MLB 2K Series is Likely Dead

[Scribe1980]

In retrospect it sure seems a puzzling business decision by Take Two to offer up exclusive third-party rights to MLB Properties to gain the necessary licenses, then not devote their full time and resources to hiring the very best people possible. They let the series rot, in effect, until it was too late.

With seven years of hindsight, it seemed to be little more than reactionary response to EA's napalming of NFL 2K5, something along the lines of "oh yeah,well we can play that way, too."

And then they had it, and didn't do what was needed to compete in the marketplace. Just a very strange way to run a business.

[bigdoc85]

Quote: Originally Posted by 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.

I think that's just preference. I have both consoles. I prefer the PS3 and never could get into the 2k baseball series on PS3 or the Xbox for that matter. My concern is that 2k sports, as a company, may be dead after the next NBA 2k release.

[jeremym480]

MLB 2k gets a bad rap, but it's not nearly as bad as people make it out to be. I would venture to guess that half the people who are trashing it probably haven't played it in years.

This is actually the first year since 08 that I decided to get 2k instead of The Show. Is it as good as The Show? No. The Show does a lot of the little thing so much better. However, I will say that it's every bit just as fun as The Show. If not more fun because of the pitching. Also the Franchise has a bunch of things that make it more interesting than The Show's franchise. Which is probably the most stale franchise of any sports game that I play. The weird thing is that if we could mix both games together, then we would have a damn good baseball game. But, if The Show continues to ignore simple things like career stats, then this may very well be the end of my baseball playing days.

[RoyalBoyle78]

First of all, FYI, for all the guys saying to port The show over, it will never happen, never. The show is owned by Sony, so why in the world would they do this, to sell s few more copies of the show. I don't think so, cause in the end it would be helping M$ and I don't think they care for doing that at all, not ever. Not even to sell a few more thousand copies of the show, the show sells well on its own for only the Sony brand, nice though but it would never happen, so keep dreaming.


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[soxfan603]

As much as I love the NBA 2K series, I can't say I feel sorry for 2K Sports. They produced a really, really, bad baseball game for years. I remember MLB 2K6 was pretty much broken it was so glitched out and it never got much better from there. Those of us that are lucky enough to own a PS3 know how much better The Show is. 2K Sports just never got their act together. When you get beat out by a game that is only on one console, you are doing something really wrong. They did it to themselves. What I can't figure out is how this is the same company that has produced the greatest NBA video game of all time and their football games weren't too shabby either. I think they never really cared too much about baseball. It's the only way to explain how they dropped the ball.

[mva5580]

I can't believe there are people seriously saying "Port The Show to the 360." What planet are you living on?

[soxfan603]

Quote: Originally Posted by jeremym480

MLB 2k gets a bad rap, but it's not nearly as bad as people make it out to be. I would venture to guess that half the people who are trashing it probably haven't played it in years. This is actually the first year since 08 that I decided to get 2k instead of The Show. Is it as good as The Show? No. The Show does a lot of the little thing so much better. However, I will say that it's every bit just as fun as The Show. If not more fun because of the pitching. Also the Franchise has a bunch of things that make it more interesting than The Show's franchise. Which is probably the most stale franchise of any sports game that I play. The weird thing is that if we could mix both games together, then we would have a damn good baseball game. But, if The Show continues to ignore simple things like career stats, then this may very well be the end of my baseball playing days.

I agree with you about the stats thing but I picked this game up at Redbox a couple of months ago and tried my best to give it another chance. It was no fun, I couldn't get the hang of the controls, and the players were so cartoony it wasn't even funny. I know playing The Show for so long makes me biased but it was like driving a Mercedes for the last 4 years and then test driving a beatup '82 Datsun Pickup truck that backfires every time you shift and has duct tape holding the dashboard together. It drives but once you drive that Mercedes you can never go back. Although I also agree they need to update that Mercedes soon because it is getting a little stale.

[Gilders335]

Quote: Originally Posted by b2th3m1th

Exactly! lol Thats what I thought. Why doesn't the show do the 1 mill context they actually make money

lol god they're dumb...