My god, 2K NBA Playgrounds mobile is going to be a microtransaction nightmare

The video thumbnail is literally a loot box

2K NBA Playgrounds, a modern-day reimagining of NBA Jam but with current players, is being ported to mobile as a free-to-play game. It’s currently in in select markets.

It is going to be a microtransaction wasteland. Here’s the lineage of 2K NBA Playgrounds on mobile: It’s an arcadey take on the NBA 2K series, the most prominent and best-selling basketball franchise that has come under intense scrutiny for flagrantly pushing microtransactions; the most recent game in the 2K NBA Playgrounds was slammed for slowing progress unlocking new players to a halt without the assistance of real-life money; and, it’s a free-to-play mobile game which are almost always littered with in-app purchases.

But hey, if you’re cool with grinding out card packs (or forking over some cash for them), 2K NBA Playgrounds might be your thing. The be🎃ta will presumably come to more regions soon enough, followed by a proper release on b🍬oth iOS and Android somewhere down the road.

[Google Play]