if you peek at my games collection, i've been following the LIVE series for a very long time. but with the next gen consoles, the series seems to have taken a very sharp downgrade in quality so i stopped buying basketball games. this year, however, i see a lot of potential in the competitor's offerings. anyone with thoughts on which basketball game i should buy this year, 2k9, live 09, or the inside 09?

I have played the demos for LIVE and Inside 09 so far. LIVE is the winner by far of these two and I was extremely impressed with all the different kinds of seamless animations. Players no longer float around the court and players movements were very natural. Its really easy to defend and call plays on offense and the opening menu is even fun too. you get to start shooting baskets with others players on your team in a practice situation on the court and then again while the full game loads in the background for a short time.

Haven't played 2k9 yet, but Live appears to be a very strong contender this year. I may even pick up my first simulation style basketball game in a long, long time. For now make sure to check out both demos on the PSN and see for yourself.

This gen it seems that the NBA2k series is the better basketball game, but I don't like the controls there, so I stay with NBA LIVE :)

NBA.... Jam!! T.E. version for the SNES!!

NBA live looks great , i will wait and see

the nba 2k series shits all over live .. get nba 2k9

nba 2k9 hands down.. always better quality than live...