CONFIRMED: NBA Elite 11 Delayed until 2011

[nccomicfan]

I'll say this much..we get this game in March like it now says on Gamestop's site,Ea cannot charge 60 for that and turn around and gouge the public for 60 again next October..A moot point most likely because I don't expect to see 11 and I believe EA acknowledged that was possible when they announced they would update Live 10 for the whole year.

Pretty wild when we are going to get Duke Nukem Forever but might not see an EA sports title

[BlueNGold]

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]

Quote: Originally Posted by NASIR2385

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]

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]

They should release it in March as a college game.

And then refine that formula for an October NBA release.

[DaveDQ]

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.