bonesmccoy
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Speaking as a guy who's a big PES fan, is North America ready for the Konamization of professional baseball? We'd have team names like Toronto Blue, Bronx Stripes, and Boston Rouges. And players named Deter Jerek and Mitel Cabara.
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MLB 2K is dead
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Speaking as a guy who's a big PES fan, is North America ready for the Konamization of professional baseball? We'd have team names like Toronto Blue, Bronx Stripes, and Boston Rouges. And players named Deter Jerek and Mitel Cabara.
I would like for there to be competition for both the MLB and NFL games simply because some of the better sports games have been when EA and 2K we at each other's necks to have the better product. I mean look at NFL 2K4 when it was just $20! I got the game and had fun with it. Buying the exclusive third-party rights has all but destroyed the quality of Madden and MLB 2K. Madden has been pretty meh for a while, but it' such a powerful brand at this point so they'll always sell. I want the best for everyone as in a great football and baseball game. I do have great memories of MVP 2005, so I would welcome EA returning to baseball as long there is no exclusive deal to bear with. In general there should be no exclusive dea, (NBA is somewhat against this correct?), and I want there to be good sports games to be avaiable to all consoles.
Duane Cunningham
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Makes me laugh till I cry every time. Instant slap-happiness.
They negotiated with multiple companies (yes, 2K was bidding too). EA made the best offer, thus EA has the license.
Duane Cunningham
Member
So, Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball, basically?
Hist post just led you to believe there was no bidding war.
CorruptShadow
Member
You don't you negotiate with 1 company, you negotiate with everyone but only give it to 1 bid. The NFL loves exclusives it's the same reason that Direct TV is the only provider with the full NFL package.
No baseball game at all on 360 next year, wow. Buy a PS3.
NFL likes exclusive deals, and no matter how crappy Madden has become it's still considered an institution which sells. So my guess is as long as Madden keeps selling, the exclusive deal will continue.
NFL likes exclusive deals, and no matter how crappy Madden has become it's still considered an institution which sells. So my guess is as long as Madden keeps selling, the exclusive deal will continue.
The Faceless Master
Member
EA is the big bad now. worst company in the universe.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Yeah but nobody forced 2K to make a shit deal in response to losing the NFL license. Blaming EA for this franchise stinking up the joint and losing crazy amounts of money is kind of silly. They should have held firm at a price point that made financial sense, not decide to recklessly do a license deal that was questionable from the very start.
Really do hope EA gets back into the mix at least on the next cycle. The Show has honestly rested on their laurels a bit, getting some real competition at the very least would be good for everybody. I can't see anybody but EA deciding to get involved.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Considering the insane numbers it's been putting up recently, it's the only one they really need.
Bumblebeetuna
Member
Never did that. EA's deal was a factor in all this though, all I said. Yet to see that deal result in a single positive thing for gamers, only bad things have happened.
Ya, my bad. I should have said the NFL wanted an exclusive license, not that they specifically wanted EA.
Lupin the Third
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Doesn't the MLB contract allow for console makers to produce their own MLB title?
Time to bring back Nintendo Pennant Chase Baseball!
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Time to bring back Nintendo Pennant Chase Baseball!
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XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
They didn't have any major issues with both Power Pros games they released in 07 and 08, they just need the license. If they can't wait for the deal to expire and 2K won't publish, they can try to get a publishing deal with MS or Nintendo, but then it would be platform exclusive obviously.
The Show is amazing, but I'd still like to see what other companies have to offer for baseball games. That said, I played MLB 2K7 from ages ago and it was a pretty shitty experience that turned me off from the 2K series completely.
MVP Baseball 2005 is awesome, and still holds up alright today given how old it is.
MVP Baseball 2005 is awesome, and still holds up alright today given how old it is.
Mr. Enigma
Member
GTFO, 2K.
Shittiest baseball games I've ever played. Good riddance.
Shittiest baseball games I've ever played. Good riddance.
OldJadedGamer
Banned
A lot of the old High Heat guys went to work on The Show once 3DO shut down. Sony and 3DO HQ's were only a few freeway exits away from each other.
3rdamention
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Yeah, unless you only have a 360, who really cares? MLB The Show is the best baseball game on the planet.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Time for Nintendo to bring back a version of this:
Nintendo should work with Konami, make a MLB version of PYS (or Power Pros, whichever), and rebrand the whole thing as a new Ken Griffey game.
Ninja Scooter
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Tell that to Nike, New Era and DirecTV. That's how the NFL operates.
Grover Cleveland
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No more Kate Upton Commercials? 
Absoludacrous
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No surprise, 2K didn't exactly make it a secret that they hated being forced to keep making MLB games.
The unfortunate legacy of the MLB 2K series for gamers was that it was never a next-gen product. They chose to simply build on top of the last-gen engine, and as a result there have been legacy quirks/bugs/"features" in every iteration of the game for the last ten years. For instance, you get the same small batch of hit types (soft line drives at infielders) ten times per game every single year. In the end, it was like the team at Kush Games/Visual Concepts could only try to patch up the same walls to a rickety old house -- they were never going to be able to unlock its full potential without razing the whole thing and starting with a brand-new foundation.
Say what you will about EA, but they took the time/resources to have separate teams that built new tech from the ground-up for their sports titles in this generation, and as such they at least feel like games that pushed next-gen tech. NBA Live looked amazing even if the gameplay sucked, NHL actually took a year off between Xbox 1 and 360 so EA Canada could build new tech for it (and it's been great), and Madden's gameplay has slowly caught up to its solid tech over the course of this generation.
As an Xbox gamer and die-hard baseball fan, I sincerely hope EA has been planning to jump back into baseball at the end of 2K's exclusivity contract -- just in time for new consoles, allowing them to again build from the ground-up for it. If they have, they now get the added -- and probably unexpected -- reward of not having to deal with 2K as a competitor in that space anymore. They can own the baseball market on Xbox 720 by default, and try (emphasis: try) to give The Show a run for its money on the Sony side of things.
Say what you will about EA, but they took the time/resources to have separate teams that built new tech from the ground-up for their sports titles in this generation, and as such they at least feel like games that pushed next-gen tech. NBA Live looked amazing even if the gameplay sucked, NHL actually took a year off between Xbox 1 and 360 so EA Canada could build new tech for it (and it's been great), and Madden's gameplay has slowly caught up to its solid tech over the course of this generation.
As an Xbox gamer and die-hard baseball fan, I sincerely hope EA has been planning to jump back into baseball at the end of 2K's exclusivity contract -- just in time for new consoles, allowing them to again build from the ground-up for it. If they have, they now get the added -- and probably unexpected -- reward of not having to deal with 2K as a competitor in that space anymore. They can own the baseball market on Xbox 720 by default, and try (emphasis: try) to give The Show a run for its money on the Sony side of things.
Ninja Scooter
Member
No more Kate Upton Commercials?
Maybe Sony can hire Tom Selleck as a spokesman to satisfy your mustache fix.
Why would EA extend their exclusivity contract with the NFL?
They have no competitors whatsoever. 2K/Visual Concepts are probably in no position to buy exclusivity out from under their nose. Does anyone who knows how to make a football game even work at VC anymore? They haven't done a football title for like half a decade.
It's the other way around. The NFL needs to extend their license to EA. Without the NFL license EA doesn't have Madden, and the NFL likes to deal with exclusive contracts. I'm sure EA will try to negotiate the best deal possible but Madden makes both companies a lot of money, so this is reason alone to keep their deal going.
graywolf323
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No more Kate Upton Commercials?
that was the only good thing about the game
The Awesomest
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New Play Controls re-release for Wii! Enjoyed it much more than I thought I would.
PopcornMegaphone
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Region-FreeWii
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+1 for all the Ken Griffey jr posts
who gives a shit what's good for the NFL? They already make enough money.
If they really want exclusive that bad go with 2k. It'll sell the same amount of copies.
EA hasn't done shit with Madden. THQ has done more with it's WWE games