CONFIRMED: NBA Elite 11 Delayed until 2011

[lnin0]

Re: CONFIRMED: NBA Elite 11 Delayed until 2011

I will throw in the suggestion I mentioned in another thread. Hold Elite until the NBA Playoffs. Then release a Elite Championship Preview game as DLC. This would be a fully realized game but only featuring the NBA Playoffs and team structure.

This way EA can recover some money from Elite and still sell it at its normal October release date next year without too many people screaming about two $60 games in a 6mo span. To maximize exposure for both franchises they could throw a free DLC card for the "Elite Championship Preview" in with every copy of NBA Jam.

Anyway, that is just my though. Still this is a good move by EA. Elite was not ready for prime time.

Including free roster updates for Live 2010 is a nice idea as well. Being able to pick Live 2010 up at bargain prices know you are going to get 2011 updates will prove more successful against 2K11 than Elite ever would have.

Releasing NBA Jam as a stand alone title on all platforms is also a no brainer. Why spend all the time making it for the 360/PS3 just to give it away.

Oh, and now can we laugh at all the fanboys who went bat **** crazy about how good Elite was compared to the competition? Even EA says its no good so stop defending it.

[DayZ]

They realised after that horrible demo that their game sucked? haha I'm guessing it was a final build before they decided this.

[SeerMagicX]

they also confirmed that NBA Jam will now be sold separately!

[ChampIsHere42]

Re: CONFIRMED: NBA Elite 11 Delayed until 2011

This is quite possibly the greatest move EA has made in a long time. They should take as long as they need in order to correct the game. They should release a beta version of the game and get more community feedback. There are a ton more things to do before this game should be released.

[dredre]

So no NBA jam 4 ps3 & 360?

[StankonYa]

Re: CONFIRMED: NBA Elite 11 Delayed until 2011

The one good thing I liked about the EA title was the announcing crew sound spectacular. Love 2K but game announcing is bland with Clark Kellog

Clark's not bad.....it's just that he's no Mike Breem or what ever his last name is. That man along with Mark and Jeff Van gets it done..

[ajknows]

Re: CONFIRMED: NBA Elite 11 Delayed until 2011

Ok, going to try to give this to you one last time. I ENJOYED The game. if i enjoy something i'll buy it. i dont care if its not perfect or KG dosent have as long of a goatee in the game as in real life. im not obsessive compulsive like most sports gamers. if i enjoy a game I'm going to buy it for that reason and that reason alone.

I'm in the same boat as you and it just sunk. I really enjoy playing the demo a lot its just fun, the more I played the better I got at the controls the more I liked the game.

Now I hope they don't slop up the controls in favor of pretty animations cause that what the mass wants.

I tried to like the other game but it's just not fun unless you like watching animations, headbands,and accessories and a bunch of fluff... because the core of the game is boring and has a lot of problems that people like to over look.

Anyway I hope Elite takes the time to get the game right because they are on the right track, but the game at this point does have issues and a beta feel to it . But if you take the time to really learn the controls it's so much fun and blows the other game away in this department.

And by the way I am not a fan of either company, just a fan of basketball games.

[Jukeman]

Re: CONFIRMED: NBA Elite 11 Delayed until 2011

I will throw in the suggestion I mentioned in another thread. Hold Elite until the NBA Playoffs. Then release a Elite Championship Preview game as DLC. This would be a fully realized game but only featuring the NBA Playoffs and team structure.

This way EA can recover some money from Elite and still sell it at its normal October release date next year without too many people screaming about two $60 games in a 6mo span. To maximize exposure for both franchises they could throw a free DLC card for the "Elite Championship Preview" in with every copy of NBA Jam.

Anyway, that is just my though. Still this is a good move by EA. Elite was not ready for prime time.

Including free roster updates for Live 2010 is a nice idea as well. Being able to pick Live 2010 up at bargain prices know you are going to get 2011 updates will prove more successful against 2K11 than Elite ever would have.

Releasing NBA Jam as a stand alone title on all platforms is also a no brainer. Why spend all the time making it for the 360/PS3 just to give it away.

Oh, and now can we laugh at all the fanboys who went bat **** crazy about how good Elite was compared to the competition? Even EA says its no good so stop defending it.

Great idea, I say keep updating Live 2010, release Elite DLC (like you mention, this will be like the Bulls vs games)

then release NBA Elite '12 in oct

That Elite DLC would sell like crazy during the playoffs...

[Jano]

Re: CONFIRMED: NBA Elite 11 Delayed until 2011

Good move by EA their reasons for it may not be completely motivated by the community but I know we played a large role. It seems like they are most likely going to release the game early 2011.

And that's fine to me because what this game needed was more polish. I don't see too many changes happening from now to whenever they happen to release it but I do see the game being a more polished product.

Its still not going to please everybody but the extra time should please those fans that still wanted to play it. And maybe get a few more to hop on board if it plays better then the demo.

Now all they need to is do something about that 60$ price tag....

[rudeworld]

They delayed Madden when ps1 came out & they delivered the goods when it was finally released. Wise decision which should pay off.

They delayed that madden?? I think it was more like they canned it and the team who was working on it...
wasn't that team...VC who now puts out NBA 2k? I might be wrong but.... I think not.

If they follow that..... good bye NBA Elite/Live

keep team 2gether destroy this version of elite and start from scratch

[CaptainZombie]

Re: CONFIRMED: NBA Elite 11 Delayed until 2011

The good news about this (though I know this will never happen) is this gives VC an incentive to actually not make an NBA 2K12, and work on a two-year cycle for NBA 2K13. Whether EA releases Elite 11 in February or October of 2011, either would make sense for VC to stick to a 2K13 only. If Elite 11 comes out in just a few months, they won't be releasing a 12 anyway... that development cycle won't even get them out of the beta stage. If they release it next October however, I say let EA get some sales their way so they can stay competitive in the long run. You don't want them to shut down the title like SCEA had to.

At this point, I really hope EA does not release this game in the Winter or Spring and just waits till next October. I think another 1 year can help do wonders for this game. Live 10 had a lot of good thing going for it...........building off that base would have been the best here.

Was Elite built off a new engine or using a modified one based off of Live 10? This feels like a whole new engine to me and just baffles me that they would choose to rebuild yet again. I hope that they do not cancel their NBA franchise, I've had some fun times with Live over the years............hoping they drop the name Elite and go back to Live.

[RoyalBoyle78]

Re: CONFIRMED: NBA Elite 11 Delayed until 2011

Wow. That's all I have to say.

[Playmakers]

Re: CONFIRMED: NBA Elite 11 Delayed until 2011

Good move by EA their reasons for it may not be completely motivated by the community but I know we played a large role. It seems like they are most likely going to release the game early 2011.

And that's fine to me because what this game needed was more polish. I don't see too many changes happening from now to whenever they happen to release it but I do see the game being a more polished product.

Its still not going to please everybody but the extra time should please those fans that still wanted to play it. And maybe get a few more to hop on board if it plays better then the demo.

Now all they need to is do something about that 60$ price tag....

I'd like to see them add some realistic animations or atleast upgrade the animations from NBA live 10 into this game.

Throw in some SIG stuff and fix the AI

Maybe that can be done around Febuary who know's.....but those were the only issues i had with Elite it didn't look like basketball half the time.

Well it did but it was corny/goofy looking basketball..........LOL!

[Court_vision]

Re: CONFIRMED: NBA Elite 11 Delayed until 2011

The developers were on here two days ago saying how good th gameplay was in USER v USER mode...and how much they believed in the game...

So, you can be certain they themselves had no idea this was coming / had nothing to do with the decision.

I am guessing the suits at EA got wind of unpublished reviews and saw a tsunami of 4/10 type reviews and realised the long term damage that type of score would do to the series.

There's no "wow, well done EA" here.......this is simply damage control.

[pmully94]

wow, they just saved their franchise