NBA Elite 11 Officially Canceled

[Tribal Chief]

t was only a matter of time before it was made official and today EA Sports announced that NBA Elite 11 has been completely canceled. Originally framed as a “delay” it was obvious the game would never see the light of day despite the company reportedly not made any final decisions on its fate. When the news hit that the franchise was being shifted to the Tiburon studio it only cemented further that it was finished.

The question now arises as to what will be the future of NBA from EA Sports. There is a chance, one that would not surprise me at all, that there will be no NBA game released next year either. Also expect a name change to come. There is no way they can stick with NBA Elite.

It would be a mistake to assume that the new team housed at Tiburon is just going to polish up NBA Elite 11 and release it as NBA 12. That the studio move was made is an indication that the series is going to get a fresh start. That can’t be done in less than a year. Certainly a sub-par effort is not going to gain any ground in the market with the NBA 2K series the monster that it has become.

EA Sports is in a tough spot because they have completely lost consumer confidence and scrapped all brand loyalty and recognition in the process. It is going to take a long time for that to be rebuilt and rushing to do so won’t do any good.

[RockPaperScissors]

Well at least they bought off their competition for NFL games so they can continue to nickel-and-dime consumers for mediocre Madden games.

[Tribal Chief]

Well at least they bought off their competition for NFL games so they can continue to nickel-and-dime consumers for mediocre Madden games.

2K should play follow the leader and do the same

[Dharma Initiative]

2K should play follow the leader and do the same

2K doesn't even have to pay off the NBA, they made EA give up

[dvt5045]

kinda sad what's happened to a once great video game franchise.

[Spoooooooon4MVP]

2K doesn't even have to pay off the NBA, they made EA give up

****** em into submission

[Tribal Chief]

2K doesn't even have to pay off the NBA, they made EA give up

They didn't officially give up. They cancelled this game. They can take as long as they want to make a basketball game the way they feel consumers will buy and love, even if it takes a couple of years. UNLESS 2k takes that right from them. I say hit EA where EA hit you.

[nuccah]

They didn't officially give up. They cancelled this game. They can take as long as they want to make a basketball game the way they feel consumers will buy and love, even if it takes a couple of years. UNLESS 2k takes that right from them. I say hit EA where EA hit you.

While I don't play any NBA games, why would you support them paying billions to get an exclusive license? That just takes away the desire/need to vigorously update the game to where the fan base is happy. Just like at EA with Madden. They **** us every year.

[Tribal Chief]

While I don't play any NBA games, why would you support them paying billions to get an exclusive license? That just takes away the desire/need to vigorously update the game to where the fan base is happy. Just like at EA with Madden. They **** us every year.

Who said I support them? I don't even play basketball games lol. Only thing I said was hit EA the same way they hit you. I really don't care if either has success or not TBH. No matter how hard EA tries with Madden or 2K tries with NBA 2K, there are still gonna be fans that are not satisfied with the hard work either company put into the game.