Upcoming NCAA Basketball 09 Patch
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While we knew that the authentic schedules were going to be patched in for NCAA Basketball 09 following release of the game there will be more included in the patch. NCAA Strategies has received information on what the patch entails and when it is expected to be out.
The targeted date for the patch to arrive is Thursday December 4th. Incidentally that is the week that the game was originally scheduled to be released before they moved it up by two weeks. Along with the authentic schedules the patch will provide named rosters for online play as well as the ability to edit classic teams.
While those are welcome additions they are basically things that should’ve been included in the first place. At least getting the names back online shows they listened to the community. Whether there will be another patch that attempts to improve the gameplay or address issues that have been discovered (as we’ve seen from the second patches with other titles) remains very much in question.
November 19, 2008 at 8:28 am
Why? If all these things are ready for initial release date and not now…Why not just keep the scheduled release? Its actually going to turn off more gamers if u do it this way IMO
November 19, 2008 at 8:30 am
These things wouldn’t have made it in even if they kept to the original release date. They still would’ve had to patch it, though the patch would’ve been out right around release time instead of having to wait the two weeks.
November 19, 2008 at 8:35 am
This is great news. I wasn’t going to buy this game because of the lack of names. I truly enjoy the series, but I haven’t had as much fun in recent years because there were no names for online play. Now I will definitely buy the game, thanks EA.
November 19, 2008 at 9:22 am
It’s cool that they’re sending a patch but why does EA insist on taking things out of their games only to put them back in later? They do the same crap with Madden. If it aint broke don’t fix it.
November 19, 2008 at 9:28 am
Has anyone heard of someone who will have the named rosters available in the locker? I know Pasta had them for NCAA Football this year but I wasn’t sure if he would have anything for NCAA Basketball.
December 24, 2008 at 1:57 am
bryanhughjr, crck3r
November 19, 2008 at 9:35 am
@ Justin:
A bunch of people are working together to make them over at OS right now.
November 19, 2008 at 9:43 am
Now that I can go D/L rosters from someone’s locker and use them online, I will actually get this game now.
November 19, 2008 at 10:23 am
I dont know why but I am not hyped for this game at all…NBA Live was more impressive than what I was expecting but I don’t think this would hold a flame to College Hoops…I didnt even play College Hoops 2K8 but the 2K7 version was some of the most fun for a Bball game…Might actually go back and purchase that…I might rent this first….
November 19, 2008 at 10:24 am
EA is full of screwups. Seriously. If you were going to make a patch and release it during the week the game was suppose to be release, why release the game early? They screwed over those who dont have Live or PS3 online that can download the patch. EA should of just waited because this game clearly isnt finished.
November 19, 2008 at 11:01 am
duz anyone have the game? If so, is it just fun playing a season on dynasty mode? Can u just pick it up and enjoy playing?
November 19, 2008 at 11:17 am
EA Sports: It’s in the Patch
November 19, 2008 at 11:37 am
Nhl was flawless
November 19, 2008 at 12:07 pm
I got NCAA bball 09 yesterday, Do you know how to get rosters on that game???
please answer the question, i see many people have the same question.
November 19, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Now if EA puts out a patch with all the missing Division 1 teams–there are about 12-16 of them, then I might get the game… If not I’ll be sticking with CH2K8….
November 19, 2008 at 12:54 pm
i am tired of thes games having to be patched they don’t have to be perfect but they should be playable without a patch btw i don’t own this game so i don’t know how bad the game is but i give them my 60 dollars to do a half baked job on games no i just want a good game out of the box
November 19, 2008 at 1:08 pm
@ DaveDQ….Hilarious and true.
I, for one, am not a patch hater. Yes, I am frustrated that EA is still leaving out items that were in past-gen iterations of its titles but at least they are doing something about it.
Hard to argue that EA isn’t listening.
November 19, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Pasta i have the game and I cnat down load your rosters since u arent my friend on XBL is there any way around this? Also I cant really make shots in the game its hard as hell
November 19, 2008 at 2:50 pm
@ Maurice N.:
You don’t need to be any1’s friend to D/L rosters. Just go to EA online and connect to the EA Locker and do it there.
I had a difficult time in the demo stopping shots! If they’re somewhat open…..count it! Oh well, it was kinda fun and I love the college game so—–> I’ll prolly get it.
November 19, 2008 at 3:05 pm
when u go to it on ncaa basketball 09 it only lets u choose friends
November 19, 2008 at 3:31 pm
any one know when the nba 2k9 patch is coming out?? thanks dudes
November 19, 2008 at 3:46 pm
fat dave wrote:
Word is that 2K was going to wait unti after the New Xbox Experience dropped today so it may be next week.
November 19, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Remember back in the day spending $40-$50 dollars for a sports game with 0 patching? What you paid for is what you got and you had to wait until next year? Do you think the Bo Jackson glitch would exist today? Just be happy these companies are listening to the communities.
November 19, 2008 at 3:49 pm
How is the new Xbox Live for everyone? I’m in DC on business so I didn’t get a chance to play it.
November 19, 2008 at 4:01 pm
I don’t understand the thought process behind this patch and the release date being moved up.
I mean if you knew those things weren’t in the game and you needed more time to fix it why not just keep the release date as it was originally instead of rush the product out of the door.
As a long time fan of EA……I have to admit I’m not very happy with their way of doing business here lately. It seems like we are better off not picking up these games on release date anymore because the product isn’t going to be finished until a patch is released 1-2 months later.
I was most excited for the Classic teams and it might be just a small thing to others but that was the only reason I was playing the game. I don’t feel like waiting 2-3 weeks for a patch to enjoy the Classic teams and now this game won’t be getting any burn from me.
I got the game play pretty damn good with sliders but screw it I’m not waiting on a patch anymore to fix things that should already be in the game when it releases.
November 19, 2008 at 4:01 pm
pasta, u su*k man, u cant answer a simple question, thanks 4 nothin
November 19, 2008 at 4:03 pm
JR (cabrillo24) wrote:
I’m at work too so I haven’t played it yet but I heard that you can download your entire game to your hard drive with it which is suppose to make games run a lot smoother. So for games like 2k9 it supposedly fixes the framerate issues with the freethrow cutscenes etc…
November 19, 2008 at 4:17 pm
this game isnt good… theres nothing new… with choops there would always be something once in while that i never saw before… this game is just boring. this is the first game that i bought and dont even feel like playing.. and im obsessed with college bball… this game sucks
November 19, 2008 at 4:35 pm
@Josh, I haven’t noticed frame rate issues with 2K9, but then again I haven’t played it as much as Live this go-around. I don’t know if I’ll take advantage of installing a game to a hard drive, unless games become optimized to be installed on hard drives (a future feature of games?).
November 19, 2008 at 4:59 pm
JR (cabrillo24) wrote:
Yea that’ll probably be the future of games. Pretty soon we probably won’t even have disks. You’ll have to download everything. It’s saves companys millions on distribution.
November 19, 2008 at 5:15 pm
@ Josh:
Plus prevents the re-sale of games (hot topic lately).
Interesting you guys bring it up though, I’m working up an article now with loading time comparisons between from the disc vs from the hard drive. Also looking for performance improvements and, as is immediately evident, how the 360 runs quiet when playing from the hard drive.
November 19, 2008 at 5:21 pm
pastapadre wrote:
Really? Wow this may be the start of many changes in the near future.
November 19, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Josh wrote:
Pasta, have you heard of any issues with installing games to the hard drive? I’m planning on installing 2K9 to it but I don’t want to risk any problems to my 360. We all know how prone the 360 is to the 3 red rings.
November 19, 2008 at 6:00 pm
So is this patch supposed to be out before the Live 09 patch? That doesn’t make too much sense, I thought EA submitted Live’s patch a couple weeks ago…I wonder when we’ll get info for that release
November 19, 2008 at 6:19 pm
@ Josh:
Just got my article up. I installed, tested, and subsequently deleted NCAA Football 09, Madden 09, NBA 2K9, and NHL 09 with no problems. I then re-installed NCAA Football since that’s what I’m playing the most right now.
November 19, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Pasta,
You have put out impression on almost every sports game that has come out. Is there a reason why you have not given the same amount of attention to NCAA? Other sports games that have be released this past year have had vids, pics, thoughts and impressions. The game has been out for 3 days now and the only thing from you is a patch update. Just curious.
Thanks,
DJ32
November 19, 2008 at 11:10 pm
yeah its quite suprising dirtyjerz. espically since its an EA game.
November 20, 2008 at 4:28 am
Badger Boy21 wrote:
ok from reading thease posts i know a lot of people don’t like this game and they all have their reasons,i’ll admit i really didn’t like the demo much myself but i traded in a few games and got it yeasterday and i played it till midnight last night,after awhile it really grows on you,the graphics are great,the players are stick people but it’s so fun after awhile i didn’t care about whatevers wrong with it,the bottom line for me was the fun factor and it’s very fun IMO,–as far as the rosters i just auto named them and am useing fake names at the moment.
November 20, 2008 at 5:51 am
can we manually edit rosters ourselves in dynasty?……..Pasta, I also have noticed that usually you have a review of a major game out by this time but this is the first article for ncaa basketball 09 after the release. What’s the deal? Busy?
November 20, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I don’t think that it would turn gamers away from this years college game sence its the only one out. I liked ch2k8 to tell u the truth it was better than mm08 but this year they finally listened to the bloggers abt the online rosters (abt damm time) and better gameplay with the nba live 09 engine
November 20, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Are you going to have a roster for Ncaa Basketball 09 or do you know of one with all the correct names???