Getting a lot of offers on the sealed one. However, I would have to be overwhelmed to move it. I would be more willing to consider parting with the open one. I place a high value on both so either I'll be stuck with some drink coasters or a piece of gaming history. Definitely willing to take my chance.

Here's a new auction:

http://cgi.ebay.com/NBA-Elite-11-...

Very neat. I may be interested in picking one of these up. This won't become a Stadium Events due to the fact that it was canceled. Meaning it wouldn't be included on the full PS3 library of games.

If this were anything but a sports game, it would be MUCH more valuable.

However, amazing find! I am extremely jealous! How much did you pay for each?

Awesome! This will give us the true value of a sealed copy. Can't wait to see how it ends up.

I also wonder if any for the 360 surfaced. If so, they must be rarer since none have been discovered. I'm really curious as to how the flea market man got these copies as well. If a game is canceled, no copies should exist? And if these copies went to a game stores, I'm sure they would either request them be sent back or give them to the employees who would know their value.

Very interesting. Either way, thanks for posting this. I have another gem to look out for when video game hunting.

Hey Bournano! I paid $100 total. This game actually went gold and was shipped to retailers before launch. I doubt the local gamestop gave any of these to their employees. The best I can think is a local mom and pop game store ordered a case and never got the memo to send it back. However, the more plausible explanation would probably be connected to the UPS headquarters that is in our backyard here in Louisville. Maybe it was part of a damaged shipment?

Somebody might have stolen 'em out of the UPS building or trailer when a box busted open.

I have an official promo poster for this game. Glad to see that a few copies got out. That way in the future, we will be able to save the ROM image.

I wouldn't doubt it at all. For my sake, I hope they destroyed all of the other copies!

I have a feeling more and more of these will leak... I want to hurry up and buy one, but I feel being patient will pay off.

Only time will tell! Haha.

And congratz on such a snipe clarkass, that's pretty damn epic!

Thanks! I'm going back this weekend to see if he has anymore laying around. I will let you know if anything turns up.

I'm heading to KY!

Pics?

My bad....should have look at profile pic.

I'm a bit confused since multiple sites seem to be offering preordering on this game. They claim the release date is February 8th and copies will come within a week. I'm thinking about preordering a few and seeing what happens.

If you notice some of the sites that are offering it up are much smaller in scope and don't update their site as much. The most credible one to still have it available for pre-order is Sears. I think I might give it a shot as well. I mean the worst they can do is tell you the game isn't available and not take your money.

Agreed man, any experts opinions on this? Need more opinions before I fork away $60.00 on a game I most likely won't receive.

2 more copies surfaced on eBay.

 

It also interested me!  Had someone a info?

EA switched from NBA Elite 11 to NBA JAM as it's main basketball game for this year due to Elite's catastrophic reviews for the demo. 

http://kotaku.com/5704605/how-a-big-video-game-was-killed

This article talks about it pretty deeply.  It doesn't go too deep into the Jesus glitch that spread like fire on YouTube.  Thats worth a watch.  That killed it on forums, and they smartly axed it for good when they knew they'd not be able to bring it back in any real semblance of time.

Yeah, the demo showcased Lakers vs. Celtics, and Bynum was stuck at center court resembling Jesus. It became a laughing stock quickly, so EA canned it.

From what I've heard, they are re-releasing it in around April. At last check, Target was preordering them because they were being rereleased. When this first broke, I searched all over online and found them on target. Not sure if you can still get them there or not.

This, and seeing that hook shot from 3 point land glitch is another good reason to can it.

it's pretty similar to how well Bynum plays defense though

Anyone find any online stores selling yet?