NBA Live 08

2007 basketball video game
2007 video game
  • PlayStation 2
  • PlayStation 3
  • PlayStation Portable
  • Wii
  • Xbox 360
  • Windows
Release
October 2, 2007
  • PlayStation 2 & Xbox 360
    • NA: October 2, 2007[2]
    • AU: October 4, 2007[1]
    • EU: October 5, 2007[3]
    PlayStation 3
    • NA: October 2, 2007[2]
    • AU: October 11, 2007[4]
    • EU: October 12, 2007[3]
    Wii
    • NA: October 2, 2007[2]
    • AU: October 25, 2007[5]
    • EU: October 26, 2007[3]
    PlayStation Portable
    • NA: October 2, 2007[2]
    • AU: December 6, 2007[6]
    • EU: December 7, 2007[3]
    Windows
    • AU: October 25, 2007[5]
    • EU: October 26, 2007[3]
    • NA: October 30, 2007[7]
Genre(s)SportsMode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
In-game screenshot of NBA Live 08 (PC version).

NBA Live 08 is the 2007 installment of the NBA Live series by EA Sports. It was released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows and PlayStation Portable. This is the first NBA video game to include all three next-generation consoles, the first game to be released for Sony's PlayStation 3, and the last NBA Live game for the Windows platform.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
PCPS2PS3PSPWiiXbox 360
Metacritic67/100[35]68/100[36]73/100[37]73/100[38]52/100[39]73/100[40]
Review scores
PublicationScore
PCPS2PS3PSPWiiXbox 360
1Up.comN/AN/AC+[8]B[9]N/AC+[8]
Electronic Gaming MonthlyN/AN/A6.83/10[10]N/AN/A6.83/10[10]
FamitsuN/A28/40[11]32/40[11]30/40[11]N/A32/40[11]
Game InformerN/AN/A7.5/10[12]N/AN/A7.5/10[12]
GameSpotN/A6.5/10[13]7.5/10[14]6.5/10[13]3/10[15]7.5/10[14]
GameSpyN/A[16][17][18]N/A[19]
GameZoneN/A6/10[20]7.8/10[21]6.8/10[22]6.5/10[23]8.3/10[24]
IGNN/A5.5/10[25]6.9/10[26]7.3/10[27]4.9/10[28]6.9/10[29]
Nintendo LifeN/AN/AN/AN/A[30]N/A
Official Xbox Magazine (US)N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A8/10[31]
PC Gamer (UK)77%[32]N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
PlayStation: The Official MagazineN/A8/10[33]8.5/10[33]N/AN/AN/A
USA TodayN/AN/A8/10[34]N/AN/A8/10[34]

The game received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.[35][36][37][38][39][40] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of all four eights for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions; one seven, two eights, and one seven for the PSP version; and all four sevens for the PlayStation 2 version.[11]

See also

References

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