2K Sports Announces Free Demo of Major League Baseball 2K8 now on Xbox LIVE Marketplace

[Altimus]

Quote: Originally Posted by FootballForever

agreed 100%, the game is bad, just bad, they tried some nice things,, but sham on Brinkman for saying the game runs smooth, I lost some respect in him now, the game runs like it's running in quicksand.

It's a shame that in three years on next gen and this game still can't run at a decent rate.

[BigTigLSU]

Quote: Originally Posted by metal134

Just played some of the demo. Pros: I like the pitching. Although, it remains to be seen whether I will be able to get a fair amount of BBs. After reading most of the comments, I expected it to take a lot of practice. But I actually had it down in about 5 pitches. The only thing that threw me off was when guys got on base and it sped up because Matsuzaka was pitching from the stretch. Hitting is good too. I only played the demo last year, but I didn't like the swing stick. I actually like 2.0, though. Cons: i don't like the umpiring. Mainly in regards to balls and strikes. If a seam of the ball so much as glanced the strike zone, it was called a strike. I had one played with Ortiz where I popped a ball foul right behind home plate. The catcher only had to move about 2 steps to catch it, but he didn't move.

Might have been the ump personality

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by Altimus GTR

It's a shame that in three years on next gen and this game still can't run at a decent rate.

Thing is... even with the graphics of last year... I feel it ran smoother.

[Brophog]

Quote: Originally Posted by mjb2124

It certainly makes sense for them. It's just shady business. If they knew they were putting out a quality product, they could release a demo early and get people excited. Instead, they knew the product had issues, held back the demo to get those extra sales and then released afterwards. This is all my opinion of course.

Ahh yes, the one day of extra sales. All successful businesses are built by holding back the demo that one day for those cushy sales, most of which happen to be the same people that were going to buy the game anyhow because certain individuals simply have to have things on the very first day of release.

This makes a far better consipiracy theory than it does a business model. I'm sure they more than paid for their development costs in one day's worth of sales.

Furthermore, if your theory held true, why release the demo at all? Seriously, I want to see how far some of you are willing to take this absurdity.

[Altimus]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

Thing is... even with the graphics of last year... I feel it ran smoother.

After playing the demo, its like they put no effort in this at all. I'm sorry but worst textures and graphics shouldn't equal a worse frame rate than last year!

I see it even when the 2nd baseman throws it to first... the ball just skips across.

I'm sorry but this is pathetic excuse of a baseball game. 3 years and they can't get the frame rate right. Three years!

Last gen I really liked 2K baseball but this gen it has been nothing but a disappointment.

[Brophog]

Quote: Originally Posted by boomhauertjs

It's probably better the demo didn't come out first or else people would have been REALLY upset if the demo was "chop-free" and the retail version was not.

Welcome to OS. People get agitated about every game not annointed as "best ever in the genre".

It'll pass in a week or so. Then it'll back down to just complaints, of which, after a week or so, even the annointed games get. Life then goes on until the next game comes out, and the process starts again.

The only part that makes this that much worse is it is a bit of a niche title with its competition being on another system. So then we have the usual stupidity, plus the complaining, plus a pseudo system war........

Quite amusing to watch.

[RoyalBoyle78]

unbelievable, lets release a demo of our game that is pretty messed up a day after the game releases,

shakes head....

[CeltBhoy33]

Thanks man. At least I can play this demo and the show demo tell Friday.