NBA 2K14 Server Issues Caused By Virtual Currency? Game Critic Says Feature Requires Online Verification, Causing Connectivity Problems

NBA 2K14 server issues, which revolved around requiring certain features of the game to be verified online by servers, likely has to do with Virtual Currency, Kotaku reports.

"Why 2K requires singleplayer career mode progress to be verified online by the 2K Sports servers is so far unexplained," the website writes.

"It likely has to do with Virtual Currency, which is the cash gamers use to do all sorts of things across all of the game's modes, online and offline."

NBA 2K14 fans have been encountering issues with server connections, despite 2K Sports releasing a patch aimed at improving next-generation gameplay.

"A server connection, while not required to access all of the game's content, is necessary for handling virtual currency - which players use to purchase goods and attributes for their custom players - as well as certain modes such as MyTeam and NBA Today," Joystiq.com writes.

"When the game fails to connect to the 2K servers, it locks players out of this content."

NBA 2K14 beat out Madden NFL 25 on next-generation sales, GameSpot.com reports, leaving many wondering if it is the best sports game out for the Playstation 4 and Xbox One.

NBA 2K14 "was the best-selling sports video game on next generation consoles, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and was the number four best-selling next-gen game overall," according to the NPD," the website reports.

In response to the sales numbers, SVP of basketball operations for 2K, Jason Argent, wrote "Earlier this year we promised that NBA 2K14 would be our biggest and best NBA 2K experience yet, and today we're thrilled to see fans agree, as NBA 2K14 is now the number one selling sports game on next-gen consoles," the website also reports.

Earlier this week, it was reported that NBA 2K14's next-generation console version is outselling NBA 2K13.

2K Sports recently announced that it knows what the problems are causing repeated crashes occurring in NBA 2K14's MyCareer mode are, but it has no timetable on when a solution may arrive Kotaku reports, leaving many wondering if next-generation gameplay issues will continue this problem.

"We are aware of what's causing the issue and the top priority is to fix that," the developer announced according to the website.

NBA 2K14's release date version may have ignored microtransaction gouging, CinemaBlend.com reports, leaving many gamers how many reviews of the popular game have skimmed over other details.