CONFIRMED: NBA Elite 11 Delayed until 2011

[Dewie12]

EA has lost a lot of customers over the years.

If not for an exclusive NFL and NCAA football license would they still be in business in North America?

EA lost me when they abandoned the PC market with Madden and NBA Live.

Frankly EA is just not as innovative or consistently good anymore. I am ready to sing EA's dirge song. Goodbye Peter Moore.

[no juice]

They have no choice but to deliver a better game than 2K. If not this will hurt the credibility

[BattalionBlazer]

Hahaha. 2k forever. EA's new strategy is to nitpick off 2k11.

[80tiesBaBy]

poor LIve. i wonder if they even look at the compation there up againts,cuz there is no way they can compete.And thats wit no disrespect,dont delay it just cancel it all together. 2k BaBy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chrismckone]

Quote: Originally Posted by BattalionBlazer

Hahaha. 2k forever. EA's new strategy is to nitpick off 2k11.

haha EXACTLY bet they are trying to roll up their pennies right now and buy out the rights of the NBA players association....NBA Elite is running scared

[I_HATE_THAT_DUDE]

i don't think for a minute that 2k sports wants to be the only competition out there for video games, its fun having different titles to choose from and having the different arguments from fans of different sports titles that's what ea does with snatching up the rights with the nfl video games..2k sports doesn't need to go that route i'm a fan of sony for the baseball game mlb the show and i love madden but i do miss the nfl 2k series, i use to love playing live but for me i found it to arcade-ish for my taste and tried the nba 2k on dreamcast and loved it. its been improving ever since then and now has gotten way better--they do so much as far as gameplay and presentation that it's been un-matched by ea...look at an nba game on tv and look at 2k and listen to the gameplay and the energy the crowd brings you can't tell the difference...its really amazing...the thing 2k should work on is they're baseball franchise...the player models need alot of work but the actual gameplay and the presentation is better than mlb..i hope ea gets it right with they're basketball game and having 2k to compete with only helps ea make a better game so we will have to see but i hope they don't act like the bully that can't beat the little kid and try to pay someone else to do it (by buying out the nba exclusive rights that would be a shame to wuss out like that)

[jmarcguy]

Innovations come easy early on. I remember in Live 95 you could pass out of a shot! That was huge! Live 96 I believe had "accurate" stadiums. Each year EA was able to add some small feature that seemed to make the game more realistic. They didn't do alot to add depth to gameplay depth however. Part I'm sure was because of hardware limitations. Took years to be able to post up. Instead we got one yr where players had faces that showed emotion. Really angry faces that chewed gum like crazy!

I never once complained about those games back then. I just think as each new generation console came out, EA hasn't added enough depth to their games. Being able to do great dribble moves & freethrow line dunks would have rocked in 97. I think they need to address deeper issues. Live 10 was a good step. Elite felt like a throwback.

[ac-greasy]

It seems to me that EA is lost...does anyone actually believe, even with the delay, the the Elite game will be anywhere near as good as 2K11? On one hand I give them credit for recognizing that their game needs work, but on the other hand they're so far behind that there's no way they're going to turn heads with what they're working with. They are literally years behind 2k (based on their track record of development). They probably would be better off just releasing the game like they do every year getting whatever sales they can get. By the time they release the game people will be thinking about the new baseball games coming out.

Also, EA continues to focus on the wrong things with all of their games...until they get over that little detail, they can delay all they want...it won't make a difference.