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  • Steve_OS
    Editor-in-Chief
    • Jul 2002
    • 33303

    #1

    NBA Elite 11 Delay Could Cost EA $60 Million (Gamespot)


    Ordinarily in basketball, a delay of game penalty costs a team no more than a free throw and possession of the ball. But when the delayed game is NBA Elite 11, the punishment could be more severe.

    "In a note to investors, Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter said the delay could cost publisher Electronic Arts as much as $60 million. Pachter lowered his holiday quarter revenue projections for the publisher from $1.52 billion to $1.46 billion, reflecting the loss of 1.1 million sales of NBA Elite 11.

    Perhaps worse, Pachter thinks the game's 2011 first quarter sales will now be less than before, even with the game presumably launching in that window. In revising his figures, Pachter said he only expects the game to sell 500,000 copies at launch. When NBA Elite 11 was still set for an October launch, Pachter had expected sales of 550,000 for the January-March quarter. He even raised the prospect of it being canceled outright."
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  • Moe24-
    Banned
    • May 2010
    • 506

    #2
    Re: NBA Elite 11 Delay Could Cost EA $60 Million (Gamespot)

    Dayummmmmmmmmmmm!!! Thats a lot of money....

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    • dtq
      Rookie
      • Sep 2010
      • 87

      #3
      Re: NBA Elite 11 Delay Could Cost EA $60 Million (Gamespot)

      Chump change.

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      • hokupguy
        All Star
        • Apr 2004
        • 5617

        #4
        dam , that will cost some one there job. I wonder who that is going to fall on...
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        • brett the jet favre
          MVP
          • Nov 2009
          • 1939

          #5
          Re: NBA Elite 11 Delay Could Cost EA $60 Million (Gamespot)

          Originally posted by dtq
          Chump change.
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          • TUSS11
            MVP
            • Nov 2007
            • 1484

            #6
            Re: NBA Elite 11 Delay Could Cost EA $60 Million (Gamespot)

            Originally posted by dtq
            Chump change.
            Pretty much.

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            • Bellsprout
              Hard Times.
              • Oct 2009
              • 25710

              #7
              Re: NBA Elite 11 Delay Could Cost EA $60 Million (Gamespot)

              I don't care how much they bring in, I doubt EA considers 60 mil chump change.

              I doubt Microsoft considers 60 mil chump change.
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              • josher898
                Rookie
                • Sep 2010
                • 9

                #8
                thats **** lot of money

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                • Kully
                  MVP
                  • Jul 2007
                  • 3181

                  #9
                  Sorry, 60 million is a lot of money even for a company like EA.

                  Bad news all around really.

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                  • bruhman
                    Rookie
                    • May 2010
                    • 59

                    #10
                    Re: NBA Elite 11 Delay Could Cost EA $60 Million (Gamespot)

                    Nah they wont lose that much all that have to do is put out HD NBA jam for 50-60 bucks with all the game modes and it might end up selling more than elite would have for this quarter. Then add in a nba elite playoff version for next year and some nba related dlc for nba jam and theyll be fine, i know the suits are doing someting to recoup.

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                    • BrianFifaFan
                      Semi-retired
                      • Oct 2003
                      • 4144

                      #11
                      Re: NBA Elite 11 Delay Could Cost EA $60 Million (Gamespot)

                      1.1 million copies projected? Come on, son! I know most gaming consumers don't study to the extent we do, but they probably would check this title out before purchase, simply because it's a rebooted franchise. There isn't anything that had been written previous to the delay that would give a postive light on the title. It would have had a hard time doing 500,000 copies. EA knew this and pulled the plug. And nobody, including M.P. even knows what it means saying that the game will come out in 2011. Could be 4th quarter, which means NBA Elite 12. He made all of this up out of thin air. Pachter is, once again, just trying to be important. Dumb analyst, dumb article.
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                      • dtq
                        Rookie
                        • Sep 2010
                        • 87

                        #12
                        Re: NBA Elite 11 Delay Could Cost EA $60 Million (Gamespot)

                        Originally posted by BrianFifaFan
                        1.1 million copies projected? Come on, son! I know most gaming consumers don't study to the extent we do, but they probably would check this title out before purchase, simply because it's a rebooted franchise. There isn't anything that had been written previous to the delay that would give a postive light on the title. It would have had a hard time doing 500,000 copies. EA knew this and pulled the plug. And nobody, including M.P. even knows what it means saying that the game will come out in 2011. Could be 4th quarter, which means NBA Elite 12. He made all of this up out of thin air. Pachter is, once again, just trying to be important. Dumb analyst, dumb article.
                        Sorry bud but an off topic question for you. Is the yellow font in your sig intentional?

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                        • DubTrey1
                          MVP
                          • Mar 2008
                          • 1024

                          #13
                          Pach is pretty right on these things, but I doubt EA cancel it's NBA franchise altogether....
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                          • videlsports
                            Pro
                            • Dec 2008
                            • 501

                            #14
                            Re: NBA Elite 11 Delay Could Cost EA $60 Million (Gamespot)

                            WOW that's alot of Cheese... I just hope they learn that trying to buy out the comp and a good move ya reap what ya sow. First College, then Lack of sales for Tiger, Now this, Madden's next..
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                            • rspencer86
                              MIB Crew
                              • Sep 2004
                              • 8814

                              #15
                              Re: NBA Elite 11 Delay Could Cost EA $60 Million (Gamespot)

                              Originally posted by DubTrey1
                              Pach is pretty right on these things, but I doubt EA cancel it's NBA franchise altogether....
                              If by "pretty right" you mean "usually wrong", then yeah, he's pretty right.

                              Michael Pachter: Nostradamus or ****?

                              Anywho, obviously this is a very bad situation for EA.
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