Who Doesn’t Love College Pride?
The simplest reason to make a new College Hoops is that there’s a huge fan base just waiting to grab a new college basketball game. If the success and attention that College Football 25 got aren’t enough, then all 2K has to do is consider its own incredibly large share of the sports game market.
Of the millions of people who play NBA 2K out of their love for The Association, many, if not all, are also rabid college basketball fans – and that part of their fandom simply isn’t being served right now. There’s a hole in their heart the size of their alma mater, as they dream of taking their school to the big dance or going on a Cinderella run during March Madness, upsetting that number one seed in the first round.
On the flip side, people who haven’t played NBA 2K in ages should also be a consideration, given how stale the franchise has become in some players’ eyes. A new College Hoops would help bring defectors back into 2K’s basketball ecosystem like College Football 25 did for Madden. And with the added ability to bring amateur athletes’ likenesses to video games these days, a College Hoops game could resonate with fans now in ways that it never could before.
