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Massively Multiplayer Baseball

Posted by Zonk on from the something-completely-different dept.

Next Gen is reporting on Netadmin's upcoming Ultimate Baseball title, which is designed to take the MMOG market into the sports genre for the first time. From the article: "We also looked at the MMOG landscape at the time. Everything was some variation on a fantasy theme. Kill the dragon, rescue the village and such. We were interested in the MMOG business model but looking ways to do things differently and sports just made sense..."

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  1. OH YEAH! I can play and have time for TV too by gothzilla · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Watch baseball on tv and tell me how often each of the outfielders actually has to move and do something, then tell me if you want to sit in front of your pc doing the same thing.
    Why in the hell would anyone want to play online baseball and spend 90% of their time sitting and waiting for something to happen?
    Maybe the dugout will be like a singles chat room or something.

  2. I dunno... by rogabean · · Score: 2, Insightful

    While I don't see this becoming a major MMO player... I can see it becoming quite a niche MMO (in the way I consider COH to be a niche MMO)

    There are enough exceptions to everything...

    people assume nerds don't like sports... but I am a nerd and while I don't care for playing real sports, I quite enjoy a sports themed computer/console game. It's a break from the normal [hack/slash/shoot/quest] of the typical game. And if I'm going to pick a sport to watch (which I can imagine alot of this game turns into.. watching other people at times) baseball is my choice.

    I can't be the only one that thinks this.

    besides... it's something different! I'm gonna give them credit for that if nothing else.

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    "why don't you just slip into something more comfortable...like a coma!"