I get that they are practically the only major basketball game on the market right now, but the fact that people still buy into it every single year is nuts. Looking at steam reviews is the definition of insanity. People pay for this game every single year expecting something new only to be shocked when its the same old story with enhanced sweat graphics.

Ive long wanted to drop back into an NBA game, but not when its run like this. The last time I bought a 2k game was 2014. The last couple times I played a new version was because they were provided free courtesy of PS+ monthly, and both times were horrible. It was both 2k16 and 2k20, and by the time they gave them free it was 2 years after they had already released and the servers were shut down. Problem with that is, is that you cannot earn VC naturally in the game and you cannot upgrade your characters without VC. So you will be in the League with a character who will be forever stuck at rating 60 simply because you cannot upgrade or earn badges for them.

All the time Take Two has frivolously pursued lawsuits against other devs, I hope they take a huge L on this.