When will 24 be annouced and cover player?
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It's got to be Ohtani again on the cover. Biggest show in the MLB right now w the Dodgers
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@LuvMyXBOX They shouldn't. Just because he is a DH/pitcher doesn't make him the only special player in the game. It needs to go to someone new and established. The Jazz cover selection was disliked by a major portion of the community, and almost felt forced.
I suspect they had a couple of choices that declined late in the process.
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@darkblue1876_PSN From reading the negative responses about Jeter on social media I wouldn’t be shocked if Jazz was chosen in order to make the normal cover so bad people would want the Jeter cover.
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@fubar2k7 I hadn't heard about the Jeter responses, but I know a lot of people who feel he was overrated during his career. In the end, I rarely look at the cover once the game is purchased, so in the end it could be a player I hate and it won't matter.
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@darkblue1876_PSN I get the digital edition so I have no cover so it doesn’t matter for me either and social media is full of idiots. If not for my family being everywhere around the world I wouldn’t even have it.
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@Dolenz said in When will 24 be annouced and cover player?:
Jazz was announced last year on Jan 30th and they did so with a live stream.
Looks like Ohtani the year before was Jan 31st.So I would expect it around then. Let's hope it is a more worthy candidate his year.
does the cover athlete even matter anymore? I feel like most people just download digitally, I know I could care less about the cover athlete. It virtually does nothing to the game, nor effects it. I know some people on here that complained about jazz being the cover athlete and didnt buy the game. I find that wild.
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@chucky97___ The only thing that will affect people from the cover is the color scheme. Last years was awful. I wish they would do like in 2020 when whatever favorite team you chose was your color scheme.
Edit. Meant the Jazz cover color scheme.
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I guess the cover is on your console so technically we all have it. It’s the tiny little image on the home bar. We just don’t have a physical cover if we are digital.
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@chucky97___ said in When will 24 be annouced and cover player?:
does the cover athlete even matter anymore?
Matters in that they end up doing a lot of promotion for the game, so you’d want someone that most people like (or, at least, don’t actively hate) in order to pass those sentiments along to the game.
How much does it matter? Only the bean counters know.
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@SaveFarris That makes it sound like people hate Jazz vs that Jazz hadn’t accomplished enough as a player to earn the cover.
I think his upbringing in the Bahamas got him the cover in contrast to the Negro Leagues being added got him the cover. Not the social media nonsense I said above. That is what you’d think from the Jeter hate off the posts.
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@chucky97___ said in When will 24 be annouced and cover player?:
does the cover athlete even matter anymore? I feel like most people just download digitally, I know I could care less about the cover athlete. It virtually does nothing to the game, nor effects it. I know some people on here that complained about jazz being the cover athlete and didnt buy the game. I find that wil
It obviously does to SDS or they would not keep paying for one.
To those of us who will buy the game regardless, not so much. That being said I would still rather see a player worthy of the cover.
We not only have too see it on the game bar of our console but it is a splash screen every time you start the game. The Miami Vice color scheme of this year did nothing for me either.
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@Dolenz That intro video when Tatis was on the cover wasn’t bad. So let’s have more of that and less of whatever this game has. I press X so quick I have erased it from my memory.
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@LuvMyXBOX History says expect it Jan 29 afternoon
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@LuvMyXBOX
About that— he is partnering w/Konami for their game. It's probable they got his cover rights which is the rumored reason Trout has never been on the Show cover
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@fubar2k7
"Did you know baseball is Jazz? I'm serious, look it up..."
Even digital downloads can't stop you from hearing that over and over and over and over..........
I'd much rather Mookie or Acuna
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@broken_toy1 Haha. Once the guy starts raking the diamond just press X and it’s gone.
Edit: My choice is Acuña but if Trout ever wanted the spotlight he deserves the cover and has deserved it since 2012.
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Why do people care so much about who is on the cover???? I can care less about who is on the cover. I want a good playing game and better and deeper franchise mode. It can be a blank cover and I'll still buy the game if the game play is awesome.
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@orangepower75_PSN Because it’s the first step for the new game. Once that gets announced everything starts coming out about the new game.
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@fubar2k7 I understand that. I look forward to the cover reveal every year too because that means the new game release is close. But I've read comments after previous cover reveals where people were so mad that they weren't going to buy the game because of who was chosen to be on the cover. Why would anyone take it that serious? Its just absurd to me.
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@orangepower75 said in When will 24 be annouced and cover player?:
@fubar2k7 I understand that. I look forward to the cover reveal every year too because that means the new game release is close. But I've read comments after previous cover reveals where people were so mad that they weren't going to buy the game because of who was chosen to be on the cover. Why would anyone take it that serious? Its just absurd to me.
Nobody really takes those threats of a boycott over cover athlete serious.
Somebody will always be mad. Even if they put Acuna on the cover next year there would be a contingent of players saying that some other player was robbed.
Pretty much all of us will buy the game regardless of who is on the cover, but that does not mean that we have to like the cover. But since they will have a cover athlete and there is not much to discuss about the game at this point. It is fun to speculate.
