NBA 2K3/Reception

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Critical reception

GameCube version

Ratings

Publication awards

Score	Publication	Date	Region	Version
90	Electronic Gaming Monthly	2002-11-05	US US	NTSC-U	^[1]	[details]
93	GamePro	2002-1x-xx	US US	NTSC-U	^[2]	[details]
90	GMR	2003-01-07	US US	NTSC-U	^[3]	[details]
85	NGC Magazine	2003-03-19	UK UK	PAL	^[4]	[details]
70	Nintendo Official Magazine	2003-03-14	UK UK	PAL	^[5]	[details]
76	Nintendo Official Magazine	2003-08-15	UK UK	PAL	^[6]	[details]
86	N-Zone	2003-03-19	DE DE	PAL	^[7]	[details]
60	Play	2002-xx-xx	US US	NTSC-U	^[8]	[details]
90	PSX Extreme	2003-0x-xx	PL PL	NTSC-U	^[9]	[details]

Breakdown

Region	Version	№ reviews	Average	Lowest	Highest	Range	Views
World	All	9	82	60	93	33	Very positive
World	NTSC-U	5	85	60	93	33	Very positive
World	PAL	4	79	70	86	16	Positive
US	All	4	83	60	93	33	Very positive
US	NTSC-U	4	83	60	93	33	Very positive
UK	All	3	77	70	85	15	Positive
UK	PAL	3	77	70	85	15	Positive
DE	All	1	86	86	86	0	Very positive
DE	PAL	1	86	86	86	0	Very positive
PL	All	1	90	90	90	0	Very positive
PL	NTSC-U	1	90	90	90	0	Very positive

PlayStation 2 version

Ratings

Publication awards

Score	Publication	Date	Region	Version
90	Electronic Gaming Monthly	2002-11-05	US US	NTSC-U	^[10]	[details]
100	GameNOW	2002-11-12	US US	NTSC-U	^[11]	[details]
98	GamePro	2002-1x-xx	US US	NTSC-U	^[2]	[details]
90	GMR	2003-01-07	US US	NTSC-U	^[12]	[details]
60	PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK	2003-04-18	UK UK	PAL	^[13]	[details]
60	Play	2002-xx-xx	US US	NTSC-U	^[8]	[details]
83	PlayZone	2003-02-28	DE DE	PAL	^[14]	[details]
90	PSX Extreme	2003-0x-xx	PL PL	NTSC-U	^[15]	[details]

Breakdown

Region	Version	№ reviews	Average	Lowest	Highest	Range	Views
World	All	8	84	60	100	40	Mixed
World	NTSC-U	6	88	60	100	40	Mixed
World	PAL	2	72	60	83	23	Positive
US	All	5	88	60	100	40	Mixed
US	NTSC-U	5	88	60	100	40	Mixed
UK	All	1	60	60	60	0	Average
UK	PAL	1	60	60	60	0	Average
DE	All	1	83	83	83	0	Very positive
DE	PAL	1	83	83	83	0	Very positive
PL	All	1	90	90	90	0	Very positive
PL	NTSC-U	1	90	90	90	0	Very positive

Xbox version

Ratings

Publication awards
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Score	Publication	Date	Region	Version
88	Consoles +	2003-0x-xx	FR FR	PAL	^[16]	[details]
90	Electronic Gaming Monthly	2002-11-05	US US	NTSC-U	^[17]	[details]
98	GamePro	2002-1x-xx	US US	NTSC-U	^[2]	[details]
90	GMR	2003-01-07	US US	NTSC-U	^[18]	[details]
90	Hyper	2003-03-05	AU AU	PAL	^[19]	[details]
65	Le Magazine Officiel Xbox	2003-xx-xx	FR FR		^[20]	[details]
62	Official Xbox Magazine	2003-02-12	UK UK	PAL	^[21]	[details]
60	Play	2002-xx-xx	US US	NTSC-U	^[8]	[details]
90	PSX Extreme	2003-0x-xx	PL PL	NTSC-U	^[22]	[details]
85	Xbox Zone	2003-0x-xx	DE DE	PAL	^[23]	[details]

Breakdown

Region	Version	№ reviews	Average	Lowest	Highest	Range	Views
World	All	10	82	60	98	38	Mixed
World	NTSC-U	5	86	60	98	38	Mixed
World	PAL	4	81	62	90	28	Very positive
US	All	4	84	60	98	38	Mixed
US	NTSC-U	4	84	60	98	38	Mixed
UK	All	1	62	62	62	0	Positive
UK	PAL	1	62	62	62	0	Positive
FR	All	2	77	65	88	23	Positive
FR	PAL	1	88	88	88	0	Very positive
DE	All	1	85	85	85	0	Very positive
DE	PAL	1	85	85	85	0	Very positive
AU	All	1	90	90	90	0	Very positive
AU	PAL	1	90	90	90	0	Very positive
PL	All	1	90	90	90	0	Very positive
PL	NTSC-U	1	90	90	90	0	Very positive

Sales

GameCube version

Date	North America	Europe	Worldwide

PlayStation 2 version

Date	Japan	North America	Europe	Worldwide

Xbox version

Date	North America	Europe	Worldwide

Software charts

GameCube version

PlayStation 2 version

Xbox version

References

↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 2002" (US; 2002-11-05), page 249
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 GamePro, "December 2002" (US; 2002-1x-xx), page 194
↑ GMR, "February 2003" (US; 2003-01-07), page 96
↑ NGC Magazine, "April 2003" (UK; 2003-03-19), page 58
↑ Nintendo Official Magazine, "April 2003" (UK; 2003-03-14), page 65
↑ Nintendo Official Magazine, "September 2003" (UK; 2003-08-15), page 119
↑ N-Zone, "04/03" (DE; 2003-03-19), page 50
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 Play, "November 2002" (US; 2002-xx-xx), page 90
↑ PSX Extreme, "01/2003" (PL; 2003-0x-xx), page 34
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 2002" (US; 2002-11-05), page 217
↑ GameNOW, "December 2002" (US; 2002-11-12), page 70
↑ GMR, "February 2003" (US; 2003-01-07), page 92
↑ PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK, "May 2003" (UK; 2003-04-18), page 97
↑ PlayZone, "04/2003" (DE; 2003-02-28), page 86
↑ PSX Extreme, "01/2003" (PL; 2003-0x-xx), page 34
↑ Consoles +, "Mars 2003" (FR; 2003-0x-xx), page 111
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 2002" (US; 2002-11-05), page 263
↑ GMR, "February 2003" (US; 2003-01-07), page 95
↑ Hyper, "April 2003" (AU; 2003-03-05), page 78
↑ Le Magazine Officiel Xbox, "Mars 2003" (FR; 2003-xx-xx), page 80
↑ Official Xbox Magazine, "March 2003" (UK; 2003-02-12), page 88
↑ PSX Extreme, "01/2003" (PL; 2003-0x-xx), page 34
↑ Xbox Zone, "02/2003" (DE; 2003-0x-xx), page 58

NBA 2K3

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Books: NBA 2K3 Official Perfect Guide (2002)

Prototypes: 2002-09-01

Prototypes: 2002-08-26 | 09-06

[:File:EGM_US_161.pdf_p249-1] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 2002" (US; 2002-11-05), page 249

[:File:GamePro_US_171.pdf_p194-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 GamePro, "December 2002" (US; 2002-1x-xx), page 194

[:File:GMR_US_01.pdf_p96-3] GMR, "February 2003" (US; 2003-01-07), page 96

[:File:NGCMagazine_UK_079.pdf_p58-4] NGC Magazine, "April 2003" (UK; 2003-03-19), page 58

[:File:NOM_UK_127.pdf_p65-5] Nintendo Official Magazine, "April 2003" (UK; 2003-03-14), page 65

[:File:NOM_UK_132.pdf_p119-6] Nintendo Official Magazine, "September 2003" (UK; 2003-08-15), page 119

[:File:NZone_DE_2003-04.pdf_p50-7] N-Zone, "04/03" (DE; 2003-03-19), page 50

[:File:Play_US_011.pdf_p90-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 Play, "November 2002" (US; 2002-xx-xx), page 90

[9] PSX Extreme, "01/2003" (PL; 2003-0x-xx), page 34

[:File:EGM_US_161.pdf_p217-10] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 2002" (US; 2002-11-05), page 217

[:File:GameNOW_US_14.pdf_p70-11] GameNOW, "December 2002" (US; 2002-11-12), page 70

[:File:GMR_US_01.pdf_p92-12] GMR, "February 2003" (US; 2003-01-07), page 92

[:File:OPS2_UK_033.pdf_p97-13] PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK, "May 2003" (UK; 2003-04-18), page 97

[:File:PlayZone_DE_2003-04.pdf_p86-14] PlayZone, "04/2003" (DE; 2003-02-28), page 86

[15] PSX Extreme, "01/2003" (PL; 2003-0x-xx), page 34

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_134.pdf_p111-16] Consoles +, "Mars 2003" (FR; 2003-0x-xx), page 111

[:File:EGM_US_161.pdf_p263-17] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 2002" (US; 2002-11-05), page 263

[:File:GMR_US_01.pdf_p95-18] GMR, "February 2003" (US; 2003-01-07), page 95

[:File:Hyper_AU_114.pdf_p78-19] Hyper, "April 2003" (AU; 2003-03-05), page 78

[:File:LMOX_FR_13.pdf_p80-20] Le Magazine Officiel Xbox, "Mars 2003" (FR; 2003-xx-xx), page 80

[:File:OXM_UK_014.pdf_p88-21] Official Xbox Magazine, "March 2003" (UK; 2003-02-12), page 88

[22] PSX Extreme, "01/2003" (PL; 2003-0x-xx), page 34

[:File:XboxZone_DE_2003-02.pdf_p58-23] Xbox Zone, "02/2003" (DE; 2003-0x-xx), page 58

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NBA 2K3/Reception

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Contents

Critical reception

GameCube version

Ratings

Breakdown

PlayStation 2 version

Ratings

Breakdown

Xbox version

Ratings

Breakdown

Sales

GameCube version

PlayStation 2 version

Xbox version

Software charts

GameCube version

PlayStation 2 version

Xbox version

References