MLB 2k10

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:02 pm

Why does 2k insist on not showing any gameplay in any of their videos? Oh wait, I can probably guess.

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:43 pm

dbdynsty25 wrote:Why does 2k insist on not showing any gameplay in any of their videos? Oh wait, I can probably guess.

Same as last year IIRC and we all see how that ended up. Too bad 2K couldn't just slap the MLB 2K10 label on MLB Power Pro's.

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:06 pm

MizzouRah wrote:
sportdan30 wrote:2K is offering a few incentives if you pre-order. By the way, what's up with that screen shot of Pujols and the pitch telling you, the user it's a breaking ball?

http://www.pastapadre.com/2010/02/11/ml ... qus_thread
I'll bite and order from Amazon...

Sportdan,

That is the batter's eye feature, where as good hitters might see what the pitch is before it's pitched.

Done!

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:10 pm

Here is my precidition.

This thread grows to 3 times the size of the Show thread as the same handful of users gush over this God awful product like hobo's having a party at the local dump.

Meanwhile The Show owners will be too busy playing the game to post anything. Except for GT of course, he will need to get at least one EA jab in that thread

Book it! Call me NostroDanimalus

Gangrel · Post by **Gangrel** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:11 am

dbdynsty25 wrote:Why does 2k insist on not showing any gameplay in any of their videos? Oh wait, I can probably guess.

According to the 2k mod, it's their clever marketing "strategy". Because, i guess the game will self destruct if you record more then one video, so they are waiting to put it out to "spread things around".

I beleive the quote was "if we put out a video, then the only thing left is the demo!"

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 11:11 am

vinny-b wrote:Jack: have you tired RTTS mode in recent years? To me, this felt more like actually "playing" a sport, then any other sports vidgame have ever played. MLB 08 (PS2) in particular. Taking part in running the bases, playing OF from the player's perspective (although the recent PS3 versions need a better camera in this area) etc.

No I have not. Most of my experience with The Show were on a PS2 and a friend's PS3. I must admit, I only played a handful of full games with it and never even saw RTTS, so maybe I missed the boat on that one. It just "appears" to me that they haven't made any major changes to the core gameplay of The Show in 5 years.

I just hope 2K doesn't disappoint again this year. The chances of it not coming out as a bug riddled mess are about equal to the chances of Dennis Rodman getting sober.

vinny-b · Post by **vinny-b** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:21 pm

JackB1 wrote:I just hope 2K doesn't disappoint again this year. The chances of it not coming out as a bug riddled mess are about equal to the chances of Dennis Rodman getting sober.

and straight?

Aristo · Post by **Aristo** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 5:27 pm

Danimal wrote:Here is my precidition.

This thread grows to 3 times the size of the Show thread as the same handful of users gush over this God awful product like hobo's having a party at the local dump.

Meanwhile The Show owners will be too busy playing the game to post anything. Except for GT of course, he will need to get at least one EA jab in that thread

Book it! Call me NostroDanimalus

I predict the 2K10 will outsell MLB 10 significantly, leading to more people posting about the game.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 5:50 pm

Aristo wrote:I predict the 2K10 will outsell MLB 10 significantly, leading to more people posting about the game.

Ummm...what's your point? It may sell better, but it certainly isn't a better game. And that's been proven year after year. So the post count is a pretty useless stat when it comes to game quality. That's all that counts.

Aristo · Post by **Aristo** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:17 pm

dbdynsty25 wrote:
Aristo wrote:I predict the 2K10 will outsell MLB 10 significantly, leading to more people posting about the game.
Ummm...what's your point? It may sell better, but it certainly isn't a better game. And that's been proven year after year. So the post count is a pretty useless stat when it comes to game quality. That's all that counts.

That was pretty much my point. I didn't see the need to make derogatory comments about people that happen to play 2K9 and post about it. I doubt any of them were making the argument that it was a better game than The Show.

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:18 pm

I predict I'll buy the game, play the game, and decide if I want to keep it. Much like every game I buy. How totally bitchin The Show may or may not be will have zero impact on that decision. Crazy concept.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:33 pm

Aristo wrote:That was pretty much my point. I didn't see the need to make derogatory comments about people that happen to play 2K9 and post about it. I doubt any of them were making the argument that it was a better game than The Show.

And where was my derogatory comment towards those that play the game? Far as I can tell, I just stated the obvious (that the Show rates better each year). It's not like I said you're an idiot if you like the 2k series better. Did I?

I'm with gregg...I buy both games every year and I sell the one I don't like as much. Just so happens it's always 2k that hits ebay.

GTHobbes · Post by **GTHobbes** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:43 pm

I haven't seen this My Player trailer posted yet:

http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/4225 ... ml?show=hi

Supposedly, there also is a 2 inning gameplay video that will be posted later today by the GI guy who has the game.

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:44 pm

Anyone else getting the PC version?

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:07 pm

dbdynsty25 wrote:And where was my derogatory comment towards those that play the game?

I'm sure he was talking about me. I'll remember the "sells more" argument next time people start hating on Madden.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:19 pm

Danimal wrote:
dbdynsty25 wrote:And where was my derogatory comment towards those that play the game?
I'm sure he was talking about me. I'll remember the "sells more" argument next time people start hating on Madden.

I guess I get confused when it's 6 days after the fact.

Aristo · Post by **Aristo** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:22 pm

Danimal wrote:
dbdynsty25 wrote:And where was my derogatory comment towards those that play the game?
I'm sure he was talking about me. I'll remember the "sells more" argument next time people start hating on Madden.

Did you miss where I said that no one claimed that MLB 2K9 was a better game. I don't even think 2K10 will be a better game than this year's show.

I'm just wondering why you care who posts about a game? What does that have to do with anything?

All I was saying was that 2K10 will sell more, which could result in more posts. I don't think it is the result of delusional fans gushing about the game instead of playing it.

So you are planning a Madden defense fund, eh? Do you get in these kinds of arguments with a lot of games?

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:30 pm

Actually now that I look at last March's NPD numbers, MLB 09 on the PS3 (305K) outsold MLB 2k9 on the 360 (205K). I'm pretty sure the the PS3 version of 2k9 didn't do very well since it didn't even make the list, whereas the PS2 version of the Show 09 still sold over 100K. So it appears that 2k10 will NOT outsell the show. So any prediction based on that sales fallacy will probably be false as well.

TheGamer2 · Post by **TheGamer2** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:00 pm

the gameplay video is now live:

http://gameinformer.com/blogs/editors/b ... -2k10.aspx

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:12 pm

TheGamer2 wrote:the gameplay video is now live:

http://gameinformer.com/blogs/editors/b ... -2k10.aspx

Looks fine and all but why does the throw over to first with a runner on look like it's in fast forward? Bizarre. And the throwing still looks ridiculous. The ball just comes out of the hand so weird. On the good side, the presentation is very well done and the commentary sounds pretty good.

pigpen81 · Post by **pigpen81** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:54 pm

The video looked good.

I liked how Oliver Perez had a tough time finding the strike zone....very realistic

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:52 pm

The numbers look kind of awkward on the jerseys.. could have been the video..

Hopefully the video is also why it looks really choppy to me...

Love seeing a walk.. Perez does throw wild, just like real life.

I really like the low batting view..

Stadiums and graphics look very vibrant.. presentation looks great..

Overall.. I'm excited to see the demo.

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:53 pm

TheGamer2 wrote:the gameplay video is now live:

http://gameinformer.com/blogs/editors/b ... -2k10.aspx

Yeah, good stuff. Loved the look of it all. (I'm one of those who love the pitching-mechanic) The pitcher/batter looks great.

Aristo · Post by **Aristo** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:57 am

dbdynsty25 wrote:Actually now that I look at last March's NPD numbers, MLB 09 on the PS3 (305K) outsold MLB 2k9 on the 360 (205K). I'm pretty sure the the PS3 version of 2k9 didn't do very well since it didn't even make the list, whereas the PS2 version of the Show 09 still sold over 100K. So it appears that 2k10 will NOT outsell the show. So any prediction based on that sales fallacy will probably be false as well.

I have no idea what numbers you are looking at. VGChartz has 2K9 selling 630K for the 360 and 130K for the PS3.

http://www.vgchartz.com/games/index.php ... e+Baseball

It had MLB 10: The Show selling 590K on the PS3.

http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php? ... region=All

Aristo · Post by **Aristo** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:59 am

greggsand wrote:
TheGamer2 wrote:the gameplay video is now live:

http://gameinformer.com/blogs/editors/b ... -2k10.aspx
Yeah, good stuff. Loved the look of it all. (I'm one of those who love the pitching-mechanic) The pitcher/batter looks great.

I agree, I thought the video looked solid. Andi think the pitching mechanic is actually improved. I thought 2K9's was a step back from 2K8's. But this looks like an overall improvement. It will be interesting to see how it avtually plays.