Emil Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Is it done? No more MVP 2005.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisS Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 EA cant make another game. Hopefully Take Two makes a PC version. If not looks like we will be modding Xbox files. However EA brought it about in buying the NFL license. So maybe if they could just compromise. But I don't think this will happen. I guess we can just hope and pray something does happen soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpup Posted January 24, 2005 Author Share Posted January 24, 2005 Is it done? No more MVP 2005.... this is for next year. if you would read the article it says "starting next year". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpup Posted January 24, 2005 Author Share Posted January 24, 2005 I guess I will have plenty of time to make all of those mods that I have been planning on doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoserthehorrible Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 This latest article doesn't mention anything about TakeTwo getting exclusive rights though. Maybe they have, but maybe they haven't. It is possible that TakeTwo purchased the rights to license MLBPA so that EA can't squeeze them out with another exclusive like they did with the NFL. I think there's a lot of details that are unknown at this time and until the details come out there's a lot of speculation that may or may not be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpup Posted January 24, 2005 Author Share Posted January 24, 2005 This latest article doesn't mention anything about TakeTwo getting exclusive rights though. Maybe they have, but maybe they haven't. It is possible that TakeTwo purchased the rights to license MLBPA so that EA can't squeeze them out with another exclusive like they did with the NFL. I think there's a lot of details that are unknown at this time and until the details come out there's a lot of speculation that may or may not be true. i hope you are right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carter Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 I don't think EA will just give up on the MVP Franchise that they have worked so hard to build. Who knows, maybe if Take2 does have the rights, who's to say they can't make a deal with EA Sports. Maybe in 2006 it will be a partnership between the two companies. Only time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trues Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 I don't think EA will just give up on the MVP Franchise that they have worked so hard to build. Who knows, maybe if Take2 does have the rights, who's to say they can't make a deal with EA Sports. Maybe in 2006 it will be a partnership between the two companies. Only time will tell. I agree, I find it very hard to beleive that EA is just going to throw in the towel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_bertman Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 The deal states that Take Two is the only third party developer able to make mlb games. However Microsoft(if they choose) and sony's 989 studios still can make baseball games. Who knows maybe ea can develop mvp for microsoft. :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee4Life Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 I know this is something that concerns all of us here, but let's not speculate on what is going to happen or might happen before it actually does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBoo2911 Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Honestly, I find this article bogus... Something just seems very "FAKE" about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeexDev Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Id be really surprised if EA suddenly snagged it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speels Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 I said this in another thread somewhere. All this does is give take 2 the rights to use the players names. Let's just say EA decides to go out and sign an exclusive deal with the MLB. That means take 2 would have all the players names, but the teams names would be Chicago(a), chicago(n), oakland, etc. I don't know about you, but I'd much rather play a game with actual teams and mod a roster than play with real players and fake names. I don't think EA is done with it quite yet. :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bats Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 I doubt EA would spend the ton of money it would cost to just buy rights to team names and stadiums..... They can still have that stuff just not player names and with us PC users that really isnt a problem being that everything could be modded.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeexDev Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 They wont put out a game with fake players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
five Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 They wont put out a game with fake players They do with NCAA Football / Basketball games. Why wouldn't they for baseball? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidWing68 Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 if you watch the developer interview on gamespot he starts talking about it alittle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jscand Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 No where does it say Take Two has an "exclusive" deal (other than in the subject heading). All it says is they struck a deal to begin using player names, and this is big for them since EA took exclusive rights to football. I mean, it cost EA 300 million for 5 years to lock up exclusive rights, and according to this it would be only $80 million for baseball. Doesn't make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo31 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Hey Forgive me for being a newbie here, but can`t EA when they release 2005, since it will be there last game, can`t they just release an addon to the game each year or would that be a violation of the aggrement..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoserthehorrible Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 No where does it say Take Two has an "exclusive" deal (other than in the subject heading). All it says is they struck a deal to begin using player names, and this is big for them since EA took exclusive rights to football. I mean, it cost EA 300 million for 5 years to lock up exclusive rights, and according to this it would be only $80 million for baseball. Doesn't make sense. I believe it does in the article below. Similar quotes are on GameStop's web site. http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=22779 There's still a lot of unknowns so it's not completely clear how things will end up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Papi Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 GOOD!!!! NOW EA GETS A DOSE OF THEIR OWN MEDECINE!! :twisted: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backdraft Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 that's coming too. just wait.Sorry to inform you, but this deal already covers that. Take a look at this press release from the MLBPA from Jan 19 http://bigleaguers.yahoo.com/mlbpa/news?sl...bpa&type=pr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYM Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 yea maybe EA can make an upgrade game each year. or EA and that dam company to have a combination of the companies. it could be somthin glike EA TAKES2 MVP 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYM Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 i made this....somthing like a combination.....its not what the MVP 2006 cover would be like but i guess u get the idea. http://img180.exs.cx/img180/6332/t2easports0tf.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
five Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Sorry to inform you, but this deal already covers that. It looks to me like that is a separate thing. The players association is different than MLB. It looks to me that MLBAM was granted the rights to both, but that doesn't mean that TakeTwo has been. I don't know though, it is a confusing thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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