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beavalator
Founder
Founder

NBA 2K21 No longer Connecting to Server

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This issue started about 5 days ago. I am unable to utilize My Career and any other online options within 2k21. I have been playing another career and *poof* opened up the game and was no longer able to access.

error indicated cannot synchronize my profile.

Hopefully this is being worked on.

Kyle
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JamesFromGoogle
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hello and happy Thursday Stadians!

Our team has been working on getting all of you back into shooting hoops as quickly as they can. We did just get word that a few players have been able to play NBA2K21 once again. Please let us know if you are still experiencing the issue or if you're able to get back into the game. Thanks for everyone's patience and keep us posted.

Best,

James

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Ivan
Platinum Stadia Guide
Platinum Stadia Guide

@beavalator Another user has brought up the issue, as well as a few others from the Stadia subreddit. NBA 2k games usually have about 2 years of lifespan, but usually it  has until the end of the year before the server's shut down. I've got confirmation that the server on Xbox is still up and running.

There's a chance that the server for Stadia have been shut down early, but not confirmation yet. The issue has been escalated and I'm currently investigating. Will let you know if I have any update.

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MisterMarcoo
Founder
Founder

So now the problem is becoming crystal clear in terms of sequels not coming to the platform. The server is being shut down, your 2k21 version is becoming "unplayable" and you cannot even buy the next installment in the series because 2K didn't port it to Stadia and Google didn't care enough to at least try and change that situation. 

The same goes for Madden and F1 for instance. Sport titles need their sequels, but apparently, studios don't care about Stadia because it probably doesn't make them enough money in terms of sales. And Google clearly doesn't want to fork over money for porting anymore. Google is not Microsoft: they both invested in a very good product (stadia / xbox) but in the end only one of the two was able to really convince studios to port and gamers to invest in the platform. Of course, the first xbox was another time and games were way more cheaper to create. But it's still a joke cause in the last three years Google had sooo many opportunities to create awesome advertising campaigns, only to just not do it and don't care enough about player acquisition. Posting stuff in Reddit and their own forum lol. How does that bring new players?

And now, the current Stadians are the sorry people because their games are full of bugs, missing DLC's, missing sequels and apparently, game servers are being shut down (sooner than those of competition looking at Ivan's post). Don't even get me started about missing AC: Mirage. AC was there from the very start. It was the showcase for Stadia and now Ubisoft completely dropped Assassin's Creed from Stadia...

So sad how mismanagement Stadia is.

Roses are red, Gaming is fun. You are carrying too much, to be able to run!
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DanFromGoogle
Community Manager
Community Manager

Hey there all. This issue is currently under investigation. If you have any other extra information that I can share with the engineering team, please let me know. 

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Ivan
Platinum Stadia Guide
Platinum Stadia Guide

@beavalator I've seen report that the server is back online and save is accessible again. Can you please confirm?

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RXShorty
Platinum Stadia Guide
Platinum Stadia Guide

Hi @beavalator 

As @Ivan already posted it looks to work again.
Just tried it myself and it works for me. :smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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JamesFromGoogle
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hello and happy Thursday Stadians!

Our team has been working on getting all of you back into shooting hoops as quickly as they can. We did just get word that a few players have been able to play NBA2K21 once again. Please let us know if you are still experiencing the issue or if you're able to get back into the game. Thanks for everyone's patience and keep us posted.

Best,

James

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Ffa1
Community Member

I'm having the same issue

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AwB
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Why can’t I connect the 2k21 server to play my career?

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