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Old 07-03-2009, 10:05 PM   #1 (permalink)
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When will Europe get some love from College Hoops?

Hello fellow ball fans, this is my first post ever on this forum after being snagged in by the active community here. Now for my question/rant.

Why did Europe not get any next-gen versions of College Hoops, or even NCAA Basketball? After watching The Czar break down the greatness of these games, it opened up the old wound caused by looking forward to College Hoops 2k8 on 360 after a solid 2k4 and 2k5 outing on Xbox, only to find that when I got a 360 last year, they're sold in North America only.

We have all the NBA 2k games here in England and I've bought them since 2k6 after defecting from NBA Live, buying the older versions as well for nostalgic rosters. They have never failed to disappoint me in ANY of their releases. I'd be more than willing to buy College hoops after becoming fixated with college hoops following years of watching the NBA.

So why don't we get any releases? What have us hardcore hoops fans in Europe done to be screwed over like this? VC and 2K need the sales and are missing out on a whole market outside North America by doing this. I need my college hoops fix!!!!

FIX UP 2K!!!! Opinions anyone?
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Old 07-03-2009, 11:25 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Probably never dude. I live in Australia and we get diddly squat as well. You just have to buy a PS3 and import the games, as for some reason they are region locked on the 360. I'm sure it has something to do with the NCAA and licensing but I'm not really sure.

Its a pain living in a PAL territory though.
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Old 07-05-2009, 03:41 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: When will Europe get some love from College Hoops?

As Guffers said really...it comes down to cost really..I doubt 2K would sell enough PAL copies to warrant it being released...in Europe the NCAA is really a niche interest.

That said, I have an interest, hence when I found out the PS3 was region free I bought one and got 2k8 imported. PS3 is the way to go if you're into US sports, especially as some of the games don't get a European/PAL release...plus you can get games earlier as they release a few weeks earlier in the US than the UK.

I've got NCAA Football 2010 on order at present along with Madden 2010 (it released in the US 2 weeks before the UK release)

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Old 07-06-2009, 05:22 AM   #4 (permalink)
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i live in israel, and we have collage hoops and ncaa in stores,but the problem is that every game in our country costs between 80 - 100 us dollars!!!!!!
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i live in israel, and we have collage hoops and ncaa in stores,but the problem is that every game in our country costs between 80 - 100 us dollars!!!!!!
that is crazy man.
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Old 07-07-2009, 04:16 PM   #6 (permalink)
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that is crazy man.
tell me about it,
this is why i buy all my games from ebay
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Old 07-09-2009, 05:38 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Thanks for the insight guys, its sad that 2K assume that Europe is not a marketable area to sell college hoops, yet NBA 2K9 still sells decently outside North America. Foolish, foolish people indeed. Oh well, looks like College Hoops 2K4 is the closest I've got to a college game for the foreseeable future.

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Old 07-20-2009, 10:08 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Re: When will Europe get some love from College Hoops?

I remember College Hoops 2k7 as being one of the first games ever released in the stores for ps3 in Germany. However that has been the only game to be released. I am glad I get to the US often enough and since there's no problem with NTSC on Pal PS3 Systems I am ok with it. However I don't think they would make enough money out of CH sells in Europe. It's just not popular enough...
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Old 07-21-2009, 05:32 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Imo, american college basketball has many similarities to european style of basketball.Surely much more than NBA has.So it would be a nice move by 2k a PAL release.
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Would be a nice move for a US release.

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