12:08 PM - February 21, 2013 by michfan16MLB 2K13 News Post
12:08 PM - February 21, 2013 by michfan16Major League Baseball 2K13 Videos
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I want this game to be good. I want competition. I'm not going to sugarcoat this and say "It is, what it is"
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pistolpete @ 02/22/13 04:11 PM
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Drop it.
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pistolpete @ 02/22/13 04:23 PM
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The Show 12 sold nearly three times the amount of copies 2K sold. I think the activity in The Show forum is more active right now because there's news being released. There are a lot of MLB 2K fans here. You just aren't seeing them because there's very little reason for the more casual ones to get involved.
And we can't fault them. 2K hasn't done much marketing, and there's a very good chance that their sales will tumble some more making the traffic:sales ratio even closer.
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areobee401 @ 02/22/13 05:17 PM
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This year I'm waiting for a price drop. Nothing we've seen or been told justifies a $60 price tag after having already owned 12 IMO.
Hoping to be able to grab the game for around $30 when I start getting the itch to play a baseball video game.
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2K HAS put resources into this game. They are putting up $1 million in their Perfect Game challenge, money spent on hiring a bunch of athletes like David Price for their cover and commercials, etc. I think it is very fair to wonder if they have allocated these resources properly. Stop making 2K out to be a martyr in this thread. They are a business whose sole interest is in taking our money.
# 74
seriousluboy83 @ 02/22/13 05:59 PM
Anyone else notice the different sounds of contact (ball 2 bat) throughout the video? Sounds different from 2k12 IMO.
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Sent from my mobile device.
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Pleasantly shocked at the trailer (that may say more about my expectations than the actual game). The only problem is you can clearly tell it is not worth 60 bucks.
Why not sell it for 40?
I will never understand how sports games sell for as much as a rpg, shooter, etc. and maintain their value a lot longer than games like Mass Effect.
Anyways, just not sure I am willing to spend 60 bucks on an average product, even if I have quite a bit of in-store credit.
Why not sell it for 40?
I will never understand how sports games sell for as much as a rpg, shooter, etc. and maintain their value a lot longer than games like Mass Effect.
Anyways, just not sure I am willing to spend 60 bucks on an average product, even if I have quite a bit of in-store credit.
I don't buy the logic that Baseball was so concerned about its 360 presence yet too dumb to realize no other publisher was going to produce a 360 title this gen. Where they hoping Sony might port The Show over? Also, if baseball is that concerned about the 360 - then why wait? Why come begging 2K at the last minute when you knew it was 2K or nothing all along. That doesn't sound like a smart way to negotiate.
I personally don't think 2K was fully intent of leaving this gen. They made a big spectacle of their break up and hoped it would buy them a better hand, but to get real leverage, they had to show baseball they were done. That walking away was a better option.
So, no more patches, no more publicity, no stock holders reports, no more answering emails. I don't think 2K removed everyone from the game but I expect it was treated like a b-rate title. Working almost anonymously without a true deal means they aren't out scouting stadiums or working with MLB assets. But 2K has been at this business long enough to know that is not the stuff you spend your early dev cycles on anyway.
My guess is baseball knew it needed 2K, and 2K knew it needed baseball. Since last March they have been at a stalemate of the license. Holding their breath and waiting for the other to blink first. I don't think it has all been done while the game sat in mothballs. I think the game was being developed while the two fought over a deal and until that deal, nobody heard a word of the game.
I personally don't think 2K was fully intent of leaving this gen. They made a big spectacle of their break up and hoped it would buy them a better hand, but to get real leverage, they had to show baseball they were done. That walking away was a better option.
So, no more patches, no more publicity, no stock holders reports, no more answering emails. I don't think 2K removed everyone from the game but I expect it was treated like a b-rate title. Working almost anonymously without a true deal means they aren't out scouting stadiums or working with MLB assets. But 2K has been at this business long enough to know that is not the stuff you spend your early dev cycles on anyway.
My guess is baseball knew it needed 2K, and 2K knew it needed baseball. Since last March they have been at a stalemate of the license. Holding their breath and waiting for the other to blink first. I don't think it has all been done while the game sat in mothballs. I think the game was being developed while the two fought over a deal and until that deal, nobody heard a word of the game.
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Except if you're silent about a game to win a stalemate, you don't STAY silent once you've won it
There is no reason for 2K to not be announcing improvements if they've invested in improvements. Even the flimsy "they don't want to gloat to MLB that they were putting on an act" excuse doesn't work since MLB will see the game once it's released and know if they were played or not
I like your optimism. But that's all it is
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That certainly isn't the strategic direction that I wanted to see them take. But if that is the route they are going, then it makes sense to charge $60 out of the gate, while making minimal changes to the game and even less time promoting the gameplay. Just advertise the challenge.
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