Major League Baseball 2K12 Video - Chris Snyder Interview, First Glimpses of Gameplay

[peigone]

Quote: Originally Posted by SoxFan01605

I tend to see it as poor focus and execution over the years leaving them in a "no-win" situation to end their licensure rather than mailing it in.

How can putting out broken games for all but last year be considered a "no-win" situation? That's more of a "we lost out to ourselves" thing.

[bosnian19]

Either way these people putting crap on the game when they barely seen any gameplay will end up buying it

[bosnian19]

wonder if the my player is getting any improvements

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by bosnian19

Either way these people putting crap on the game when they barely seen any gameplay will end up buying it

This may be true with games that actually sell well. This series has had declining sales since 2k7 despite their acquisition of the exclusive 3rd party license.

Many of us are looking for some innovation and competition in a genre that is becoming dominated by a first party title. This is very bad news for 360 owners, because that means they can possibly be left with out a baseball title next year if this continues.

And you know what? That's bad for baseball overall.

[bigfnjoe96]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

This may be true with games that actually sell well. This series has had declining sales since 2k7 despite their acquisition of the exclusive 3rd party license. Many of us are looking for some innovation and competition in a genre that is becoming dominated by a first party title. This is very bad news for 360 owners, because that means they can possibly be left with out a baseball title next year if this continues. And you know what? That's bad for baseball overall.

Totally agree with you Pared.

? are you saying / thinking there's a real possibility of the MLB going exclusive with the license.

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[Pared]

No - I just think T2 is going to see a game barely selling, barely competing and they will just close up shop on baseball titles in the future.

This would leave 360 owners with nothing to purchase unless EA jumped back into the fray... and many of the individuals that made that series great are gone. Trey Smith is the only guy still around that I know of.

[bosnian19]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

This may be true with games that actually sell well. This series has had declining sales since 2k7 despite their acquisition of the exclusive 3rd party license. Many of us are looking for some innovation and competition in a genre that is becoming dominated by a first party title. This is very bad news for 360 owners, because that means they can possibly be left with out a baseball title next year if this continues. And you know what? That's bad for baseball overall.

well then most will move to the ps3

[bigfnjoe96]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

No - I just think T2 is going to see a game barely selling, barely competing and they will just close up shop on baseball titles in the future. This would leave 360 owners with nothing to purchase unless EA jumped back into the fray... and many of the individuals that made that series great are gone. Trey Smith is the only guy still around that I know of.

That's true. EA does have have some guy named Kolbe who joined them

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[Pared]

They can do that but that's a horrible situation for the MLB to be in. As we know, EA can easily decide not to release a game like they did with NBA and NCAA. Despite the fact that they took a chance with MVP NCAA, I don't see it as easy an opportunity for them when most of the original team is gone or working on other games (FIFA/NHL).

I doubt the MLB would ever give an exclusive to San Diego Studios unless they were multi-platform, which we all know wouldn't happen.

It's just an all around bad situation for MLB and us as gamers. We have no idea what drastic move MLB would do just to keep themselves relevant - we've seen what they've done in the past and I don't think they have learned from that mistake.

Quote: Originally Posted by bigfnjoe96

That's true. EA does have have some guy named Kolbe who joined them Sent from Awesome Phone

Kolbe's on the Madden team in FL. He's not going anywhere soon. The MVP team was in Canada.

[tvman]

Ea could release mvp05 renamed mvp12 and sell more than 2k is going to sell this year.