Uma kukhulunywa ngemidlalo ye-basketball, kunendawo eyodwa ongaya kuyo edolobheni: i NBA 2K uchungechunge oluvela ku-2K Sports. Ngenkathi i-EA izamile ukuhlanganisa imisipha ngokuphinda kwayo, iphinde iphinde I-NBA Live i-franchise, ubukhulu becala i-2K ikhuphule isabelo semakethe. Sekukonke, uchungechunge lusaqinile impela, njengoba ungabona ekubuyekezeni kwethu inguqulo yamanje yohlobo lwe NBA 2K21, okufakiwe kwakamuva ochungechungeni. Kodwa ukugxekwa okuningi sekuphonswe ku-franchise ngokwenza kwayo imali okunonya, futhi sekuyisikhathi futhi.
Njengoba kubikwe kuqala ngu Stevivor, kubonakala sengathi izikhangiso ezingeqeki manje zisemdlalweni. Bahlole izinguqulo ze-PS4, i-Xbox One ne-PC ukuze bathole ukuthi bezisebenza lapho (akukho gama ezinguqulweni ze-Switch kanye ne-Stadia, kodwa kungenzeka ukuthi zikhona noma zizokwengezwa). Izikhangiso azihambi isikhathi eside njengoba izikrini eziningi zilayisha, kodwa ngokusobala ezinye ziyakwenza futhi nakwi-PC esebenzisa i-SSD izikhangiso kusafanele ziqede noma zidlula ukulayisha izikrini ngaphambi kokuthi uqhubeke. Akukacaci ukuthi izikhangiso zizoba yingxenye yini izinguqulo zesizukulwane esilandelayo, ezimakethwe kakhulu ngenxa yokuntula kwazo ukulayisha.
Abalandeli balolu chungechunge bazobe sebekwazi lokhu, njengoba lokhu kwenzeka nangesicoco sangonyaka odlule, NBA 2K20. Kubukeka sengathi bekungekona okokugcina futhi kubonakala manje sekuyisisengezo esijwayelekile ku-franchise eya phambili. NBA 2K21 iyatholakala manje ku-PlayStation 4, i-Xbox One, i-Switch, i-PC ne-Stadia ene-PS5, i-Xbox Series X kanye nenguqulo ye-Xbox Series S ezayo ukuze kwethulwe uhlobo olulandelayo.
