NBA Elite 11

NBA Elite 11 is a basketball video game developed for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 by EA Canada and published by EA Sports, originally slated for an October 2010 release. Aiming at a refreshing gameplay experience, with changes that would include new mechanics and game modes, EA Sports opted to drop their long-standing “NBA Live” franchise moniker – used since the 1994 installment NBA Live ’95 – in favor of a new identity, “NBA Elite”, reflecting the publishers’ desire to “pioneer a groundbreaking change in the basketball videogame segment.”

Although the game’s production went as far as seeing copies pressed and a demo released, concerns over the quality of the product resulted in its release being delayed and, weeks later, officially cancelled. Since a limited number of physical copies of the PlayStation 3 version made it to the hands of consumers, NBA Elite 11 is now considered one of the rarest games for the platform, with some copies being sold for thousands of dollars.