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

[Boilerbuzz]

Quote: Originally Posted by BiggD

100% agreed, gameplay has NOTHING to go with limitations of a console..

Then you guys have no idea of the complexity that goes into such systems. If you think these machines are capable of the cutting edge of all of these aspects of programming while still delivering what is expected of current-gen gaming in terms of graphics and content, then you would be mistaken.

[rEAnimator]

Quote: Originally Posted by Boilerbuzz

Wrong. The game was PUBLISHED through EAC, but actually developed at a studio in Chicago. I know that for a fact. If wiki says different, then it's wrong. And I'm totally aware of who makes 2K games. Don't know where I would have said otherwise.

Not a big deal, but I know the first NBA Street was developed by an external studio but produced out of EAC, and Homecourt was definitely 100% developed at EAC. I don't remember where vol 2 & 3 were developed. So you're both correct

[jaosming]

Quote: Originally Posted by rEAnimator

Not a big deal, but I know the first NBA Street was developed by an external studio but produced out of EAC, and Homecourt was definitely 100% developed at EAC. I don't remember where vol 2 & 3 were developed. So you're both correct

NuFX they got absorbed into EA Chicago

they also helped out on my favorite MM 2003

[sroz39]

Quote: Originally Posted by Boilerbuzz

For my part, in NO way did I say Canada isn't passionate about basketball. I know quite a few people from Canada, and almost ALL of them love basketball. They know the game. But to say it's not a prevailing part of the culture is NOT an insult. It's just the way it is. It's no big deal. I do find it baffling that the only Canadian NBA team can't succeed in the country's largest city. It doesn't say that the game isn't loved. But it DOES say that the culture of the NBA does not resonate with enough people there. That's all. So, the metric I've used for any statement has a very visible basis. IN THE END, the fact that EAC, in my opinion has failed to deliver a consistently high quality product when it's first true competition came along, said to me that it was time for a change. Now, that change could have been to Montreal or Toronto. I don't care. I just know that it wasn't working in that studio. And saying that it should have because the only recently good NHL and FIFA titles are successful is a major fail in logic.

Dude, twisting my words around to try to make your point more valid is not going to work. I never, EVER said that EAC SHOULD make a good basketball game because FIFA and NHL are good. I was simply stating that FIFA specifically, wasn't being held back by being developed in Canada, despite us not being world-beaters in soccer, just like basketball. I agree with you that the Live series has consistently under-performed on these consoles. There's no arguing that. My point was they are capable of it, based on NBA Live 10 being reviewed very favourably.

[rEAnimator]

Quote: Originally Posted by jaosming

NuFX they got absorbed into EA Chicago they also helped out on my favorite MM 2003

Yeah, that was it. Forgot the name NuFX. You have a better memory than I do

[ThtsWhtSheSd16]

EA just confirmed on their Q2 2011 earnings call that Elite will be moving to Tiburon and that NBA Elite 11 has been canceled.

[Steve_OS]

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