The Last Great NBA Live 

Mr. Wang had the right idea. Competition helps everyone, especially the consumers.

2K needs competition just like Madden, The Show and NHL. I fear we'll never have a sports game renaissance to the level of 00s again. Everything is just one option. Which is horse shit.

Finally someone says it! Live 10 was one of a kind! That playoff/Finals atmosphere was incredible!

NBA Live's gameplay wasn't amazing, but I always though the game was fairly deep, fun, and controlling your players felt smooth. I loved being able to spend time playing with the international teams. Players actually felt different with Dynamic DNA and online was incredibly fun with Online Team Play and The Run. I spent so many hours on Run and OTP, I remember playing in an OTP league through Operation Sports. Great video as usual.

There’s probably an alternate universe out there where NBA 2K didn’t surpass NBA Live as the go-to NBA video game series.

Just bought NBA Live 2005 for PS2. Its wild how much more realistic a game made with horrid graphics is vs games today

One thing I noticed about live 10 was that the Mascot moves around the stadium instead of staying in one spot

This is a certified NBA Live 10 moment

Speaking of NBA Live 10, the new March Madness Legacy Mod for NCAA Basketball 10 uses physics and AI from NBA Live 10 to make the gameplay much better.

NBA Live 2005 still to this day is my favorite NBA Live

so live 19 was bad? i thought it was quite decent

Yess finally nba live 10 video thank you so much

I just got live 10 man the graphics and gameplay still hold up In 2023

Live 03 04 and 05 still the best basketball games of all time

You've been killing it Softdrink, much appreciated.

I don't know if it's just me but I feel that 2k is more realistic but it has a bigger learning curve while EA games are more arcade like but are easier to pick up and play

Still hoping for a video series about the rise and fall of midway sports i still to this day enjoy NHL Hitz 2003 and Blizt the league

Nba Live 19 was a good game but it was graphically outdated. I hope they release a new entry because I really like the way NBA live was focusing on attracting a more adult audience.

my uncle actually had nba live 10 but i kept playing 2k but i played it before it was pretty decent i didn’t know what nba live was at the time plus live 19 is a great game

NBA Live had the perfect vibes that a basketball game exactly needed from the menu, shoot around while loading, presentation, atmosphere, sound effects etc. Only thing I like about 2k is the deep customization of rosters and mynba/myleague settings

off ball passing and those 09-10 rosters make this game legendary

You a a great RU-vidr and I been watching you since 2019 keep up the good content

I call BS on his idea of leaving. He just wants a bigger paycheck with 2k so he used EA salary grade as leverage.

NBA Live 10 was amazing on 360, a true classic.

I personally enjoyed the last two NBA Lives (Live 18 and 19) but they can't hold a candle to NBA Live 10. That was truly the last great Live in my opinion as well.

Live 07 and 08 was way better 2k10 really had captured people 2k11 trapped them for life

I still play Live 10 a shit ton to this day. I even happily bought NBA Live 14 and 15 on launch day, and enjoyed the hell out of them. Sold them when I sold my Orbis back in January 2017. Live 96, 98, 2003, 06, 08, and 10 are my favorite Lives. No matter the age of the sports game I am playing (the newest console I own are the PS3 and 360), I like to get around the lack of roster updates by just doing a fantasy draft every time I start a Season or Dynasty. NBA 2K1 is what made me a sports game player, but the last one I enjoyed was 2K6. Because starting with 2K7, it got WAY too realistic for it's own good. I hated having to learn every player's shooting stroke. It sucked all the fun out. It's a video game. If I want that kind of realism, I will watch an actual game or go play basketball myself. I recently bought NBA Live 19, and can't wait to start playing it once I buy my nephew's Durango here soon.

I'll never forget the day I got Live 10 was the same day Kobe hit that buzzer beater over Wade. I loved this game a lot but man I was ADDICTED to 2K10s MyPlayer. I couldn't stop playing that for anything. Just imagine if we had 10 years of consistent improvement off of Live 10, the basketball game landscape would look so different now. Instead of 2K dropping a great game every 4 years they would have to come with it every year. What could've been sigh

Just imagine if ea would’ve built on wangs foundation here. I still go back and play live 10 to this day because I love the rosters from my childhood(Kobe gasol lakers) plus I like how different this game stands out. I remember growing up playing both nba 2k10 and live 10 and not knowing which was my favorite.

Nba live 19 honestly in my opinion is the last great live !! EA DEFINITELY should’ve gave that gameplay they was working on another try with more upgrades and animations !! The game was good asf but I guess it wasn’t enough but I still play it!!

I played nba live 10 so much I literally burned out the disc so a point where the game would crash or be laggy even offline. The disc was in perfect condition just over worked lol

Live 19 is still lit

My older sister got this for me I remember there was this practice mode where a whole bunch of popular players at the time were in a gym shooting hoops that memory is burned into my head

Wang was an inside job. He went and took everything Live had and made it stiffer, play live 09, it was a smoother game, especially from building upon the responsiveness of 08’s dribbling. Elite 11 was what live 10 could have been, but then derailed by what changes happened, they were always focused on physics and responsiveness, live 10 took the good of 09, stopped it and added canned animations like 2k. Mike wang is why Elite 11 was a mess, it was an inside job by 2k, not to be commended.

You really should think about displaying the fifa series. I think its' history from 09 to 15 (maybe 16) is an example of how we ought to make Ea get to work again.

Who remembers NBA the life games? They were actually quietly solid games

and now 2k is SO BAD, every1 is coming back to NBA LIVE 19,, 18, 17,15. NBA LIVE IS COMING BACK FOR NEXT GEN consoles. and I BET IT BLOWS AWAY ALL 2K GAMES.

This was legit my favorite basketball game back in the day! 2k for real life like play and EA for fun play.. This game is still even really fun today and i will always come back to this masterpiece.

been team live my whole childhood, then elite 11 got canceled and 2k11 was the only other nba game i could get, and now i been team 2k ever since

I never played live 10 as I have live 2005 but Mr. Yang had the right idea then and I wish more had and that competition and having that competition to push you to do better is what’s right

Nba Live 10 is the best basketball game ever in my opinion. I do love 2k11 though.

Mike Wang should’ve stay with EA sports with NBA live, maybe the games would’ve been better than 2K over time.

you're saying this as if live 19 was bad or something. its really fun and a good time.

I owned live 10 and played it on my 360! An amazing game! played online adidas live run! So much fun! I owned nba 2k10 also! Currently playing nba live 2019 on my series x.

2k started domination in 2k8. The last "great " live was 06

I love how in every greatest/last great video SDTV drops, there is never a game that dropped in the last 10 years 😂.

I remember playing this game my first basketball game with Dwight Howard as I'm also a orlando magic fan, those were some good times

Nba live 10 is my all time most favorite basketball game, man that game was fun and way better than 2k was. The newest 2ks shooting and defense is so garbage it makes me miss this one even more

NBA 2k11 is the king, and I do agree NBA live 2010 is a solid game, it’s not great but it’s decent, still own my copy …

In the rarly 2010’s me and my older brother and cousin loved this game and I can remember countless times us loading up the game on my cousins XBOX 360, this was the last nba game from either franchise that I was super hyped about to play regularly and very much enjoyed, not saying the games now are trash though, they aren’t, but this was just another level of fun to me, and we always loved competing in the warmup screen before the game too 😅😅

I think nba live 19 is the best in my opinion I loved it it had some weird moments but I still have it and now that 2khasnt had commentary since 2k19 u have to update the game to have SIMPLE COMMENTARY of a sports game

I had 2k10 and Live 10 and I played Live a lot more

I hate how Mike Wang describes as “ twisted thinking” it’s that “twisted thinking” that allowed games like live 10 and 2k11 to exist. Now there is competition. Now 2k is just soulless and money hungry.

Live 16 was the comeback game but Live 19 was good too. But they just couldn't hack it anymore.

NBA Live 09’s shooting was also timing based. These videos are always cool but are filled with weird errors. JS.

Honestly think the NCAA Basketball 10 was better than Live 10, but super close

Nba live 19 gameplay was 🤮🤮🤮🤮. But what i like in live is the facescan and accurate jumpshot

mike should have stayed with live tbh. kinda should have known live on 360/ps3 would just get messed up again

Mike Wang is to live what Kawhi Leonard was to Toronto

I think the videos you have been doing are your strongest suit. I'm honestly super excited for the 2022 content yet to come! Great work softdrink!

Without competition games stay bland and they don't improve at all. Look at madden and 2k is at that point now too. These games need competition to push each other, I miss the days where we had multiple options to choose from. I do agree Live 10 was great, and I do feel like live 19 is underrated in my opinion

One of my first ever PS3 games when I was 12. I was soooo stoked when it would play like live TV updates or highlights through the main menu/main court or whatever

*Bullshit NBA Live 16, 18, & 19 was good games*

MICHAEL JORDAN not being in these game HURT also

What if Mike Wang never left EA to create more NBA LIVE games? "Truly the biggest WHAT IF NBA LIVE MOMENT".

Agreed live 10 was the last great basketball game from EA. Live 18 was the last good one.

I loved how fun live was 2k isn’t really that fun.

Live 10 was so awesome

IMO best nba live game is 2005 with melo on the cover

NBA Live 09 was the last great NBA Live. NBA Live 10 was the downfall of EA in basketball games I don't care how much you guys compare NBA Live 10 was not that good of a game I am a live Stan I played the mess out of NBA Live 10 but it was not as good as Live 09

Look I love nbalive I can relax 😌 nba2k I got play Game 7

Nba live 09 was great. 06 was my favorite tho

Live 10 was the shit

I miss the PS2 NBA Live days 😢

I will say the games that were more arcade like had more replay value. I like Live 19 (my first Live game ever) better than all the 2k games.

Mike Wang should go back to EA and bring it back

Nah he went in there and sabotaged them

Ea needs to make basketball and 2k needs to make madden it’s that simple

I played the crap outta this game, didn't hold a candle to 2k10 but it was better than Live 09

I miss NBA LIVE

Mike Wang leaving immediately after Live 10 is what killed Live and put it into a 4 year hiatus.

I really enjoyed this live...definitely one to talk about

I clicked faster than EA’s downfall

#bringbackNBALIVE

The nba live with Gilbert Arenas is the best one!

Another NBA game hidden gem is TOTAL NBA 96, that was far ahead of it’s time

So 2k must have offered him the bag bcuz every 2k since 2k16 has been garbage

Nba live 10 refs not calling things is a good simulation of reality.

NBA Elite was a good game, it was sabotaged.

If the next video isnt Blitz a retrospective we fightin

Could you please talk about nfl 2k2

This was the very last sports game I put all of my gaming into besides Madden... and both were very fun to play that year... man I fucking miss whooping ass on those games and the effort & detail EA put into them. I turned 32 a week ago and I can honestly say I grew up in the "Golden Age" of video games because the shit they put out today is just disrespectful compared to the ps2 or even ps3 days 😞

Dude this is what your channel is man. Never stop doing this i don’t care what anyone says. Never have doubts your the king of this shit🐐🐐

When Orlando Almost Won An NBA Championship Orlando Was Way Better Than The Lakers It Was A Fixed Game

its really weird to attribute so much to One Guy. there was probably dozens of people working on each individual part of the game, there are no real One Guys in games. games are these peoples babies, but it still takes a village

nba live and the EA march madness games were suck dog shit compared to 2k. as well as inside drive when that was a series. 2k college hoops was seriously 1000000000000x better than those terrible march madness games

imo NBA Live always had better fastbreaks than 2k. I don't know why, that one specific thing is just way more jank feeling in 2k.

Psalms 118:5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.

1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Great video! Love these retrospective videos of sports games! Keep up the great work! Cheers!