketball game.
its so sad man, 2k16 and 17 were so fun, the gameplay, the community, the culture was so much healthier back then. Content creation was peak with guys like agent, low, solluminati, Orlando, Fredo etc... shame we took it for granted back then
The thing is I spent more money on those games because I enjoyed playing it. 16 and 17 were great...18 fell off then 19 was decent again. After 19 I haven't enjoyed any of them.
I was done after 19. And honestly my bank account and time for real life & relationships have dramatically increased. That game keeps you in the house & broke. My 10K Subscriber RUclips channel died but it was worth it.
Blows my mind how greedy Take-Two is when they own the most profitable piece of entertainment ever (grand theft auto) Take two would rather turn a basketball game into a mictro transaction store and gambling casino.
Much respect Jack. I’m currently involved in designing games myself and I think I got a knockout the park game idea for a basketball and football and possibly would like to brainstorm with you and run these ideas by you
I'm on my second playthrough of cyberpunk and the game is actually better the second time. The way you build you character makes is a totally different experience.. cyberpunk has a great community on YT..You could build from there.
Don't give TroyDan credit he still goes to 2K events with CashNasty there. He was just at All Star weekend promoting it in a NBA promotion with players in a 3V3 it's all talk until money comes involved.
I agree with every word you said. I don't play MyCareer; instead, I play only MyTeam. When they announced the removal of the auction house and its replacement with the player market this year, I was skeptical. Now, it's clear they lied to us about all players being available for purchase on the market. Despite having 4 million MT, I can't buy a single Galaxy Opal. In Season 5, the game transformed into MyCasino, where Galaxy Opals and 100 Overall players are only obtainable through packs with extremely aggressive gambling mechanics. Naturally, I can't endorse gambling, and I've never spent a single cent on the mode, only 70 euros for the game itself. However, I want to express gratitude to 2K because now I've shifted my focus to playing other games. As you mentioned, there are plenty of excellent games available. I'll be eagerly awaiting Elden Ring DLC alongside you. I can't wait.
I skipped out on 21 && 22 hoping the quality would increase especially going to a new console generation. I was very disappointed it was the same thing. I play 24 semi consistently but I refuse to buy another title ever again
i only brought 2k24 because it was on sale for 20$ a month ago and i manged to grind no money spent a popper build to 88ovr but then i brought 75k vc for 18£ to get to 95ovr and had vc left over and only reason i done that is altogether that cost me 38£ still cheaper than the base game on release but this is definitely my last year. BUT because its the only basketball game basically these boycotts are going to have to be soooooo drastic because no streamer or influencer is going to ruin their pay check for some casuals trying to just play game. gaming casually and getting some where in said game is very rare now.
2k has a win/win formula. U can't beat it. Even if you spent zero money, time is money, so you'd invest a much of time building up a scrub player for boring hours upon hours while 2k is endlessly bombarding u with ads, which they get ad revenue for.
I don't blame you bro this is super stressful but I haven't played NBA 2K in over 2 months let alone the game does season pass get worse and worse by the season the rap system is trash I'm not buying an NBA 2K 25 this is my last year of 2K ain't no point of player 2K no more anyway other games is way better another reason why I'm not going to play no more is cuz the community is too toxic and draining I have to argue with grown man and I don't have time for that I am growing myself I've been trying to start my walk with Christ I don't have for no more toxic stuff
I remember builds used to be $20-50 that’s how much I spent for my 2k20 and 21 build now 1 build cost $200-300 I haven’t spent money on 2k since 2k23. Game is expensive and real boring, even clothes in game expensive $20-30 just to wear 1 shirt
I was done with 2k around 2k14. About when they went nextgen was the same time they turned vc into a commodity mtx. Back then you just grinded practice for vc.
The issue with 2K isn't it's poor quality, or even it's predatory business model, it's the fact that it has slipped into irrelevance. If they had pulled what they are doing now a few years ago it would be news that stretched into the mainstream. Now it's just crickets. That is the true sign of a dead game... When apathy replaces outrage.
Whenever i play a 2k game I usually stay away from myteam and never paid money to upgrade my player. It doesn't matter right now how many people boycott it. 2k can sell it at 10 dollars and still make hand over fist from people that spend hundreds or thousands of dollars for vc.
Not to mention they shut the servers down after 2yrs which a ridiculously short time, and since your MyCareer is linked to the servers, it just get essentially deleted.
It’s crazy because i can’t even get my kids into gaming especially 2k because the price to play is ridiculous. Adults have to make planned decisions to take risk on builds and the gameplay is wonky all the time. Now imagine a kid trying to play the game and not having means to be invested. That fan base will die and when the adults funding 2k move on there’s nobody there to hold their head above water. They’ve turned a Honda into a lambo and made it accessible only to high end clients lol
I don’t get why it took y’all so long to see the light..You’re paying FULL PRICE for a game that you can’t even have fun in until you spend like another $100 which is more than the game itself.That sht is mind blowingly ridiculous smh.
You people haven’t scratched the surface of how bad 2K really is. For example you aren’t aware that they change the coding of the older games when a new 2K comes out. The gameplay is intentionally bad to force you to stop playing older versions of their game and buy the newest 2K out. If you play Nba2k 2019-2022 now, those games have been nerfed right before they cut the servers off. Now on all of those games the gameplay is basically set at Hall of Fame no matter what difficulty level you put the game on. Also it was a dirty tactic that the game is designed to promote 2K itself. Example, all basketball games used the broadcast side camera. 2k developers designed the game to play easier if you put the game on the 2K camera. They chose that camera because all other basketball games used a different camera. The push was to make their game more popular by using the camera that the game is named after. PAC, CashNasty, Ronnie and all of those RUclipsrs were told to only play on the 2K camera.
Next Gen 2ks I do not like. Spending $180 bucks for laggy inconsient play is trash. Plus having to find a team of try hards just to be competitive is annoying. Even play now is too inconsistent.
I remember enjoying MyCareer and playing through grinding for VC and having fun playing it. When they made it the incentive to pay for VC more prominent, I started to lose interest, especially on how much I had to spend to upgrade my builds. I miss the days of plaing MyCareer and grinding out for VC and other means. It was fun for me. I understand that a lot of players don't want to do that but I enjoyed it and I wish they wouldn't have made the game more incentivized to pay money to get VC. The state it's going now really makes me not want to play. The new agreement is very anti-consumer and I can't keep doing it. I am at fault for playing it, even though I didn't buy VC like that aknist at all. Hopefully, things can get better with 2k but that would be false hope. I just hope others are aware and make the change for the better.
2k24 is the first 2k that I won’t be spending my money on. Too expensive for a build. So instead I just started playing mycareer as a 60 overall instead and it wasn’t as fun obviously because I’m a 60 overall but at least I saved $100 which is the important part. People shouldn’t be spending too much money on video games anyway.
if you can make more from playing my career games you wouldn't have people so annoyed, but they made to where career is basically pointless. like be realistic not even mfs on a minimum wage in the nba are making less than 1k a game. give us decent wages since everything so expensive and then maybe getting a character to 95 or any ovr wouldnt be so stressful.
So if EA doesnt get the exclusive license to produce NFL games, do we really think this doesnt happen with the football game that everyone loved in 05?
6 months?? I'm done. DONE with this franchise. I played Live as a kid and played 2k from 11-24 and i'm done. It's cooked. They ruined career mode YEARS ago and then I went to MyTeam and they ruined that. It's so bad I don't even want to interact with basketball content at all anymore 😂 end of an era in gaming for me ggs
Holy shit!!! I didnt know there was a Battlefront Classic!!! Yo im getting that fosho. On the topic, 2k18 was my last 2k. I can admit I had alot of fun, but mostly because I was watching alot of fun 2k content around that time (Agent, Cash, Prettyboyfredo, YRNDJ, Solluminati and Lsk.) Monster hunter FINALLY blew up and now its getting the content coverage its always deserved, so I just play that primarily alongside Fromsoft games and then Street fighter and Tekken. I do miss 2k, but I just have to sink so much time into the game before I can have fun, I kinda missed the grinding/badge system from 2k17, using Justice as a means to get badges that were previously difficult or sometimes impossible was fun. I wish the best for u man, I used to watch you a good bit, I just dont really play 2k at all anymore, but id be lying if I said I aint miss the 2k15-17 days frfr.
Shit is getting ridiculous and I’ve found myself losing hope. Hopefully we can get this rejuvenated but like I said , hope is going out the window fast
Don't blame you. I quit all star weekend after seeing what MyTeam immediately changed in to. The worst part is, gameplay wise and if the player market was managed a bit better this could've been the best year for MyTeam in a while. Instead they got greedy and decided to pray on the gambling addicts. I can't support that so I'm done. This needs to fail and the only way it does is if we all stop.
I had told myself my boycott was 2k23 but I fell for it, and it was the first 2k I maxed my build and had nearly every badge I could get. Once 24 came around I said this is where I start. Haven’t bought 24 and not getting 25 either. EA let’s get NBA street back be kind to us when it comes to micro transactions please🙏🏾
Yea the last 2 Friday drops in MyTeam were gambling only 🤦♂️ a game that’s made for kids had all the good cards hidden behind gambling, it’s crazy. If they was gonna do that they should’ve just kept it the same as last year and keep the auction house so ppl could get the cards without gambling 🤦♂️ it’s bad in MyTeam right now
Thanks you woke me up i was 100 a week spender no more from me i started playing other games last week trying to break myself from 2k after their shady practices
I gave up 2K since the beginning of season 2 then I came back season 5 jus to give it a try , and instantly realized why I stopped, micro transactions are ridiculous, game has been patched over and over , shooting way easier than it was season 1 (which was the best imo) , the left stick just lets people slide completely off of you , pro play is horrible completely ruined 2K animations, and the last the community is just toxic, they know the game is broken and bad but have the nerve to talk trash after each game lol, I have been playing the finals, my gta server, and helldivers 2 much less stress
It's so many things like cod these big companies do as well as 2k that just screams anti-consumer, when they added a "battlepass" for 2k I felt so dumb for pre ordering and then with the expensive build system and what took the cake for me was the badge retention system just was wild to me. A lot of these games we grew to love are starting to become the enemy by this time I think it is time to find other enjoyable games to play. I definitely will give Helldivers 2 a try soon.
I started in 2k20 and finally quit as soon as 23 ended, I always knew ever since I started playing 22 I knew it would never get better as a game in general which is why it was the easiest decision to not buy 24. It was really obvious that they didn’t care about the game anymore
You worded everything perfectly. I love basketball and have played a lot of 2k since 2k20-until now. But I can guarantee this is my last 2k. The company has zero integrity
Congrats to standing on something. I was a fairly decent my career play. Winning around 85% of my games in park rec and pro-am. I refuse to pay 100 dollars for a build when the game cost $60-75. That’s insane to me. I’m mainly a NMs myteam player. It’s bad there as well.
I agree that 2k is the worst gaming franchise for consumers but, honestly it's not just them a lot of AAA games have fallen into this trap, and its why we are seeing a rise in the popularity of games like palworld and helldivers
4:00 countless times have I used Fortnite as an example to explain what’s going on & it still doesn’t register to people. Either way, JB explore other games/content to upload. You’re very well spoken, articulate ideas well & You never know what your viewers are interested, even if the exercise. Never know whose life you could help change.
I used to play 2k. My favorite ones were 2k10, 2k11, and 2k19. I didn't buy 2k22. I bought 2k23 sucked i didn't buy 2k24 and am glad i didn't. One of my friends kept trying to get me to buy 2k24 and i didn't. Funniest part of all, he would say game is good, its great, and then 5 minutes later would be cussing at the game lol
I'm so glad I retired from 2k 4 years ago .. and have never looked back. I literraly pay a subscription service for Elder Scrolls Online ... Some months I don't even play ... and its still a cheaper more enjoyable experience with consistent updates than 2k ... They wanted to make a basketball RPG .. When we could really be playing the real thing ... 2k trash ...
The fact they want $100 for a game I don't even get next gen playability on is crazy....and I'm on pc which you would think would be able to access that feature...and the game is becoming animation dependent just like Madden and I stopped playing Madden in 2017 and I haven't bought a 2k since 2022
Your audience will support you if you change up content.
You've been around for awhile man. Ppl enjoy your content. Not just 2k content.
Fax
Myteam...... is gambling and I refuse to expose my 9 year old son to this practice. It is insane, NOBODY at 2k thinks about the kids, only money.
As a mainly MyTeam player, I feel this. They also took out the only non-gambling part of the mode.. The Auction House. That was the final straw for me
quit playing my team when they butchered the auction house.
It’s not their DUTY to parent peoples children. It’s their job to make money. You people keep buying broken games & blame them
You are wrong, I have not paid for it, since 2020. So in your world, we can go back to Cigs advertisements aimed at children right? Your logic is flawed. Corporations make money, correct. But we have laws in place, to help not expose our kids. Addiction comes in many forms and can latch onto someone, very, very young. Maybe, just maybe, reflect a bit, before you write some nonsense.@@darylrichardson8567
Yo sun lives n AMERICA it’ll be other shit he is exposed to 🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️
I quit 2k about a month ago to focus on my career, I felt I was playing too much. Now I have a job interview next week.
Good luck on your interview. Blessings up!
@@TrayDays113 Thanks appreciate it.
👍👍 @@EM80_Reviews
best of luck
Sounds like you don't have a career to worry about . Good for you though. 2k don't deserve your time and efforts
Called it. End of an Era. Thank you brother. We all appreciate everything.
I gave up on 2k 4 months ago.
1) you have to pay for builds.
2) no matter how you set the defense the cpu will always leave their assignments.
3) 2k have gotten too money hungry.
4) I already broke 2 ps5 controllers by playing this game.
This game has been deleted out of my system and in the trash. My wife was shocked when I cracked it in half and tossed it in the trash can.
Your controllers broke(drift) or you broke them yourselves lol ?
Damn 😂🤣
Turn help defense down. Genius.
@@joshsanders2820 😂😂 I broke them. I love to run zone Defense. Each player that you are not controlling will automatically run to the paint. I click on them to bring them back to their assignments and the player I clicked off will then run to the paint. The game sucks
Never once even threw a controller out of rage just put the game down... how many holes did you punch in walls?😅😂
I’m old enough to remember 2k14…the first year of park. It was so simple yet beautiful. You could get to a 95 ovr for $19.99. You could buy badge upgrades and animations immediately. The park was a normal park, no Ads or city bs. It was all about hoops
I’m old enough to remember not paying anything to build, you just played the game
@@zada2423 me too. many ppl in 2k14 took that route as well. it only took about 2 weeks to grind a build back then. But the $19.99 was for ppl who wanted it quick. Either way it wasn’t a chore. The good days
I’m old enough to remember when we played nba live lol
2k11… just fucking skill points from playing actual games. They shouldn’t have ever abandoned that. But I bet they make millions off of VC and that’s why it’s become more and more egregious each year
"You could get to a 9t over for $19.99"
Or invest that money in something worthwhile...
Hilarious those bitching about "pay to play" are ONLY complaining because THEY CAN'T AFFORD!!!
Cos that mere "$19.99" was too much for many, having saved to buy the game..
Wish NBA Live is still around to compete with 2K.
The live community got hashtag restore NBA live going on right now lol
Live19 still slaps
@@setoriusbelleLive servers still up?
@@reggiejames8626no
@reggiejames8626 yes they are
It’s been a long time coming. The gaming industry has lost its integrity for geed and gone to hell
I quit playing NBA2K shortly after Season One. Fortunately, I saw the writing on the wall and deleted the game. Never buying another NBA2K game again unless as you stated, they start to favor the consumer.
Welcome back to reality Jack, I been 2k Sober since 20
😂😂😂
Not gon lie. I bought 22 & 23 😅
@@reggiejames8626 Its okay brotha, never too late to join the rest of us. We got your back
ive been 2k sober since 23 man i feel great this year! im not tryna get grey hair at a young age man this game stresses me tf out
@@squall-n2o I'm proud of you, you are on the right path. I just started playing Helldiver 2. Its great
I have uninstalled all 2K games and am doing my on personal boycott. I can no longer be apart of the problem either. We should have stopped long ago.
A PART OF
APART FROM
I stopped playing in NBA 2k18. The cost of build and grind was terrible and I was always forced to stay online to play it. I miss all 2ks before 2k18.
Now you can grind a build to 99 real easy so it’s even more of a money grab because they want you to spend more money on vc for another bill
@@RF-bt7dh uhhh thats completely false... grinding to 99 without buying VC takes like 1000 games lol
2k19 20 were. Good tho
@@chadwellington2524EXACTLY WTF HE talking ABOUT 💀💀😂😂😂😂😂
It really don't take long if you good.. n have rebirth
And to add insult to injury, they advertise on our faces non-stop, AND also have us be walking advertisements or walking build boards. If i invest VC that came from real-life money in order to buy Clothes for my player, every person my player walks by is receiving an ad from what my player wearing. I'm here advertising Nike, Puma, Under Armour, and other companies for FREE, and, on top of that, I'm paying for VC AND season packs AND the cost of the game? These people are crooks
Haven’t played 2k24 since November . I recently got into Smite & I love this game
Smite gets pretty lit
Same here
I haven't even redeemed my free trial 😂
@@antandsara xbox gave it to me for free lmao
Same waiting on GTA I been trying other games out like Need for speed
I don't blame you one bit bro. At this point man, I'm done with 2k. It's not fun anymore. 2k is dead.
Life been better without play 2k 💯
@@mzzsoldier25yearsago65 facts
I don't blame you bro. I already did when 2K24 came out.
bye
@@bandz329you 🍆🚴♂️ 2k
Thank you. I done spending my money on the game. I regret splling over 5K on MyTeam on average year in year out.
I developed an addiction and it had consumed me. Videos like this helped me breakaway.
i played a few weeks this year then just havent touched my xbox. Instead, I quit games and started chasing my dream in music instead. Way more worth the time and I've built great connections within the music industry and have a lot of promising stuff coming my way.
The video game industry has been completely ruined, I'm not touching my console until GTA 6 comes out.
you don’t have anything on the way stop the cap
Already moved on when I saw the new TOS that was coming out, been playing a lot more single player games and honestly just been having fun gaming again.
i’m not even a 2K hater, i never make dramatic statements like “this is the worst 2K” or “im not buying another 2K” but honestly the game is just boring to me at this point. I haven’t played MyCareer or online since whenever season 3 started. there’s just way funner games out rn and sadly 2k may never change unless someone actually creates another basketball game.
Extremely boring!
its so sad man, 2k16 and 17 were so fun, the gameplay, the community, the culture was so much healthier back then. Content creation was peak with guys like agent, low, solluminati, Orlando, Fredo etc... shame we took it for granted back then
The thing is I spent more money on those games because I enjoyed playing it. 16 and 17 were great...18 fell off then 19 was decent again. After 19 I haven't enjoyed any of them.
@@hulbdoggmusicsameee bro and mfs saying 2k19 and 20 were good like y’all must of never played 16 and 17..🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
@@StaydownYO and 19 wasn't super good compared to 16 and 17. It just seemed way better because 18 sucked lol.
I was done after 19. And honestly my bank account and time for real life & relationships have dramatically increased. That game keeps you in the house & broke. My 10K Subscriber RUclips channel died but it was worth it.
Blows my mind how greedy Take-Two is when they own the most profitable piece of entertainment ever (grand theft auto)
Take two would rather turn a basketball game into a mictro transaction store and gambling casino.
Fact that my team hasn’t been shut down for allowing gambling shows that we are fucked as a society
Much respect Jack. I’m currently involved in designing games myself and I think I got a knockout the park game idea for a basketball and football and possibly would like to brainstorm with you and run these ideas by you
I used to love playing 2k during 2k9 till 2k13 that was the best time for playing online
I deleted 2K a week ago and I’m pretty much done with those money grabbers
Battlefront classic is going to have 64 MULTIPLAYER ONLINE !! I’ve never been more hype for something
Brother. Same.
Helldivers 2? Battlefront 2 classic? What games you planning to play right now?
BF2 Classic is going to be fun
Street fighter 6, Warframe, might start playing Path of Exile or Monster Hunter Rise
Helldiver 2. Waiting for Rise of the ronin!
Tekken 8/Helldivers 2
I'm on my second playthrough of cyberpunk and the game is actually better the second time. The way you build you character makes is a totally different experience.. cyberpunk has a great community on YT..You could build from there.
Don't give TroyDan credit he still goes to 2K events with CashNasty there. He was just at All Star weekend promoting it in a NBA promotion with players in a 3V3 it's all talk until money comes involved.
2k has been just ruined man.... wish they could just keep it like the old games
I agree with every word you said. I don't play MyCareer; instead, I play only MyTeam. When they announced the removal of the auction house and its replacement with the player market this year, I was skeptical. Now, it's clear they lied to us about all players being available for purchase on the market. Despite having 4 million MT, I can't buy a single Galaxy Opal. In Season 5, the game transformed into MyCasino, where Galaxy Opals and 100 Overall players are only obtainable through packs with extremely aggressive gambling mechanics. Naturally, I can't endorse gambling, and I've never spent a single cent on the mode, only 70 euros for the game itself. However, I want to express gratitude to 2K because now I've shifted my focus to playing other games. As you mentioned, there are plenty of excellent games available. I'll be eagerly awaiting Elden Ring DLC alongside you. I can't wait.
ain even gone lie.. i think i’m over this shit too honestly
Shout out Troy Dan, moved on to bigger and better things because he saw the future they had laid out.
2k16. $20 got you to 88 off rip.
Facts
I quit 6 months ago and I will never buy it again.
Did same thing. Uninstalled the game console and mobile. Everyone moved on this is the day we do too.
I skipped out on 21 && 22 hoping the quality would increase especially going to a new console generation. I was very disappointed it was the same thing. I play 24 semi consistently but I refuse to buy another title ever again
i only brought 2k24 because it was on sale for 20$ a month ago and i manged to grind no money spent a popper build to 88ovr but then i brought 75k vc for 18£ to get to 95ovr and had vc left over and only reason i done that is altogether that cost me 38£ still cheaper than the base game on release but this is definitely my last year. BUT because its the only basketball game basically these boycotts are going to have to be soooooo drastic because no streamer or influencer is going to ruin their pay check for some casuals trying to just play game. gaming casually and getting some where in said game is very rare now.
2k has a win/win formula. U can't beat it. Even if you spent zero money, time is money, so you'd invest a much of time building up a scrub player for boring hours upon hours while 2k is endlessly bombarding u with ads, which they get ad revenue for.
Join the Prime Movement for bringing back NBA Live.
Yeah we all should boycott 2K. They’ve actively made the game worse since it peaked in 2k10-13
I don't blame you bro this is super stressful but I haven't played NBA 2K in over 2 months let alone the game does season pass get worse and worse by the season the rap system is trash I'm not buying an NBA 2K 25 this is my last year of 2K ain't no point of player 2K no more anyway other games is way better another reason why I'm not going to play no more is cuz the community is too toxic and draining I have to argue with grown man and I don't have time for that I am growing myself I've been trying to start my walk with Christ I don't have for no more toxic stuff
Amen!!
I remember builds used to be $20-50 that’s how much I spent for my 2k20 and 21 build now 1 build cost $200-300 I haven’t spent money on 2k since 2k23. Game is expensive and real boring, even clothes in game expensive $20-30 just to wear 1 shirt
Fr for gaming clothes is insane🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
I was done with 2k around 2k14. About when they went nextgen was the same time they turned vc into a commodity mtx. Back then you just grinded practice for vc.
The issue with 2K isn't it's poor quality, or even it's predatory business model, it's the fact that it has slipped into irrelevance. If they had pulled what they are doing now a few years ago it would be news that stretched into the mainstream. Now it's just crickets. That is the true sign of a dead game... When apathy replaces outrage.
I feel you! I stopped playing consistently around 2k18! The quality of the game decreased while the inflation rate increases
Quitting 2k
Is the best medicine. The game is so toxic, I've been off the game for about 2yrs and I've been healthy and more focused on my life.
Whenever i play a 2k game I usually stay away from myteam and never paid money to upgrade my player. It doesn't matter right now how many people boycott it. 2k can sell it at 10 dollars and still make hand over fist from people that spend hundreds or thousands of dollars for vc.
Took 2 years off.. Made the mistake of coming back. Never again.
Not to mention they shut the servers down after 2yrs which a ridiculously short time, and since your MyCareer is linked to the servers, it just get essentially deleted.
Done with 2K as well. I just wish every creator had the balls to stop playing.
It’s crazy because i can’t even get my kids into gaming especially 2k because the price to play is ridiculous. Adults have to make planned decisions to take risk on builds and the gameplay is wonky all the time. Now imagine a kid trying to play the game and not having means to be invested. That fan base will die and when the adults funding 2k move on there’s nobody there to hold their head above water. They’ve turned a Honda into a lambo and made it accessible only to high end clients lol
Me too, and we feel the same as you. We stand with you, my friend
I don’t get why it took y’all so long to see the light..You’re paying FULL PRICE for a game that you can’t even have fun in until you spend like another $100 which is more than the game itself.That sht is mind blowingly ridiculous smh.
I quit 2K last month and don't know how to play any other non basketball game. Now my life is out of purpose and empty. 😢
MLB The Show is fun
I feel you bro 👏👏👏 I’m watching whatever you put out keep up the good work.
You people haven’t scratched the surface of how bad 2K really is. For example you aren’t aware that they change the coding of the older games when a new 2K comes out. The gameplay is intentionally bad to force you to stop playing older versions of their game and buy the newest 2K out. If you play Nba2k 2019-2022 now, those games have been nerfed right before they cut the servers off. Now on all of those games the gameplay is basically set at Hall of Fame no matter what difficulty level you put the game on. Also it was a dirty tactic that the game is designed to promote 2K itself. Example, all basketball games used the broadcast side camera. 2k developers designed the game to play easier if you put the game on the 2K camera. They chose that camera because all other basketball games used a different camera. The push was to make their game more popular by using the camera that the game is named after. PAC, CashNasty, Ronnie and all of those RUclipsrs were told to only play on the 2K camera.
Next Gen 2ks I do not like. Spending $180 bucks for laggy inconsient play is trash. Plus having to find a team of try hards just to be competitive is annoying. Even play now is too inconsistent.
Im done bro.. madden, cod here... 2k sucks for casuals.. the community is obsessed with this game.. its there fault they micro us
COD is dead. And been broken all day.
COD is so bad now
I remember enjoying MyCareer and playing through grinding for VC and having fun playing it. When they made it the incentive to pay for VC more prominent, I started to lose interest, especially on how much I had to spend to upgrade my builds. I miss the days of plaing MyCareer and grinding out for VC and other means. It was fun for me. I understand that a lot of players don't want to do that but I enjoyed it and I wish they wouldn't have made the game more incentivized to pay money to get VC. The state it's going now really makes me not want to play. The new agreement is very anti-consumer and I can't keep doing it. I am at fault for playing it, even though I didn't buy VC like that aknist at all. Hopefully, things can get better with 2k but that would be false hope. I just hope others are aware and make the change for the better.
2k24 is the first 2k that I won’t be spending my money on. Too expensive for a build. So instead I just started playing mycareer as a 60 overall instead and it wasn’t as fun obviously because I’m a 60 overall but at least I saved $100 which is the important part. People shouldn’t be spending too much money on video games anyway.
W. I stopped playing 2k this month for good. The game has gotten WAY too expensive.
if you can make more from playing my career games you wouldn't have people so annoyed, but they made to where career is basically pointless. like be realistic not even mfs on a minimum wage in the nba are making less than 1k a game. give us decent wages since everything so expensive and then maybe getting a character to 95 or any ovr wouldnt be so stressful.
So if EA doesnt get the exclusive license to produce NFL games, do we really think this doesnt happen with the football game that everyone loved in 05?
6 months?? I'm done. DONE with this franchise. I played Live as a kid and played 2k from 11-24 and i'm done. It's cooked. They ruined career mode YEARS ago and then I went to MyTeam and they ruined that. It's so bad I don't even want to interact with basketball content at all anymore 😂 end of an era in gaming for me ggs
Them Zen Controller players are the worst.
I haven’t played in months it’s a great feeling
Holy shit!!! I didnt know there was a Battlefront Classic!!! Yo im getting that fosho.
On the topic, 2k18 was my last 2k. I can admit I had alot of fun, but mostly because I was watching alot of fun 2k content around that time (Agent, Cash, Prettyboyfredo, YRNDJ, Solluminati and Lsk.) Monster hunter FINALLY blew up and now its getting the content coverage its always deserved, so I just play that primarily alongside Fromsoft games and then Street fighter and Tekken. I do miss 2k, but I just have to sink so much time into the game before I can have fun, I kinda missed the grinding/badge system from 2k17, using Justice as a means to get badges that were previously difficult or sometimes impossible was fun. I wish the best for u man, I used to watch you a good bit, I just dont really play 2k at all anymore, but id be lying if I said I aint miss the 2k15-17 days frfr.
Shit is getting ridiculous and I’ve found myself losing hope. Hopefully we can get this rejuvenated but like I said , hope is going out the window fast
The problem is they have a monopoly on the Basketball market. We need a competitor for them to change. its like madden
College football back 2k can kick rocks
I was just saying this when college football comes back in July 2K is done for and I'm here for it, LETS GO NCAA!
shot timing changes every week, it cost WAY to much to build a character, they killed the defense AGAIN....im bout there myself
Don't blame you.
I quit all star weekend after seeing what MyTeam immediately changed in to. The worst part is, gameplay wise and if the player market was managed a bit better this could've been the best year for MyTeam in a while. Instead they got greedy and decided to pray on the gambling addicts. I can't support that so I'm done.
This needs to fail and the only way it does is if we all stop.
Them removing the auction house was the final straw for me
As a community we need to stand together
I had told myself my boycott was 2k23 but I fell for it, and it was the first 2k I maxed my build and had nearly every badge I could get. Once 24 came around I said this is where I start. Haven’t bought 24 and not getting 25 either. EA let’s get NBA street back be kind to us when it comes to micro transactions please🙏🏾
Honestly, none of my builds are over 92 and I still can compete in park, theater and me and my friends only play 92 under rec.
Yea the last 2 Friday drops in MyTeam were gambling only 🤦♂️ a game that’s made for kids had all the good cards hidden behind gambling, it’s crazy. If they was gonna do that they should’ve just kept it the same as last year and keep the auction house so ppl could get the cards without gambling 🤦♂️ it’s bad in MyTeam right now
If you read this please make a documentary on 2k downfall throughout the years
I’ve done that before
Ever since this new TOS they're pushing on us in 2k24, im done. im not playing or buying any new 2k unless major changes happen.
Stopped in 19 after park was the same 3 years ago
Thanks you woke me up i was 100 a week spender no more from me i started playing other games last week trying to break myself from 2k after their shady practices
I gave up 2K since the beginning of season 2 then I came back season 5 jus to give it a try , and instantly realized why I stopped, micro transactions are ridiculous, game has been patched over and over , shooting way easier than it was season 1 (which was the best imo) , the left stick just lets people slide completely off of you , pro play is horrible completely ruined 2K animations, and the last the community is just toxic, they know the game is broken and bad but have the nerve to talk trash after each game lol, I have been playing the finals, my gta server, and helldivers 2 much less stress
Iv been done with 2k iv saved alot of money this year since I didn't get 24
Congrats on moving on there’s so much better games out there
Facts bro
It's so many things like cod these big companies do as well as 2k that just screams anti-consumer, when they added a "battlepass" for 2k I felt so dumb for pre ordering and then with the expensive build system and what took the cake for me was the badge retention system just was wild to me. A lot of these games we grew to love are starting to become the enemy by this time I think it is time to find other enjoyable games to play. I definitely will give Helldivers 2 a try soon.
I started in 2k20 and finally quit as soon as 23 ended, I always knew ever since I started playing 22 I knew it would never get better as a game in general which is why it was the easiest decision to not buy 24. It was really obvious that they didn’t care about the game anymore
Jackbill, trust me... there are WAY better games for you to play that are worth your money. Don't entertain 2K's bullshit anymore.
This my last 2k too, I even skipped 2k23, first time I skipped a 2k, and now it’s the last time, I play a 2k
It’s just too expensive man
You worded everything perfectly. I love basketball and have played a lot of 2k since 2k20-until now. But I can guarantee this is my last 2k. The company has zero integrity
Congrats to standing on something. I was a fairly decent my career play. Winning around 85% of my games in park rec and pro-am. I refuse to pay 100 dollars for a build when the game cost $60-75. That’s insane to me. I’m mainly a NMs myteam player. It’s bad there as well.
I agree that 2k is the worst gaming franchise for consumers but, honestly it's not just them a lot of AAA games have fallen into this trap, and its why we are seeing a rise in the popularity of games like palworld and helldivers
No matter what you play I will still watch. I’m done with 2k an unethical company!!
We all done with 2k since 21 honestly
4:00 countless times have I used Fortnite as an example to explain what’s going on & it still doesn’t register to people. Either way, JB explore other games/content to upload. You’re very well spoken, articulate ideas well & You never know what your viewers are interested, even if the exercise. Never know whose life you could help change.
I used to play 2k. My favorite ones were 2k10, 2k11, and 2k19. I didn't buy 2k22. I bought 2k23 sucked i didn't buy 2k24 and am glad i didn't. One of my friends kept trying to get me to buy 2k24 and i didn't. Funniest part of all, he would say game is good, its great, and then 5 minutes later would be cussing at the game lol
Good for you man, I quit 2yrs ago best gaming decision I’ve made so far 😊
Haven't played 2K since 18
I'm so glad I retired from 2k 4 years ago .. and have never looked back. I literraly pay a subscription service for Elder Scrolls Online ... Some months I don't even play ... and its still a cheaper more enjoyable experience with consistent updates than 2k ... They wanted to make a basketball RPG .. When we could really be playing the real thing ... 2k trash ...
The fact they want $100 for a game I don't even get next gen playability on is crazy....and I'm on pc which you would think would be able to access that feature...and the game is becoming animation dependent just like Madden and I stopped playing Madden in 2017 and I haven't bought a 2k since 2022