Upcoming NCAA Basketball 09 Patch

by pastapadre
Posted November 19th, 2008 at 8:14 am

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.

Tags: patch

Josh

JR (cabrillo24) wrote:

How is the new Xbox Live for everyone? I’m in DC on business so I didn’t get a chance to play it.

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…
Josh

JR (cabrillo24) wrote:

How is the new Xbox Live for everyone? I’m in DC on business so I didn’t get a chance to play it.

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…
sucks

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
sucks

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
JR (cabrillo24)

@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?).
JR (cabrillo24)

@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?).
Josh

JR (cabrillo24) wrote:

@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?).

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.
Josh

JR (cabrillo24) wrote:

@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?).

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.
pastapadre

@ 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.
pastapadre

@ 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.
Josh

pastapadre wrote:

@ 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.

Really? Wow this may be the start of many changes in the near future.
Josh

pastapadre wrote:

@ 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.

Really? Wow this may be the start of many changes in the near future.
Josh

Josh wrote:

pastapadre wrote:
@ 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.
Really? Wow this may be the start of many changes in the near future.

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.
Josh

Josh wrote:

pastapadre wrote:
@ 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.
Really? Wow this may be the start of many changes in the near future.

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.
RDR

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
RDR

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
pastapadre

@ 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.
pastapadre

@ 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.
Dirtyjerz32

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
Dirtyjerz32

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
Justin tuck

yeah its quite suprising dirtyjerz. espically since its an EA game.
Justin tuck

yeah its quite suprising dirtyjerz. espically since its an EA game.
lonnie

Badger Boy21 wrote:

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?

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.
lonnie

Badger Boy21 wrote:

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?

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.
Boilers

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?
Boilers

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?
tony oree

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
tony oree

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
michael

Are you going to have a roster for Ncaa Basketball 09 or do you know of one with all the correct names???
michael

Are you going to have a roster for Ncaa Basketball 09 or do you know of one with all the correct names???