CONFIRMED: NBA Elite 11 Delayed until 2011

[muggins]

From Peter Moore:



-NBA JAM will launch on the Wii, as scheduled, on October 5. NBA JAM won recognition this summer as the best sports game at E3 and it’s a blast to play. In addition to the Wii version, we’re going to ship NBA JAM as a standalone product on the Xbox360 and PS3 in time for the holidays. Watch for more news soon on the exact timing of that release.
-For NBA LIVE 10 players, we will continue to offer free content and services throughout the 2010-11 season. We will start with a new roster update so you get all the players for the new season, free of charge. We will also provide free Dynamic DNA updates, daily, for the entire season. That’s a full season of basketball with new rosters and updates, free.

[ehh]

Shocking news for sure but at least EA realized how bad Elite currently is. As others have said, not sure it makes much sense to push the game back five months. Scraping it and going for next October is probably the best move because this game is lacking in literally every department except for controls. Even if some things get improved for a March release, what's '12 going to look like six months after '11 drops?

[Jano]

Quote: Originally Posted by Playmakers

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!

That would be ideal for sure LOL!

But more then likely they are going to try and clean up the game. Work on the AI issues and maybe make some tweaks to the shooting and animation problems.

I'm not expecting a big change but I think we may get something like a patched version of the final game without all the restrictions made by MS and Sony.

So maybe we'll get that speed slider back this year (should have been in, in the first place) along with some other tweaks we wouldn't get in an ordinary patch.

[glenn16]

what does this mean no elite "11" or there gonna wait to launch elite 12 in 2011? either way im glad that game was terrible, bad move either way cause there gonna increase 2k sales by 40%, next we need protest madden

[Moe24-]

Quote: Originally Posted by 23

So which is more important man... low score reviews or sales? Live 10 had some nice reviews out there.... the highest of the series

23 How come your name changed colours ???

[da ThRONe]

Quote: Originally Posted by ehh

Shocking news for sure but at least EA realized how bad Elite currently is. As others have said, not sure it makes much sense to push the game back five months. Scraping it and going for next October is probably the best move because this game is lacking in literally every department except for controls. Even if some things get improved for a March release, what's '12 going to look like six months after '11 drops?

Honestly even the controls need to be revamped if they're trying to "open the market".

[H to the Oza]

wow I thought It was April 1st when I saw this headline, great decision though. They should scrap releasing Elite 11 completely and work towards perfecting Elite 12

[poseidon44]

I'm greatly disappointed as I was really excited about Elite 11 releasing on Oct. 5th. That was going to be my NBA game this year. Man this sucks!!!

Can someone from EA confirm IF any copies were actually shipped to stores?

Also what are the odds that Elite 11 copies will end up on eBay and through other online avenues? That might be my only hope to get a hold of this game instead of waiting until March of next year or even next October.

This is a sad day for myself and others who were looking forward to Elite 11.

R.I.P. to the most innovative and fun NBA game in a long time!