NBA (video game series)

The NBA video game series consists of six basketball titles developed by San Diego Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Licensed by the National Basketball Association, it is one of several NBA-focused video game franchises and follows the NBA ShootOut series. The six games are NBA, NBA '06, NBA '07, NBA '08, NBA 09: The Inside, and NBA 10: The Inside.

The first game, NBA, launched in March 2005 for the PSP. NBA '06, subtitled Featuring the Life Vol. 1, came out on October 4, 2005, for PSP and November 1, 2005, for PlayStation 2. Its cover shows Phoenix Suns forward/center Amar'e Stoudemire, and it introduced a Skills challenge mode exclusive to PlayStation. Commercials for the game featured Stoudemire, P.J. Carlesimo, and three fictional NBA players.

NBA '07, released in 2006, features Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant on the cover with his new number 24. It is the second Featuring the Life installment and served as a launch title for the PlayStation 3. NBA '08, developed and published in 2007, again features Stoudemire on the cover (his second time after NBA '06) and includes a narrative, unusual for NBA games.

NBA 09: The Inside, released on October 7, 2008, has no single cover athlete; instead, it shows six players: Carmelo Anthony, Carlos Boozer, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Paul Pierce, and Dwyane Wade. NBA 10: The Inside, a simulation game for PSP released on October 6, 2009, uses NBA on TNT graphics with the TNT logo alongside the NBA Jumpman logo.

Reception for the series was described as "average" by Metacritic.