If you're a basketball fan who's been sitting on the fence (or should that be bench?) about the most recent entry in 2K's sim series, now might be the time to finally get yourself on the court. NBA 2K20 is available right now on the European eShop for a very tidy £2.49 / 2,99€ - that's a whopping 95% off the normal retail price of £49.99 / 59,99€.
This discount echoes a similar sale in North America last year for the previous entry in the series. Of course, the microtransactions in the game offer plenty of opportunities to spend more of your hard-earned cash if you so wish, but with the buy-in price being this low, those aspects and mechanics are perhaps a little easier to swallow.
We very much enjoyed the game in our review, and had this to say back in September last year:
Changes to Virtual Currency earning and progression take the edge off grinding, new additions to The Neighborhood and Pro-Am help bridge the gap between the two and a few welcome changes to MyTeam help facilitate move space for natural growth (even with the ever-present microtransactions). It’s not faultless, but those looking to play the full NBA experience on a handheld platform can do so with confidence and Visual Concept's approach to Switch is truly laudable. Simply put, there's no better basketball game out there.
The best basketball game available right now, for under 3 quid? The sale runs until 27th May, so there's plenty of time to ponder the pros and cons of a purchase - the primary con being that you'll need a micro SD card with at least 32GB of free space, plus another 5GB of console memory available.
It's the height of the players that takes up all that memory space, you know. More height = more polys = more data. It's indisputably logical.
Have you got enough free space? Will you be picking this up on the eShop? Let us know below.
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Even at that bargain price I'm still skipping this as the file size is massive.
I haven't got the space for it with Witcher 3 already taking up a huge chunk of a 512Gb card but can't turn it down for this price and can play it in future when i've finished some games and got more space
AAA games feels like they should be free-to-play nowadays
I'll get it for the price but I feel like I might as well just stick with 2K19. This 2020 NBA season was kinda weird and pretty much a throw away, and as a Warriors fan 2019 was sort of the last hurrah for the old dynasty team. 2021 should be a more exciting year, but it's still odd thanks to covid.
Was considering getting this, but the fact it's over 40gb and requires internet for half the modes (even the single player), I think I'll skip it even at this price.
The WNBA is a vastly superior product.
I already had a pretty bad experience with the last one when it was at that price.
Insane load times, huge memory space, always online nonsense, in-game ads, etc.
It's just too bad of an experience to pay anything for it.
Can't beat it at that price. Game was amazing even at full price.
@JayJ Dont mind me. Just a Kings fan, totally not being jealous of y'alls 2018/19 year.
Out of wallet maneuver room until Thursday, but definitely picking it up later. Downloading, on the other hand? Eventually - but with other [expectedly] bulky stuff like Bioshock, Borderlands and The Outer Words vying for my attention soon, even a 512 Gb card (casually filled to house almost half the library prior, I must confess 😅) and the data plan with room for juggling other games on/off the shelf, the game's listed 41 Gb is enough to give second thoughts and lure in Procrastination, the Mother of Backlogs. Sports games aren't a high priority with me anyway, but the progression and grind on offer in this series does make an appealing argument to me.
Bargain. Downloading now
I picked this up on Xbox One for that price, it's a good game and worth the price but file size is certainly an issue on the Switch.... I won't be buying it twice..
That game belongs in the trash
Yeah was interested. Saw that file size. Not interested now x x x
$4.49 in the Australian eShop. On one hand it's cheap, on the other hand I can put $4.49 towards something I'll actually play.
If not for the file size i would bite.
While I'm not a massive fan of basketball games and the last time I had any kind of situation game was back on the N64 with NBA courtside so I may pick this up seeing as there is a lack of sports games on the Switch at all. Still holding out for PES to get released as I prefer that over Fifa and the Fifa games on switch are still using the engine from last gen. Ironic really considering the one genre that is normally on every system without fail is absent for the most part on Switch.
The file size of this is huge. That has to keep a lot of people from buying it.
Don't fall for the price of admission, there's heavy micro-transactions.
I'm actually surprised that EA don't pull this stunt with their annual sports releases down the line.
@RupeeClock you can play franchise mode and not spend a single penny on micro transactions.
@kobashi100
There's something I generally don't trust about 2K, so forgive my scepticism.
Yeah that file size is a huge deal breaker unfortunately.
Even though I don’t have room on my 400gb SD, will still buy at that price,
Last year people were all over this bragging about their big memory cards. This year everyone claiming their memory cards are full.
That required 5GB of internal memory is a big turn off.
@PhilKenSebben Yeah it felt good having that dynasty run considering how the team was down in the dumps for so many years, gave us something to be proud about.
@sixrings yep! Men and their big memory cards!
I'll purchase but probably won't download it any time soon.
Not even if you paid me!
@RupeeClock scepticism is allowed. But it is possible to play these games without spending an extra penny on dlc. Ive been doing it for years.
If they extend this deal to NA, I'll jump on it in a heartbeat (and delete NBA 2K19).
@KillerBOB 😂
I'll buy it but I won't download that just yet.
40 gigs is a bit ridiculous for one game.
I won't. I'll put the money towards XC thereby making that £2.49 cheaper than it would have otherwise been. #gamerlogic
Bought! I can't say no at this price.
I'd be hesitant to purchase it, even at that price point. The underlying bones of the game are fantastic, such as myleague and myGM. However, they need more customization. You should be able to play in different eras with a better, faster way to customize rosters. In 2k19, I created a 1995 1996 roster, and worked out the options to mimic 90s basketball, as in more post play and minimal three point shots. It took months, and it still wasn't perfect. Recreating Reggie Miller, Charles Barkley, and multiple other missing players is ardurous. I really have zero interest with using today's players and rules, because it's way too jump shot happy, and defense is a joke. I wish EA or Nintendo ( Courtside) would do a fully customized game where you could create your own rosters, arenas, and tendencies.
Yep, it may be cheap, but if you don't resist the micro transactions, it is going to cost you a fortune. There is a reason why it is cheap initially.
@mjharper there it is. Thats what I'm talking about.
I jumped on the 2K19 deal last year. But sadly had to delete the game cause that file size was just to much. I eventually upgraded my micro SD card. But even then, storage fills up fast. If the file size were a bit smaller, I'd jump on this year's game as well if the sale came to NA
40 gb seems like a lot of unoptimized data. I hate when they do that.
Fingers crossed that this comes to the US like it did at the same time last year for 2K19.
@KillerBOB the wnba is straight trash
I've not played a sports game in years, but, I (use to) spend more than that for lunch at work, so I think I'll go for it.
Might as well take the Toronto Raptors to glory once more!!
WTF does it need 5gb from the console, does it not update to the card?
Microtransactions in a game that's normally a full 60 dollar release.
Makes me glad I'm not a sports fan. This crap is standard in sports games now, right?
Price is the same on Xbox One.
I'm getting it on Xbox One X instead of Switch due to the file size, but also because of the technical side.
40.GB is nothing for my XBX when i have 11.TB of space.
Touchdown! Yay!
Nah, you're alright mate.
Bought it yesterday. Without realizing the file size was a real heavy hitter on my memory. Though I already needed a bigger sd card. So in the end it costs me € 2,99 + 512 GB Kingston Canvas Plus a raison of € 73,90.
But already downloaded on a spare card and played it for a few minutes. For this pricepoint and totally ignoring micro transaction content, it's quite decent. Except it's file size. But then again, everything looks quite polished for a game on a Switch. But my educated guess: with more optimized programming and textures suited to the Switch limited capacity in processing power and video output, it would still be a good looking game with at least 25 GB less waste of space..
I was going to grab this until i realised i know nothing about basketball. Last bball game iplayed i could set the net on fire and blow out the backboard. BOOMSHAKALAKA!! (NBA Jam reference)
I wouldn't even play it for free honestly 🤢🤢
@NullPointerExcep You consider a slot machine simulator a AAA game?
Anyone know how to get this from a different region? Little cousin wants this but even tho my card works internationally switch eshop won't allow me to purchase because it's a different region card.
Not particularly into basketball, but been watching The Last Dance on Netflix (what a show) and it’s got me all nostalgic for 90s era basketball. For £2.50 this has scratched that itch, and forced me to do a BIG spring clean of my memory card too - bonus!
@Zenszulu i also prefer pes, its like Konami hate money at this point.
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