The NBA Playoffs are well underway which means that sports gamers everywhere are starting to think about next year’s NBA 2K19 game. The question everyone is asking is, “When is NBA 2K19 coming out?”
While we can’t give you an exact date, we can predict with a very high degree of confidence when Take Two Interactive is planning on releasing NBA 2K19 just by looking at the past 5 years of releases in their blockbuster basketball franchise.
NBA 2K19 will come out right before the official NBA season starts up. This is how it works with every sports franchise in order to maximize sales.
We did some research into previous installments of the NBA 2K franchise which you can see below.
- NBA 2K18 release date – September 15th, 2017
- NBA 2K17 release date – September 20th, 2016
- NBA 2K16 release date – September 29th, 2015
- NBA 2K15 release date – October 7th, 2014
- NBA 2K14 release date – October 1st, 2013
We can see that the overall trend is getting earlier and earlier into September, so it is likely that NBA 2K19 will be released on Friday, September 14th, 2018. There is also a chance that it could be released on Friday, September 21st, 2018.
There are always ways to get the game early, whether it is by pre-ordering or by purchasing buying a more expensive version of the game. In the past, you have been able to get NBA 2K games up to 3 days early.
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