In the past two decades, NBA 2k games have successfully pioneered a path and are widely recognized as a major activity in the sports video game community.

This iconic series was first launched on the market in November 1999, and since its release it has never slowed down due to its annual release deadline. This game not only helps increase fans' love of video games, but also promotes people's love of basketball.

Although 2K is under great development, some gamers and fans have been worried about certain aspects of 2K games over the years. The 2K community has professionals and casual players, so there is a lot of diversity, and you will have different arguments about when 2K will stop feeling yourself. There are many different opinions, so a considerable number of people want to see the franchise change in its direction.

Many people in the 2K community have their own supporters and express their concerns. Some NBA players themselves even shouted out for this game. However, 2K’s criticism is no more strict than YouTuber Agent 00. Since 2K17, Agent has been a booming voice in the 2K community, and since then, he has become the responsibility of building a bridge between Ronnie 2K and people.

In a video posted to his YouTube channel in June 2017, the agent prepared for 2k18, he said: "Trying to point out the boundary between real and counterfeit is a year of 2K struggle." He later compared 2K with the "Tekken" game and said: "Tekken is very good at separating casual fans from competing fans." Why are these two words so important? Since the release of 2K17, these two issues have become one of the important core issues of the 2K community every year, and of course the problem of 2K21 MT has always existed.

In August, in his YouTube video, Agent had the opportunity to sit down with Mike Wang, one of the directors of 2K games. In the 2KTV interview, the agent asked Mike a few questions and chose his brain and 2k21. One of the main points that Agent mentioned is to achieve more "balanced" ideas within 2K.

The agent said: "Developers destroy the fun of the game to keep the balance." He continued that although the previous 2K game had many controversies and glitches, it was still an excellent 2K game. Then Wang asked the agent what he thought of competitive shooting.

He continued: "Like in all games, I want to have the same ranking and no-ranking mode as other games. If you have a competitive slider, you will spoil the pleasure of casual people, so please split. To provide you with simple sliders, those who just want to calm down, and those who just want to be stubborn, have a more difficult slider mechanism."

The idea of making 2K more balanced is a very hot topic. Many 2K communities oppose this. Competitive players will feel that by achieving a balance. On the other hand, it rewards casual players instead of challenging the challenge of moving forward. On the other hand, casual players do not want to play or play games seriously. They just want to have fun without worrying about getting on the court immediately just to be defeated by a higher-level player.

This is a double-edged sword, and developers are truthfully in a dilemma because they don't want to lean to the other side. Achieving balance in sports games is more difficult than in first-person shooters such as Call of Duty. In "Call of Duty", there are different weapons that cause varying degrees of damage. In 2K, this is just your character, a ball and a hoop.

Developers have noticed the need to try to implement the skills gap in 2K, especially after 2K16. In the past three years, Mike Wang has made unremitting efforts to reconfigure the lens for each release. With the redesigned range meter, whether shooting a layup or a jumper, players have to spend more time to release the ball. However, by making this change, many players end up using the same jump shot settings, which may cause constant nerve fatigue.

This may be the smartest way to increase some kind of "balanced" game that players may warm up. Although some players still feel that there is a big gap in shooting skills, many players prefer to choose this skill rather than separate skill sets.

Everyone seems to be upset by the ads placed in the game for @NBA2K. They spend a lot of money and still get hooked on microtransactions. There is a simple solution. Use your dollars to vote. Don’t buy next year’s games. When they lose money, change will happen.

With the growth of 2K, they began to emphasize the focus of microtransactions. Just like the CoD points of V-bucks in Fortnite or in modern warfare, the amount of players purchasing NBA 2K21 MT has seen a huge increase. By emphasizing this "pay-as-you-go" mentality, players believe that it can have fun from actually grinding badges and playing games.

With all of this in mind, let us return to the question, is this a year of success or failure for 2K? Even if 2 does their best, the players are expected to make a huge leap from this year's franchise. Especially for the next generation of game consoles, Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 will be released soon. 2K21 needs to give full play to the absolute best performance of 2K and make every effort. The community feels that the changes in the game should have appeared long ago, and fortunately, the developers seem to have been taking notes and trying their best to listen.

Although their core fan base is still very strong in recent years, there are still some fans who will continue to buy 2K games in order to eventually bring about some change.