NBA Live 08

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.

NBA Live 08
PlayStation 3 cover art featuring Gilbert Arenas.
Developer(s)	EA Canada (PS3, X360) HB Studios (PS2, PC, Wii, & PSP)
Publisher(s)	EA Sports
Series	NBA Live
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 PlayStation Portable Wii Xbox 360 Windows
Release	October 2, 2007 PlayStation 2 & Xbox 360 NA: October 2, 2007[1] AU: October 4, 2007[2] EU: October 5, 2007[3] PlayStation 3 NA: October 2, 2007[1] AU: October 11, 2007[4] EU: October 12, 2007[3] Wii NA: October 2, 2007[1] AU: October 25, 2007[5] EU: October 26, 2007[3] PlayStation Portable NA: October 2, 2007[1] 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)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

In-game screenshot of NBA Live 08 (PC version).

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
	PC	PS2	PS3	PSP	Wii	Xbox 360
Metacritic	67/100[8]	68/100[9]	73/100[10]	73/100[11]	52/100[12]	73/100[13]

Review scores

Publication	Score
	PC	PS2	PS3	PSP	Wii	Xbox 360
1Up.com	N/A	N/A	C+[14]	B[15]	N/A	C+[14]
Electronic Gaming Monthly	N/A	N/A	6.83/10[16]	N/A	N/A	6.83/10[16]
Famitsu	N/A	28/40[17]	32/40[17]	30/40[17]	N/A	32/40[17]
Game Informer	N/A	N/A	7.5/10[18]	N/A	N/A	7.5/10[18]
GameSpot	N/A	6.5/10[19]	7.5/10[20]	6.5/10[19]	3/10[21]	7.5/10[20]
GameSpy	N/A	[22]	[23]	[24]	N/A	[25]
GameZone	N/A	6/10[26]	7.8/10[27]	6.8/10[28]	6.5/10[29]	8.3/10[30]
IGN	N/A	5.5/10[31]	6.9/10[32]	7.3/10[33]	4.9/10[34]	6.9/10[35]
Nintendo Life	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	[36]	N/A
Official Xbox Magazine (US)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8/10[37]
PC Gamer (UK)	77%[38]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PlayStation: The Official Magazine	N/A	8/10[39]	8.5/10[39]	N/A	N/A	N/A
USA Today	N/A	N/A	8/10[40]	N/A	N/A	8/10[40]

The game received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.^{[8][9][10][11][12][13]} 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.^[17]

See also

• NBA 2K8