CONFIRMED: NBA Elite 11 Delayed until 2011

[BlueNGold]

Re: CONFIRMED: NBA Elite 11 Delayed until 2011

WOW.....

Didn't think EA would have the balls to do this but they did. It's the right move. Good job updating Live 10 as well. That's the least they can do for whatever customers they have left.

I'm a little confused though. Are they pushing Elite 11 back to sometime in early 2011, or is Elite 11 essentially cancelled and they're just going to be working on it and releasing it as Elite 12 this time next year?

[fcabanski]

I wonder if anyone on the dev team is getting the boot after this. They had planned to release the game this October. Someone thought it was ready.

[jr2424]

WOW! Just heard. This is surprising. Good move on their part because the game wasn't nearly ready for public consumption but I can't believe they actually did it.

[dexvex]

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totally agree with you man. i don't understand how this is a "great" move either. people are going to understand that one day that loyalty can hurt you sometimes.

How is it not? Instead of releasing a broken game they decided to wait and work out some issues and possibly add more content(animations come to mind) More dev time on a game is NEVER a bad thing no matter how you try to spin it...

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Yeah just scrap the 11 season and put it all towards 12. I just hope no developers get fired over this or demoted. Being in the business world I know when the call comes from the top, crap rolls down hill fast and people on the bottom get scapegoated.

The next week or so I wouldn't want to be an EA developer thats for sure. I know they going to have yall in meetings and conference calls non stop. Peace be with you.

[Bellsprout]

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They should release it in March as a college game.

And then refine that formula for an October NBA release.

[DaveDQ]

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I have to disagree that this is a good decision. A week before release and they pull the carpet out from everything. That's very odd to me. At what point did they decide this? Is it because of the bad vibe the demo got? Surely the developers didn't step in and say, this shouldn't be on store shelves after the game went gold etc.

The game may be delayed but this speaks volumes about the current state of EA NBA basketball. When in 2011 is the right time to ship this? I just don't know about this and honestly think we may not see an NBA Elite. Very odd. All the money poured into ads, print, shipping etc. and they pull the plug. There must be something wrong with this game beyond what we have seen.

[yopis]

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Good for them to do this they could see the writing on the wall. I can't help but wonder if they are embarrassed about all the inuendo's about being a real experience. They could not even get a quality game out before the start of the NBA season. I don't feel sorry for these guys (professionally), as the problems and fall of live is their own doing(from the top down).

They tried everything from hinting NBA 2k was outdated, to saying the market was shrinking, to playing up the three year plan to buy more time. To be honest I don't think EA's game engines for their sports games were meant to last this long imo. 360 and PS3 in normal times would have had new systems by now or soon.(Going about 5 to 6 year intervals)

Fifa had the manager mode guts ripped out, Madden had to go in and revamp alot of stuff from franchise mode (sim stats ect) and still have not fully refreshed it yet. Elite failed (hence the delay) and that tells me they were short sighted with all of their franchises. I hope they get it right, competition is good.

No way in my opinion Elite was worth 60 bucks. It's sad that many people would have purchased and defended this game knowing now, EA knew it was not up to standard. If anything im glad they held back this game for the hardcore live guys so they don't waste their cash. Get to work guys and get it right, no matter how good the other game is I would like to switch some years it makes it fun.

This move won't change EA's image unless the game is great when it comes out. They also have to be careful because many people will ask, why all sports games don't go to a 2 year cycle if it takes that long. Skip a year and give me something great then I will ask myself why should I buy this yearly.

Good luck guys get to work.

[DaChiefs]

Not a bad move...now I have to decide if I want to spend $60 on 2k11, or just hold on to Live 10 and receive free updates (potentially patches) on a game I enjoyed. Decisions, decisions...

[madjax]

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I hate the fact that people now are seeing EA as some kind of hero for not bringing out the game. They just tried to insult our intelligence by selling us a game they knew was bad from the start.

Now EA is acting like they are listening to us. If they did listen we would have good game now instead of a delayed and maybe even cancelled garbage

[RubenDouglas]

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Interesting move. You wait longer and expectations rise even more. 3 months isnt enough for much. They may as well be cancel it until elite 12. Even then, people will say, they had an "extra" year and the game is still just okay. It's nothing but catch up for the next 4 years at this pace

The hole is being dug deeper and deeper each time.

I feel they shouldve released it as is. Since this is basically on par with earlier live games.

[blackflash83]

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What I'm wondering is it going to be the same as the free version or will it now contain the modes from the Wii version?

I'll have more info about this when I receive the info.

[ybtherockstar]

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EA has completely ruined the Live/ Elite series now imo. They had a good thing going with Live 10 but they redid everything which ruined. I would like to see them come back strong but idk about them now.

[hokupguy]

something that all video game compaines should do... People might want it know , but i would rather have it right.

If they want to cont with smart moves , have psn and xbox live remove that demo. And then re-release one of the better quility game.

[burter]

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I haven't played live since 2003, but I like the fact we have 2 brands fighting it out unlike football and to a point baseball (unless u have ps3 than u can get the show). We see how those games aren't doing so good. Yes I enjoy 2kbball a lot but if there is no one to push them, than they are going to slack. The reason why 2k11 has so much stuff in it is because live 2010 had such good reviews and word of mouth that they knew they had to step up their game. For some reason people think that EA delaying is a great move, but I'm thinking they are close to hitting the cancel button and that's not a great move...... I guess they had no choice since the feed back was super bad, but they didn't even have to make that choice if they built on live 10 instead of making a whole new game........I just hope it doesn't get cancelled because i can't go through another sports series slacking off cause of no comp.