Kinda funny, kinda sad… Oh 2K Sports
Okay so I’m going to start off with a little story here before I get to the beef.
Once upon a time I bought a copy of Age of Mythology at target, it was great. I played and played, got my ass kicked and kicked again. So much so in fact that I stopped playing. I never got over the fact that I sucked because I loved the game so much. Weeeelllll, along came my girlfriend. She saw me playing my once a year get my ass handed to me online match and said it looked like fun.
Now this was recently, so the support for this game is all but gone. No more patches, no more community support. Etc etc. But when we went down to purchase a couple copies for her and her sister, we found they both had identical product keys. WTF Right?! They just printed an install code in the booklet. So I can’t play online because thousands of others have MY code…TWO DAYS on the phone with customer service….long story, too long….for this blog at least.
ANYWAYS, I thought that was freaking ridiculous when it happened. But 2K sports managed to top that story. And big time. Check this out, just saw it up on joystiq.com
“Turns out there are greater hurdles to face than having to stare down a charging Yao Ming — like manifesting a CD key out of thin air.” - Ross Miller right there, wish I’d been clever enough to come up with that image.
Apparently they shipped the game without any product keys. Yea, I know right? WTF?!?!?! Kind of a big thing to miss. THE KEY. I am like every other avid gamer out there, when I get a new game I am EXCITED. I don’t care if it’s Fable II or Geometry Wars, I am psyched. And if for whatever reason it doesn’t play…shit is hitting the fan. Anyways….
According to a shacknews article it’s been fixed now. Or you could just pick it up for xbox 360 and get yourself some EASY achievement points, lol.
Tags: 2K Sports, NBA 2K9, Videogames