
Game’s reserved space was deleted from hard drive – You might see this issue because the game’s reserved space has been cleared from your hard drive. Follow Method 4 for steps to discover the culprit. Software might be blocking your connection to the servers – a third party software (like a firewall or VPN solution) might be interfering with your computer’s connection to 2K servers.
Follow Method 3 for steps for circumventing this scenario.
Exceeded amount of allowed NBA 2K accounts – You might also be encountering this problem if you exceed the maximum number of 2K accounts that can be created on a single console. Follow Method 2 for steps on completing the email confirmation process. Account email information needs to be resent – This issue is confirmed to occur whenever 2K servers require additional information regarding your account (most likely the email isn’t verified).
Typically, you can force the new update to install by playing a couple of Play Now games.
A new game version became available while playing – You might get this error if you were playing the game while the newest update was distributed. Take-Two outlined a number of other problems that could cause either error code, however. There’s nothing wrong with the game or your system, and in general, it’s an easy fix if this is the actual issue. This can happen if you start it while some data is still downloading or if you’ve not yet downloaded the latest update. Normally, NBA 2K21 error code 4B538E50 or EFEAB30C pops up when you try and start the game without downloading all the necessary data.
Read more: NBA 2K22 release date and everything we know so far What is NBA 2K21 Error 4B538E50? Take-Two also noted several other situations that can prompt the NBA 2K21 error code 4B538E50, so if you’ve downloaded all the data, it could be one of a number of issues.