2K Games today announced that NBA 2K16, the latest iteration of the top-rated and top-selling NBA video game simulation series, has set an unprecedented franchise record, selling-in over four million units worldwide within the first week of release.
Jason Argent, senior vice president of basketball operations at 2K, said:
“Each year we set out to deliver not only the best on-court basketball video game, but a full off-court entertainment experience that transcends basketball. NBA 2K fans around the world are buying this title faster and in greater numbers than ever before.”
Greg Thomas, president of Visual Concepts, added:
“Our goal was simple, make NBA 2K16 the most playable, authentic basketball experience ever. The development team demonstrated tremendous dedication to recreating every nuance of the sport both on and off-court, which has been the driving force behind our early success.”
NBA 2K16 highlights the debut of an all-new MyCAREER experience titled ‘Livin’ Da Dream’ written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee and showcases three unique covers featuring NBA superstars Stephen Curry, James Harden and Anthony Davis.
Matt Holt, NBA vice president, global merchandising, concluded:
“Congratulations to 2K Sports on their early record-breaking success with NBA 2K16. Each year, 2K has continued to raise their commitment to innovation, authenticity and gameplay – bringing fans the very best with the NBA 2K franchise.”
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Who the f¨ck here cares about basketball video games?
I don’t too much, but wtf, isn’t that more than Witcher 3 sold? o_o
NBA fans.
mama mia
NBA fans.
funny!
how many sales have FIFA 16?
EA usually doesnt release official figures for FIFA.
20 Million people watched the NBA finals this year so only 20% of them buying a videogame of something that they are clearly a fan of is still relatively low.
And its probably shifted copies not sold.
steamspy shows 43K copies sold on steam. that is 1.075% total sales. RIP PC gaming.
yeah, that is bad. Sport games are dead on PC to be true. Fifa seems the only one, that has noramal sales.
They are not dead on pc or else they wouldnt releasesd them for it and never will be dead. In 2015 where evryone knows that you can use controllers on pc and more and more people connecting their pc to living room saying stupid things like sports games are dead on pc is wrong. Fighters selling well with both mortal kombat games and street fgihter games having close to a million sales according to steam spy. The fact that the next street figter 5 the biggest fighter francise is coming ot pc but not on xbox one clearly shows that sports are becoming more and more popular on pc.
I am saying about such games as NBA2K or PES for example.
Even I as truly PC gamer prefer play sport games on consoles, without cheaters and occasional crashes (thought seems such problems are rare).
Crashes can happen in evry game if for example you set the game graphis too high for your pc or something else conflict with the game. Cheaters again is a problem in all multipalyer games not just sport games. The only sports games that i enjoy and play are fighters online on pc(i dont care about basketball or football games) and so far i havent see any cheaters on Ultra street fighter 4 mortal kombat 9 and 10 and Dead Or Alive 5 last round. Maybe i has been lucky all these years(i play street fighter online sicne 2009 that came on pc) but i dont see any posts on the games forums of evry game mentioned complaining about cheaters.
Hope you’re being sarcastic.
who wants to play a game about monkeys dribbling a ball?
Those “monkeys” earn in a single day more than you in 10 years!
#RespectFtW
It’s more of an indictment on people that so many value the arbitrary skill of being able to throw a ball through a hoop that the people who are good at it make way more than people who are actually valuable to society.
2k16 > PES > FIFA
#SteamFtW
my last pay check was $17559 working 8 hours a week online. My sisters friend has been averaging 16k for monthsnow and she works about 18 hours a week. I can’t believe howeasy it was once I tried it out. This is what I do…
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Hope one day these guys make a proper Football game…Make something really good without the need of licences “a la Rocket League”.
You just need 2 teams and pure awesome gameplay, some cool features, plus a solid online experience.
This guys make great products and a really cool “simulation”.