NBA Elite Being Moved to Tiburon, EA Canada Hit by Layoffs (Not Confirmed Yet)

[atlwarya]

EAT may use a whole different process. They might treat nba live/elite like they do madden. They are not really known for scrapping gameplay. If they put something good in the game they go with it and add other things to it here and there. We probably wont see too many 3 yr plans by them. Madden is stale now but its playable.

[dragon4thQ]

garreth reeder has confirmed he has moved on to FIFA via twitter.

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iminurbase To all my followers: I'm now on FIFA. Still love my hoops though about 7 hours ago via Echofon

[Kaanyr Vhok]

Quote: Originally Posted by sroz39

I'm stunned if this is true. Getting rid of Visual Concepts worked out great for EA too, didn't it.....

I cant blame them for getting rid of Visual Concepts. Madden got worse when they took over and I didnt think NFL 2k was any good until 2k3.

[Bondgirl0072]

This does not sound good at all. Is EA's NBA move to Tiburon a good or a bad thing guys?

[sroz39]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bondgirl0072

This does not sound good at all. Is EA's NBA move to Tiburon a good or a bad thing guys?

That depends. Tiburon is so hit and miss. They FINALLY made an NCAA football this year that is comparable to their best efforts on last gen, the last 2 Tiger Woods games have been pretty good and their MMA title is praised for it's gameplay. Madden, on the other hand, has yet to approach what they did with the series on the PS2 and Xbox.

But the issue isn't whether or not Tiburon can make a good basketball game. The issue is the timing. We are closer to the end of this console generation than the beginning so to send the game off to another studio, who will either have to learn what EA Canada were trying to do with Elite 11 very quickly or scrap it entirely and start from scratch, doesn't seem like a winning strategy. IMO, it would only have been fair to allow EA Canada to see this through and THEN if the game is still lacking, it'd be justifiable to move the game. At this point, Tiburon is in a very compromised position to make this game competitive by the end of this console generation, let alone next year.

[rudyjuly2]

I don't think we are close to the end of this generation of console gaming. I really think that this generation will last 3-4 years longer than in the past. Costs and losses were so high early on I just don't see a big push for a new console. Maybe Nintendo since the Wii is so weak but I don't see a new MS or Sony console any time soon. Tiburon has plenty of time to fix the game for this generation.

[Hova57]

I think that the physics software must be in universal use right now. So moving NBA franchise is looking to be difficult to swallow , but may end up being good for the game. We will have to see at least they get two years to develop for this game.

[Hova57]

Quote: Originally Posted by rudyjuly2

I don't think we are close to the end of this generation of console gaming. I really think that this generation will last 3-4 years longer than in the past. Costs and losses were so high early on I just don't see a big push for a new console. Maybe Nintendo since the Wii is so weak but I don't see a new MS or Sony console any time soon. Tiburon has plenty of time to fix the game for this generation.

I agree anyone calling for new consoles to fix the current issues are shortsighted. So getting a new console in theory should fix current issues, but new ones arise. Yea that make sense. MS and Sony put alot of money into these systems and are going to get there money worth. Plus at this point what new innovation could they add more memory maybe gpu , but that's costly ask sony.