NBA Elite 11 Officially Canceled, Franchise Future Moves to EA Tiburon

[CX1329]

I have no idea whether or not they will keep the "Elite" name for 2011. I mean, when I think of NBA Live, I imagine a series that has a long history and tradition. Sure, there were some horrible, horrible NBA Live titles, but it was still NBA Live. The name had a lot of significance.

When I think of NBA Elite, I just imagine dudes jumping like they're on pogo sticks, Rondo jacking up fadeaway threes at the end of the game, being able to score 25 points in 5 minutes, and Jesus Bynum. I'm all for NBA Live being brought back.

However, to remain on topic, I must say that I'm really skeptical as to what the future of the franchise will be like under Tiburon. Will they attempt to innovate yet again, or will they really pick up from where EA Canada left off? What is the vision and the philosophy of the development team? Will they try to make the game as sim as possible, or appease to the masses? How will they change the game so as to better represent the fundamentals of NBA basketball? With EA Canada and Mike Wang, the answers to these questions were clear. Without Mike Wang, they became a little fuzzy, and now, I'm completely clueless. I'm hoping the Tiburon devs can come aboard and enlighten us about their plans before long.

[Sam Marlowe]

The NFL put its license up for sale. EA just bid the highest. Just to be fair.

[daniverson1973]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dizmatic

Drop the Elite name. It will always be remembered as the game that couldn't compete with NBA 2K11.

this quote, my fellow gamer, is oh, so true
i dont even know what to do with live10 now, i guess i'll trade it in towards something else
but the silver lining in all of this, is i took my rose-colored EA glasses off finally and discovered NBA2K is FOR REAL!!!
this is a sad situation in reality for a lot of baller fans, including myself, but life goes on, even for the gamer

[daniverson1973]

i dont mean to be intentionally negative, and dont have any agenda, but this has really rocked me to the point where i will not enteratain anymore discussions regarding video basketball games from ea, im done, i wont discuss it or play it probably ever again (with good reasons)
so goodbye and farewell to the NBA ELITE OS FORUMS from me

peace out live, i loved you while you lasted

[buttsakk]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

What you guys also need to consider is the guys from Tiburon NOW have to spend a large amount of time figuring out how everything runs and what they can or can't do.

Bingo.

I wonder how many Developers they have on site, and how many are devoted to each I.P.

Man, I can say without a doubt that Triburon is slightly freaking out right now.

[ashantewarrier]

Quote: Originally Posted by daniverson1973

i dont mean to be intentionally negative, and dont have any agenda, but this has really rocked me to the point where i will not enteratain anymore discussions regarding video basketball games from ea, im done, i wont discuss it or play it probably ever again (with good reasons) so goodbye and farewell to the NBA ELITE OS FORUMS from me peace out live, i loved you while you lasted

Yep! Look at the crap EA releases called MADDEN.

[eye guy]

So, they're going from bad to worse?

[Dachozen1]

I'm with whoever said they should bring NBA Street back...even though its an arcade game its probably the best basketball game EA has put out besides Live 10...

As for NBA Elite being officially canceled...real time physics my ***