NBA live sales are laughable if this is true

[Money99]

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Both 2k and EA gave up on making a MLB games because they just could not match the level that the Show was producing.

That's not the reason.
After EA purchased the NFL rights, 2K overpaid for the MLB license to compensate and remain in the sports console race.

I was invited to the Fight Night Community event years ago and spoke directly to an EA spokesman about the MLB situation.
He told me that EA refused to pay what MLB was asking for an exclusive license.
He said it would have been impossible to make a profit.
Take-Two overpaid simply because they felt they had to after losing the bidding war for NFL rights.

This is why is suspect that EA refuses to resurrect their MVP series; out of spite.
(And most likely because MLB overvalues their licensing fees).

SCEA wishes they had the sales MVP enjoyed (on the PS2 alone, let alone the extra sales they received on the Xbox).

The Show is one of the best sports games produced today. But make no mistake, an updated MVP game would outsell The Show on the PS4.
And they'd probably double those sales on the XB1.

Regarding 2K, 2K13 had a lot of flaws, but it did a lot of things very well too.
The problem with that series was it didn't look as pretty and the animations were wonky.
I firmly believe that if 2K looked and moved as well as The Show, sales are a lot better and the series may still exist today.
The gameplay under the hood was solid.

[sarlndr]

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An updated MVP would be in the same position Live is in right now on PS4. It would be going up against an established and polished franchise giant.

It might outsell The Show in a few years but not out of the gate.

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[m1ke_nyc]

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Both 2k and EA gave up on making a MLB games because they just could not match the level that the Show was producing.

2K had exclusive rights for 3rd parties therefore EA couldn't make a game anymore. However 1st parties could which is why the show existed.

[coolcras7]

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That's not the reason.
After EA purchased the NFL rights, 2K overpaid for the MLB license to compensate and remain in the sports console race.

I was invited to the Fight Night Community event years ago and spoke directly to an EA spokesman about the MLB situation.
He told me that EA refused to pay what MLB was asking for an exclusive license.
He said it would have been impossible to make a profit.
Take-Two overpaid simply because they felt they had to after losing the bidding war for NFL rights.

This is why is suspect that EA refuses to resurrect their MVP series; out of spite.
(And most likely because MLB overvalues their licensing fees).

SCEA wishes they had the sales MVP enjoyed (on the PS2 alone, let alone the extra sales they received on the Xbox).

The Show is one of the best sports games produced today. But make no mistake, an updated MVP game would outsell The Show on the PS4.
And they'd probably double those sales on the XB1.

Regarding 2K, 2K13 had a lot of flaws, but it did a lot of things very well too.
The problem with that series was it didn't look as pretty and the animations were wonky.
I firmly believe that if 2K looked and moved as well as The Show, sales are a lot better and the series may still exist today.
The gameplay under the hood was solid.

2K had exclusive rights for 3rd parties therefore EA couldn't make a game anymore. However 1st parties could which is why the show existed.

I appreciate the info i was not aware that 2k bought the license, i stand corrected.

[MLBNFLNBALGS]

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An updated MVP would be in the same position Live is in right now on PS4. It would be going up against an established and polished franchise giant.

It might outsell The Show in a few years but not out of the gate.

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What makes you think it couldn't though especially if it's on the XBOX ONE too.. I swear you say the dumbest &@!! sometimes dog! Seriously! Go look up The Show 17 16 and 15 sells... Rapidly dwindling down do to all that copy and pasting! MVP would blow pass The Show so fast, Cleveland State might actually get recognized as an program!

[sarlndr]

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What makes you think it couldn't though especially if it's on the XBOX ONE too.. I swear you say the dumbest &@!! sometimes dog! Seriously! Go look up The Show 17 16 and 15 sells... Rapidly dwindling down do to all that copy and pasting! MVP would blow pass The Show so fast, Cleveland State might actually get recognized as an program!

I said that it would not outsell The Show out of the gate on PS4. It wouldn't.

Re-read my post. At no time did I mention the Xbox. You're letting nostalgia get the best of you, dog.

You have the gall to say that I say the dumbest ish? As much nonsensical & incoherent crap as you spew in this thread. You've got zero room to talk about anybody or anyone, on this entire forum.


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[MLBNFLNBALGS]

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I said that it would not outsell The Show out of the gate on PS4. It wouldn't.

Re-read my post. At no time did I mention the Xbox. You're letting nostalgia get the best of you, dog.

You have the gall to say that I say the dumbest ish? As much nonsensical & incoherent crap as you spew in this thread. You've got zero room to talk about anybody or anyone, on this entire forum.


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How can you fix your lips and let something like that roll off your tongue is all I'm saying... So narrow minded and short winded of you as always! Let's just say we were talking nostalgia? The baseballs fans of this generation of video gaming is on a different level... Yes, out the gate and closing it I'd say with confidence that MVP would almost double the 1 million sells ( barely ) the show gets.. All my post rattle the butt kissers in here so of course you'd writers block my post seeing that your're one! FYI

[sarlndr]

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Almost 2 Million in sales out of the gate?
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Back on topic.

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[WaddupCouzin]

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I think the point missed in this thread, 2K sold more than 790K. It was noted after the launch, they sold more games at launch than any sports game sold this year, Thats in the millions, not 790K.

[MLBNFLNBALGS]

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I think the point missed in this thread, 2K sold more than 790K. It was noted after the launch, they sold more games at launch than any sports game sold this year, Thats in the millions, not 790K.

If anybody cared seeing that this is an NBA LIVE thread we might have said " Yeah, I just looked at VG CHARTS or NPD and did the math " but wouldn't want to give those guys too much credit here on this stage...

[thesniper321]

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Besides not counting digital sales. What makes it unreliable?

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They say no launch in europ LOL, last time I checked I lived in europ

[sarlndr]

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They say no launch in europ LOL, last time I checked I lived in europ

It's says "rest of the world" for Live 18. There are weekly sales charts that include Europe and it's individual countries.

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[Lisac]

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Its 2017 and you cant even have editable rosters, create a player, editable lineups and player ratings?
Love Live this yr as a $15 game but if they cant even add these things for next yr they just better fold the series!

[thesniper321]

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It's says "rest of the world" for Live 18. There are weekly sales charts that include Europe and it's individual countries.

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not when this thread was made

[rhouserjr0614]

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What makes you think it couldn't though especially if it's on the XBOX ONE too.. I swear you say the dumbest &@!! sometimes dog! Seriously! Go look up The Show 17 16 and 15 sells... Rapidly dwindling down do to all that copy and pasting! MVP would blow pass The Show so fast, Cleveland State might actually get recognized as an program!

I don’t know why PS won’t just sell the show on the Xbox? They would make more profit from it.


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