CONFIRMED: NBA Elite 11 Delayed until 2011

[tomriddle]

you guys want to know the dirty secret of this whole mess for EA?

NBA2K11 killed Elite 11

I never realized it before.. because at first, it seemed like news by itself

but once I started hearing reports of how NBA2K11 was trending non-stop for a week on twitter.. that alone told me the story of why EA did this

Twitter is so powerful right now because it gives you the pulse of the world.. it's hard enough to trend hourly, daily... but to trend for an entire week means *EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD* is talking about it

110% the heads at EA are as technologically connected as anyone and they saw this, they saw this absolute avalanche going on for 2k sports and NBA2K11 that they did the unthinkable, "Delay Elite 11" a week before it's street date

something unheard of

why? the power of trending/twitter.. specifically, the fact that a video game of all things was trending, something that is EXTREMELY RARE...

Bottom Line: NBA2K11 killed Elite 11

[yungflo]

Quote: Originally Posted by tomriddle

you guys want to know the dirty secret of this whole mess for EA? NBA2K11 killed Elite 11 I never realized it before.. because at first, it seemed like news by itself but once I started hearing reports of how NBA2K11 was trending non-stop for a week on twitter.. that alone told me the story of why EA did this Twitter is so powerful right now because it gives you the pulse of the world.. it's hard enough to trend hourly, daily... but to trend for an entire week means *EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD* is talking about it 110% the heads at EA are as technologically connected as anyone and they saw this, they saw this absolute avalanche going on for 2k sports and NBA2K11 that they did the unthinkable, "Delay Elite 11" a week before it's street date something unheard of why? the power of trending/twitter.. specifically, the fact that a video game of all things was trending, something that is EXTREMELY RARE... Bottom Line: NBA2K11 killed Elite 11

or maybe that hard8times thing was treading on twitter too lol.

[Lucky912]

Please release NBA Elite 11 and don't just skip ahead to Elite 12. I was looking forward to getting the game I actually went out and bought a new console in anticipation(my old 360 died last Feb). Then I heard about the delay I was disappointed and I ended up getting 2k11 and BF:BC2. I'm still hoping this game drops in the 1st Q of next year I want to play it and give feedback for Elite 12.

[DJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by tomriddle

you guys want to know the dirty secret of this whole mess for EA? NBA2K11 killed Elite 11 I never realized it before.. because at first, it seemed like news by itself but once I started hearing reports of how NBA2K11 was trending non-stop for a week on twitter.. that alone told me the story of why EA did this Twitter is so powerful right now because it gives you the pulse of the world.. it's hard enough to trend hourly, daily... but to trend for an entire week means *EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD* is talking about it 110% the heads at EA are as technologically connected as anyone and they saw this, they saw this absolute avalanche going on for 2k sports and NBA2K11 that they did the unthinkable, "Delay Elite 11" a week before it's street date something unheard of why? the power of trending/twitter.. specifically, the fact that a video game of all things was trending, something that is EXTREMELY RARE... Bottom Line: NBA2K11 killed Elite 11

I don't think that had anything to do with it.

Randy Orton has been the top-trending topic on Twitter several times following an episode of RAW or pay-per-views. Has that led to any increase in ratings or PPV buys for WWE? No.

So, I don't think that just because NBA 2K11 was a hot topic on Twitter that people at EA freaked and decided to postpone its game. The fact of the matter is that Elite wasn't a fully finished product; EA tried its best to get us to believe that Elite was ready but once the demo dropped, it was clear there was still much work to be done.

[CX1329]

We need to hope for Elite 12 to be just as good as NBA 2K12, as it's always a good thing for the market to have as many good basketball games as possible. I do wish we could still choose between two NBA sims, two College basketball sims, and two streetball titles (EA's NBA Street and Midway's NBA Ballers). In fact, I REALLY miss being able to play College basketball and streetball. Playing nothing but one NBA game all season is going to get boring, even with the amount of features it offers.

[yungflo]

Quote: Originally Posted by tomriddle

you guys want to know the dirty secret of this whole mess for EA? NBA2K11 killed Elite 11 I never realized it before.. because at first, it seemed like news by itself but once I started hearing reports of how NBA2K11 was trending non-stop for a week on twitter.. that alone told me the story of why EA did this Twitter is so powerful right now because it gives you the pulse of the world.. it's hard enough to trend hourly, daily... but to trend for an entire week means *EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD* is talking about it 110% the heads at EA are as technologically connected as anyone and they saw this, they saw this absolute avalanche going on for 2k sports and NBA2K11 that they did the unthinkable, "Delay Elite 11" a week before it's street date something unheard of why? the power of trending/twitter.. specifically, the fact that a video game of all things was trending, something that is EXTREMELY RARE... Bottom Line: NBA2K11 killed Elite 11

not really, its because as much as everyone hates to admit it, but game reviews mean a whole lot and have a whole lot of influence.

Quote:

EA's shares fell some 6% as some less than favourable reviews of Danger Close and DICE's Afghanistan-set first person shooter begin to hit.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/112/1127697p1.html

if this game came out, it would have gotten a 5 or 6

[wardn32]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lucky912

Please release NBA Elite 11 and don't just skip ahead to Elite 12. I was looking forward to getting the game I actually went out and bought a new console in anticipation(my old 360 died last Feb). Then I heard about the delay I was disappointed and I ended up getting 2k11 and BF:BC2. I'm still hoping this game drops in the 1st Q of next year I want to play it and give feedback for Elite 12.

I just played the Version of NBA Elite 11 that was going to be released to the public and it's a good thing they delayed it. The control over the players feels like crap compared to 2k11, the mid air collisions lead to some very strange animations. Graphics on the cut scenes were pretty good, along with the crowd but the overall feel of the game that was to be released was overall bad. They really need to cancel the game and wait until 2012 because I am not sure they can fix this before the NBA season is pretty much over.

[jbrew2411]

Nice to see EA not ship a broke game. I wish they would do the same for some of their other games. I'm looking at you Madden and NCAA Football teams.