Not the Bottom of the Ninth, But a Big At-Bat Coming For MLB 2K10

[Artman22]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jamin23

Well I don't plan on getting a PS3 anytime soon no matter how bad of games 2k keeps on putting out. My 360 got the RROD the other day but it took about 4 years to do that. I love the 360 and plan on getting a new one not a PS3.

The comparisons I made had nothing to do with buying a ps3, it was showing you guys that mlb 2k7 sold the most out of all 2k baseball, and the reason was because it was the first time it was heading in the right direction. The analyist "Patcher is a fool and doesn't know what the HELL he's talking about. Saying that hockey games sell more then baseball games. The guy is always saying stupid S***. baseball games sell well when they are actually good games.

[Jamin23]

Quote: Originally Posted by Art1bk

The comparisons I made had nothing to do with buying a ps3, it was showing you guys that mlb 2k7 sold the most out of all 2k baseball, and the reason was because it was the first time it was heading in the right direction. The analyist "Patcher is a fool and doesn't know what the HELL he's talking about. Saying that hockey games sell more then baseball games. The guy is always saying stupid S***. baseball games sell well when they are actually good games.

Okay. I see what you're saying.

[dorismary]

I feel alot of 2k problems especially with baseball was with mlb 2k7 and NHL 2k8 as they were so close and they just should have added on but every year was a new game with a new gimmic when it didnt have to go that way .

[JayhawkerStL]

http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=30086
http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=29990

Make of that what you will. But the "greatest sports game of all time" sold about 570K on the PS3. MLB 2K9 sold the same on the 360. Sure, then could invest millions more, but the market is just not there for baseball games when you factor in the increased cost 2K is paying.

Because of the crappy exclusivity deal they signed with MLB, which they should have known better, they are in a position in which they will lose money on their baseball games if they equal the sales of The Show.

No matter how much they spend and improve the game, they are not going eo sell more than 750-800K games. How much money can they spend to sell 200K more games?

I think the article makes it clear, that baseball was a bad bet by 2K. It was not worth the premium they paid.

I think this still means 2K screwed up,so I'm not sure why people are rejecting this so harshly.

[baa7]

Quote: Originally Posted by jayhawker

I'm not sure why people are rejecting this so harshly.

- 2K knowingly releases buggy, broken baseball and hockey games for four years.
- They ignore consumer complaints and fail to patch many of the issues.
- And now they say they never had the resources to put out the sort of product they wanted, due to the high cost of the MLB licence.

Let's say I manufacture an IPods. But because I had to pay Apple a huge fee in order to sell them, I don't have enough money left to put out a quality product. So I cut corners and use inferior parts. And I hire laborers who don't really know what they're doing, but they work cheap. And for four years I release this product and charge full price for it. Yet I don't say anything. In fact, I go out of my way to avoid taking responsibility. I don't acknowledge the constant and continual issues consumers have with my product. And I ignore consumer complaints, even though I'm fully aware these IPods I'm manufacturing continually break down and/or don't even work.

In essence T2-2K has been scamming the gaming public this whole time. And people react harshly when they feel they've been manipulated and deceived.

[jkra0512]

Quote: Originally Posted by baa7

In essence T2-2K has been scamming the gaming public this whole time. And people react harshly when they feel they've been manipulated and deceived.

I agreed with your post up until this point. It is still up to us consumers to make that decision to buy the product. It's up to us to see through the marketing crap, read the reviews, play the demos, and maybe rent the game before we make the purchase. We are just as much to blame for this because many people just blindly give their money to these corporations because they are the "only" baseball or football game out there.

You have to buy what you see not what you perceive. Just because they could patch something doesn't mean they will, and in many cases with 2k they don't. We need to stop buying 2k baseball if they aren't going to fix their mistakes year to year or with a patch, it's apparent they don't care about their customers or don't have the funds to dump into the game. So why buy the game when there is no support afterward?

Once we stop buying crap, then they either get rid of the game and we use that money towards something else or they re-evaluate and start catering the game to what we want, not what's easiest to market and sell.

[baa7]

Quote: Originally Posted by jkra0512

It is still up to us consumers to make that decision to buy the product. It's up to us to see through the marketing crap, read the reviews, play the demos, and maybe rent the game before we make the purchase. We are just as much to blame for this because many people just blindly give their money to these corporations because they are the "only" baseball or football game out there.

Yes I agree and that's been my position for years. I haven't purchased a 2K game in three years, and I always rent them when they come out.

However, T2-2K have been knowingly releasing inferior, buggy, broken games as a result of having spent too much on the MLB licence. Yet they not only fail to address consumer complaints, they avoid acknowledging these chronic bugs and issues, and take no responsibility for their broken games. There's aspect as of deception in all that.

And they're guilty of manipulation in the sense that theirs is the only baseball game on the 360. They can put out any crap they want, knowing that 10's and 100's of thousands of consumers will have to buy it if those consumers want a baseball game and only own an Xbox 360.

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by Art1bk

The 360 numbers are from VG chartz, but keep in mind that these numbers were for mlb 2k7 on the 360 not counting the ps2,ps3,psp. The show numbers are from last years game which sold close to 700K only on the ps3. I'm sure that MLB the show 09 sold a lot more then that. Especially with the disapointment that 2k baseball has been, and the drop of price on the ps3..

Not sure what you're referring to, as someone else mentioned both titles actually sold pretty equally on next-gen systems.