MLB 2K Series is Likely Dead

[miniviking10]

I DO NOT FEEL SORRY ONE BIT. These guys put out a TERRIBLE baseball game year after year, going back to the PS2 days. I really do not understand how a company could mess it up that bad. The games were glitchy, had horrible graphics, and controls. Do not feel sad one bit and I hope this means EA will step up and make their own baseball game next year.

[DaveDQ]

Quote: Originally Posted by Plache

Kush killed this series years ago...2k would have been better off renaming the franchise with 2k10, name recognition goes a long way towards a purchase. Especially, with the disastrous games Kush games put out.

Kush was responsible for the bulk of this game's issues. MLB 2K6 had that horrible freezing issue. It was their first showing on next-gen, they just snagged the exclusive 3rd party rights and their first next-gen showing was a messy one. Then they had Ben Brinkman come on board and many thought it would shine like MVP Baseball. We all know what happened there.

By the time this title was handed over to Visual Concepts, the PR damage was done. They already had MLB The Show mopping the floor with their title, and it was obvious that they were desperate when the whole 1 million dollar giveaway rolled in.

So there you have 2K Sports, under Take Two, grabbing the third party exclusive, only to have another title in The Show really exposing their game's short-comings. It's really very NFL2K/Madden similar, except this time 2K got the bad end of it.

[Yeats]

Quote: Originally Posted by DaveDQ

So there you have 2K Sports, under Take Two, grabbing the third party exclusive, only to have another title in The Show really exposing their game's short-comings. It's really very NFL2K/Madden similar, except this time 2K got the bad end of it.

I'd say the comparison between WSBaseball and PESoccer is more apropos: game company with the sim cult-following is putting out the best game on the market; next-gen hits and the quality of their product nosedives so badly it allows EA's mediocre arcade offerings to become the industry "standard."

[DaveDQ]

Quote: Originally Posted by Yeats

I'd say the comparison between WSBaseball and PESoccer is more apropos: game company with the sim cult-following is putting out the best game on the market; next-gen hits and the quality of their product nosedives so badly it allows EA's mediocre arcade offerings to become the industry "standard."

Pretty good comparison, but I don't think WS Baseball ever had a following like PES. Also, 2K nailed it this gen with their basketball game. For 2K though, their two titles are NBA and NFL. Obviously the NFL thing is out of their hands so the frustration for many is how do you excel with the NBA and drop the ball with the MLB.

[tKlausEffect]

Maybe if 2K didn't hand out $1 million every year to some bum they would be able to support the franchise a little better. This is horrible news. I can't understand why anyone would post in support of the death of a sports game franchise. MLB 2K was not a better franchise than the other one, but it offered a change of pace and competition. We have all seen what happens to the quality of a game after it's competition is eliminated...not good things, for sure. Pretty soon, the only sport that will have a video game counterpart will be the NFL. Dark days, dark days indeed.

[sheredia]

what are the chances of 2k extending the servers and updating the rosters for next year so we can still play a major league baseball game on xbox 360?....

[Shappy]

Quote: Originally Posted by sheredia

what are the chances of 2k extending the servers and updating the rosters for next year so we can still play a major league baseball game on xbox 360?....

Those chances I would think are very unlikely.

[Yankspwn27]

Guys Mvp Baseballs coming back for 2013!!!!!