CONFIRMED: NBA Elite 11 Delayed until 2011

[eyes of hazel]

I didn't think this was a WWF/WCW "Monday Night Wars" type of thing, but maybe I'm wrong now.

Maybe I'm being too critical, but...

I see this like a boxing match... We got a date to settle the score on October 5, 2010... We both had the same time to train/prepare... Exactly a week before the fight, you back out for a later "unannounced" date? [Canibus] "That's a b**** move..."

[Mintsa]

The crappy thing is that I liked having 2 games to chose from (even if one game wasn't up to par with the competition). It was nice to have a second NBA title for a "change of pace". It can get boring playing the same game (no matter how good it is) for an entire NBA season. Both games are different and it was nice to have that "different" experience when I felt like it.

I love basketball & I love basketball games. Seeing a game getting "delayed" (most likely cancelled until next season) is not good & yes I know EA taking a year off too improve the game can only make the game better.....but..........

In 2005 we had 3 pro games & 2 college games. That's 5 choices.......5 different experiences. Now in 2010/2011 season we have 1.

[welcome2jungle]

great point ^^^ we need more choices

[DaImmaculateONe]

the quality of ea basketball has gone way wayyy down need to rebuild from the ground up

[mrprice33]

Quote: Originally Posted by grunt

I am seeing this as a death of sport gaming. Last generation we had tons of title and slowly we are going to end up with a few games.

They just cost so much more now to make. The cost isn't worth it.

Personally, I don't agree with anyone applauding EA for delaying the game. Remember that the game was already sent to stores, and is essentially being recalled. They have to physically destroy every copy out there and once the game is "done" a second time, they have to reprint all those copies. I, for one, forsee this just becoming a skipped year for EA Basketball. Also, I agree with those who think that they were getting some early returns on reviews, and the game was getting slaughtered (much the same way some here slaughtered the demo) to the point where it was worth the loss of potential revenue to keep a disaster of a game from hitting shelves. It's too bad, because it seems like the people who interact with us here are genuinely devoted to making the best game possible, but they perhaps just ran out of time.

Hopefully NBA Jam floats the dev costs of Elite 12, and we can get a legitimate EA NBA game sometime in 2011.

[josher898]

still think 2k will be better

[Pared]

Guys, I don't know why you think this is a good time to take shots at other games.

We're going to start banning for it. Keep it on Elite and the news being discussed please.

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by 23

Yeah man, that was an example... but im sure you guys mentioned alot of things that many of us like, and its not there, and sometimes in place of some other technical unrealistic thing... Forget sig stuff but lets put in off the backboard dunks

I'm sorry but that is hilarious.

It's so damn true too. From gameplay to presentation to "soul," EA heard a lot of what needs to be there during my time there.

But they are seriously working on things as we speak. We shall see what comes from this...