NBA Elite 11 delayed, NBA Jam coming as standalone product for 360 and PS3

by Griffin McElroy on Sep 27th 2010 7:00PM

Well, it seems like the details regarding the release of the NBA Jam reboot on the 360 and PS3 have changed yet again. EA Sports just announced that its upcoming basketball title, NBA Elite 11, has been delayed beyond its release next month to an undisclosed launch window. You know, NBA Elite 11 -- that game that would come with a download voucher for NBA Jam, serving as "the ONLY way" players could grab Jam on Microsoft or Sony's home consoles? Seems that line's changed too.

The delay announcement also revealed that "we're going to ship NBA Jam as a standalone product on the Xbox 360 and PS3 in time for the holidays. Watch for more news soon on the exact timing of that release." We're going to hound EA to find out more about these plans -- will it be a retail release (the use of the word "ship" certainly seems to indicate as much). If so, will it carry a $60 price tag? Will NBA Elite 11 still come with a free copy of Jam, or has that offer been summarily revoked? Is this a test? Are you testing us?

Source: EA Sports

Tags: delay, ea, ea-sports, microsoft, nba-elite-11, nba-jam, playstation, ps3, xbox

Reader Comments (57)

THANK GOD

@The1stMJC agreed....I will most likely get Jam on PS3 & 360 now...assuming its just a $10-15 PSN/XBLA title...

they might as well not even Release Elite if its not gonna come out the same day as NBA2K since they will lose sales....

Yes. I don't understand why someone would get NBA Elite over NBA2k11 with MICHAEL JORDAN!!!!! Unless...they'd gotten both.

@Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi
Yes, this delay will certainly cut into Elite's possible sales, so I'm sure they've decided to release NBA Jam separate in order to recoup some of that cash.
I'm betting NBA Jam will outsell NBA Elite 11 (regardless of the price) and I don't even think it'll be close.

I'm not even gonna start on everything that's wrong with NBA Jam...

@King Johngie the Fourth

my guess is you probably never played the original..

@Kid Icarus I played a preview build of it and it wasn't too impressive, and I played the originals a shiiiiiiit ton.

@King Johngie the Fourth

OK , don't.

@King Johngie the Fourth

Why don't you start,I'd love to hear your thoughts,NBA JAM in MHO is one of the greatest games period,many a quarter went into these machines,just a really fun game to play,to each there own I guess.

Gamestop confirms that elite has been pushed till next year!!

@Jtpimpin2327

Gamestop doesn't confirm anything. Although they try to..

@Jtpimpin2327 probably true but Gamestop is probably the least trusted source of information. their employees and site.

@PrimetimePragz

NOPE. Amazon, Gamefly and WalMart are all horrible about release dates. Gamestop is generally pretty on the ball 3 months after the title's been announced.

@PrimetimePragz
Game stop also Confirmed MVC 3 will ship to them on 3/3 here in Philadelphia. And they verifies Ken is in. And they said Phoenix wright is in(glad he didn't know what he was talking about on that). I think he also said he plays pool with Jesus Christ. Effin game stop. This is why Philadelphia has underground games dealers who undercut the prices of GameStop to $50 a game with no tax HA...go craigslist

Good! I played the demo of Elite last week and didn't like it.

Delaying NBA Elite is the best decision that EA has made in this generation of consoles. The game had some solid fundamentals in certain ways but was really just a messy, poorly executed product, but still solid ideas.

Here's hoping NBA Elite is delayed until November 2011 so that they have enough time to really work on making a solid product, yet still capture the new vision of the game.

I used to scream for this. But it seems like something went haywire in the process, probably because of greedy men in suites. Hopefully it is as good as I dreamed.

Well I had it preordered and they called to tell me incase I wanted to switch it to 2k11

Do I boomshakalaka?

@Grand Kerfuffle
why you ask? are....YOU ON FIRE?????

I think EA's hearing finally came back to them...NBA Jam Fanboys rejoice!

Now let's hope that the online gameplay for us PS3'rs and 360'rs doesn't blow...

Yay, i knew this was gonna happen (not the delay but jam's release) now i gotta ask...will this bring Elite's sales down?

Who didnt see this coming? i was goign to hold out for the eventual PSN/ 360 online capable release anyway. now its confirmed :)

Hahaha they got so much slack on elite they had to push it back to work on it. EA is running scared of n2k lol they running. Whoever greenlite elite should be fired lol....!

@Drdre74

Well EA did effectively kill 2k's NHL games on the 360 and PS3, so reciprocation could have been expected.

@Drdre74

flak

They're just scared to go against a game with micheal Jordan on the cover! Mutha effin MJ!

@Urmomlikesme

haha so tru... Hail his Airness!!!

@Urmomlikesme
Not just the cover. The whole package of the game is better. The sad thing is EA hired one of NBA2ks lead guys and he left and went back to 2K. Thats how bad EA is.

I didn't realize the Wii version doesn't support online play. That sucks.

@The Joy of Painting w Bob Ross Yeah, the Wii kinda does at times.

EA's changed it's mind so many times on Jam. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they decided to give NBA Elite away for free with copies of Jam. Only, the XBox version will not have backboards and the PS3 version is missing the Western Conference. Also, they're making a version for the GameBoy Advance.

So... people rather pay $60 for just NBA Jam, then $60 for NBA Elite with free NBA Jam?

@billysea If they are selling it as standalone product, it will not be less than $50 because that is the price of the Wii version.

@billysea

I wouldn't pay $60 for either. But I would pay more for Jam than Elite...

I hope they add the legends for 360/ps3 versions, and make a couple roster moves to make them more accurate before the official release. But this is great news, i didnt want to buy elite, but EA will make a ton off NBA Jam.

so am i the only person pissed that they delayed elite? i know it will give them time to make it better but man i was excited for it

@mike1cent

No you are not, I was definitely looking forward to it. The demo was a lot of fun to me, waaaaay better than the 2k11 demo.

Standalone release for the 360?..... Hallelujah!!

*snicker*

It's karma. I look forward to buying NBA Jam this holiday season as a stand alone release, as god intended. I also look forward to continuing to not care a lick about what happens to Elite.

Am I seriously the only one who enjoyed the Elite 11 demo?
I like it hell of a lot better than the 2k11 demo. The 2k11 demo was horrible!
I was going to buy 2k11 because it had Jordan, and the jordan challenges, but after the demos came out, I completely changed minds.
Elite was a lot more fun and the changes were pretty cool, 2k11 while cool, seemed just like 2k10, nothing new, I'll just play that if I want the same experience. The addition of Jordan was not enough for me to get over that, while on the other hand Elite was fun, and it had NBA Jam for free, to me it had won.
But now Jam isn't included, so I have to decide again 2k11 with Jordan or Elite 11 which was more fun to me, but with no bonus... I'm still leaning on Elite right now.

@Aclos09
And unless I hear that Jam is still going to be included with Elite, I'm definitely getting Jam on release day :)

I guess Jesus Bynum deemed the game unfit for divine ascension.

Is that Magic Johnson dunking on... Chris Rock?

I didn't think the NBA Elite 11 demo wasn't that bad... but overall more time for polish is always a good thing. The new control system was a fresh change to me... more so then the standard button system that 2K has stuck with since it's inception. And it's not like the new control system had a huge learning curve, like when trying Backbreaker for the first time.

They've just annihilated any chance the Wii version of this had, quite frankly. Now it's competing against a freestanding digital product that's much cheaper and has more features

damn

@Mr Khan

Seriously, this game has just been one middle finger to Wii owners after another. You can just tell they're now only gonna talk about the 360/PS3 versions from now one and then use the Wii version to tell their investors why it's just not worth it to put any effort into a Wii game.

I think we are all going to be majorly dissapointed with the price point for this when it's revealed.

NBA2k killed Live they try to rename it but still no match for the best basketball game NBA2k

Going from free bonus to standalone priced is a pretty shaky move. Will be interesting to see how this plays out, and how much convincing they'll need to do for whatever pricepoint they choose.

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