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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_Gamer5723d ago (Edited 5723d 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

Bnet3435723d ago

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

Iamback5723d 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.

evrfighter5723d 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."

MorganX5723d ago

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

simplyRealistic185723d 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

evrfighter5723d 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.

dinkeldinkse5723d 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.

Raptura5723d ago (Edited 5723d 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....

Sitdown5723d 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.

FreeFalling5723d 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.

RockmanII75723d 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).

cyborg69715723d 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.

titans99995723d 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!

titans99995723d 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%

dktxx25723d ago

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

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Blaze9295723d 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.

simplyRealistic185723d ago

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

RockmanII75723d 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).

Titanz5723d ago

After baseball, then what, hockey?

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

VoicesInMyHead5723d 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 .....

MikeTyson5723d ago

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

Raptura5723d ago (Edited 5723d 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.

dougr5723d 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).

VoicesInMyHead5723d ago

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

AutoCad5723d ago

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

PS360PCROCKS5723d ago

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

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Trilithon34d 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

lodossrage34d ago (Edited 34d 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.

thorstein33d ago

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

TheColbertinator33d ago

Different elections. Different scum. Same results.

rlow133d ago

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

ZwVw33d 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.

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Saudi Arabia Will Own 93 Percent Of Battlefield 6 Publisher EA

When the dust settles on the $55 billion leveraged buyout of Electronic Arts, Saudi Arabia will be its only true owner, despite a “consortium” of investors being involved in the deal. Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund will control 93 percent of the company, according to filings with Brazil’s antitrust regulator.

blacktiger85d ago

Technically speaking, Saudi Arabia and TENCENT can buy the entire USA. ANf Democrat and Republican will not do crap!

Inverno85d ago

Letting foreign entities own half of American businesses is liberal and very progressive. So is bringing in all that talent from outside the States to replace the talentless and lazy American workers. And here I thought the Trump administration wanted to border is up but nope. We're supposed to worry bout them "radical Muslims" minding their own here and ignore China/Saudi/Israel taking over.

blacktiger85d ago

Another thing I hate hearing is "liberal and very progressive"
It's 2025 and that stuff is outdated. Everything and everyway is literally the same thing wheter it's progressive, conservativ. Because they all wants the same thing have, king unlimited oney buy everything including your house.

Now they making mainstream media news that it's AI Bubble justify to highjack the price of RAM.
Another excuse for inflation!

Tacoboto85d ago

"here I thought the Trump administration wanted to border is up but nope"

Lol, you actually bought what he was selling? Let's see this week alone...

Yesterday he pardoned an international drug lord, while allowing the murder of random fishermen on boats. Remember drain the swamp? He pardoned a Democratic Congressman jailed for bribery just today, nevermind that fraudulent drag queen republican that was kicked out of Congress and imprisoned for their fraud. It's so petty they're picking fights on social media with pop stars while using their music, and even using Franklin the damn Turtle to cartoonify their murders.

thorstein84d ago

You believed him!?!!

I've got some Trump $5000 bills for you, only half off.

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Inverno83d ago

People I do not use /s to point out my sarcasm. Should be obvious I don't believe anything coming out of Trump's mouth or any politicians mouth.

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gold_drake84d ago

its quite ridiculous that they were able to do that. or even allowed to.

but saudis even have their grabby hands in nintendo stocks.

maximusprime_84d ago

Looking on the bright side, the games may be patched to remove any ideologies that are incompatible for the majority of the world.

S2Killinit84d ago

What do you mean? You want censorship in games?

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