Warm Machine
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No. Other factors such as BCG selling to Capcom was a big factor.
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No. Other factors such as BCG selling to Capcom was a big factor.
storybook77
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One could conceivably argue that the 360 has never had a baseball game anyway. :jnc
I bought my PS3 for The Show, the other games were just a plus.
I bought my PS3 for The Show, the other games were just a plus.
bonesmccoy
Banned
Now pitching, Raym Hallodae!
It would earn a decent revenue? I mean us 360 owners have been suffering long enough.
storybook77
Member
It just doesn't make sense to spend money on making a baseball game for this gen if the new machines are just around the corner (say the next year or two). I'd rather they spend the resources now to make a proper next-gen baseball game that could compete with The Show.
Good point. I may have to get a PS3 then. I havent played a baseball game since mlb2k10.
They should've sold the deal to EA when they were trying to buy Take Two out in 2008ish.
OldJadedGamer
Banned
Yeah, makes more sense to start on a new next gen engine instead. This gen is dead.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
I was really hoping for a PS3 version of this great game:
But I'm kinda starting to lose hope..
You can always play either the PS2 or Wii versions on the PC via emulators. Doesn't necessarily make it easier to get roster updates though. It doesn't look too bad upscaled.
Four_Chamber
Member
That game was so much fun. It's too bad that was the year we lost two beloved franchises with NFL 2K and the MVP series. I hate EA but if they reincarnate that series, I'd be there Day -1.
Mine is way too old and slow for that :C
Metal Gear?!
Member
The NFL and NBA granting "exclusive rights" to make sports games with their respective licenses is actually a violation of Federal Antitrust law but so far they have not been prosecuted for it.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Does this apply to the UFC or WWE as well? What about movie licenses like Star Wars or Batman?
Except both sports have anti-trust protection, and have had it for a while
graywolf323
Member
not sure on that, MLB is the only sport with an exception to anti-trust laws
100% agree, bought PS3 for The Show also.
Basileus777
Member
The NFL's exemption only applies to their broadcast deal. In fact the players union sued the NFL for anti-trust violations just a year ago.
I agree with posters saying that it wouldn't make much "sense" for a new company to create a baseball game with the next-gen so close and all but how difficult would it be for EA to mimic the MVP software and just make it current gen?
Remember: I am posting without any knowledge on how this shit goes down.
Remember: I am posting without any knowledge on how this shit goes down.
Kccitystar
Member
I too would want to believe that EA's had some generic engine in the works for a baseball game ready to go after the MLB deal with 2K expires, but the guys who made MVP have moved on to other things either within EA or other companies. For example, I think Ben Brinkman (producer of MVP 2005) has moved on to work at Activision.
I've been playing MLB 2K12 on PC for a while though, and just like MVP Baseball 2005 on PC, the mods have made the game look beautiful. Still plays like crap but it's nice to look at.
I've been playing MLB 2K12 on PC for a while though, and just like MVP Baseball 2005 on PC, the mods have made the game look beautiful. Still plays like crap but it's nice to look at.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Yeah there isnt going to be any MVP next year.
http://kotaku.com/5916108/look-just-forget-about-a-baseball-game-on-the-xbox-360-next-year
The long, slow goodbye to Major League Baseball 2K has been widely expected for more than a year. Gamers therefore assumed that EA Sports—frankly the only publisher with shoulders broad enough to take on this kind of a job right now—would jump back in with MVP Baseball (pictured). You can forget about that happening anytime soon.
At E3, I spoke with Andrew Wilson, the executive vice president in charge of all of EA Sports, and put him on the spot. Will EA Sports get back into baseball on this console generation, or will it wait for the next round of hardware?
"So we just signed an amazing deal with the UFC," he said, smiling. "Amazing. It is going global. it is going cross-platform, and it is going to take a lot of our focus when we think about getting new things started anytime soon."
http://kotaku.com/5916108/look-just-forget-about-a-baseball-game-on-the-xbox-360-next-year
The long, slow goodbye to Major League Baseball 2K has been widely expected for more than a year. Gamers therefore assumed that EA Sports—frankly the only publisher with shoulders broad enough to take on this kind of a job right now—would jump back in with MVP Baseball (pictured). You can forget about that happening anytime soon.
At E3, I spoke with Andrew Wilson, the executive vice president in charge of all of EA Sports, and put him on the spot. Will EA Sports get back into baseball on this console generation, or will it wait for the next round of hardware?
"So we just signed an amazing deal with the UFC," he said, smiling. "Amazing. It is going global. it is going cross-platform, and it is going to take a lot of our focus when we think about getting new things started anytime soon."
Ragingbegal
Member
Only MLB has anti-trust protection. As someone already pointed out, NFL players sued on anti-trust grounds last year and in the '80s the USFL won an anti-trust suit against the NFL, but were only awarded $1, which was tripled to $3 under anti-trust penalties.
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
I wouldn't take his (non-) answer as indication that they aren't getting back into the baseball game. Until they are ready to announce, they aren't going to say anything. Also, they just signed UFC, so they don't want anything to detract from that right now.
I still think we will see a EA MLB game on next-gen platforms next year, or the year after.
I still think we will see a EA MLB game on next-gen platforms next year, or the year after.
That's what I was thinking too, but it seems equally plausible that while EA's looking into it they won't have anything out next year, and as such they're giving a non-answer instead. I do expect we'd see a return on next gen consoles, I just hope they don't go for a full exclusive like with other sports given Sony's is supposed to be good.
... But then I never seriously played a Baseball game beyond Wii Sports after the Genesis, and that was one game I may've rented but didn't own. Maybe it's worth giving a fair shot sometime, I liked Virtual Concept's stuff on Genesis and I liked NBA Jam, but I can't get into Football realistic or arcadey. And can't stand watching any sport for that matter, but that's beside the point.
Wat.