"From his cultural influence, musical success, off the court leadership, and on court domination, he's the perfect fit for our cover of NBA 2K21 on current-generation platforms we're honoured to have him." While Alfie Brody, Vice President of Marketing for NBA 2K, added: "There are a lot of great players in the NBA today, but Damian Lillard has done a particularly standout job of representing the current generation of NBA superstar. "I’m grateful to all my fans and can’t wait for everyone to experience the game later this year." "I’m an avid 2K player so I’m honoured to join the other NBA greats who have been on the cover. "I’ve been a fan of NBA 2K for years and love how they represent all aspects of basketball culture. He said: "This is a special moment for me in my NBA career. We'll have to wait to find out who the next cover star is, but Lillard has said he's "thrilled" to appear on the NBA 2K21 sleeve for the current gen.
Lillard will feature on the cover of NBA 2K21 for the PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia and PCs when it releases later this year.
ORIGINAL: NBA 2K21 gamers are set to find out who will be the cover athlete for the PS5 and Xbox Series X editions of the hugely popular 2K Games basketball sim.ĢK Games today revealed the cover athlete for the current-gen version of NBA 2K21, and it's five-time NBA All-Star and Portland Trail Blazers' Damian Lillard.
The current gen and next-gen versions of NBA 2K21 are featuring two different cover stars, with Portland Trail Blazers' Damian Lillard appearing on the sleeve for the current batch of consoles.Īn announcement on who will feature on the next gen version of NBA 2K21 is due later today, while fans should also find out more about the game's release date later this week.
So it would be premature to discuss that we'll talk about that and title-by-title basis going forward.NBA 2K21 COVER ATHLETE REVEAL - UPDATE ONE: PS5 and Xbox Series X fans will today (Wednesday July 1) find out who will feature on the cover of this year's entry in 2K Games' hit basketball sim. Now, we haven't talked about pricing on other titles. And the acceptance by consumers has been nothing short of extraordinary, the title sold in over 8 million units. "And as planned, it's in a premium offering at the highest possible level, the title was built from the ground up for next-gen, so first title here that has been created that way. "In terms of frontline pricing for NBA 2K21, I think that worked out very much as expected," Zelnick told investors. In the wake of Take-Two charging more for the next-gen versions of this title, other companies apparently were also considering an increased price. News that NBA 2K21 would cost $10 more on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S broke in July 2020, with Zelnick later defending the price hike as reflecting the increased cost of making games. NBA 2K21 was released in November for PS5 and Xbox Series X and S. Take-Two previously said that it had sold in 5 million copies of NBA 2K21 for the previous quarter - following its September launch on PS4, Xbox One and Stadia - meaning that it shifted another 3 million in the last three months of 2020. Speaking to investors, the company's CEO and chair Strauss Zelnick said that it had shipped 8 million copies of the game as of the end of December 2020.
To see this content please enable targeting cookies. NBA 2K21's new $70 price point hasn't stopped millions of people from buying Take-Two's basketball title. The game costs $10 more on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.