NBA 2K19 Bootleg Footage

It's sad to go on Youtube, and see how whenever someone mentions the downgrade of the overall graphics, the general response is, "it's basketball, what more do you want upgraded lol", or something like, "you complain about the graphics, but live's graphics are ass lol." What makes it even more sad, is that you have people also defending the game by saying that it "isn't the real 2K19", and how it's still not released, yet hypocritically bash on Live's graphics by saying that the game is close to being finished, and there's nothing they'll improve on.

Absolutely. The thing is that not only are the criticisms of NBA Live often wide of the mark/actual examples of "hating", even if they are on point, they're irrelevant to criticism of NBA 2K. The problems of one game don't justify the problems of the other. Any defense of NBA 2K that boils down to "Well it's better than NBA Live" is basically admitting defeat; that there's no actual defense or counterpoint that can be made to the criticism. Same goes for trying to justify issues in NBA Live with remarks about NBA 2K.