MLB '10: The Show Blog - Joe Mauer Trailer, Themes & Best Buy Demo

[Tommyklaid]

The demo was going to be a VERRRRRRY early build anyway - it was going to be a build even BEFORE the Community Day Event, so I am not upset in the very least.

If anything, I believe the "demo" would have TURNED-OFF casual gamers seeing as though the build is early and they would have criticized EVERYTHING - and WE know that the FINAL build was going to ACE it all.

So, I think its a strategic marketing technique that will have SCEA prevailing in the end due to the abundance of anticipation for this game. People will buy and will LOVE!

I KNOW I WILL!!!

[scooteristkai]

No BestBuy in Europe, sooo....

[HoodedSoldier]

Bestbuy noho has the demo in now fellas and the store is empty today due to the snow. I've watched 2 cpu games and my mets have beaten the yanks 3-1 and the red sox 6-0 woohoo. Game looks great.

[Clarityman]

Here's the thing. With this exclusivity deal, I will pretty much refuse to buy anything from Best Buy about a year.

When Gamestop does exclusive deals, I refuse to buy from them as well. I now shop almost exclusively (ha) at other gaming stores. I hope to inspire others to do this too so that these aggressive, insulting, and wearisome marketing tactics backfire on the corporate giants-- even if it's just a little bit.

EDIT: For the record, I won't be buying new content from PSN for a while either!

[Doormat]

Are the themes up yet?

[Knight165]

Quote: Originally Posted by Clarityman

Here's the thing. With this exclusivity deal, I will pretty much refuse to buy anything from Best Buy about a year. When Gamestop does exclusive deals, I refuse to buy from them as well. I now shop almost exclusively (ha) at other gaming stores. I hope to inspire others to do this too so that these aggressive, insulting, and wearisome marketing tactics backfire on the corporate giants-- even if it's just a little bit. EDIT: For the record, I won't be buying new content from PSN for a while either!

Didn't Chris post that it's not exclusive....it's just that Sony(NOT SCEA) held up the demo ....they are still awaiting approval?
Does this mean BB and PSN get your business back?

M.K.
Knight165

[Rob_NYY]

True story: On Mauer/Garder play from the trailer, when it happened in real life I was so pissed I threw my TV remote into the wall and it shattered into about 100 pieces. As I was cleaning up the pieces, I stepped on one of the pieces and cut my foot open.

There was blood everywhere.

[Doormat]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rob_NYY

True story: On Mauer/Garder play from the trailer, when it happened in real life I was so pissed I threw my TV remote into the wall and it shattered into about 100 pieces. As I was cleaning up the pieces, I stepped on one of the pieces and cut my foot open. There was blood everywhere.

I didn't like that part also