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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.Tags: None -
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OOTP - "All historical major league (1871-2017) and minor league seasons, including Negro leagues, included for free!"
If EA/MVP could bring out in franchise mode what OOTP seems to be, that would be nothing short of amazing.
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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.Comment
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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.Comment
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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.
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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).Comment
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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 simultaneouslyOSFM23 - Building Better Baseball - OSFM23
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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.I can't shave with my eyes closed, meaning each day I have to look at myself in the mirror and respect who I see.
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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.OSFM23 - Building Better Baseball - OSFM23
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