NBA Elite Delayed

Monday night, EA Sports announced that they will need to delay the release of their NBA franchise to work out some of the kinks. The game, which usually comes out in October, will be suspended until the holiday season.

(An early screen shot of NBA Elite 11, featuring cover athlete Kevin Durant.)

Peter Moore, the president of EA Sports, says on his blog that the game is taking longer because it is so revolutionary.

"We are going to keep working until we’re certain we can deliver a breakthrough basketball experience," Moore said Monday on his blog.

EA Sports will release a roster update for NBA Live 2010 to cool the franchise faithful until the release of '11.

(The NBA 2K franchise regular outsales EA Sports' franchise.)

This decision is certainly a gamble for the video game company. True, they are overhauling the franchise this year, but their competition - NBA 2K11 - hits stores next Tuesday. The game will also feature Michael Jordan this year, which is sure to increase sales even further.

EA Sports is already running with a silver medal and now they want to start the race later than the gold winner? Dangerous.

- Jeff Laboon