I think I’m just gonna wishlist this game on Steam when it gets released and wait for a good sale. I can’t pay full price for these borderline clones anymore, especially when they’ve turned my career into such a painful grind to try to force you to buy VC.
Or maybe skip this year altogether. I played 2k21 until 2k23 went on sale for 50% off and that was fine with me ¯_(ツ)_/¯