Any word on this new CBB video game?

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I have a series S Xbox and a PS5. The Xbox mainly sits I use the PS5 regularly.
Which my first online console was a PS3 and I had ps1/ps2 growing up so the general shape of the playstation controller is comfortable in my hands.

I know we're talking CFB/CBB games but I play competitive call of duty and I have a few pro controllers, a $300+ headset, and the PlayStation is hooked up to a Samsung G6 professional monitor while the Xbox is on the living room tv. Probably have $1500+ worth of accessories for the PlayStation and if a young family member wanted the Xbox I'd probably give it to them.
I mean, I got a kid. She likes to play that Minecraft game on my Xbox one. That’s actually the first and only game I think I ever bought that was disc less. Crazy how times have changed.

And damn. What exactly is “competitive” COD? Like tournaments or stuff? Or are you sponsored? So if I I see you in a game about to begin and you aren’t on my team, exit immediately? lol.
 
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So I've heard different things is it just integrated into 2K or will it be a legit CBB only title with all the stuff and not some little dinky side mode for a NBA game.
 

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So I've heard different things is it just integrated into 2K or will it be a legit CBB only title with all the stuff and not some little dinky side mode for a NBA game.
From my understanding, and someone correct if I'm wrong, but it is planned for a full-game release (ie college bball only) in early 2027, but until then, there is a side mode in the recent NBA 2K game(s) that feature select college teams.

So both, with a full game coming out early 2027, but in the meantime, a side mode available in the recent NBA game(s).
 

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So I've heard different things is it just integrated into 2K or will it be a legit CBB only title with all the stuff and not some little dinky side mode for a NBA game.

From my understanding, and someone correct if I'm wrong, but it is planned for a full-game release (ie college bball only) in early 2027, but until then, there is a side mode in the recent NBA 2K game(s) that feature select college teams.

So both, with a full game coming out early 2027, but in the meantime, a side mode available in the recent NBA game(s).
I addressed this in a previous post. A lot of people are very confused with OLD news. The integration into NBA 2K was long speculated as a DLC pack. That already happened and it was not a DLC pack. It was a My-Team only addition to NBA 2K26 for free.

Take Two is working on a standalone college basketball game that will release in early 2027 and feature about a quarter of the teams in the NCAA. Each subsequent release will include more teams until they have every team included.

The reason it is a slow roll-out is so they can make a realistic, simulation experience, much in the same way they do for NBA 2K, complete with accurate animations, signature moves etc.
 
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I'm just a average player. I hop on and play sports games for a few minutes or war games like battlefield. If I was a serious gamer and spent the amount of time on them like I used to i would definitely get a pc. I'm just not that great when it comes to technology and stuff.

It's kind of frustrating because I used to consider myself a gamer but now my kids get on there and whoop my *** at just about any game and I'll really be giving 100%.
 

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The last time I played a basketball video game was...


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Literally everything I said was correct on this topic. I eat, sleep and breathe this stuff.

Y’all are operating on old news. EA is the ones who demanded an exclusivity license as well btw. Take Two did not.

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Did you even read what i posted. your AI links say exactly what i did. EA wanted to make a college game and quit because they didn't want to compete. the 2k version is only going to have the main confrence teams and focus on march madness. it is not going to be like the games of old. its ****.
 

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EA sucks *** and always has, if they put out a college basketball game I wouldn’t even buy it. Chances are it’s trash. 2K took over basketball as supreme a long time ago, not an opinion it’s a fact hands down zero questions asked. EA is crap.

There is no world where Xbox is better than PlayStation. People have biases due to whatever console they bought or their parents bought when they were younger. There is no world, not now, not ever, where Xbox touches the PlayStation. I owned both dating back to grade school when Xbox first came out. The only reason people bought it back then was for Halo mainly, and after that they had limitations across the board PlayStation didn’t have. They’ve improved, but still PlayStation is better going away. It’s possible some like the Xbox remote because it’s what they’re used to, remote styles are what they are, but the console itself isn’t PlayStation and I doubt it ever will be.
 

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EA sucks *** and always has, if they put out a college basketball game I wouldn’t even buy it. Chances are it’s trash. 2K took over basketball as supreme a long time ago, not an opinion it’s a fact hands down zero questions asked. EA is crap.

There is no world where Xbox is better than PlayStation. People have biases due to whatever console they bought or their parents bought when they were younger. There is no world, not now, not ever, where Xbox touches the PlayStation. I owned both dating back to grade school when Xbox first came out. The only reason people bought it back then was for Halo mainly, and after that they had limitations across the board PlayStation didn’t have. They’ve improved, but still PlayStation is better going away. It’s possible some like the Xbox remote because it’s what they’re used to, remote styles are what they are, but the console itself isn’t PlayStation and I doubt it ever will be.
There's absolutely a world where Xbox is better than Playstation and I'm not posting it here coz I'm not an idiot.

I can do things with my XBSX that a PS5 couldn't dream of doing. I say that as a long-time fan of both, who has owned every Playstation ever made.
 
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Did you even read what i posted. your AI links say exactly what i did. EA wanted to make a college game and quit because they didn't want to compete. the 2k version is only going to have the main confrence teams and focus on march madness. it is not going to be like the games of old. its ****.
No, I posted multiple links so that you could see one where it SPECULATED about it being an add-on and then another that showed this will be a standalone game, complete with all the features of its own 2K game. Not a game that focuses only on March Madness.

What you're referring to already happened....in NBA 2K26. They are not the same thing. The next thing coming is a full college basketball experience. It will be limited to 100 teams but it's a full standalone game.


I tried to correct you because college basketball video games is something I've been all over for many, many years. I follow this stuff religiously. You were using outdated info.
 

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No, I posted multiple links so that you could see one where it SPECULATED about it being an add-on and then another that showed this will be a standalone game, complete with all the features of its own 2K game. Not a game that focuses only on March Madness.

What you're referring to already happened....in NBA 2K26. They are not the same thing. The next thing coming is a full college basketball experience. It will be limited to 100 teams but it's a full standalone game.


I tried to correct you because college basketball video games is something I've been all over for many, many years. I follow this stuff religiously. You were using outdated info.
if you really followed this and went to the old message boards you would know no one has any hope for this game. the fact that you do shows you don't follow it at all.


What Happened:


the Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC) initially recommended EA's proposal to schools because EA wanted to go all-out: a full $70 standalone game with all 360+ Division 1 men's and women's teams and massive NIL integration.

Meanwhile, 2K’s original pitch was cheap. They wanted to sneak it in as a $15 DLC expansion inside NBA 2K, starting with only 16 teams and slowly scaling up to a max of 130 teams by 2030.

Once 2K realized the CLC was leaning toward EA, 2K allegedly went rogue, broke the NDA, and started aggressively contacting major schools directly to lock down independent deals—which is exactly why EA eventually had to pull out of the running, forcing 2K to pivot into planning a full standalone game for 2027 to appease the schools they won over.
 

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if you really followed this and went to the old message boards you would know no one has any hope for this game. the fact that you do shows you don't follow it at all.


What Happened:


the Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC) initially recommended EA's proposal to schools because EA wanted to go all-out: a full $70 standalone game with all 360+ Division 1 men's and women's teams and massive NIL integration.

Meanwhile, 2K’s original pitch was cheap. They wanted to sneak it in as a $15 DLC expansion inside NBA 2K, starting with only 16 teams and slowly scaling up to a max of 130 teams by 2030.

Once 2K realized the CLC was leaning toward EA, 2K allegedly went rogue, broke the NDA, and started aggressively contacting major schools directly to lock down independent deals—which is exactly why EA eventually had to pull out of the running, forcing 2K to pivot into planning a full standalone game for 2027 to appease the schools they won over.
Look, nothing you're saying disagrees with what I said. And no, I don't care what a bunch of casual gamers think about this....and yes, anyone who thought EA rushing a full game with every team (both men's and women's) was going to be a good game doesn't follow the space. That's just how I see it. Some of you even mentioned gacha by 2K as a reason and apparently don't even know EA are industry leaders in microtransactions. Again, I'm sorry, but not sorry --- heavy disagree. Any casuals whining that EA didn't get to copy/paste a bunch of athletes for another awful basketball game (like the last thirty they've made) --- yeah, I call those casuals.
 

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Look, nothing you're saying disagrees with what I said. And no, I don't care what a bunch of casual gamers think about this....and yes, anyone who thought EA rushing a full game with every team (both men's and women's) was going to be a good game doesn't follow the space. That's just how I see it. Some of you even mentioned gacha by 2K as a reason and apparently don't even know EA are industry leaders in microtransactions. Again, I'm sorry, but not sorry --- heavy disagree. Any casuals whining that EA didn't get to copy/paste a bunch of athletes for another awful basketball game (like the last thirty they've made) --- yeah, I call those casuals.
this 2k monstrosity that only includes the power conferences and a march madness is explicitly for casuals. This is what you are supporting.


anyone interested in simulation should check this game out.

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There's absolutely a world where Xbox is better than Playstation and I'm not posting it here coz I'm not an idiot.

I can do things with my XBSX that a PS5 couldn't dream of doing. I say that as a long-time fan of both, who has owned every Playstation ever made.
Idiot,

No way man, I’ve heard all the arguments. I was generation modern gaming. I’ve done it all on every console. I own over 50 (close to 70 I think) consoles dating back to the 80’s, I am absolutely a burnout. Huge collector / trader of the hobby The Xbox is was and always will be inferior to the PlayStation. They can play the gimmick game like androids do in the phone debate, but they will never be everything a PlayStation is. Or haven’t been to this point. We could easily get into all the reasons, but this debate isn’t worth it this day and age. If someone is still thinking XBox is an equal in every way to the PlayStation you’re not talking them out it. Lot to do with what they started on.

I completely stopped playing when 2K basketball went away. I went 10 years sticking with it and updating with some friends who were able to actually vastly improve it. But, It killed me when it just wasn’t enough. I mainly collect now. I buy out video game stores / warehouses and go a long way to build it. If they bring back 2K, I will be back in the swing.

I did a lot of competition gaming and won mt share. Even if I play, if there isn’t money on it, I don’t even care anymore. I’m not proud of it, because it points to my 20’s being absolutely lazy, but few will beat me in sports games of this era. Doesn’t happen.
 
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Idiot,

No way man, I’ve heard all the arguments. I was generation modern gaming. I’ve done it all on every console. I own over 50 (close to 70 I think) consoles dating back to the 80’s, I am absolutely a burnout. Huge collector / trader of the hobby The Xbox is was and always will be inferior to the PlayStation. They can play the gimmick game like androids do in the phone debate, but they will never be everything a PlayStation is. Or haven’t been to this point. We could easily get into all the reasons, but this debate isn’t worth it this day and age. If someone is still thinking XBox is an equal in every way to the PlayStation you’re not talking them out it. Lot to do with what they started on.

I completely stopped playing when 2K basketball went away. I went 10 years sticking with it and updating with some friends who were able to actually vastly improve it. But, It killed me when it just wasn’t enough. I mainly collect now. I buy out video game stores / warehouses and go a long way to build it. If they bring back 2K, I will be back in the swing.

I did a lot of competition gaming and won mt share. Even if I play, if there isn’t money on it, I don’t even care anymore. I’m not proud of it, because it points to my 20’s being absolutely lazy, but few will beat me in sports games of this era. Doesn’t happen.
You’d just have to trust me on this. The reasons are not what you’d think at all. lol. And if you’re an old gamer like me, it isn’t close. Excuse me while I go play GameCube, Nintendo 64, SNES, PlayStation 2, Dreamcast, etc games all on my Xbox haha. I’ll say nothing further.
 
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Idiot,

No way man, I’ve heard all the arguments. I was generation modern gaming. I’ve done it all on every console. I own over 50 (close to 70 I think) consoles dating back to the 80’s, I am absolutely a burnout. Huge collector / trader of the hobby The Xbox is was and always will be inferior to the PlayStation. They can play the gimmick game like androids do in the phone debate, but they will never be everything a PlayStation is. Or haven’t been to this point. We could easily get into all the reasons, but this debate isn’t worth it this day and age. If someone is still thinking XBox is an equal in every way to the PlayStation you’re not talking them out it. Lot to do with what they started on.

I completely stopped playing when 2K basketball went away. I went 10 years sticking with it and updating with some friends who were able to actually vastly improve it. But, It killed me when it just wasn’t enough. I mainly collect now. I buy out video game stores / warehouses and go a long way to build it. If they bring back 2K, I will be back in the swing.

I did a lot of competition gaming and won mt share. Even if I play, if there isn’t money on it, I don’t even care anymore. I’m not proud of it, because it points to my 20’s being absolutely lazy, but few will beat me in sports games of this era. Doesn’t happen.
I'll bet 100 on a game of 2k any day.
 

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EA sucks *** and always has, if they put out a college basketball game I wouldn’t even buy it. Chances are it’s trash. 2K took over basketball as supreme a long time ago, not an opinion it’s a fact hands down zero questions asked. EA is crap.

There is no world where Xbox is better than PlayStation. People have biases due to whatever console they bought or their parents bought when they were younger. There is no world, not now, not ever, where Xbox touches the PlayStation. I owned both dating back to grade school when Xbox first came out. The only reason people bought it back then was for Halo mainly, and after that they had limitations across the board PlayStation didn’t have. They’ve improved, but still PlayStation is better going away. It’s possible some like the Xbox remote because it’s what they’re used to, remote styles are what they are, but the console itself isn’t PlayStation and I doubt it ever will be.
360 was better than PS3.
 

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Some things I can do an XBSX that I can't do on my PS5.

For one, I can play every single Call of Duty game. Want to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)? Well, you aren't doing that on the PS5.

I can also play other XBox and XBox 360 games...Want to play Street Fighter IV? Well, you aren't doing that on the PS5.

Want to play Nintendo Wii, GameCube, Nintendo 64, Super Nintendo, NES, Nintendo DS, GameBoy Advance, GB Color, GameBoy, Virtual Boy, MAME Arcade, Playstation 2, PSP, PS1, Sega Genesis, Sega Dreamcast, Sega Master System? etc. etc. etc.?

Well, you aren't playing those on PS5. But my XBSX does it.