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  • crews2012
    Rookie
    • Mar 2017
    • 19

    #1

    Will EA make another baseball game?

    With EA buying OOTP and reading online that they are interested in getting back into baseball, I was wondering if there is any chance that they would bring back the MVP series. With XBOX and PC really lacking a true baseball game this would be a welcomed game.
  • zello144
    MVP
    • Jul 2013
    • 2183

    #2
    Re: Will EA make another baseball game?

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    • Madden08PCgmr
      MVP
      • Feb 2017
      • 2441

      #3
      Re: Will EA make another baseball game?

      OOTP - "All historical major league (1871-2017) and minor league seasons, including Negro leagues, included for free!"
      If only this were possible on a console.... 100% pure teenage dream right there..

      If EA/MVP could bring out in franchise mode what OOTP seems to be, that would be nothing short of amazing.

      Mostly, I'm all for competition. I hope it will bring out the best in sports gaming once again.
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      • CMH
        Making you famous
        • Oct 2002
        • 26203

        #4
        Re: Will EA make another baseball game?

        Originally posted by crews2012
        With EA buying OOTP and reading online that they are interested in getting back into baseball, I was wondering if there is any chance that they would bring back the MVP series. With XBOX and PC really lacking a true baseball game this would be a welcomed game.
        EA bought OOTP? I don't think that's accurate.

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        • bcruise
          Hall Of Fame
          • Mar 2004
          • 23274

          #5
          Re: Will EA make another baseball game?

          Originally posted by CMH
          EA bought OOTP? I don't think that's accurate.

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          Yeah, it's not. They partnered with OOTP Developments for distributing on Origin, that's it.

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          • zello144
            MVP
            • Jul 2013
            • 2183

            #6
            Re: Will EA make another baseball game?

            It'd be pretty easy for them to sell a baseball game but first things first they have to build it up from scratch and make sure it's a solid representation of the game in video game form. Gameplay must come first.

            They should sign a marketing deal with Microsoft. End all the commercials with the Xbox one logo, promote trailers as "captured on xbox one" stuff like that. Xbox gamers have endured a long time without a baseball game so those are a lot of copies sold already.

            Then EA should try to add things that The Show isn't doing. Better presentation and commentary EA has that ESPN deal that they could use to their advantage I know it expires next year but this is a what if it came out today scenario.

            A deeper more immersive franchise that Includes playable A ball. I don't know if it's the MLB that doesn't allow relocation or it's The Show developers that haven't had time to implement it. Include relocation in franchise if it's MLB not allowing it have a nice long talk with the commissioner that this would help attract young people to the game and he'd sign off immediately.

            Ultimate team would get kinda tricky with retired players rights that The Show might have exclusivity I don't know how that all works since Live and 2k share players in Ultimate team/My team.

            Also add a stadium creator in both franchise and Ultimate team once you have that it's over. Even if it's bare bones EA should include it in their first year if they ever return to baseball again.
            Last edited by zello144; 03-01-2019, 11:28 PM.

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            • Cod
              MVP
              • May 2007
              • 2718

              #7
              Re: Will EA make another baseball game?

              Doesn't Sony have an exclusive third-party license from MLB and MLBPA?

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              • bcruise
                Hall Of Fame
                • Mar 2004
                • 23274

                #8
                Re: Will EA make another baseball game?

                Originally posted by Cod
                Doesn't Sony have an exclusive third-party license from MLB and MLBPA?
                They have a license with MLB and the Players Association. It's not exclusive and never has been.

                2K is the reason that EA got frozen out of the baseball market as they DID have a third-party exclusive license through 2K13. But ever since MLB2K dropped off the face of the earth, no one's been limited from making an MLB licensed game.

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                • daflyboys
                  Banned
                  • May 2003
                  • 18238

                  #9
                  Re: Will EA make another baseball game?

                  It would seem with the popularity of baseball now, the stable of superstars, the sometimes mediocre reception to The Show, I would think EA could consider this is as good of a time as any.

                  I'm available to do the rosters.

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                  • Cod
                    MVP
                    • May 2007
                    • 2718

                    #10
                    Re: Will EA make another baseball game?

                    Originally posted by daflyboys
                    It would seem with the popularity of baseball now, the stable of superstars, the sometimes mediocre reception to The Show, I would think EA could consider this is as good of a time as any.

                    I'm available to do the rosters.
                    The present is not a good gauge unless the game has already been in development for a couple of years. If EA announced they were making a new baseball game, we probably wouldn't see it on shelves until the start of the 2021 season (which likely won't happen because of a strike, buts that's a different discussion lol).

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                    • khosango
                      Rookie
                      • Nov 2018
                      • 11

                      #11
                      Re: Will EA make another baseball game?

                      it not bad

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                      • Cod
                        MVP
                        • May 2007
                        • 2718

                        #12
                        Re: Will EA make another baseball game?

                        EA could make a quick buck if they put out a baseball game using Konami's PES model. Get one or two teams licensed and make the game moddable on PC and PS4. Then sit back and let the community do the work.

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                        • Caulfield
                          Hall Of Fame
                          • Apr 2011
                          • 10986

                          #13
                          Re: Will EA make another baseball game?

                          ea wont make money on a baseball game. I dont see them trying. besides, they're still trying to make a competitive basketball game. maybe if they throw in the towel on that endeavour, they'll sink some cash on baseball. but they ain't attempting both simultaneously
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                          • countryboy
                            Growing pains
                            • Sep 2003
                            • 52799

                            #14
                            Re: Will EA make another baseball game?

                            Personally I think they do and I'm surprised they haven't yet. With The Show exclusive to PS4, there is a market to be had on the Xbox, PC, and then the PS4 for customers looking for another baseball option.

                            If they included the owner mode they had in 2005, and expanded upon to include relocation/expansion, they would "cash in" on a customer base that has been starving for these types of features to be in/return baseball games.
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                            • Caulfield
                              Hall Of Fame
                              • Apr 2011
                              • 10986

                              #15
                              Re: Will EA make another baseball game?

                              Originally posted by countryboy
                              Personally I think they do and I'm surprised they haven't yet. With The Show exclusive to PS4, there is a market to be had on the Xbox, PC, and then the PS4 for customers looking for another baseball option.

                              If they included the owner mode they had in 2005, and expanded upon to include relocation/expansion, they would "cash in" on a customer base that has been starving for these types of features to be in/return baseball games.
                              good point. maybe they're waiting for RBI to fold up and go home
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