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

[MAzing87]

So moving the basketball game to Triburon a good thing? Will they attempt to grab the NBA license? Hey just a thought.

[carnalnirvana]

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

i wonder what effect this will have on madden and possibly ncaa(if its developen there i am not sure)

the extra time means nothing if they dont have the right focus and vision of the sport.

i projected my glorious return to ea b-ball will be 2012, i'll give them the 2 yrs to recover and upgrade their initial effort......

[Cusefan]

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

Now I can be even more excited! I am one of the only people in the world that will ever have this game!

You should petition EA to create a patch for you

[CX1329]

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

I have no idea whether or not they will keep the "Elite" name for 2011. I mean, when I think of NBA Live, I imagine a series that has a long history and tradition. Sure, there were some horrible, horrible NBA Live titles, but it was still NBA Live. The name had a lot of significance.

When I think of NBA Elite, I just imagine dudes jumping like they're on pogo sticks, Rondo jacking up fadeaway threes at the end of the game, being able to score 25 points in 5 minutes, and Jesus Bynum. I'm all for NBA Live being brought back.

However, to remain on topic, I must say that I'm really skeptical as to what the future of the franchise will be like under Tiburon. Will they attempt to innovate yet again, or will they really pick up from where EA Canada left off? What is the vision and the philosophy of the development team? Will they try to make the game as sim as possible, or appease to the masses? How will they change the game so as to better represent the fundamentals of NBA basketball? With EA Canada and Mike Wang, the answers to these questions were clear. Without Mike Wang, they became a little fuzzy, and now, I'm completely clueless. I'm hoping the Tiburon devs can come aboard and enlighten us about their plans before long.

[Sam Marlowe]

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

The NFL put its license up for sale. EA just bid the highest. Just to be fair.

[daniverson1973]

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

this quote, my fellow gamer, is oh, so true
i dont even know what to do with live10 now, i guess i'll trade it in towards something else
but the silver lining in all of this, is i took my rose-colored EA glasses off finally and discovered NBA2K is FOR REAL!!!
this is a sad situation in reality for a lot of baller fans, including myself, but life goes on, even for the gamer

[daniverson1973]

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

i dont mean to be intentionally negative, and dont have any agenda, but this has really rocked me to the point where i will not enteratain anymore discussions regarding video basketball games from ea, im done, i wont discuss it or play it probably ever again (with good reasons)
so goodbye and farewell to the NBA ELITE OS FORUMS from me

peace out live, i loved you while you lasted

[buttsakk]

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.

Bingo.

I wonder how many Developers they have on site, and how many are devoted to each I.P.

Man, I can say without a doubt that Triburon is slightly freaking out right now.

[ashantewarrier]

i dont mean to be intentionally negative, and dont have any agenda, but this has really rocked me to the point where i will not enteratain anymore discussions regarding video basketball games from ea, im done, i wont discuss it or play it probably ever again (with good reasons)
so goodbye and farewell to the NBA ELITE OS FORUMS from me

peace out live, i loved you while you lasted

Yep! Look at the crap EA releases called MADDEN.

[eye guy]

So, they're going from bad to worse?

[Dachozen1]

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

I'm with whoever said they should bring NBA Street back...even though its an arcade game its probably the best basketball game EA has put out besides Live 10...

As for NBA Elite being officially canceled...real time physics my ***

[sportyguyfl31]

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

I think the biggest travesty is that the developers who have worked hard, and have interacted with us, are the ones who will be falling on their swords for this, due to boardroom incompetence.

Heads have to roll for this, at the executive level, no?

[Hova57]

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

I don't this is a bad. To me obviously Tiburon is using Physics applications and using it similar to what is being done with NBA Elite. There is a fix list for this game before it was moved so they will go forward with that . You will get the game they were suppose to release this year. you may get signature moves and injuries. if they can right the ship and make a decent game . EA has been carpooling ideas for a couple of years so some of the app prob isn't that hard for them to deal with

[BestSportsGamerAlive]

I think 2ksports made these guys tap out..

[mike24forever]

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

I think 2ksports made these guys tap out..

It's post like this that makes me think there should be a one month period where new members cannot post anything! It seems most new members (2010), spent their formative educational years on the short school bus licking the windows! The user name and my gut tells me that this person has been recently banned and started a new account!

It's a shame that this title went in the direction it went! I wish EA would have built on what they had last year! 2K is an awesome title, and with the lack of any college basketball games, ES removing it's game leaves a hole in the market! Too bad!