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EA Eying Baseball License

CVG: "EA Sports president Peter Moore says EA wants to get back into developing baseball games, and has eyes on the official MLB license currently held by Sony (MLB 10 The Show) and 2K (MLB 2K10)."

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NYC_Gamer5780d ago (Edited 5780d ago )

now they wanna ruin baseball games...

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just hope EA doesnt get the exclusive rights...or we can say bye bye to mlb the show

Bnet3435780d ago

MVP Baseball 2004 was the best .... 2K sucks. The Show is good though.

Iamback5780d ago

Since i am European and dont care about baseball i would rather see super talented Sony San Diego studio work on proper game, maybe on Mark Of Kri 3, they made first game.

evrfighter5780d ago

ya I kept saying don't start praising EA yet. Yet time and time again I kept seeing
"EA is really focusing on the consumer this gen."

MorganX5780d ago

They gotta do something. 2K getting Jordan will do massive damage to their BBall franchise.

simplyRealistic185780d ago

no it won't because Jordan dont play anymore so it not like he going to be on a team other than an 80's 90's 00's all star tteam

evrfighter5780d ago

I'm gonna buy some Jordan's.

just by saying that you know what I mean.

I'm gonna buy some Durant's

"wtf?"

ps. No disrespect to Kevin Durant.The guy is a monster talent that everyone has their eye on.

dinkeldinkse5780d ago

I am fine with it because I loved the MVP series. If they did get exclusive rights, I'll be pissed because no more The Show and MVP will turn into the next Madden.

Raptura5780d ago (Edited 5780d ago )

MVP Baseball 2005 was amazing. I loved that game. I played it on the original XBOX in hi-def which at that time wasn't that bad and it was nice. I overplayed that damn game.

I would love to see EA do baseball again for the sake of XBOX 360 baseball fans. PS3 gets the Show, which is amazing and then there's 2K Sports....

Sitdown5780d ago

Sony and 2K do not necessarily hold the licenses....2K has exclusive 3rd party rights to the license, and console makers (Nintendo, Sony Microsoft) have the right to use it as well.

FreeFalling5780d ago

MVP Baseball 2005 is my all-time favorite baseball game, so I wouldn't mind them taking over if they do a good job.

RockmanII75780d ago

MVP baseball > MLB 2k whatever. Honestly, I preferred MVP over The Show, but that is probably because MVP 2003 was my first (good) PS2 game and The Show always froze my PS2 (If your interested in which 'The Show' I got, I remember it was the one with Vlad on the cover).

cyborg69715780d ago

The show is my first baseball game since bases loaded or whatever it was called on the 2600. And I like it a lot. My only caveat is the online lag. I mean why is there any when I'm playing my friend who is less than three miles away? It's still fun but could be so much better. And yes if ea does get exclusive rights we are DOOMED.

titans99995780d ago

i can sense ea is struggling with their product. What needs to happen is a new business law. There should be a law that there is no exclusive deals across the board, its better for us as gamers and for gaming itself, period!

titans99995780d ago

can you imagine what EA would be like the next generation? Having more work to make a product better would kill EA....bunch of slackers!!!

By the way, I e-mailed Ian Cummings about Madden 11, still no word. I guess they have COMPLETELY abandoned the gamer 100%

dktxx25780d ago

do you know how much hate mail that guy probably gets? he probably never checks the thing.

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Blaze9295780d ago

man if they get exclusive rights then seriously FUCK YOU EA! You guys are already ruining Football games since there's no competition to MAKE you work harder and innovate.

simplyRealistic185780d ago

i don't understand why the judge don't rule Ea having the NFL license a monopoly already

RockmanII75780d ago

What EA is doing with Madden is the exact same thing 2K is doing with their MLB 2K series, don't pretend it's different (For xbox only owners, at least).

Titanz5780d ago

After baseball, then what, hockey?

I'll boycott if EA "sports" games if they monopolies any further.

VoicesInMyHead5780d ago

Well, EA put 2k hockey out of business basically.....2k only makes a Wii game and now EA is putting out a Wii game......theyre looking to monopolize hockey without an exclusive license .....

MikeTyson5780d ago

that's just being out matched which is FINE.
but these "exclusive licenses" bs, hate it.

Raptura5780d ago (Edited 5780d ago )

Hockey exclusivity to EA would be nice, 2K should not be making hockey games. I think they're terrible, too arcade-ish.

As VoicesInMyHead put it, EA Sports has basically run 2K Sports from the hockey game business as they're only working on the Wii for 2K11.

NHL by EA Sports has been the game to get since 2007 and it won't change for a while. If only EA were to use the same development team as they do for NHL and FIFA games then all the EA Sports titles would be great.

OH, and we'll see how the new ELITE NBA games turn out.

dougr5780d ago

You can't lump the EA NHL developers in with the basketball and football developers. EA's hockey developers have done an A+++ job every year. This year looks to be there greatest with the edition of the CHL and a new physics engine. EA Vancouver is what all of EA should strive to be (soccer is doing just great also I believe).

VoicesInMyHead5780d ago

Yea, they just need to add NCAA support and new goaltender animations/AI

AutoCad5780d ago

HOPEFULLY, MVP baseball IS STILL THE BEST BASEBALL GAME OUT.

PS360PCROCKS5780d ago

What? No! Nobody should get a "license" all companies should be able to make a game.

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EA Lays Off Staff Across All Battlefield Studios Following Record-Breaking Battlefield 6 Launch

EA is laying off an unknown number of individuals from across its Battlefield teams, including workers at Criterion, Dice, Ripple Effect, and Motive Studios, IGN understands.

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peppeaccardo45d ago

When logic meets EA it generates anti-matter ..... so try not to apply it in any meaningful way. Entropy is what matters in there !!

badz14945d ago

cue the apologist saying that these are mostly just contractors hired for this specific project bla bla bla

HyperMoused45d ago

TTK for BF employees needs adjusting

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EA makes layoffs at Skate developer Full Circle

The free-to-play reboot topped 15 million players in under three weeks, but EA now claims it needs to reshape the development team.

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Profchaos57d ago

The community warned them this would happen but nope they knew better they continued with the live service push the made the art style cartoonish and this is the result

isarai_lee57d ago

It's always so bizarre when studios announce something super early in development under the suggestion of forming the game to player feedback, and then they push against all feedback heading straight for the cliff while everyone is warning them along the way

badboyz0957d ago (Edited 57d ago )

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US Lawmakers Urge Review Of EA Sale

The Congressional Labor Caucus sent a letter to the FTC warning the debt-financed, largely PIF-owned deal could be bad news for workers

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Trilithon91d ago

lol ya think? they're sending all that work to the cheaper labor market as soon as possible. and FYI, that labor market has exploded in the last 5-10 years. They have enough people to replace every single job. But honestly, EA is over filled with useless upper management as it is. You could probably trim 25% of their staff with no real loss in production. They aren't gamers, they're business execs. Just look at how many AI related jobs they're already starting to post. Its also hilarious that PIF owns Battle field 6

lodossrage91d ago (Edited 91d ago )

Wait,

The same congress that attacked Lina Khan when she fought the Microsoft Activision purchase.
The same congress that allowed Disney to buy 90% of Fox
The same congress that allowed Liv Golf to buy the PGA
The same congress that sits back while Paramount tries a hostile takeover despite losing the bid for Warner Bros.

NOW, the suddenly cares about doing what's "right" for works? Yeah, right.

thorstein91d ago

No. There were elections and some of the scum were replaced.

TheColbertinator91d ago

Different elections. Different scum. Same results.

rlow191d ago

i know its a long shot, but i hope this gets shot down.

ZwVw91d ago

EA now owned by The Saudis and Ubisoft to inevitably be owned by China. In hindsight, once EA and Ubisoft started having their financial woes, they should have pulled a Koei Tecmo/Bandai Namco by merging their operations into one.