NHL 2K11 Is Exclusive to...

[Double J]

The Nintendo Wii...

March 3, 2010 - Take-Two announced the company is taking a year off from releasing a hockey title on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. NHL 2K11 will now be an exclusive title for the Nintendo Wii. CEO and President Ben Feder says the series needs a breather before returning next year.

"We're taking the year off on our PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions," explained Feder. "We're doing that because we're so committed to competing and winning, and we think those platforms need a breather so we can go back to redesign and rethink as opposed to continuing to iterate."

"As a result of that, the following year we'll come back a lot stronger," he added. "We're continuing to develop for the Wii, which we think is exciting. We have built a presence, in Canada specifically, on the Wii title with the help and support of Nintendo, for which we're very grateful."

NHL 2k11 is scheduled to ship during Take-Two's fiscal fourth quarter, which starts on August 1 2010, and ends on October 31, 2010.

wii.ign.com/articles/107/1073985p1.html

[Kliquid]

Well, that's the end of this franchise...

[SMK]

Is this something regular to do? If Madden or NBA Live did this, I would be shocked. I guess since it's Hockey......

[Deleted]

Something the WWE games need to do, take a year off..

["The Visionary" Eldniw]

Next article will be worded something similar to this:

*AHEM*

2K Sports is saddened to announce that the NHL 2K series of games will not be continuing production for the 2011-2012 NHL season. The sole reason for this is due to particularly low sales of the previous (and final) game of the series, NHL 2K11, which was deemed a Nintendo Wii-exclusive title.

[Kemp2k]

The only decent NHL2k game was I believe 2k5; I actually preferred that over NHL05'; It coulda been earlier too; like 2003. I can't remember; all I remember is a Philly player on the cover, coulda been Roenick.

[alwayssunny]

the EA Sports version of NHL is the only Hockey game that is great, But NHL 2k10 had some features I liked, The Home teams Entrance, The ability to play a Winter Classic, and the Zamboni mini mode

[TheNakedDuck]

I think this actually a good move for them. Instead of pushing out another crappy NHL 2K game, they'll take a year off to work on it and hopefully it'll pay off.

But no matter how many years they take off I don't think they'll ever top the EA NHL games. They're just way to good.

[Un Vieu BS]

2 things I hate about this announcement
1 ) I just sold my Wii so I wont be able to play this game .
2 ) I loved to play some pick up games with my friends on the past version of 2K series , the big hits and the 20+ goal per game were nice to have fun ... guess ill have to play with the sliders in EA 2011.