2K Games made a big deal back when NBA 2K21 was unveiled for Xbox Series X and PS5 in June that the next-gen version could load matches in less than two seconds. It sounded implausible, but it's true!
As highlighted in the video above from the world's first gamerscore millionaire Stallion83, the time from pressing the button to getting into a game is ridiculously quick - you could blink and you'd miss it!
If you fancy checking out the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S edition of NBA 2K21 for yourself, it's now available for purchase on the Microsoft Store for an admittedly eye-watering price of £64.99 / $69.99.
The latest release in the world-renowned, best-selling NBA 2K series, NBA 2K21 leads the charge with next-gen innovations. Featuring extensive improvements upon its best-in-class graphics and gameplay, competitive and community online features, and deep game modes, NBA 2K21 offers one-of-a-kind immersion into basketball and culture - where Everything is Game.
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And this is not even using Velocity Architecture.
Amazing, I didn’t think it would be so quick on the Series X, give it a year or so when we start getting some proper next gen games and the X is going to impress even more imo.
Edit: This games still trash 😂
@Senua You got a source for that? They built a new engine for this next gen version, so I would've assumed it would use the new infrastructure.
@Trmn8r Not a single game, not even optimised titles like Gears 5, FH4, AC Valhalla, Watchdog Legions etc are using Velocity Architecture. Since Microsoft’s next-gen development environment called Gamecore is not even ready yet (in beta), these games are still developed on the ERA with some RDNA2/Dx12U features like VRS Tier 2, Directx Raytracing. In order to use Velocity Architecture, developers need to design/write the games using the newer DirectStorage API from scratch which is only recently revealed and will also be leveraged by Nvidia’s 3000 series GPU. According to recent interview of Jason Ronald in Iron Lords Podcast, expect true next-gen titles to be hitting not earlier than second year. He said he knew lot of unannounced titles. Due to pandemic, lot of development work has been delayed (for ex Mo-Cap etc). Only games that were still under early development would likely suffer.
@Senua Thanks. That's what I was looking for. I wonder what that means for future performance comparison with PS5 once that gets implemented. I haven't heard much about if PS5 has a new type of infrastructure.
@Fenbops
I couldn't agree more. NBA 2K has become stale. It used to be a great series but I Iet go of after 2K15. Tried 2K20 a few months back when it was given away for peanuts on PS4 and deleted it after a few matches. MTX, VC and bloated game modes turned me off.
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