Sony recently stated on their site feature list that they'd have the most personalized player animations guaranteed. Well on The Show 09's other feature list (Pastapadre.com), it states they'll have over 150 new personalized pitcher & batter animations. Meanwhile, 2K just released their fact sheet & claims to have more than 300 new signature player animations for 2K9. So it would seem that 2K's including twice as many new signature moves compared to Sony??
I suppose It could be that Sony's counting the batters entire sequences as a whole. I'd hope so since MLB 2K7 & 2K8 had a ton of new signature stuff already & now they've upped it to 300+ more?..... sounds pretty damn good.
Not that I completely believe 2K's write up & I do have alot of faith in SCEA, but still.......
Chris would you care to elaborate on this a bit? If were getting an animation overhaul (which I thought was the case) with The Show 09, then why aren't the numbers closer to 300 for your product as well? Just talking personalized/signature player animations specifically, not gameplay or cutscene stuff. I kinda thought we'd be seeing close to 150 new batter animations alone, with BSG's contributions to the game..... so what about the pitching motions?
I realize that I've beaten this into the ground year after year. But in my view, the true champion will be the 1st development team to implement full-on signature swings/follow-through's for the top batters. From what KushGamer mentioned last yr, 2K was possibly looking into this for 2K9. Well he's no longer with the company & plans might of changed with VC taking over, but just maybe that's where their 300+ total is coming from? I know it'd be easier for Sony since they've got BSG for the follow-throughs, except you never know.