BuzzerBeater is an online basketball management game in the style of the wildly successful soccer games Hattrick and ManagerZone. BuzzerBeater is not quite a fantasy sports game in the traditional sense, because rather than being based on (and thus constrained by) real-world players, games are run play-by-play based on a sophisticated simulation engine.
Upon signing up, users are assigned a team, and get to buy and sell players, assign training regimens, and set lineups and tactics.
BuzzerBeater In Their Own Words
Have you got what it takes to be the best?
Show the world how it’s done in BuzzerBeater, an online basketball manager game which pits you against other managers across the planet.
Take your team to the top. You pick the players, you tell them how to play and you make sure they get paid. No excuses. No retreat. The buck stops here, kiddo.
BuzzerBeater never sleeps, so why should you ? Sign up to play against the greatest basketball managers in the world. It’s completely free and it’s fun.
Why BuzzerBeater It Might Be A Killer
It has a chance to bring to the American market a unique combination of a sports game and a MMORPG using a model with a proven track record of success in Europe and South America. There are no major competitors in the American market, and the market for fantasy sports is a multi-billion dollar market and growing rapidly. This company plans future football and baseball games.
If success is limited to international audiences, the success of international sports management games suggests this still has a strong chance to attract a large community. There is a marketing arrangement in place with Hattrick allowing BuzzerBeater to find an initial influx of users.
Some Questions About BuzzerBeater
Will American users be interested in the same style of gameplay that has been sucessful abroad?
Will a business model of providing a free game and requesting voluntary payment be sufficient for the company to make money?
