Famed streamer Kai Cenat wasn’t happy with NBA 2K’s production after they promised to use his avatar. During his recent stream, Cenat spoke about attending a 2K event, where he was scanned for his avatar. However, the results weren’t what he expected.
According to Cenat, he flew to Las Vegas to do his player scans for the video game and cut some promo work.
“Ronnie, they got me to fly out to Vegas,” Cenat started. “I missed a day of shooting, I promo the f**k out of his game, I did his little – I went to 2K events, I’m chopping it up with n****s I don’t know. He do a podcast s**t for his TikTok content. They sit me down, they scanned me, there’s like a hundred cameras. A hundred cameras scanning my tattoos, my skin, my blackness, my locs. Guy said that i was in 2k24.
Ronnie 2K assured Cenat his avatar in the upcoming game during their talk. Given that the internet personality wasn’t part of NBA 2K24, he expected to be featured on 2K25. At the end, Cenat showed his player scan and shared that the player scan that the game produced looked slightly off.
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The streamer was also disappointed that he wasn’t in 2K24 after he was promised that his avatar would be available.
The Digital Marketing director for 2K Games, defended his work in the replies on social media.
“He actually changed his hair and it didn’t look good in our game so we had to rework it. It’s pretty close to ready I believe,” Ronnie 2K said.
Ronnie 2K teases potential cover athlete for NBA 2K
The video game corporation greatly depends on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to promote the impending release of the game. The Oklahoma City Thunder’s All-Star guard has appeared in promotional materials for the forthcoming September 6 release.
“[Shai Gilgeous-Alexander] has been a 2K fan for years. It is amazing, this is our 26th one right, so a lot of these guys who come into the league have played 2K their whole lives,” Ronnie 2K said.
The internet personality shared that SGA was all-in during the entire process of promoting the video game. For the next iteration of the game, The Thunder star was given a 96 overall rating. With his steady improvement, fans are patiently waiting to see if he’ll ever be considered as part of the video game cover.
“I’d like to say he is a future cover athlete, one day I hope that happens,” Ronnie 2K said.
significant amount of fans who will rejoice if they get to see SGA as the cover athlete for the video game.
