[Update: Sep. 11] NBA 2K22 servers down or game not working? You're not alone

New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….

Original story (published on September 10, 2021) follows:

Just in case you’re racking your brain wondering why NBA 2K22 isn’t working for you, find solace in the fact that you aren’t the only one facing issues lately.

A quick look at the micro-blogging site Twitter reveals there are many other are affected as well. As per reports, the basketball game isn’t working at all for the past hour or so.

Complainants state that they’re having trouble even starting up the game as it keeps throwing errors like 4b538e50 and even crashes. For a quick glance, here are some of the reports:

@NBA2K I didnt buy last years game and I’m already regretting buying this years. Servers being down day one is inexcusable. Something needs to change with this company. Just shows they dont give a shit about their community.
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Imagine getting banned as soon as 2K come out. Couldn’t connect to servers & banned?
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u should refund everyone with a preorder how on earth can you release a game with no servers? I don’t even play online I just want career
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Down detector – a popular service that gives information about live outages – also conveys that NBA 2K22 is indeed going through a glitch as can be seen in the image below:

While the spike has dropped down from its peak now, fresh reports on Twitter are still trickling in, indicating that there’s still no respite from problems on NBA 2K22.

The game was only released a few hours ago today so those that have just purchased it opened up the game for the first time, only to run into errors and crashes. Definitely not the best first impression that can be made.

Any official word on the matter? Negative, as of yet. We’re yet to locate a word from the official service channels or their social media handles.

But rest assured, we’re keeping tabs on all related developments and will update this page with relevant info as and when we come across any. So in case you’re encountering the problem discussed here, stay tuned for updates.

04:08 pm (IST): The social media team behind NBA 2k22 posted a couple of tweets regarding the delays players were facing while trying to launch and play the title.

The first tweet acknowledged the problem whereas the follow-up tweet confirmed that the situation is improving. Check them out below:

2K community, epic launch!

A lot of people are trying to ball, so there may be some delays.

Thank you for your passion, excitement and support (Source)

Delays should be minimizing. Entitlements of VC are normalizing and will be fulfilled shortly (Source)

01:29 pm (IST): NBA 2K22 players may find some solace in the fact that the developers have rolled out a new patch for the PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox series X, and the Xbox series S that brings stability improvements amongst a couple of other fixes.

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