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ATLANTA (AP) — Video game makers are bracing for an extended NBA lockout by focusing on former players who made the league popular in hopes of taking the attention away from the impact labor strife will have on their product.
In the upcoming "NBA 2K12," which goes on sale Oct. 4 despite the lockout, 2K Sports plans to introduce a new mode called, NBA's Greatest, that will feature the league's top 15 players of all-time and some of the most famous rivalries.
Hall of Famers such as Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Julius Erving will be featured on the latest installment of the best-selling basketball video game franchise. Jordan, Johnson and Bird will appear on three separate covers on the front of the game.
"NBA basketball is about the history and the future of the game," said Jason Argent, vice president of marketing at Take-Two's 2K Sports. "We love the current game and are looking to optimize it."
But an extended lockout would eliminate daily updates.
The video game became popular through its in-depth mode, The Association. The mode includes 30 NBA teams with daily updates for rosters, injuries, a player progression system, new rookies, trades and free agency moves, and an NBA Development League.
Buyers of the game won't be able to make any updates in The Association mode until the lockout ends, when free agent moves are made and the regular season starts.
"Hopefully people will go out and purchase the game," said Atlanta Hawks forward Josh Smith, an avid video game player who appeared in a commercial to promote "NBA 2K11" last year. "They're just as upset as us that there is a lockout. I don't know. They might put a strike on video games until the lockout is over."
Greg Miller, the executive editor of the gaming site IGN, doesn't expect the upcoming NBA 2K game to sell more than last year's game, which 2K Sports said it sold more than 5 million units. But with the addition of the former players, he believes the new mode can help the upcoming NBA 2K game continue to stay relevant during the lockout.
"Sales will dip, but not super drastic," Miller said. "Especially if they're able to push the milestone cover with Magic, Bird and Jordan. If they push that way, I don't see much of a dip."
Electronic Arts long-running video game series NBA Elite, formerly titled NBA Live, will not release a game for the second year in a row and expects to relaunch in 2012. But in October, EA will still offer "NBA Jam: On Fire Edition," a 2-on-2 basketball game that is highlighted by exaggerated high-flying dunks.
EA spokeswoman said the company announced in April that NBA Elite would be postponed before the lockout started in July. Since NBA Jam doesn't keep track of player movement through the season, she said the game shouldn't be affected by the NBA work stoppage.
In preparation for the lockout, 2K Sports has already created its own "skeleton" list of the 15 greatest players and rivalries. But the video game company won't come to a final decision on both until after they have gathered the opinions from fans through their own social media networks such as Twitter and Facebook.
Picture a possible matchup of Jordan in his prime against the 2010 version of Kobe Bryant; or pairing one of Los Angeles Lakers squads from the "Showtime" era against this year's champion the Dallas Mavericks.
"All these various scenarios are debated in bars and barbershops," Argent said. "People are debating about the outcome of these scenarios. Now, we're looking to end that debate. We feel very confident about it."
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因为NBA停摆，游戏制作商开始开发关于历史球员的模式，希望以此降低NBA停摆对游戏销售的影响。在即将到来的NBA2K12（将于10月4号出售，尽管还在停摆期间，2K打算加入一种新模式，NBA最伟大（的球员）。
这种模式包括联盟从开始到现在15位最好的球员和一些最著名的竞争对手。 飞人乔丹，魔术师约翰逊，大鸟伯德，天沟贾巴尔和J博士等名人堂球员都会在这个模式中出现。乔丹，约翰逊和伯德会出现在3种不同游戏封面上。“NBA篮球就是关于一切的历史和未来”Jason Argent说道（他是2K副总裁）我们热爱现在的游戏，而且我们会尽量使它更完善。但是如果停摆一直继续，这就会取消每日更新（例如球员交易，伤病等） 2K游戏最著名的便是它的王朝模式，这个模式中包括30个NBA球员，更有名单，伤病，球员成长系统，新秀，交易，自由球员和NBA发展联盟的每日更新。 不过，因为停摆，玩家们不会收到每日更新直到停摆结束。 “希望人们会买这个游戏”亚特兰大老鹰队的JoseSmith说道，他本身就是一个热心的玩家，而且他去年还出现在NBA2K11的推广广告中。他们（指球迷和玩家）可能会很生气因为我们现在在停摆阶段，我不知道，他们没准因此而不买游戏直到停摆结束. Greg Miller,知名游戏网站IGN的编辑，认为NBA2K12的销售并不会超过去年NBA2K11。
据2K汇报，NBA2K11卖了超过5百万张游戏。
但是因为2K12的历史球员，他相信这个新模式可以帮助2K继续售出合理的销售数量。 EA（另一个游戏制作商）制作的NBAElite系列（之前叫NBALive系列）并不会在2011年放出一个游戏。他们计划在2012年再重新放出游戏。但是在10月，EA还是会放出NBAJAM：On Fire Edition. 这是个2V2的篮球游戏，特点就是超高扣篮。 EA发言人在4月份就发表今年不会放出游戏，而NBA停摆是7月份开始，由此可见EA并非因为停摆而放弃开发游戏。由于NBA：Jam并不会有球员交易之类的每日更新，所以他认为这个游戏不会被停摆影响。 因为为停摆作准备，2K游戏已经开始创造15位历史明星了，但是2K并不会私自为剩余10位明星做决定，他们会从Twitter和Facebook收集玩家的意见然后再做出决定。 想象一下在巅峰的乔丹和巅峰和科比对决吧，或者”showtime”时代的湖人队和今年的冠军小牛队的对决。 Argent说，以前，人们一直在猜想这些不可能在现实中发生的情况，现在，我们打算使人们停止讨论，人们可以在游戏中证明谁更强，我们很信任2K12会做到这一点。
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