2K Sports announced today that the hugely popular and #1
selling basketball video game, NBA® 2K10, has sold over 2 million units
worldwide, marking a phenomenal +60% increase in sales* over the same
time period last year for NBA® 2K9. With the all-new My Player career
mode and critically acclaimed NBA Today feature, NBA 2K10 continues to
be the #1 rated NBA simulation** for the ninth consecutive year.
"We're proud of what
we've accomplished this year with NBA 2K10, and this milestone is
another fantastic reason to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the NBA 2K
franchise," said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. "We would like to
thank all of our loyal fans for their dedicated support and look
forward to the continued success of this title."
"2K Sports has been a world-class organization to work with, and we are
both really excited about the incredible success this season with NBA
2K10," said Kobe Bryant, 11-time NBA All-Star of the Los Angeles Lakers,
and cover athlete for NBA 2K10. "2K's tireless attention to detail and
dedication to giving fans the most authentic NBA simulation experience
possible is what separates them from the competition, and it's been
great to be a part of that."
In addition to the monumental success of NBA 2K10, the development team
at Visual Concepts will receive an added boost this upcoming season by
welcoming back longtime NBA 2K gameplay producer, Mike Wang. Bringing a
wealth of knowledge from his deep experience in successful basketball
titles, Wang will join an already impressive group of developers working
on the next iteration of the franchise.
"It feels good to be back home with my 2K Sports family," said Wang.
"Being able to work on the greatest basketball game in the world has
always been paramount for me, and now having that opportunity again is a
blessing."
NBA 2K10 raises the bar this season with the most realistic, stylistic,
and feature-rich simulation experience ever available in the NBA 2K
franchise - from gameplay to graphics, presentation and online features.
Giving fans what they have long requested, the all-new My Player career
mode allows fans to create their own ultimate NBA player and guide his
every career move. NBA Today offers real world matchups, news and stats
automatically streamed right into the game, along with keeping
commentary and overlays fresh and up to date based on what is really
happening in the NBA.
Good news on the NBA 2K10
PC Patch... it has
been confirmed as in development by Dev.
Shouldn't be
too long in
the future.--------------------BY Ronnie 2K
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- 日期: 2010-02-04 01:47:54
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EA Sports' media blitz for "NBA Live 10" was led front and center by
their acquisition of "NBA 2K8's" lead gameplay designer Mike Wang. But
now, one year later, 2K Sports is back to announce Wang's shocking
return to the company and to the "NBA 2K" franchise after only releasing
one game for the competition.
"When I went over there (to EA), a lot of it was for personal reasons. I
wanted to try something new, try a new challenge. But after being there
and spending some time over at EA, it was clear that they do things a
different way, and in a way it's just inefficient and just not the place
to be to make the best games," said Wang in a recent conference call
with ESPN to announce his return. "When I went there, I immediately
missed VC (Visual Concepts), and it's just one of those things where I
tried to stick it out as long as I could, but I wanted to come back.
With some of the creative decisions over at EA, it just made it
difficult to stay there. They just want to make a different game than I
had a vision for. So I reached out to (2K's senior vice president of
sports development) Greg Thomas and he was gracious enough to have me
back.
"For me, it was interesting to be at EA, but it was just hard to get
stuff done."
Added Greg Thomas: "He was there, he didn't really care for it, and now
he's back where he belongs."
Wang returns to his role as lead gameplay designer of the "NBA 2K"
series, and the team is already hard at work on "NBA 2K11."
"I don't want to get too much into specifics for '2K11,' but the focus
over here has always been to make the best basketball sim," said Wang.
"That's something that the guys over at EA, they don't always have that
same focus. They want to make a different kind of game this year."
Thomas agrees: "Over at EA, you have so many levels of management, and
you have somebody up there looking at unit sales and how 2K is kicking
their asses, so now they want to change things in a great way because
they can't afford to sell this many units through a three-year plan or a
five-year plan. Here, we're always trying to do the same thing, we're
always trying to make the best basketball simulation we can.
"I think EA is going through an identity crisis with their basketball
sim."
And according to designer Erick Boenisch, EA's identity crisis, coupled
with the return of Wang, looks to tip the scales even further in 2K's
direction. "Whenever you get the opportunity to add someone like Mike,
that's what our team feeds off of and the results will be a much better
NBA product," he said. "It's created a lot of excitement."
"Mike coming back enables us to try and push as many new ideas as we can
into the forefront," added longtime "NBA 2K" producer Rob Jones. "This
is something we always do, but having Mike just makes us better at doing
it."
In related news, 2K Sports is also set to announce that "NBA 2K10" has
already sold over two million copies worldwide. "It's fantastic,"
boasted Thomas. "Off the charts."
But Thomas sees even bigger things in store for "NBA 2K11" now that he
finally has his team back together.
"I think it makes our team stronger, and already, I think you'll see our
team is, I wouldn't say cockier, but already I've read some documents
from these guys and I hear things like 'Best basketball game ever.' This
team isn't usually that way, but already, there's a little more strut
to our step."
When reached for comment, an EA Sports spokesman told ESPN: "We
appreciate Mike's contribution to the 'NBA Live' franchise and wish him
well in future endeavors. 'NBA Live 11' pre-production is well underway
and the team is poised to raise the bar on quality, innovation and
authenticity."
Looks like this rivalry just got a lot more interesting.