MLB 2K Series is Likely Dead

[woz411]

In an earlier article from Pastapadre today, he mentioned the MLB 2K series was left out of the Take Two lineup listing, not long after that Kotaku all but confirmed the death of the MLB 2K series.

Kotaku asked Take-Two Interactive if it could confirm the end of the series, and it released this statement:

"Our legacy Major League Baseball agreement will sunset in fiscal 2013," a Take-Two spokesman said, meaning in the coming 12 calendar months. "MLB 2K12 is our last offering under that agreement. At this time, we have no further comment."

[Neolithic]

Re: Has the MLB2K series been cancelled?

I wouldn't put it in stone that it's over with. But that is not a good sign. :/

[DarkManX1]

Re: Has the MLB2K series been canceled?

Kotaku is reporting that Take Two has confirmed that 2K12 is the last in the series. Apparently someone from Take Two confirmed it.

[mva5580]

Re: Has the MLB2K series been cancelled?

Yep, Take Two just confirmed it themselves.

[TexasBorn1]

Re: Has the MLB2K series been cancelled?

Hopefully someone steps up to the plate or else 360 owners will have no baseball games.

[Yeats]

Re: Has the MLB2K series been cancelled?

Hopefully someone steps up to the plate or else 360 owners will have no baseball games.

Which is why I switched to the PC version for this game. With the mods and roster editors that are available, the 2K series can live on for years. Not worried in the least if 2K12 is the last game.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: Has the MLB2K series been cancelled?

Wow.......I guess that means EA will go back to making baseball games then. Since 2K exclusive deal ends this year anyway.

[Spanky]

Re: Has the MLB2K series been canceled?

Good. It's about time they aborted this mess.

Clearly, no game company has repeatedly failed in its efforts with one particular title than 2k with baseball. A bad product never improved appreciably over many years. It was a colossal failure by the company for buying the exclusive MLB third party license and a failure by the developers for their inability to put out an acceptable game by next-gen standards.

It's a title that looked bad and played bad. When you lag that far behind the competition, you have failed miserably. And that is inexcusable when you are the only alternative in a given sport for a particular platform.

The game looked bad year after year, and it played worse.

Good riddance. And don't let the gate to the bullpen hit you in the rear on the way out, 2k.

[TheBadOwl]

Re: Has the MLB2K series been cancelled?

Hopefully someone steps up to the plate or else 360 owners will have no baseball games.

Hopefully we get the show. That will be a first-day buy every year for me.

[woz411]

Re: Has the MLB2K series been cancelled?

Hopefully we get the show. That will be a first-day buy every year for me.

don't bother wishing, its a PS3 exclusive, like Halo is to the 360

[bcruise]

Re: Has the MLB2K series been cancelled?

Hopefully we get the show. That will be a first-day buy every year for me.

You're aware of who makes The Show, right? There might be a slight conflict of interest in bringing it to Microsoft's platform, whether the 2k series exists or not.

Sad day, if this news is true. Never want to see a competitor just leave the market, especially when it leaves an entire console's playerbase completely high and dry.

[davis420]

Re: Has the MLB2K series been canceled?

I just HOPE that 2K puts together a decent patch to make the game stay playable.

[PVarck31]

Re: MLB 2K Series is Likely Dead

Sad day for sports gaming. Even though the game could never seem to get out of its own way, anytime a sports game is canceled its bad for gamers imo.

Hopefully EA jumps back in with MVP. 360 owners certainly deserve a baseball game.

[Gilders335]

maybe if the idiots didnt give away a million dollars every year...lol

[BuddhaBaller]

Good. It's about time they aborted this mess.

Clearly, no game company has repeatedly failed in its efforts with one particular title than 2k with baseball. A bad product never improved appreciably over many years. It was a colossal failure by the company for buying the exclusive MLB third party license and a failure by the developers for their inability to put out an acceptable game by next-gen standards.

It's a title that looked bad and played bad. When you lag that far behind the competition, you have failed miserably. And that is inexcusable when you are the only alternative in a given sport for a particular platform.

The game looked bad year after year, and it played worse.

Good riddance. And don't let the gate to the bullpen hit you in the rear on the way out, 2k.

Quoted for truthiness.