CONFIRMED: NBA Elite 11 Delayed until 2011

[Jano]

Good move by EA their reasons for it may not be completely motivated by the community but I know we played a large role. It seems like they are most likely going to release the game early 2011.

And that's fine to me because what this game needed was more polish. I don't see too many changes happening from now to whenever they happen to release it but I do see the game being a more polished product.

Its still not going to please everybody but the extra time should please those fans that still wanted to play it. And maybe get a few more to hop on board if it plays better then the demo.

Now all they need to is do something about that 60$ price tag....

[CaptainZombie]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blzer

The good news about this (though I know this will never happen) is this gives VC an incentive to actually not make an NBA 2K12, and work on a two-year cycle for NBA 2K13. Whether EA releases Elite 11 in February or October of 2011, either would make sense for VC to stick to a 2K13 only. If Elite 11 comes out in just a few months, they won't be releasing a 12 anyway... that development cycle won't even get them out of the beta stage. If they release it next October however, I say let EA get some sales their way so they can stay competitive in the long run. You don't want them to shut down the title like SCEA had to.

At this point, I really hope EA does not release this game in the Winter or Spring and just waits till next October. I think another 1 year can help do wonders for this game. Live 10 had a lot of good thing going for it...........building off that base would have been the best here.

Was Elite built off a new engine or using a modified one based off of Live 10? This feels like a whole new engine to me and just baffles me that they would choose to rebuild yet again. I hope that they do not cancel their NBA franchise, I've had some fun times with Live over the years............hoping they drop the name Elite and go back to Live.

[RoyalBoyle78]

Wow. That's all I have to say.

[Playmakers]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jano

Good move by EA their reasons for it may not be completely motivated by the community but I know we played a large role. It seems like they are most likely going to release the game early 2011. And that's fine to me because what this game needed was more polish. I don't see too many changes happening from now to whenever they happen to release it but I do see the game being a more polished product. Its still not going to please everybody but the extra time should please those fans that still wanted to play it. And maybe get a few more to hop on board if it plays better then the demo. Now all they need to is do something about that 60$ price tag....

I'd like to see them add some realistic animations or atleast upgrade the animations from NBA live 10 into this game.

Throw in some SIG stuff and fix the AI

Maybe that can be done around Febuary who know's.....but those were the only issues i had with Elite it didn't look like basketball half the time.

Well it did but it was corny/goofy looking basketball..........LOL!

[Court_vision]

The developers were on here two days ago saying how good th gameplay was in USER v USER mode...and how much they believed in the game...

So, you can be certain they themselves had no idea this was coming / had nothing to do with the decision.

I am guessing the suits at EA got wind of unpublished reviews and saw a tsunami of 4/10 type reviews and realised the long term damage that type of score would do to the series.

There's no "wow, well done EA" here.......this is simply damage control.

[pmully94]

wow, they just saved their franchise

[misterupgrade]

This competition is now officially 2K's to lose. If 2K11 lives up to the hype & there is no drop off in 12, EA may never recover. In today's market, unless you truly innovate, out of sight out of mind.

[swac07]

Well my knock about this situation was they knew the product was subpar and was trying to convince everyone "controls" was the key[its not the game its the user]. They were gonna let fans of the product spend 59.99 on an unfinished game. Its not a kudos to me for recalling the game, they should have never came out with a product like this in the 1st place imo. I think they were more afraid of reviewers/magazines killing this game more so "than what the fans wanted" b/c they were still trying to convince us to buy it smh. I think this backlash could hurt them more so than help in the long run...its called business integrity

I would like competition for all games ,but I'm not going to feel sorry for you in the end especially if you have been trying to screw me in the beginning

goodluck EA..just my honest rant