PGA TOUR 2K23 Michael Jordan Bonus Pack (DLC)

Let's be clear about what this is: a DLC pack, not a game. The Michael Jordan Bonus Pack drops His Airness onto the virtual greens of PGA TOUR 2K23, giving you Michael Jordan as a fully playable character usable across every mode the base game offers, plus four Common tier golf ball sleeves. That's the whole package. If you already own the Deluxe or Tiger Woods Edition, you have this content already - no need to read further. So who actually wants to buy this separately? Mainly Standard Edition owners who missed the pre-order window and genuinely want to putt around as the greatest basketball player of all time. And honestly, from a couch-session standpoint, it's a fun wrinkle. Booting up a four-player pass-and-play Local Match in Divot Derby or Topgolf with your crew and having one person play as MJ adds a laugh-out-loud layer that costs the base game simply can't replicate. The base game already nails group play well - Local Match supports up to three guests on one console, shared controller is allowed, and no online connection is needed for that couch session. Jordan slots right into all of it. The underlying game he lives in is genuinely solid for a sports sim. PGA TOUR 2K23 gives you a choice between analog Swing Stick controls and the new 3-Click swing system, with adjustable assists that make it approachable for newcomers while still rewarding sim-heads who want to fiddle with backspin, loft, and wind correction. Per-player difficulty tuning in private matches means your golf-obsessed friend can crank it up while your first-timer roommate plays with training wheels. MyCAREER runs 20 fully licensed courses and 33 playable events, the Course Designer lets you build and share your own layouts, and Topgolf's arcade target-shooting format is genuinely the best chaos mode for a Saturday night crowd. Online multiplayer servers are scheduled to shut down in March 2027, so that clock is ticking if online Societies or ranked play matter to you. The honest caveat: the DLC itself sits at roughly a coin-flip on user satisfaction. Steam reception hovers around 50 percent positive - not a disaster, but telling. The gripe isn't Jordan himself but the value proposition of selling a single character plus four ball sleeves as a separate purchase when it was bundled into higher editions at launch. If the base game is on sale and you can grab this cheaply alongside it, the novelty genuinely lands. If you're paying close to full price for just MJ and some golf balls, the math gets harder to justify. Bottom line for couch-session warriors: the fun here comes from the base game's Local Match and Topgolf modes. Jordan is the cherry on top - a memorable one, sure, but still just a cherry. Riley, Scout Team