Even after candidly discussing the online multiplayer problems in the current game, this probably isn’t the best time for 2K Sports to be closing the servers for last year’s version of NBA 2K. Online multiplayer support for NBA 2K11 will disappear by the middle of this month, the label said today.
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Jeff Thomas, the Visual Concepts boss, told Kotaku last week that the game rebuilt its online multiplayer codebase for NBA 2K12. Maybe the differing codebases, or the need to free up bandwidth in the current game, is what prodded the move. 2K Sports wasn’t saying after we pinged them.
Still, it is a very short time for a sports game, or any game, to have online multiplayer support. EA Sports titles typically go two years before being disconnected. Pasta Padre notes that NBA 2K10 had online multiplayer support for 15 months and NBA 2K9 was supported for 21.
If you’re that fed up with NBA 2K12‘s online multiplayer, NBA Live 10 is still breathing. The game updated its rosters last year when NBA Elite was canceled, and with the NBA lockout obliterating yesterday’s season opening, there have been no changes to rosters in the off-season.
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2K Sports Shutting Down NBA 2K11 Servers [Pasta Padre]
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