Will NBA 2K24 be Next Gen on PC?
2K GamesAnother NBA 2K, another year where PC players wonder if they’ll finally get the enhanced version of the popular basketball game. Here’s everything you need to know regarding if NBA 2K24 will be Next Gen on PC.
The NBA 2K series made its Next Gen debut on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S with NBA 2K21 in 2020. That enhanced version wasn’t released until two months after the last-gen versions meaning PC missed out.
However, PC players were shocked when NBA 2K22 was also released as the last gen version. This continued with NBA 2K23 with PC still not receiving a Next Gen port once since the new consoles were launched.
This has fans concerned that NBA 2K24 will once again be the old version of the basketball game, and early signs hint that those concerns are very well justified.
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2K GamesWill NBA 2K24 be Next Gen on PC?
While 2K Games hasn’t provided an official answer there are some strong hints that suggest that NBA 2K24 will not be Next Gen on PC.
For one, its PC spec requirements were revealed on Steam with the minimum being a GeForce GT 450, Intel i3-2100, and 4 GB RAM – hardly the kind of requirements expected of a Next Gen title.
Furthermore, at NBA 2K24’s reveal, it was confirmed that Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 would support cross-play with one another. Support for this feature on PC is nowhere to be seen.
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Perhaps the biggest hint of all is that 2K has confirmed that this year’s big technical innovation won’t be on PC: “ProPLAY delivers animations and movements via on-court NBA action for a generational leap in authenticity on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.”
Why isn’t NBA 2K Next Gen on PC?
2K Games’ official explanation for the lack of a Next Gen port of NBA 2K23 on PC and Nintendo Switch was that it was focused on optimizing the sports game for the new consoles.
Another possible reason is that the PC community of NBA 2K is smaller than on console. Due to this, it might be difficult for 2K to justify putting the resources into creating a Next Gen port.
Some players in the community have suggested that 2K Games is concerned about alienating some of its core audience with many PC players still using old hardware.
However, this explanation was never verified by 2K and seems flawed given that NBA 2K23 runs at 1080, 60 FPS on the weaker Xbox Series S.
An official reveal of if NBA 2K24 will be Next Gen on PC is expected in the near future. We’ll update this article with more information once it arrives.