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Take Two Lands Exclusive MLB Deal
The deal reported last week on Slashdot has come to fruition: Take Two interactive and MLB have signed an exclusivity deal. Worthplaying has the news. "The innovative seven-year arrangement will dramatically limit the number of baseball video game manufacturers and ensure aggressive marketing and promotion of baseball video games, while promoting competition in the marketplace to drive innovation in baseball product development. Beginning in 2006, Take2 will have exclusive rights among third-party publishers to develop and market simulation, arcade and manager-style baseball video games..."
Take 3 Interactive retained an exclusive 6 year agreement from the US park service to build video games of watching grass grow...
How is a seven year licensing deal "innovative"? What's so innovative about a contract?
Lawyer 1: Ok, I've got this great idea... we'll buy the rigths to Major League Baseball for a period of seven years!
Lawyer 2: Seven years?!!? I've heard of five year deals, even ten year deals... but SEVEN?! That's so far outside the box we'll have to label it as 'innovative' in our press release!
Lawyer 1: What can I say? I'm a visionary. No longer will we be tied to 5 year intervals on licenses... it will liberate the industry from the chains of oppression!
I believe the press release could best be translated as, "In your face, EA!"
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baseball games are easy to make. You hit a damn ball. How many new golf games are released?
What next? SSSSSSX Tricky Baseball pro underground 2?
Mod up your bat, and do break dance moves while hitting home runs into crowd of oiled up lesbians.
Get extra points for inventive sliding moves...
lets face it, baseball sucks.
Does baseball even have cheerleaders? (sorry I know nothing about american sports, so feel free to mod me down!)
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As long as whatever baseball games they produce still have the "Hit batter with pitch" and "Charge the mound" buttons, I'm fine with this.
I can see it now: Earl Weaver III:Knee Deep in Gore. The Yankees thought they were just going to play a little exhibition on the moon, and then all Hell broke loose (literally)! Now the only question is: Doom 3 or Source?
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I've always hated baseball games anyway, it's just 1 button you need, not even a joystick.
1. Aim pitch with line that goes up down. (HIT BUTTON)
2. Pick speed with line that goes up down. (HIT BUTTON)
3. Swing (HIT BUTTON)
4. Run towards ball on ground (HIT BUTTON -REPEAT)
5. Throw to base (HIT BUTTON)
6. See Stats (HIT BUTTON)
7. Next inning starts.
Damned Internet Explorer cache must be screwed up, it keeps displaying old Slashdot stories that I read a few days ago.
In other news, EA is considering buying out Take Two Interactive to gain the MLB license back and "drive competition"
In other news, I've personally signed an exclusive deal with the NHL to develop and market simulation, arcade and manager-style hockey video games that let you re-live the excitement of the 2004-2005 NHL season.
Oh. I wondered who was buying, re-labelling, and re-selling those old "Tiger Woods 2002" game CD's. What better way to show what the players and owners did during the 2004-2005 season!
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
1. The last good baseball game I played was on the colecovision.
:p
2. Thank god for modchips.
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