as this option was hard to find in NBA

That's 16 to 17 months of support, which is eyebrow-raising on its own, even if NBA 2K13's services shut down after just 13 months.What's worse is, on the PS4 and Xbox One, file save data for two of NBA 2K14's bedrock offline career modes, MyGM and MyCareer, need to check in with an online server. No online server, no check-in, no resuming that career save — unless it was specifically created as an offline save. Few were, as this option was hard to find in NBA 2K14 and not offered as a default. The check-in is because of the presence of the Virtual Currency economy, which buys up virtual cosmetics, improves created players' abilities and, of course, can be bought for real money.NBA 2K16 Special Edition brings back Michael Jordan on the cover - Polygon