MLB 2K Series is Likely Dead

[DaveDQ]

Re: MLB 2K Series is Likely Dead

Kush killed this series years ago...2k would have been better off renaming the franchise with 2k10, name recognition goes a long way towards a purchase. Especially, with the disastrous games Kush games put out.

Kush was responsible for the bulk of this game's issues. MLB 2K6 had that horrible freezing issue. It was their first showing on next-gen, they just snagged the exclusive 3rd party rights and their first next-gen showing was a messy one. Then they had Ben Brinkman come on board and many thought it would shine like MVP Baseball. We all know what happened there.

By the time this title was handed over to Visual Concepts, the PR damage was done. They already had MLB The Show mopping the floor with their title, and it was obvious that they were desperate when the whole 1 million dollar giveaway rolled in.

So there you have 2K Sports, under Take Two, grabbing the third party exclusive, only to have another title in The Show really exposing their game's short-comings. It's really very NFL2K/Madden similar, except this time 2K got the bad end of it.

[Yeats]

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So there you have 2K Sports, under Take Two, grabbing the third party exclusive, only to have another title in The Show really exposing their game's short-comings. It's really very NFL2K/Madden similar, except this time 2K got the bad end of it.

I'd say the comparison between WSBaseball and PESoccer is more apropos: game company with the sim cult-following is putting out the best game on the market; next-gen hits and the quality of their product nosedives so badly it allows EA's mediocre arcade offerings to become the industry "standard."

[DaveDQ]

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I'd say the comparison between WSBaseball and PESoccer is more apropos: game company with the sim cult-following is putting out the best game on the market; next-gen hits and the quality of their product nosedives so badly it allows EA's mediocre arcade offerings to become the industry "standard."

Pretty good comparison, but I don't think WS Baseball ever had a following like PES. Also, 2K nailed it this gen with their basketball game. For 2K though, their two titles are NBA and NFL. Obviously the NFL thing is out of their hands so the frustration for many is how do you excel with the NBA and drop the ball with the MLB.

[tKlausEffect]

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Maybe if 2K didn't hand out $1 million every year to some bum they would be able to support the franchise a little better. This is horrible news. I can't understand why anyone would post in support of the death of a sports game franchise. MLB 2K was not a better franchise than the other one, but it offered a change of pace and competition. We have all seen what happens to the quality of a game after it's competition is eliminated...not good things, for sure. Pretty soon, the only sport that will have a video game counterpart will be the NFL. Dark days, dark days indeed.

[sheredia]

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what are the chances of 2k extending the servers and updating the rosters for next year so we can still play a major league baseball game on xbox 360?....

[Shappy]

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what are the chances of 2k extending the servers and updating the rosters for next year so we can still play a major league baseball game on xbox 360?....

Those chances I would think are very unlikely.

[Yankspwn27]

Guys Mvp Baseballs coming back for 2013!!!!!

[redsrule]

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Guys Mvp Baseballs coming back for 2013!!!!!

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[adfletch71]

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I wonder will we get one more patch from 2k? There are still major issues with this game that needs too be tightened up. Especially the colors of the team hats and uniforms, the glitch with the outfielders pausing too throw the ball home too get the out and the outfielders jogging too the ball when they suppose too run to it. It's probably more issues, but these are mine and they need too be fixed. I like the game, but sometimes these issues take the fun away.

[kylefoley94]

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There may be some hope for a baseball game in 2013 for 360. I just looked it up and according to EA Sports, "In March 2011, ESPN reported that EA would bring the series back as a console game after the exclusive licensing deal expires in 2012.[12] Also in March 2011, EA Sports released an MLB-licensed game for Facebook called World Series Superstars, which simulates team management." I know that MVP Baseball may not have been the best baseball game, but the last game made was in 2007, so with 6 years of technology between the newest possible game and the last one made, so maybe there's hope for us baseball gamers after 2K is dead

[Pared]

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I can tell you this - many of the developers are still in Vancouver. Some have moved on but some big hitters like Trey Smith are still there.

I'm sure they would LOVE to get back in the "swing" of things with MVP Baseball.