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Take Two in Talks with Major League Baseball

Posted by Zonk on from the hit-back-with-a-bat dept.

After EA's ESPN announcement yesterday, it hardly comes as a surprise that GamesIndustry.biz is reporting a possible deal between Take Two Interactive and Major League Baseball. The deal, first reported in the Wall Street Journal, appears to be for exclusivity rights similar to EA's arrangements. While the move wouldn't hurt EA's baseball franchise, it would squeeze out other competitors who have used the MLB license in the past.

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  1. Yet another EA article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did EA crap in CmdrTaco's Wheaties or something?

  2. It doesn't use MLB branding? by spotter · · Score: 4, Interesting

    the article claims that, but EA's web page for the title, clearly has the MLB logo

    http://www.easports.com/games/mvp2004/home.jsp

  3. Player Modeling by anonicon · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's fine and fancy, but the burning question for me is whether TakeTwo will put out a game with "Steroids-On" and "Steroids-Off" options.

    Chuck

    1. Re:Player Modeling by Lifereaper0 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Where would they get the data for steriods-off?

  4. Don't get upset, just usual /. double-standard by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    While the move wouldn't hurt EA's baseball franchise ...

    A lot of you are wondering why it wouldn't hurt EA any more than anyone else. Of course, it would, but remember - we're supposed to hate EA.

    If we admitted that this could "hurt" EA, in the same way EA's deals could hurt Take Two (et al), we're admitting that competition in the video game market is alive and well, and that exclusive rights are par for the course in the industry.

    Activision has exclusive rights to make Spiderman games, but you don't see any articles about that, do you?

    So basically, just think of EA as Microsoft, and Take Two as Apple.

    DRM in Media Player is an affront to our rights online, and threatens our very freedom. DRM in iTunes is a brilliant business strategy from a company that "gets it". Or, MSFT pursuing action againt mikerowesoft.com (even though they HAVE to defend trademarks) was evil, but Apple suing a kid for passing on a rumor about the mini mac, well that's different because, umm, iPods have neato little scroll wheel things.

    I hope this clears things up. Slashdot is best read and understood when peering through your navel, with your head shoved far up your ass.

    --
    I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
  5. Great! by doombob · · Score: 3, Funny

    We can only hope for more high-quality games like Outlaw Golf 2!

    Favorite Quote in Outloaw Golf 2 Promo:

    The shameless bunch from the Outlaw series returns to the repressed world of golf with their outrageously twisted antics.

    I love twisted antics!