NBA Elite 11 Officially Canceled, Franchise Future Moves to EA Tiburon

[RedmanR]

Re: NBA Elite 11 Officially Canceled, Franchise Future Moves to EA Tiburon

This has to be the biggest fail in the history of sports gaming...

I remember the hype machine this game had

Yes it is... a very big... FAIL

And to think... they tried to sell us this business about some 3 year plan. I still can't believe they really felt confident enough to actually release a demo.

[Dazraz]

I don't expect Elite to be the name of EA's next basketball instalment. Hopefully EA will continue with the NBA series if nothing more than to keep 2K on their toes.

[P-Dub]

I'm pretty sure it will still be called Elite.

[Mintsa]

Re: NBA Elite 11 Officially Canceled, Franchise Future Moves to EA Tiburon

I'm pretty sure it will still be called Elite.

I hope not......I'm a "Live" player and have been since 95. I never liked the name change to Elite and I really hope they change it back, especially after what happened this season.

[olumite]

Re: NBA Elite 11 Officially Canceled, Franchise Future Moves to EA Tiburon

EA should just bring back the NBA Street series instead.

I'd quickly snap up a copy of nba street vol 2, with updated rosters. Imagine Miami on that game!!

Do it EA!!

[HiTEqMETHOD]

This might be a good thing. Now they have a FULL two years to make a solid basketball game. Which means, they can actually start from scratch and get rid of all that old code that haunted the game for the past 15 years.

I doubt they'll change hardly anything relating to code or address the engine. EA has had a terrible track record in regards to overhauling any aspect of their games. Look what happened with Madden, Ian Cummings asks for a new engine and gets shot down.

Live remained largely unchanged for the better part of the last ten years, I highly doubt just because they have a two year development cycle they're going to take advantage of it. Sure we may get a solid game from EA when ELITE finally arrives but it'll be nothing close to their other franchises or the top sports games like the Show or NBA 2k.

[Pared]

Re: NBA Elite 11 Officially Canceled, Franchise Future Moves to EA Tiburon

What you guys also need to consider is the guys from Tiburon NOW have to spend a large amount of time figuring out how everything runs and what they can or can't do.

This isn't going to be easy and I wouldn't expect marginal improvements at this point any time soon.

They also haven't shown they understand signature player nuances and style as of yet. Probably the biggest disappointment for me.

[rspencer86]

Re: NBA Elite 11 Officially Canceled, Franchise Future Moves to EA Tiburon

Does anyone know if there are contractual implications between EA and the NBA that would take effect due to them not releasing a game in 2010? Penalties, breach of contract, etc.?

[jeebs9]

Oh well

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[DaReapa]

Mark basketball down as another "1-game" sport.

I miss the days of 3 and 4 developers competing for each sport.

Yeah, but in all fairness, basketball this year became a "1-game" sport the legit way - by beating out the competition through quality efforts. Not by some trifling license exclusivity deal.

[80tiesBaBy]

Mark basketball down as another "1-game" sport.

I miss the days of 3 and 4 developers competing for each sport.

so true it seems like they are scared to compete,MADDEN. LET others get a shot your games are the same er year.

[80tiesBaBy]

just hope 2k dont start getting lazy now that they have the crown,well they been had the crown seince dreamcast in my book. stay on ya toes 2k..........

[Dizmatic]

Drop the Elite name. It will always be remembered as the game that couldn't compete with NBA 2K11.

[Boilerbuzz]

Re: NBA Elite 11 Officially Canceled, Franchise Future Moves to EA Tiburon

The best thing about them being in Orlando is that they can use all the videogame majors who graduate from Full Sail and UCF, since both of those schools are in the Orlando area.

Plus they could use the local hoops talent in the area for feed back and mocaps. It is a lot easier to get an NBA player to come to florida then it is to Vancouver that is for sure.

I call this "throwing monkeys" at the process. When you have a bunch of green programmers working on major products, you get titles like - Madden. It hasn't worked yet for Tiburon, but I guess they can keep trying right?

[miaturne]

Only proof that competition not only lifted the veil over EA's hype machine, but also exposed just how tacky and lackluster their game programing actually is. Competition will make Elite a better game two years from now, but... imagine if there were no NBA 2K 11 or major competitor to EA in the basketball.

NBA Elite 11 would have been released and sold as great. Just keeping it real.