News inside jeuxvideo.com “I did well to recommend real tennis to them rather than playing Top Spin!”, LaPetitePelle draws jeuxvideo.com N°524
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It's the last day of the week. Do you know what that means? LaPetitePelle is now! Today, we are going to look at a tennis game that gets people talking a lot. The online functions of the game are debated, LPP takes his pencil and shows us with humor what he thinks of them.
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Top Spin 2K25what is this ?
This April 23, a game returned after 13 years of absence : Top Spin 2K25. It is the fifth opus of the series TopSpinbut unfortunately, this return does not only make people happy and our designer has taken note of it! Here we can see the two consoles of the ninth generation: the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series Top Spinsince at least real tennis does not require an internet connection.
In TopSpin2K25, there are three game modes… Sorry, more like two in fact, because a few days after the title's release, the “Career” mode became inaccessible for some time. The reason : an internet connection is required to access it, and 2K's servers are not their first failure. This is reminiscent of certain games like Gran Turismo 7 or Super Mario Runwhich were unavailable without an internet connection.
An expiration date?
You are not unaware that 2K Games releases many of his opuses annually (or almost). NBA 2K, WWE 2K or PGA TOUR 2K, these sports games have a little secret. Indeed, it's been a while since 2K Games schedules the closure of its servers in advance. For example, nowadays it is impossible to play online NBA 2K22yet it has barely been three years since this one came out. Besides, if you go to the official website of the title and click on “Buy”, you will be redirected to the official website of NBA 2K24.
You suspect it, Top Spin 2K25 is no exception. It also already has a server closure date, this is scheduled for December 31, 2026. Except that this time, the single player mode is included in this same online mode. So here we have a game for 60 euros on Steam and 75 euros on console, which will be completely unusable by the end of 2026. We could say that a next opus will be released next year like the studio's other licenses, but as it has been 13 years since we last saw this game, we have the right to doubt it.