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illwill10 · 07-28-2021, 10:39 PM

I'm not sure Sony San Diego is interested in doing other games outside of MLB The Show. Despite them not probably wanting to making The Show non-exclusive because that's what MLB wanted, it'll bring in a lot more revenue. So, it could allow them to expand what they do. I don't see Konami as a viable option. Outside of PES(which is now F2P), just not sure how commited they are making games.

When it comes to College Basketball games, only really logical publisher is 2k. The college basketball games didn't sell "well". It's the type of game that is almost a "passion project. It's not going to be a big seller, so you will need to have other games that you can count on financial to subsidize it. It doesn't make sense for EA without Live. It makes sense for 2k sense they can use the NBA 2k engine/assets and NBA 2k brings in enough revenue to subsidize the CBB game if it doesn't return much of a profit.

07-28-2021, 10:39 PM	#4
illwill10 Hall Of Fame OVR: 31 Join Date: Mar 2009	Re: Sony should take a shot with college basketball 🏀 I'm not sure Sony San Diego is interested in doing other games outside of MLB The Show. Despite them not probably wanting to making The Show non-exclusive because that's what MLB wanted, it'll bring in a lot more revenue. So, it could allow them to expand what they do. I don't see Konami as a viable option. Outside of PES(which is now F2P), just not sure how commited they are making games. When it comes to College Basketball games, only really logical publisher is 2k. The college basketball games didn't sell "well". It's the type of game that is almost a "passion project. It's not going to be a big seller, so you will need to have other games that you can count on financial to subsidize it. It doesn't make sense for EA without Live. It makes sense for 2k sense they can use the NBA 2k engine/assets and NBA 2k brings in enough revenue to subsidize the CBB game if it doesn't return much of a profit.