CONFIRMED: NBA Elite 11 Delayed until 2011

[btrapp]

While this is sad, it's also kind of funny. I guess you don't need an exclusive license when you can literally run your competition away lol.

[blackngold313]

wow.. now all of a sudden EA has a brain.. lol delaying elite 11 want change the overall product unless they get in new people on the internal dev team willing enuff to really push the envelope .. n delay peter Moore{4ever}

[beastwork]

i applaud EA for putting the customer first in this situation. The developers at EA have put a lot of energy into getting this game right, unfortunately they just didn't have enough time. This is ultimately a business decision. Poor reviews could have knocked EA completely out of contention as it regards video game basketball this year and for years to come. Here's to seeing a great game come out of all of this

[convince]

Quote: Originally Posted by rEAnimator

The entire dev team found out this morning. A bit of a shock as you might imagine. Nothing apart from what you read in Peter Moore's blog has been decided yet. I've been in meetings all day discussing the possibilities. One thing you can be sure of is that the community will be heavily involved, which shouldn't come as a surprise since the community feedback was one of the major driving factors in the decision.

It was a shock? really? After all the negative feedback received. I will say this rEAnimator, there is more to a quality NBA game than User vs User. You guys really need to understand this. Well good luck with the game. After finally reading the blog, Peter was pretty vague in his statement, which i believe was intentional, I'm under the impression you guys have given up on this year.

[Artman22]

EA did this to save their company money. IMO it had nothing to do with looking out for the customer. It cost them more to release the game in its current condition since they knew it wasn't going to sell well. Overall a smart business move by EA.

[aholbert32]

Question:

HOW DO THEY HAVE THE CONSUMERS IN MIND!!!!?????


This is like a movie being delayed because the trailer was panned and the early critic reviews were negative. Movie Studios dont delay movies for the good of the consumer. They do it because it cost money to ship, print and advertise the movie and they are cautious about losing money.

EA recognized they were about to take a huge loss and made a financial decision. Thats it. The demo was being panned by hardcore and casual gamers and EA realized that catching a brick with the first version of your "new" brand is disastrous for this yr and the future.

EA didnt delay the game for you the consumer. They did it for the long term financial viability of their NBA basketball series.

[2kfanatic]

Great news but don't make a fool out of us EA, make a better game and do not just let the heat subside.

This is a classic example of what happens if you only had minimal improvements from 2003-2008.

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Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

Question: HOW DO THEY HAVE THE CONSUMERS IN MIND!!!!????? This is like a movie being delayed because the trailer was panned and the early critic reviews were negative. Movie Studios dont delay movies for the good of the consumer. They do it because it cost money to ship, print and advertise the movie and they are cautious about losing money. EA recognized they were about to take a huge loss and made a financial decision. Thats it. The demo was being panned by hardcore and casual gamers and EA realized that catching a brick with the first version of your "new" brand is disastrous for this yr and the future. EA didnt delay the game for you the consumer. They did it for the long term financial viability of their NBA basketball series.

Well the killer thing is, without saying Live 10 was canned for this game and look what happened.

Its bad when its 2 years in a row... thats a sign...