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  • LuvMyXBOX_XBLL Offline
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    @LIONED-33_XBL said in Video game companies monopolizing sport games:

    @Weshill627_PSN 2K was not good. Sorry. MVP baseball was the best game. Too bad EA got out of the game. Here is the best part, you dont have to play. you have that option too.

    MVP baseball was good but that' doesn't make the 2K games bad. it sounds like you never played them or gave them a fair chance. or they were not simple enough for you to understand.

    High Heat series was on par with MVP. HH2003 and MVP2005 were the best.

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    We can spend all day naming great baseball games. Too bad those don't exist any more. Point is, I want options and they are not available

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    @SaveFarris_PSN said in Video game companies monopolizing sport games:

    "Siri, what are exclusivity contracts?"

    SDS deal with MLB is the same as EA's with NHL: It's not an exclusive license.

    2k withdrew from NFL, MLB, and NHL because they knew the NBA was their money-maker and they didn't have the resources to throw at the others way EA did.

    That being said, The Show was amazing when they had healthy competition, the same with the NHL and EA.

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    @LuvMyXBOX_XBL it sounds like that's your opinion. my opinion MVP was. Sorry we dont agree.

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    @RealMessiah_XBL I completely disagree with you. The 2k games were good games. And a lot of what the show uses was taken from them. A la "Pinpoint pitching" That was in 2k11 when did it get to the show? lol

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    @LIONED-33_XBL said in Video game companies monopolizing sport games:

    @LuvMyXBOX_XBL it sounds like that's your opinion. my opinion MVP was. Sorry we dont agree.

    MVP 05's skeleton for it's custom stadium creator was actually really cool.

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    MVP Baseball 1997 was the best … 🙂 … But I want to get back to the argument side: I play baseball videogames for the last 40 years … sometimes we should look back and take a close look to what we are comparing this game with … Yes, you can argue about the economic side of the game … stubs, yearly release … But we got an awesome game on our hand

    Therefore I got a big tip: You can play each years version for years! Yes, the rosters will not upgrade but I did not have that in 1997 and neither on the early baseball game for the Commodore 64 (my first one) … So maybe take a real look in the back mirror, if you really want to complain. As good as MVP Baseball was, I would never go back to my Gamecube to play it 🙂

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    @YOSHI24_XBL I went back and was playing MVP 04 (the one I had and am nostalgic for, sorry 05 fans) on a PS2 emulator. It was insane how fast I had to swing to make contact lol. Because of the graphical limitations at the time it felt like the pitcher was right on top of you.

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    Baseball Stars on Nintendo was the best, just sayin, lol

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    @rageincage007_XBL said in Video game companies monopolizing sport games:

    Baseball Stars on Nintendo was the best, just sayin, lol

    Absolutely. Best game ever.

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    @LuvMyXBOX_XBL 2k baseball was so I bad that I traded my Xbox in to get a PS just so I had a decent baseball option. MLB2K’s main selling point was uniforms flopping in the wind. Seriously that was their big feature.

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    @rageincage007_XBL this 1000x

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    @rageincage007_XBL said in Video game companies monopolizing sport games:

    Baseball Stars on Nintendo was the best, just sayin, lol

    Lovely Ladies? That was my team!

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    Love me some Baseball Stars nostalgia. Best sports game ever. Hands down.

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    Since we're talking old baseball games I think I've played them all since Atari 2600.

    Can't believe we would have like 4/5 baseball games competing against each other yearly for about a 5/6 years span there. Especially PS2 / OG XBOX days.

    I can even remember there use to be passionate debates on the OS forums where everyone was defending their favorite baseball series during that time. It was like life/death debates. so funny to think about now.

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    @rageincage007_XBL actually I agree with this

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    @RealMessiah_XBL the 2k mlb games were better than this

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    Did you ever play the original RBI baseball? Tecmo Bowl, Double Dribble and RBI baseball got me hooked on sports games for life.

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    @dbub_PSN I probably did play RBI at some point but I go back even further to games like Star League Baseball and Hardball on the Commodore 64. I even dabbled in Earl Weaver baseball. For Football it was TV Sports Football. Basketball was probably Jordan Vs Bird.

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