I pre-ordered the game digitally on Xbox One, and I'm supposed to be entitled to an "early tip-off" which means I get to play it as early as tomorrow, but as far as I've found, there's no real way to know the time on which my downloaded game actually unlocks. I'm assuming it'll be midnight PDT, but whenever I've bought any other pre-order, companies are usually very clear about the time console users actually get to start playing, and it's even been Eastern time on some releases (I think Batman on the PS4 was like this), and especially considering this is supposed to be a "special" timed access, well... I just want to know if it would be a good idea to stay up and see if maybe I can play a couple games.

I'm in the same position - I downloaded it on Steam and I'm not sure when it unlocks either. Did some researching but wasn't able to find much in the way of exact times for digital downloads.

It says on Steam it comes out the 25th. No time listed. So we will have to see. It's downloading for me right now.

Thanks, guys. I guess it's just wait and see. Nice to know I'm not just a dummy who somehow missed that bit of info. They really should be a bit better at communicating this sort of stuff.

The NBA 2k16 twitter account just posted this five minutes ago. So hopefully that's accurate for digital releases as well?

It unlocks at 12:00 ET on PS4.

But I waited until 9:00 tonight to buy it, so it probably won't finish downloading until sometime Saturday afternoon. Playstation Network speeds are the best.

Good news. Finishing the download now. I know what I'm doing after work!

Well, seems I'm screwed anyway. My download file was corrupt, and now it won't finish downloading at all. Yay for early tip-off.