Last year Visual Concepts released an early free demo for NBA 2K17 called The Prelude, which let you create a MyPlayer and then play through his college years before getting drafted. This early section of the game let you sample the gameplay and carry over your save if you wanted to buy the full game.
NBA 2K18 is getting its own Prelude come September 8, provided you are playing on PlayStation 4 or Xbox One. 2K Sports hasn't shared any details on what we'll be playing just yet, but if you're itching to see what NBA 2K18 has to offer, circle the date on your calendar.
Safe to assume it'll be another preview of the early stages of MyCAREER, with the progress carrying over into the full version. No PC version of The Prelude again from the looks of things, but I assume it'll be like last year where it's content you'll play through in the full version anyway, so the only thing the PC version will be missing out on is a hands-on preview ahead of the Early Tip-Off Weekend the following week. The companion app should logically also be out in time to scan in our faces for The Prelude; hopefully it also supports the PC version of the full game, as was the case last year.