Potential MVP return?

[zello144]

SGO says that EA may return to baseball.

[Omega79]

As much as I loved MVP 2005 and the Series as a whole (all the way back to Triple Play Baseball) there's a statement in the video that worries me. The statement that bothered me most is when EA was asked if MLB The Show being cross platform would pose an issue and they said (Paraphrasing) that it wouldn't be a problem.

When EA says things like that, I get nervous. Especially with their history of throwing large piles of cash for exclusivity (see Amerrican Football.) Competition is good for sports games and the lack thereof (either because of exclusivity eg: Football or the lack of will of a competitor to create a game eg: EA in Basketball and 2k in Hockey will cause the same vacuum and lack of innovation.

[jrp1918]

I loved MVP 05 and even bought NCAA 07 back in the day but I don't have any faith in EA to deliver a true top notch sports game anymore.

The news mostly makes me nervous that they'll buy the exclusive MLB license.

I know that seems unlikely given how successful the Show is and how long they've been the only game in town....

But MLB just signed an exclusive deal with Fanatics to make baseball cards, ending a 70 year relationship with Topps because Fanatics showed up with a bigger pile of money.

I'd like there to be legit competition again but the state of sports business as whole gives me concern. Everything is moving toward exclusive licenses it seems.

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[Jackrabbit JB]

EA bought the Super Mega Baseball studio (Metalhead) for a reason. They're not going to release an unlicensed game, so it seems very likely we'll be getting an MLB licensed Super Mega Baseball game in the next 1-2 years.

Metalhead are geniuses:
-EA stops making MVP
-Metalhead makes a game with very similar mechanics to MVP. Succeeds.
-EA buys Metalhead

[Artman22]

I really hope MVP comes back. This would be amazing.


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[PVarck31]

Quote: Originally Posted by jrp1918

I loved MVP 05 and even bought NCAA 07 back in the day but I don't have any faith in EA to deliver a true top notch sports game anymore. The news mostly makes me nervous that they'll buy the exclusive MLB license. I know that seems unlikely given how successful the Show is and how long they've been the only game in town.... But MLB just signed an exclusive deal with Fanatics to make baseball cards, ending a 70 year relationship with Topps because Fanatics showed up with a bigger pile of money. I'd like there to be legit competition again but the state of sports business as whole gives me concern. Everything is moving toward exclusive licenses it seems. Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk

I really hope Fanatics keeps the Topps branding if they end up buying out the company like is rumored.

It will be absolutely nuts if there is no Topps baseball of any kind. It also kills off Panini baseball.

[zello144]

I would love EA to return. As good as MLB the show is it's gotten stale for me. I miss the days of having multiple options for sports games before exclusive licensing deals killed all that. EA has a bad reputation but if they can put out a decent game I don't care. I just hope it's soon and not in a couple years.

[Archie56]

https://www.audacy.com/sports/mlb/ea...g-new-mlb-game

According to this article, EA Vancouver is developing the game. So we should be getting two baseball games published by EA.

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