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Emptyeye Real American Level: 67 Posts: 1296/2273 EXP: 2488421 For next: 104451 Since: 05-24-04 From: I DUNNOOOOOOOO!! Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| Story, in turn ganked from Slashdot. Seven year deal. So Ziff, how come when EA lands exclusive rights to teams and players from a sport it's "OMG WTF EA R TEH EVUL LIEK MIRCO$OFT!1!1 AND WILL TAEK OVER EVERYTHING", yet you completely ignore this, which is the same thing in a different sport?  Discuss. |
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Xeolord - B l u e s - Power Metal > All Level: 81  Posts: 1079/3418 EXP: 4884196 For next: 108653 Since: 03-15-04 From: Yeah Since last post: 15 hours Last activity: 15 hours |
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Originally posted by Emptyeye Um, it's ... EA? Maybe?  I'm pretty sure I've heard of this, but I wouldn't say it's as big as a deal as the NFL purchase, since from my guess NFL games rack up better sales than Baseball sports games. |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99  Posts: 2607/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Take-Two doesn't have the same business practises and there have been no recent labour complaints about that company. EA is about 10 times bigger in scope of operations. It has a larger funding base for these sorts of things, and MLB isn't as big a license as NFL. OMG YOU FUCKING RETARD. U RLIEK A BLOWJOB MORN1!!!!!!! |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 6338/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| It's a good marketing move from Take-Two's standpoint BECAUSE: 1) It's a third-party exclusive deal, meaning that Nintendo, Sony and MS are able to use the MLB license for their own games if they so choose; 2) It's a good shot back at EA. A lot of people do prefer EA's baseball games over Take-Two's, but if EA's going to take a huge piece of the pie with football, you have to take what you can get. It's not a HUGE license, but it was likely a pretty substantial deal and it's not like Visual Concepts DON'T know how to make a baseball game. I can see Nintendo going after the MLB license again unless they can get a commitment from Take-Two regarding the Revolution. Sony uses it anyways so that's not a problem - in fact, PS users get 2 choices.  |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99 Posts: 2613/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Sega no long is in the publishing biz, and has sold off Kush to Take-Two. That means that less money will be directly behind the games. | |||
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Toxic in a sublime state of mind Level: 75  Posts: 2307/2857 EXP: 3732709 For next: 94195 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 3 days Last activity: 8 hours |
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| Uhh...yeah...I liked EA's baseball series, MVP Baseball. It was an excellent product. I liked Sega's football games, but EA's were on par if not better, so there's a difference for me anyways. |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 6428/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Originally posted by Colleen Damn, I'm good.  Nintendo Pennant Chase Baseball (great name!) will be released on April 4, with full MLB/MLBPA licenses. It's being done by Exile Interactive, who were the ones behind World Series Baseball 2K3. Pretty surprising, although one would suspect the game's been in development for a while. |
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