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Fuze · 02-23-2004, 05:42 PM

Why is it All-Star Baseball 2005 and not 2004 considering this season doesn't even come near to the year 2005. Way back on N64 did Acclaim just try to push the game ahead a year to "2000" to make it seem "cooler" to get more sales and now they can't obviously repeat the same year/name as the year prior?

Ed_Farias · 02-23-2004, 05:45 PM

Not really sure who started the trend. I mean last year we had ASB, MLB and High Heat all 2004. It always seemed odd to me too. But until you have a new console or or a new name, you really can't change the system.

Heelfan71 · 02-23-2004, 05:47 PM

EA started it a long time ago, all the new games in every sports were named 1 year ahead of the actual year.

Fuze · 02-23-2004, 05:48 PM

But isn't this years MVP 2004? That seems correct? You know?

Heelfan71 · 02-23-2004, 05:51 PM

yeah, EA started it and then EA decided to go back to the actual year the game is coming out.

Comp625 · 02-23-2004, 05:55 PM

I remember reading somewhere that it was to trick uninformed consumers (mainly parents) into thinking "Oh - All Star Baseball has the year 2005 in it - it must be the newer game versus the older MVP Baseball 2004"

Ed_Farias · 02-23-2004, 06:12 PM

Yeah, it was a trick that was used by EA many years ago. So everyone else did the same to keep EA from exploiting that trick. Now EA is the victim I guess LMAO

SportsorDeath · 02-23-2004, 06:31 PM

Yes, it has been around for a long time, and EA is definitely the one who started it.

The first time I ever remember seeing it was for Madden '92 on Genesis, which came out in late '91.

The reason they are now using the current year is because when Triple Play came out for ps2 in 2001, they just called it "Triple Play Baseball" so that they could then use the current year in subsequent editions.

02-23-2004, 05:42 PM	#1
Fuze Rookie OVR: 1 Join Date: Feb 2004	2005 Why is it All-Star Baseball 2005 and not 2004 considering this season doesn't even come near to the year 2005. Way back on N64 did Acclaim just try to push the game ahead a year to "2000" to make it seem "cooler" to get more sales and now they can't obviously repeat the same year/name as the year prior?

02-23-2004, 05:45 PM	#2
Ed_Farias MVP OVR: 14 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: - Posts: 1,223 Blog Entries: 5	Re: 2005 Not really sure who started the trend. I mean last year we had ASB, MLB and High Heat all 2004. It always seemed odd to me too. But until you have a new console or or a new name, you really can't change the system.

02-23-2004, 05:47 PM	#3
Heelfan71 Hall Of Fame OVR: 44 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Georgia Posts: 19,942 Blog Entries: 4	Re: 2005 EA started it a long time ago, all the new games in every sports were named 1 year ahead of the actual year.

02-23-2004, 05:48 PM	#4
Fuze Rookie OVR: 1 Join Date: Feb 2004	Re: 2005 But isn't this years MVP 2004? That seems correct? You know?

02-23-2004, 05:51 PM	#5
Heelfan71 Hall Of Fame OVR: 44 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Georgia Posts: 19,942 Blog Entries: 4	Re: 2005 yeah, EA started it and then EA decided to go back to the actual year the game is coming out.

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02-23-2004, 05:55 PM	#6
Comp625 Rookie OVR: 4 Join Date: Mar 2003	Re: 2005 I remember reading somewhere that it was to trick uninformed consumers (mainly parents) into thinking "Oh - All Star Baseball has the year 2005 in it - it must be the newer game versus the older MVP Baseball 2004"

02-23-2004, 06:12 PM	#7
Ed_Farias MVP OVR: 14 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: - Posts: 1,223 Blog Entries: 5	Re: 2005 Yeah, it was a trick that was used by EA many years ago. So everyone else did the same to keep EA from exploiting that trick. Now EA is the victim I guess LMAO

02-23-2004, 06:31 PM	#8
SportsorDeath MVP OVR: 12 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bay Area, CA	Re: 2005 Yes, it has been around for a long time, and EA is definitely the one who started it. The first time I ever remember seeing it was for Madden '92 on Genesis, which came out in late '91. The reason they are now using the current year is because when Triple Play came out for ps2 in 2001, they just called it "Triple Play Baseball" so that they could then use the current year in subsequent editions.