You and I concur. TBH I try and only purchase every additional year unless the Lakers create some huge signing, and so I copped the last 2 years due to LBJ and NBA 2K21 MT Coins the AD trade. They don't change enough year to make it worth it without some huge changes to the league. Each publisher did. They were way more expensive than normal.

You're correct that its a business move, but I wouldn't say its shady (except for the excess cost, if authentic ). That is something people need, to provide them it does not mean its a dishonest move. If I need something and somebody gives me personally it, I am happy, they're happy, we're all happy. Because they make money out of it does not mean its proceed morally. I'd price it the same as the other variants, but who knows, maybe there is more than only a cover?

"The Mamba Forever Edition will provide players with dual-access on current and innovative systems on either Playstation or Xbox. Gamers who buy the Mamba Forever variant on present systems, which includes a $99.99 price tag, will be given with a standard-edition game for your next-generation system at the same console household". Unrelated to Kobe as well but it had to be said, $70're charging the clients to upgrade to the next-gen version unless they pay for the edition.

I would understand asking for $70 when their matches wasn't full of unskippable ads and microtransactions. Not just that however NBA 2K is made around MTX, at least this was the experience I had in 2K19. All. Don't like that? There's Dodgeball! That's okay about BIKES! No? Skateboards too! No? HOVERBOARDS!

Do you need a Hoverboard at a BASKETBALL game you say? Well to conduct to shop within our dumbass area. This way it takes you 10 fucking minutes to do whatever you Buy MT NBA 2K21 can do in a menu! The area was the dumbest thing ever, and I don't know why people put up with it. Do walk to a store and I want to load to an internet hub and see a cutscene of me talking to an NPC shopkeeper to buy new sneakers to use in my offline character? Can't I browse in a menu?