Major League Baseball 2K9 Info Coming Monday?

[Scooter3]

I'm glad to see that VC is back WSB2K3 was my favorite Baseball Game.
I hope they start where they left off with 2K3 as their base. Great Game!

2K3's home-runs were the best looking of any game. Please bring back these HR visuals.

How great would it be to have the combination of 2K3's game play and HR visuals plus 2K7's graphics.

I have hope now that VC is back!
The Show is a great game and my favorite but I'm also pulling for 2K.



Competition is good for everyone.
Scooter...

[Yankee Mystique]

I have not even kept a 2K Baseball game since VC left. ESPN which was 2K4 was good, but 2K5, 2K6, 2K7, and 2K8 were the worst in terms of gameplay. When I did buy a few of them I sold them about a week later on Ebay. Horrible! Hope we get that WSB2K3 feeling back. That game was insane!

[e0820]

Really? WSB2k3 was the best? Better then The Show? C'mon I played WSB2k3 and it wasnt that great. Im going to have to try this again and see. I have this for XBOX does it matter if its PS2 or XBOX or is one version better then the other?

[EnigmaNemesis]

Quote: Originally Posted by e0820

Really? WSB2k3 was the best? Better then The Show? C'mon I played WSB2k3 and it wasnt that great. Im going to have to try this again and see. I have this for XBOX does it matter if its PS2 or XBOX or is one version better then the other?

Nostalgia is a powerful thing.

[RealmK]

Quote: Originally Posted by SoxFan01605

I don't see how they could transfer code from the NBA 2K series, to be honest. It doesn't seem like that would work, but I'm no programmer either. As for having "a feeling it will be better than any of us expect," that's not hard in many cases. A lot of us have VERY low expectations. It wouldn't be hard to excede mine, that's for sure. We'll see how it goes. I just think there were too many issues to overcome in one year. I won't be buying it, but I'll look for a solid indication that they are really pushing it in a better direction.

Their core engine and code is the same across the entire sports line actually, its been that way since it was still Segasports.

[Yankee Mystique]

Quote: Originally Posted by e0820

Really? WSB2k3 was the best? Better then The Show? C'mon I played WSB2k3 and it wasnt that great. Im going to have to try this again and see. I have this for XBOX does it matter if its PS2 or XBOX or is one version better then the other?

The Show wasn't out at the time but even now you can compare the gameplay of the two. WSB2K3 did not have online play though, but certain things like arm strength and for example Scott Rolen's trademark dive, set, and throw wwas portrayed the exact same way on WSB2K3. Even the way the ball was spread out with different hits was very realistic.

I love The Show but if 2K9 has the old school gameplay and the graphics of 2K8 then The Show is in for some competition. Me, I will buy both.

[bigfnjoe96]

Guys VC has never developed a Baseball Game under the 2K Sports umbrella. It has always developed NFL & NBA titles. All the Baseball Games under the 2k sports umbrella were developed by:

World Series Baseball 2k1: WOW Entertainment
World Series Baseball 2k2 (Dreamcast) World Series Baseball (Xbox): Blue Shift/Exile Interactive
World Series Baseball 2k3: Blue Shift/Exile Interactive
ESPN Baseball: Blue Shift
Major League Baseball 2k5-8: Kush Games

The reality is this series flourished under Blue Shift & YES WSB 2K3 is considered by many to be the BEST Console Baseball Game to grace a console. The Game Play was top notch. The only other game I can think of that had WSB beat in the Game Play dept @ that time was HH, but HH was 1 fugly looking game compared to WSB.

Til this day no Baseball Game has been able to capture the Game Play aspect of Baseball better than the 2 titles I mentioned above. For many of us who are not only fans of the series but fans of baseball that Game Play is what we want. The addition of any thing else is just icing on the cake.

1 thing that us as fans of the series can be optimistic about is VC knows Game Play. For me it's gonna be interesting to see how much they will be able to improve the title. Yeah I know supposedly that should be easy because for many 2k8 was GARBAGE, but IMO 2k8 was far from Garbage, Yes it wasn't what many of us expected, especially in year 3 of Next-Gen but played a decent game of Baseball.

[Yankee Mystique]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigfnjoe96

Guys VC has never developed a Baseball Game under the 2K Sports umbrella. It has always developed NFL & NBA titles. All the Baseball Games under the 2k sports umbrella were developed by: World Series Baseball 2k1: WOW Entertainment World Series Baseball 2k2 (Dreamcast) World Series Baseball (Xbox): Blue Shift/Exile Interactive World Series Baseball 2k3: Blue Shift/Exile Interactive ESPN Baseball: Blue Shift Major League Baseball 2k5-8: Kush Games The reality is this series flourished under Blue Shift & YES WSB 2K3 is considered by many to be the BEST Console Baseball Game to grace a console. The Game Play was top notch. The only other game I can think of that had WSB beat in the Game Play dept @ that time was HH, but HH was 1 fugly looking game compared to WSB. Til this day no Baseball Game has been able to capture the Game Play aspect of Baseball better than the 2 titles I mentioned above. For many of us who are not only fans of the series but fans of baseball that Game Play is what we want. The addition of any thing else is just icing on the cake. 1 thing that us as fans of the series can be optimistic about is VC knows Game Play. For me it's gonna be interesting to see how much they will be able to improve the title. Yeah I know supposedly that should be easy because for many 2k8 was GARBAGE, but IMO 2k8 was far from Garbage, Yes it wasn't what many of us expected, especially in year 3 of Next-Gen but played a decent game of Baseball.

Yup, WSB2K3 was awesome. Even Newsweek magazine had a positive article on it I remember. High Heat Baseball had awesome gameplay as well, but it was horrible looking like you said and didn't even look like an MLB game. No accurate batting stances or other player attributes.

What did happen to Blue Shift then?