NBA 2K19 is the Series' Bestseller; Microtransactions Very Popular
NBA 2K19 has sold in 12 million copies, which makes the game the biggest bestseller in the series. The game also makes money from microtransactions.
- Developer: Visual Concepts
- Publisher: 2K Sports
- Genre: Sports game
- Platforms: PC, PS4, XONE, Switch
- Release date: September 10, 2018
Take-Two Interactive has reasons to be satisfied. In the latest financial report, the publisher boasted that NBA 2K19 is the best-selling installment of the basketball franchise. So far the production has sold 12 million copies.
Not only the sales results of the game are impressive. Take-Two Interactive CEO also announced that in the past quarter, microtransaction revenues in NBA 2K19 increased by 140%.
The launch of NBA 2K19 was accompanied by controversies related to a very aggressive microtransaction system. The game does not miss any opportunity to get some extra money from the players. The whole thing resembles a mobile free-to-play title rather than a full-price console game.
Users voiced their dissatisfaction by giving NBA 2K19 fatal ratings. On Steam, only 33% of reviews are positive, and on Metacritic, the average user rating is 2.5/10. As you can see, however, this did not prevent gamrs from spending their money on microtransactions.
NBA 2K19 was released on September 10 last year on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. A month ago, a new installment of the series was announced, titled NBA 2K20. The game is aimed at the same platforms as last year's part of the series and will be released on September 6.
