EA Sports Will Launch its Next NBA Simulation Title in Fall 2012

[Steve_OS]

As most of you are aware, EA Tiburon has taken over the reigns of the next NBA simulation basketball game from EA Sports. It was just announced that the new game will not be released until the fall of 2012.

From the press release...

"EA SPORTS has also announced that it will launch its next NBA simulation title in fall 2012.

“As planned, our next NBA simulation title is in development at our Tiburon Studio in Orlando,” said Peter Moore, President, EA SPORTS. “We have top talent on the game, and we’re giving the new development team time to deliver a superior experience. We’re making great strides and looking forward to launching a new game next year."

[rockchisler]

Re: Next EA Sports NBA Game Will Not Release Until 2012?

rumors circulating...

I heard this back in December from a Former employee that The team STILL wasnt put together as of late novemeber and that is the usual time for pre development meetings and with the game being built from the ground up that person said "No Way" this game will be out this year. Take it for what its worth but he's very reliable.....

[jhawk826]

Re: Next EA Sports NBA Sim Basketball Game Will Not Release Until 2012?

Stick a fork in this franchise.

[Facts]

I love NBA2K but still, competition pushes the best out of businesses. I hope Mike Wang and the crew doesn't get lazy.

[jhawk826]

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I love NBA2K but still, competition pushes the best out of businesses. I hope Mike Wang and the crew doesn't get lazy.

I just mentioned that to a buddy of mine a few minutes ago word for word.

[FreshPrince22]

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hard work beats money when money doesn't take their sim seriously *Insider voice*

[blarg.]

I love NBA2K but still, competition pushes the best out of businesses. I hope Mike Wang and the crew doesn't get lazy.

i was just thinking that, 2k11 is awesome but there is always room for improvement. without competition they have the potential to get lazy and just re-release the same product b/c there is nothing for them to compete against.

[TUSS11]

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It's too bad we won't be able to see where they're at with the game for another year. It's always nice to watch the progression.

[DaReapa]

Even though I haven't purchased an NBA Live title since Live 03, I really hate the lack of competition on the sim bball arena this year. Though I'm an avid NBA 2K fan, I haven't been all too pleased with the direction the series has taken the last three years, and am a bit pessimistic about this year's release. Having said that, I can respect EA for at least devoting another year toward development instead of just rushing the game through the door to make a quick buck. But after the NBA Elite fiasco, this was probably their only option.

[sroz39]

Where would the game be if they had just given the original dev team the two years it needed to take the series in the direction Elite was headed in? The management decisions continue to baffle...

[Canes305]

Stick to football and hockey,EA

[B-Ball Life]

cant wait to see some more news on this. i love 2k11 but i would give a lot to play some ea ball again. i need that crossover stick in my life.

[khaliib]

Basketball is not a big market like Football.

I can't understand why they would drop their College Basketball when they would have reaped 100% of available prodits, for a very, very small piece of the pie that they would get by competing with a Game that has left them in the dust.

Innovation has not been EA's strongest quality.
Whatever they release at this point, has to be something that 2k does not offer in it's game.

They're known for replicating what's out, and many times not replicating it any better.
This is why I feel they are just too far behind.

[Boilerbuzz]

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I don't worry about 2K getting lazy because they know that EA has time to make something decent. I'm 100% sure they don't want to be caught off guard in '12 and lose all of the ground they've worked so hard to gain.

But let me be the first to remind you all that I called this. I've never known Tiburon to be a developer that would take someone else's broken code and try to work with it. They like to do their OWN thing. Who could blame them?

[DisIsDaGame]

Re: Next EA Sports NBA Game Will Not Release Until 2012?

I heard this back in December from a Former employee that The team STILL wasnt put together as of late novemeber and that is the usual time for pre development meetings and with the game being built from the ground up that person said "No Way" this game will be out this year. Take it for what its worth but he's very reliable.....

Wow so up untill that team or even now they don't have a team? God I was hoping they at least work on something from the gate and take a extra year off to make it the best game possible. Now they have to make ground.