Question for The Show owners

[Jimbo614]

As someone who loves The Show... Am I the only one who feels something like competitiveness with other games, even from other sports?

I hate to admit it, but somewhere deep down, no not that deep down, I am actually glad to see 2K Baseball on its apparent last legs.
as in "yay! We Won!"
even tho I have no reason to resent the other game.
And I resent when Madden or NBA2K comes along and takes away the attention of OS from "our" game. and if anyone comes along a new game next year, I'll be rooting against them too.
I feel like there's an "Us against The World" thing going on.
Am I nuts? Do I need therapy? Anybody else feel this way?

BTW, I'm not asking for a flame war. This is totally an introspective question.

[My993C2]

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I hate to admit it, but somewhere deep down, no not that deep down, I am actually glad to see 2K Baseball on its apparent last legs.
as in "yay! We Won!"

I'm not. Competition is good. We see how the lack of competition has hurt the Football genre. Having "The Show" around should make the 2k game makers want to improve on their product and having the 2k game still around means "The Show" people can not be complacent.

The 2k Baseball is actually a fun game. I was playing their version first because I owned an XBox before I started playing "The Show". But after viewing what appeared to be some impressive "The Show" YouTube videos, I took a risk bought a PS3 and the rest is history. As fun as 2k can be, we all know "The Show" is a lot better.

[Levesque7]

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I'm not. Competition is good. We see how the lack of competition has hurt the Football genre. Having "The Show" around should make the 2k game makers want to improve on their product and having the 2k game still around means "The Show" people can not be complacent.

The 2k Baseball is actually a fun game. I was playing their version first because I owned an XBox before I started playing "The Show". But after viewing what appeared to be some impressive "The Show" YouTube videos, I took a risk bought a PS3 and the rest is history. As fun a 2k can be, we all know "The Show" is a lot better.

I agree with everything except for when you said 2k is fun. I only had a XBOX 360 up until 08. The only reason I bought a PS3 was to get the show. I have bought every year of the Show since 08.

I have a tight rotation of games, MLB the Show, NHL, FIFA, and Tiger Woods. With MLB and NHL getting most of my play time. I really don't even buy any other games.

[My993C2]

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I agree with everything except for when you said 2k is fun.

After playing "The Show" it is hard to go back to 2k. But if all you ever knew was 2k and you liked baseball console games, then yes you can have fun with 2k.

[HighCmpPct]

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I agree with the competition being good, the only problem is they aren't really in competition with each other like most other games are.

What I mean is since the Show is only available on PS-systems its not exactly battling 2K for buyers. And yes you would think this would make 2K want to step it up and try to compete for PS3 buyers but it seems they're complacent to just rest on the 360 buyers.

This makes me sad for two reasons. The first being I feel bad for people who like baseball but only have a 360 for whatever reason, and two because as great a basketball game that they can/do put out every year, they should be able to put out a product that can rival that. But to me just look at the videos of their games for the past couple years and since 2K8 their graphics have made it impossible for me to get into their games.

[Curahee]

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I really dont see 2K as any sort of competition even now or ever in the past.
This Franchise, IMO has only ever had one true competition and that was MVP.
Once MVP dipped and MLB became The Show, I dont think they have ever really had any true competitors. The only caveat to that, was for Xbox owners, but even many of them crossed over for The Show.
SCEA has built themselves quite an empire with MLBTS and I dont see it falling anytime soon. I also dont see SCEA holding back on development if/when 2K falls. Theyve come too far to turn back now.

[HighCmpPct]

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I really dont see 2K as any sort of competition even now or ever in the past.
This Franchise, IMO has only ever had one true competition and that was MVP.
Once MVP dipped and MLB became The Show, I dont think they have ever really had any true competitors. The only caveat to that, was for Xbox owners, but even many of them crossed over for The Show.
SCEA has built themselves quite an empire with MLBTS and I dont see it falling anytime soon. I also dont see SCEA holding back on development if/when 2K falls. Theyve come too far to turn back now.

This is so true they were no competition for MVP and now not for the Show either.

Now MVP vs. The Show now that could become some baseball heaven for all of us. (of course after MVP got a year or two in on the new systems)

[My993C2]

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The only caveat to that, was for Xbox owners, but even many of them crossed over for The Show.

I am one of those cross over converts, so it's a hard point to argue. LOL

PS: I wasn't even that big of a baseball fan when I played the 2k game, but "The Show" is one of if not the best sports games. They have made me into a fan.

[Curahee]

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I remember when the big 2 were MVP & 989.
I was big into MVP and hated 989.
When 2K got the MLB license and MVP dropped off and 989 became MLBTS, I made the switch to The Show and never looked back.

[ItAllFades]

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The Show people can be complacent though, because their game is so much better. I don't think losing 2K would hurt The Show at all, since they don't ever make drastic upgrades.

[dingleberryfinn]

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The more the merrier.

[doctemple]

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I agree with the competition being good, the only problem is they aren't really in competition with each other like most other games are.

What I mean is since the Show is only available on PS-systems its not exactly battling 2K for buyers. And yes you would think this would make 2K want to step it up and try to compete for PS3 buyers but it seems they're complacent to just rest on the 360 buyers.

This makes me sad for two reasons. The first being I feel bad for people who like baseball but only have a 360 for whatever reason, and two because as great a basketball game that they can/do put out every year, they should be able to put out a product that can rival that. But to me just look at the videos of their games for the past couple years and since 2K8 their graphics have made it impossible for me to get into their games.

I just traded in Madden 13 at GameStop. I am not really a basketball fan but I read in many places that even casual fans would be impressed with 2K13 basketball so I decided to give it a try. They were right (after I muted the soundtrack!). Hard to believe that the baseball and basketball games come from the same company. It would be interesting to see the advances in the baseball game if they pulled some of the developers from the basketball side. The commentary is especially good (though sometimes I expect to hear Karros' voice saying, "That rim is going to look like it's the size of a SOUP can!!!).