MLB 2K Series is Likely Dead

[horrormaster]

Konami, it's up to you.

Really, 40 posts and nobody mentions Konami? I'd figure different since everybody seems to love the Pro Yakyu Spirits games. Konami could just use the same engine but with the MLB license. Seems like the best route to go since they don't have to start from the ground up like Microsoft or EA would have to.

[Herky]

It's a shame that 2K may be done with baseball. I LOVED MVP 2005 but realize if EA does in fact pick up a baseball game next year it's going to take time to get it right. At least a title or two.

2K was moving in the right direction too with baseball.

[Rawdeal28]

im sorry but 2k baseball was terrible.

im only sad because i dont want this to happen to NBA 2K.

[Cabke]

Quote: Originally Posted by horrormaster

Konami, it's up to you. Really, 40 posts and nobody mentions Konami? I'd figure different since everybody seems to love the Pro Yakyu Spirits games. Konami could just use the same engine but with the MLB license. Seems like the best route to go since they don't have to start from the ground up like Microsoft or EA would have to.

I mentioned Konami 20 posts ago.

Quote: Originally Posted by Cabke

While it wasn't a great game, it was at least something for 360 guys. It'd be cool for EA to bring back MVP, but it'd be really neat for someone like Konami to come out with something. I doubt EA will go for the exclusive, so this may introduce a couple competitors.

[bkrich83]

Konami really has never shown a ton of interest in bringing their games over here. it'd be awesome if they did but not very likely.

[horrormaster]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cabke

I mentioned Konami 20 posts ago.

Well don't I look foolish. That'll teach me to skim posts.

[Sandman42]

Even if EA did get the rights to make a baseball game again, I doubt we would see one until the new consoles come out. Wouldn't be very cost effective for them to build an engine for maybe 1 year of a game until the new consoles come out.

[Spanky]

Quote: Originally Posted by bkrich83

... any time a sports game dies it's not a good thing for the consumers.

This is true is most instances. But not in this case.

This title needed to be aborted, badly, and much sooner. It was obvious long ago that 2k had no clue how to develop a baseball game. And yet many kept hoping, with blind faith, that next year would be the year. And it never was.

2k needed to give it up and hand over the reins to somebody that knows what they're doing. I'm assuming that will be EA. 2k has been doing nothing but impeding progress the last several years.

If EA, despite its faults, had the opportunity to work on a baseball title several years ago, I am confident it would have succeeded in putting out a decent, if not above average, baseball game by now.

Ordinarily, it's bad for the consumer when a company fails, leaving only one option. But it's different in this case, since 2k was hardly any competition for the other title, as much as many on these boards tried real hard to convince themselves that it was.

It's absolutely mind-boggling how the same company can develop such a successful title in one sport (basketball) and fail miserably in another.