NBA Live 2005

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NBA Live 2005
Nbalive05 cover.jpg
Cover art with Carmelo Anthony
Developer(s) EA Canada
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Series NBA Live
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, Xbox GameCube, Windows
Release
  • NA: September 28, 2004
  • AU: October 25, 2004 (PS2)
  • NA: October 26, 2004 (Win)
  • EU: October 29, 2004
  • EU: November 12, 2004 (Win)
  • JP: December 2, 2004 (PS2)
Genre(s) Sports (basketball)
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

NBA Live 2005 is the 2004 installment of the NBA Live sports video game series. The game was developed by EA Canada and released in 2004 for PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and Microsoft Windows.

Contents

Gameplay

In-game screenshot of NBA Live 2005 (Windows) NBA Live 2005 ingame PC.jpg
In-game screenshot of NBA Live 2005 (Windows)

Reception

By July 2006, the PlayStation 2 version of NBA Live 2005 had sold 1.6 million copies and earned $54 million in the United States. Next Generation ranked it as the 24th highest-selling game launched for the PlayStation 2, Xbox or GameCube between January 2000 and July 2006 in that country. Combined sales of NBA Live console games released in the 2000s reached 8 million units in the United States by July 2006. [29]

The game received "favorable" reviews on all platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. [1] [2] [3] [4] In Japan, Famitsu gave the PlayStation 2 version a score of 32 out of 40. [6]

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