NBA Elite 11 to Revolutionize Baseketball Games

It’s finally official; EA Sports has announced the renaming of their NBA Live franchise to NBA Elite. As previously leaked, part of the reason for this name change is because EA is trying to revamp the game by introducing a Hands-On Control with the right analog stick and beefing up the physics engine. The goal according to Peter Moore is to create a “gameplay experience that gives fans the control on the court that they have been begging for in a basketball game for years.”

With the beefed up physics engine and added control on the right analog stick it will allow for a player to be in charge of “every movement, dribble move, shot, dunk, lay-up, steal and block in real time with one-to-one control.” It’s not just a change of name but a change of game; will you be able to bring it?

As Destructoid points out, this is not the first time EA has renamed one of their franchises. When they changed their baseball franchise, Triple Play, due to decreasing sales and poor reviews, they revolutionized the series by adding the pitching meter. 2003 marked the first year under the new name of MVP Baseball. It seems that EA knows what it’s doing and this name change may become another success, although all the decreased sales and interest to their basketball games could be due to a general decrease in interest across America in the NBA, unless Lebron James and “free agency” are mentioned in the same sentence. Are you going to be an NBA Elite 11 purchaser or stick with NBA 2K11? Let us know.

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