S.T.A.G.E. on 05 May 2009
I believe NBA 2k9 takes the crown on all fronts. NBA Live 2009 is an improvement to the past games. I remember the days in 1998-2000 when Live was the king; Sadly, once 2K came out on the Dreamcast, I was hooked and never played NBA Live again. NBA 2k9 was weaker in a sense that it was too similar to last years game, but even that is ten times better than Live.
