NBA 2K Online Hitting China
- Scribbled on June 23rd, 2009 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in Industry News, PC, Sports
Basketball crazy nation China will be getting an online-only version of 2K Sports’ flagship basketball title, reports GamePolitics.
Seeing big revenue in that combination, 2K Sports announced today that it will create an online version of pro hoops game NBA 2K for the Chinese market. Chinese Internet portal Tencent Holdings will partner with 2K Sports on the deal…
…Online gaming was a $2.75 billion business in China in 2008 and more than a billion Chinese viewed NBA programming during the just-completed season.
Why online-only? Two probable reasons:
- China can regulate an online version of the game far more
- China’s also noted for its rampant piracy
Let us know what you think.
June 30th, 2009 at 11:02 am
[...] With so much revenue being generated, why is China cracking down now? Perhaps because of the sudden investment into online gaming by China, including natively developed MMOs and projects such as NBA 2K Online. [...]