CONFIRMED: NBA Elite 11 Delayed until 2011

[rEAnimator]

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.

For the most part in a free market system the two are generally the same thing right?

[infam0us]

But Aholbert32 how often do you see something delayed this late prior to release. Isn't it a huge lost producing all the games and not selling them?

[jeremym480]

Quote: Originally Posted by WTF

-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. That's big news there. I think I may be able to find someone who will give me Live 10, so that'll be my "second game". I still really like this move. I just wonder how the graphics will look on the new rookies.

I actually really like this move, as well. It's pretty much unprecedented to do something like this in sports games today.Especially since they're keeping Live 10 updated. I applaud EA for that. I guess now the question is going to be how will they have time to work on Elite 12 with most of their resources seemingly going to 11?

Things will definitely be interesting over the coming months.

[beastwork]

sorry to hear this. I know the developers put a lot of hard work into this game. But in the end i think it is the correct move. Good luck EA folks

[neptuneniq]

glad to know NBA JAM is releasing by itself on xbox

[inkcil]

Quote: Originally Posted by madjax

I hate the fact that people now are seeing EA as some kind of hero for not bringing out the game. They just tried to insult our intelligence by selling us a game they knew was bad from the start. Now EA is acting like they are listening to us. If they did listen we would have good game now instead of a delayed and maybe even cancelled garbage

Exactly! I'm not giving EA "credit" for not pooping on the consumers by releasing NBA Elite 11 next week.

You only get credit for doing something good; you DON'T get credit for "not doing something bad."

That demo was the worst peice of sports gaming this generation by a mile. I mean it was just terrible. From the half court glitch, to the passing mechanics, to the muddy graphics. It was a complete joke.

This is a disater for EA. A complete disaster. No company wants to be in that position one week before release. Ever.

Thank goodness that the people who were going to buy this won't be given the option. Thank goodness.

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Okay, IMO Live 10 would be best suited really looking into those ratings because it would help the experience out immensly

I did a huge ratings thread on here tweaking the game, they should take a look and check into some of those things because the patch and updates made Live 10 unplayable in alot of ways like the chest bumping, over exxagerated super defense, verts, blocks, rebounds, abilities, who's scoring the most and also alot of other stuff I mentioned in there.

[bubba4]

Good move by EA? I don't think so. They've done this before and it is ALL about what the competition is doing. Ask yourselves a question: if EA had the exclusive license like they do with Madden and NCAA, would they cancel/delay a game? Of course they wouldn't.

This is about a company making bad development decisions that were continuing to hurt their product portraying a major sport in the USA. They needed to change course and that's what they are doing. This is failure 101. No company should ever, ever, EVER be congratulated for this. Especially a game company like EA.

This is all about the competition and EA not being able to compete. This is what competition does. It drives success and failure. Congratulate them when they release a superior basketball game. But for now, there is just no way to spin this as a positive.
Bubba4