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NBA 2K25 is being delisted later this month, servers (including single-player story mode) shut down at the end of the year (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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[–] 0li0li@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you get online-only games, then it should not be a surprise to you. I think this bullshit fucking sucks, but the solution if pretty simple: do not give them money to rent games. Encourage indie devs and ignore big studios pulling this crap.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This game isn't online-only, but a mode that ought to work offline is arbitrarily tied to a premium currency that is affected by the server shutdown. Plus, the kind of person looking to play NBA2k is looking for a basketball game, not just any video game, indie or otherwise. There are no more basketball competitors, even though the NBA is one of the leagues without an exclusivity license.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't see why they can't move to the train simulator model.

You get a new executable every year with updates, for free - but you need to pay for the Teams(trains)/players.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

This is how it was done 30 years ago, and I think they found that continuing to do it this way makes more money.

Probably the best way forward for someone to try to compete and usurp this series, which would be a tough road even with 2K continuing to shit the bed, would be to make an easily and highly moddable game that gets the sport's gameplay right from the get-go, so that players can implement their custom teams the way they want without being raked over the coals for the NBA license. There are a handful of American football games out there seeking to do that, but they've hardly made a splash compared to the (lately very poorly received) Madden titles, so a game like this would rely on enthusiasts and word of mouth.