MLB 2K Series is Likely Dead

[JerseySuave4]

sucks for the 360 owners who want to play a baseball game... thankfully i'm not one of them

[JohnBoy227]

Rumor has it new consoles will be out holiday season 2013. So EA will wait most likely for ps4/xbox720.

EA won't put out a bad game like madden, because they have the Show to compete with. If Sony is smart they would port it over and add the pitching of 2k.

[Money99]

Quote: Originally Posted by Spanky

Good. It's about time they aborted this mess. Clearly, no game company has repeatedly failed in its efforts with one particular title than 2k with baseball. A bad product never improved appreciably over many years. It was a colossal failure by the company for buying the exclusive MLB third party license and a failure by the developers for their inability to put out an acceptable game by next-gen standards. It's a title that looked bad and played bad. When you lag that far behind the competition, you have failed miserably. And that is inexcusable when you are the only alternative in a given sport for a particular platform. The game looked bad year after year, and it played worse. Good riddance. And don't let the gate to the bullpen hit you in the rear on the way out, 2k.

I'm interested in why you think 2K12 was such a poor outing?
Myself, I'm having a blast with the game and find it plays a very realistic brand of baseball.
It's certainly a lot better than what previous versions were like.
VC has done a really good job of turning this ship around and making a quality ball game.

I for one am disappointed that this is the last affair with baseball.
It stinks. All the games I've loved have ended one version too soon;
- NHL2K3 (switch from Activision to Kush for 2K4 - terrible game)
- NHL2K10
- MVP 2005
- NHL Fox Sport Championship 2000 (a guy appeared on 2Khockey.net who claims he worked on the sequel said that they were 3 months from release and that the game was incredible)
- Victorious Boxers 2
and now
- MLB2K12.

Stinks man.

[Perfect Zero]

I don't know why it is so hard for people to understand that the Show is not going to be ported over. Sony games do not appear on Microsoft's console; not that hard to figure out.

Look, I'm sad that 2k couldn't pull it together. Like somebody before me said; I really wanted them to put together a game that would be as great as 2k games before them, but it never materialized. I remember 2k7, then 2k8, I had 2k9 and was excited that it was possibly the year, and it fell flat on its face.

I don't really want EA back; they've proven that they can't put a product together any better than 2k did. Even worse, if EA does go that route I do see the possibility of MLB wanting another exclusive license partner. I want SCEA to stay in the Show (so to speak), and I would like to see Konami get their hands into the MLB market. If they can bring the same success to MLB as they did to Pro Yakyuu then that would be a game worth buying.

[RedK]

Yea the 2K games keep getting worse and worse and the Show keeps getting better. The only reason 2k has done the $1 million dollar contest cause they know that they cant beat the show in the sales so they do something like this so that can "maybe" make a profit.

[BenGerman]

The only reason this could be good is if it brought back MVP. I'm a Show guy now, but I played 2K from about 07-09 and I really liked the series for a while. Like others have said, less competition is never good. However, if EA can step in and find a way to make a decent baseball game, I can't say I'd be too disappointed.

[TreyIM2]

Quote: Originally Posted by SDwinder

It makes sense for Sony to port it over to 360, being the end of the current gen consoles anyways. They would sell a ton of them next year. MVP would be nice to see as would Microsoft's High Heat offering. I am a huge The Show fan though. It will be very hard to make a more compelling game of baseball. The opportunity in the market is the onlne baseball sector. Sony has dropped the ball there.

Really...

Quote: Originally Posted by JohnBoy227

EA won't put out a bad game like madden, because they have the Show to compete with. If Sony is smart they would port it over and add the pitching of 2k.

...and really?


"It makes sense" and "if Sony is smart" - You 2 huffing together or sumthin??? This is a MAJOR coup for Sony, smart guys. This means dollars from more PS3 sales because many will go out and buy a PS3, if they don't have one aside from a 3.

"It makes sense" and "if Sony is smart" - Just had to re-quote that cuz that just reads so hilarious to me...

[radney]

While MLB The Show was a far more superior baseball game, MLB 2k 12 was far more fun to play. The Show gave you a more realistic feel and true to life, 2k was just pick up the controller and flat out plain ole, just have fun. I only have the PS3 only for the Show, otherwise it just collects dust. All my other games, the 360 dominates.