Interesting read about the future of the MLB license

[Strings74]

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I loved MVP Baseball back in the day but please god don't let EA get an exclusive license for baseball.

[jmik58]

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They haven't been able to get past this screen.

Where's the "any" key? I can't find it on my keyboard.

[Pared]

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This topic is being moved to the correct forum.

[catch212]

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If MLB goes third party exclusive again, then there's nothing to worry about as the Show is far superior to MVP with the addition that the MVP team is long gone.

Why would anybody worry about EA Sports getting the license? The more competition the better as far as I'm concerned. Sure, I buy the Show every year because it's by far the best baseball option on the market today, but I'd be more than happy to give a rejuvenated MVP series a look.

I'll purchase the best product on the market on any given year.

[DanH35]

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Anyone know why Microsoft doesn't make a baseball game so the 360 owners have something similar to The Show?

It would make sense if they did, if I remember correctly, they have the rights to the High Heat franchise.

[Perfect Zero]

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Why would anybody worry about EA Sports getting the license? The more competition the better as far as I'm concerned. Sure, I buy the Show every year because it's by far the best baseball option on the market today, but I'd be more than happy to give a rejuvenated MVP series a look.

I'll purchase the best product on the market on any given year.

I was relating it to the continuation of the Show series. That is unless it's an all exclusive package, which is something I wouldn't count out. Anybody in business will tell you that they hate competition, and if EA feels that the Show is too close for comfort, they'll shell out the money for it.

It's not as clear cut as it seems. As much as I dislike any type of exclusive licenses, I was hoping that 2k's investment would be successful for the status quo. Throwing EA into the mix is like swatting at a bee hive. There's a lot of uncertainty as to what this will mean.

[bigfnjoe96]

If MLB was smart, they would open up the license so more than 2 developers/publishers can produce an MLB Video Game.

Man I miss the days of HH, All Star Baseball, MVP, Inside Pitch, MVP & 2k

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[jmik58]

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Someone explain it to me if I'm wrong (and I very well could be), but the third-party license does not apply to Sony or Microsoft.

The concept of third-party refers to all developers outside of the console's manufacturer/brand.

SCEA (Sony) makes The Show for their own system -- making them first-person.

If Microsoft was to make a game they would be first person as well, and would not be bound by any third-party contracts.

2K, EA, etc. are companies who make games that are played on a console/system that is not made by their company (the definition of third party).

If EA or 2K came out with their own console, they would fall under first-person regulations similar to Sony with The Show.

Now that I've gone to great lengths to try and understand that as I interpret it...someone who knows much more than I do, please swoop in and save the day.

[bigfnjoe96]

Yes, console makers are excluded from Third Party licensing. This licensing excludes other publishers/developers from making games for consoles.

So YES, Microsoft could make a baseball game, but when the xbox 1st hit market, EA strong armed Microsoft by threatening to pull all EA sports titles from the xbox platform, because EA wanted to control the sports gaming business

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[LucianoJJ]

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I loved EA's take on baseball with the 2 releases of MVP College Baseball. Wish they would bring that back.

I still have the original Xbox version of MVP NCAA College Baseball. All I can go back to is the batting practice mini-game. Konami's PYS series and MLB: The Show are far better than MVP. If MVP had continued it probably would have been as stagnant as any other EA Tiburon product. I think college baseball would be a good place for them to start, in order to work out all the bugs. Look at NBA Elite. Look at Grand Slam Tennis. Two EA misfires out of the box. They can't afford to blow it with a MLB series.

[Chef Matt]

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You know what though, if EA just updated MVP's graphics, stadiums, rosters and incorporated the newer mechanics from their college series many people would be jumping up and down and peeing their pants. I am even willing to bet it would sell more then 2k's newest version just because it had MVP on the cover.

I'd buy it as a second alternative.

I was a huge MVP fan for a long time. I said this same thing for a long time. Update the MVP engine with some current gen rosters and visuals and I'd be set. I loved the fielding!

However the one stat that seemed to be missing most that The Show gets is walks. I hated that my OBP and BAV were nearly identical!

Whatever, it's been good conversation in here and we've got some time to debate this but right now I'm about instant gratification. I can't wait for The Show '12.

[nomo17k]

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I'd buy it as a second alternative.

I was a huge MVP fan for a long time. I said this same thing for a long time. Update the MVP engine with some current gen rosters and visuals and I'd be set. I loved the fielding!

However the one stat that seemed to be missing most that The Show gets is walks. I hated that my OBP and BAV were nearly identical!

Whatever, it's been good conversation in here and we've got some time to debate this but right now I'm about instant gratification. I can't wait for The Show '12.

That's the thing about baseball and how the Show can emulate it very well... You can never really have a gameplay in which you are always in control of your action (i.e., arcade) and issue a walk in baseball, because the pitch needs to go to where your command it to in arcade. In most arcade games, when you are pitching, you actually are willing to issue a walk (most pitchers IRL of course don't want to) to walk the batter.

[And the (fast) pitch speed is a key component in this... it's a digression I know...]

So, I kind of judge whether a baseball video game does good sim or not by how walks are generated in the game. The Show can do it though!

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I'm hoping that there is no exclusive license. I miss the days when you had so many baseball games to choose from. give everyone a shot at doing it.

[artdog5110]

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Well I have no problems at all W/ some version of MVP coming back but I hope they make it more sim and change the hitting because I could not hit w/ the game at all. But I loved the fielding. Anyway you cut it more games will be better for us.

[BlueSkies7776]

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I'm hoping that there is no exclusive license. I miss the days when you had so many baseball games to choose from. give everyone a shot at doing it.

I miss those days as well. In the late 90's there were so many Baseball games to choose from on all the consoles. The PS1, N64, and Sega Saturn all had Baseball games to try out.