Wasn't this game, like... done?

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I'm really not surprised about this as I saw that Youtube video that is linked to this article some time ago. I'm not to disappointed as the NBA 2k11 is really well done this year.

" Wasn't this game, like... done? "

Is anybody really surprised by this? There was no way this game was coming out before next October anyway so you might as well change developers now.

" Wasn't this game, like... done? "

" Wasn't this game, like... done? "

Unlike Jesus, this game will take a little longer to be resurrected. 

I don't think anyone's surprised.

This doesnt really make sense to me. Sure if they were going to carry on the series then cancel it, but if it is getting reinvented they surely it is better to just pump out the game?

I'm a long time hockey fan, I watch over a hundred games a year, but I can't play hockey games anymore because as a hockey fan, they don't resemble what hockey plays like, and as a video game fan, they don't play as fun as other video games.  Sports games are really a bummer in that they have to serve two masters and often fall short of both.
 
Madden is the best realized version of its respective sport, and playing it isn't nearly as rewarding as playing a great shooter or character action game.  NBA Jam and NHL '94 are great arcadey titles, but hardly resemble the way their sports actually play aside from the most basic rule book.

On a scale of 1 to "surprised," I'm at a 2.

You have to get a copy of this in a do a quick look, it looks so amazingly bad, I want to see yall play it for a little while

Sort of happy to see that they were willing to pull the plug on a game that was essentially finished and ready to be consumed by an inevitably unhappy public. Not a lot of developers and/or publishers are willing to do this.

I'm as fair-weather a fan as ever there was.  Whenever the Lakers make the playoffs, my friends and I huddle around a TV and cheer Gasol like it means something to us.  I'm mostly there for the company, but I'm consistently amazed by the athletic feats of the individual players.   
 
I don't feel any of that when I watch NBA video games.  There's no exertion, nothing hard-fought about the animations.  It would take a lot more than a fatigue meter for me to see the appeal of this sort of game.

That video still cracks me up.

Andrew Bynum is Jesus apparently

I was sticking with NBA Live 10 anyway. Now I'll get roster updates too. Awesome!

" @FuzzYLemoN said:

" Wasn't this game, like... done? "

They'd rather not release it at all and release an actual good game next year than release a giant steaming turd now that will destroy the entire franchise forever. "

That video makes me wish this game came out, so we could have gotten a quick look of it.

So that Madden guys are on the project now? Interesting for sure.

" On a scale of 1 to "surprised," I'm at a 2. "

Hell yea good call on dennis rodman brad

Man that game looked like it sucked. Good thing they canned it. Not sure why they would want to do that instead of fixing it though.

Amazon lists NBA Jam for PS3 and 360 for Nov. 16th

I got both demos and I thought NBA2K11 sucked and Elite was kinda cool. Then my buddy bought 2K11 and I played it for a while, loved it, bought it myself, and it absolutely wipes the floor with Elite, both from the actual gameplay and features perspectives. It's more realistic, challenging, and deeper, and it just has an insane number of modes and the attention to detail is staggering.
 
All of this being said, I wouldn't say Elite sucks, it just isn't as good. I didn't get the jesus glitch or a glitch of any kind for that matter. I think they could still have released it and done solid numbers, but if they want to compete with 2K at this point then they need to invest a lot of time and money into developing something truer to life and with as many extras as 2K has to make it feel special. The DNA system for example, is awesome, and having the rights to FIBA is kinda cool, but those are the best things the series has going for it, and 2K offers free roster updates almost instantly and Michael friggin Jordan, as well as other legends on classic teams, which is better than FIBA, so they're matching them and then going beyond. 
 
Maybe it's time we moved into the realms of non-annual sports games... though I'm sure the sheer volume of sales will prevent that.

Oh well. For once 2K finally wins a battle! If only they could still make a football game... =( 

I'm honestly not sure what EA hopes to accomplish by handing development off to Tiburon.  Was EA Canada really that inept?

LOL Broken avatar in video, wait.... is Elite running on the Game Room Engine?! XD

That's mad depressing, I'm really interested to read the complete story about the collapse of development for Elite 11. I'm sure there is a ton that hasn't gone public yet...

" That's mad depressing, I'm really interested to read the complete story about the collapse of development for Elite 11. I'm sure there is a ton that hasn't gone public yet... "

1. EA decided that a full-scale revamp of their NBA series was required to compete with the NBA2K series.
2. EA Canada began building a whole new NBA game from scratch with design input from the lead of EA's NHL series.
3. The game was designed and coded in the standard year-to-year sports game cycle.  (i.e.:  Work started after NBA Live 10 was out the door.)
4. This was not nearly enough time to create a whole new NBA game with completely new gameplay and animation systems, among other factors.
5. A demo of the game was released to great public scorn.
6. EA realized that they were sitting on a turd and tried to rectify it.
7. After realization that they wouldn't be able to get the game out in a playable state in time for the majority of the NBA season, NBA Elite was scrapped.
8. EA gave the task of making the next NBA game to Tiburon, because hey, they've done well with the Madden games, so why not?
   

I totally have an NBA Elite 11 sale sign from my Target store. Score I say, it means nothing outside my little idiot mind, but I find humor in it.

So, I'm confused. Isn't Tiburon going to take the code and make an NBA Elite for next year? In that case, can it really be called a cancellation? Isn't it more just like a delay and a number change?....and developer change?

You can buy NBA Elite 11 on the app store..

A strategic move by EA, too bad this couldn't have happened earlier when they hadn't speant gobs of money on the game already. I guess stopping it now is better than letting it come out and get raped by 2K. 

NBA Jam will be their saving grace. I am sure after they get all of the money from that one they won't have to worry about the spilled milk anymore. 

That video is funny as hell.

Oh dear, although from various recent podcasts I'd assummed this game was officially dead already. I suppose at least this is a kind of closure for people who'd been looking foward to it.

Did anything ever come out of that story about a handful of leaked discs?