EA's MVP Baseball 2005? What Happened

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ThomasJHoldren

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MVP Baseball 2005 was effin awesome. Why did the company stop making it? It was the best baseball game for the PC. Anyone know what happened?
 
I agree, it is a great game. I still play MVP Baseball 05.
The series stopped because a company... and I dont remember which one... got exclusive rights from MLB to make the baseball games. Kinda like how only EA makes NFL games. So that is why EA had to stop the series.
 
nighthawk101 said:
I agree, it is a great game. I still play MVP Baseball 05.
The series stopped because a company... and I dont remember which one... got exclusive rights from MLB to make the baseball games. Kinda like how only EA makes NFL games. So that is why EA had to stop the series.
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Some company tricked EA? WTF. What company? Why aren't they putting out a great baseball game? Christ, give EA the rights back. This is the first time I actually care about EA..lol. I want MVP Baseball 2008! I'm sick of editing rosters in 2005.
 
Isn't that EA's property?

Update: Actually, this was taken directly from Wikipedia:
In 2005, in response to EA Sports' exclusive license with the National Football League and ESPN, Take-Two Interactive signed an exclusive third-party licensing contract with Major League Baseball (MLB), MLBPA and MLBAM to produce MLB games. The agreement, which runs from Spring 2006 to 2012, allows for the console manufacturers Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo to produce MLB titles for their respective platforms, but bars third party developers such as EA Sports from continuing or developing their own MLB games. As a result, the MVP Baseball series now features college baseball, with MVP 06 NCAA Baseball having been released in late January 2006, and MVP 07: NCAA Baseball in February of 2007.
 
Sweet, Ill have to check that out. I still play this game... its really the only good baseball game for PC right now.
 
Yep, what happened to the baseball games was even worse than what happened with the football games...the progression from year to year of madden, while rarely something to write home about, hasn't really changed much and the game was still arguably the best football one out there. In terms of cross platform baseball games though, take two's games were never as good and have gotten worse since the agreement started. The gamers really got the shaft on this one. However, the agreement still allows for first party games, and the playstation series is better than take two's garbage.
 
just to let you know MLB The Show 08 is fantastic for PS3.... I was a huge fan of MVP baseball also... and the only thing that compares/is better is The Show 08.
 
Yes! MLB The Show 08 for the PS3 is one of the best, if not the best, baseball game made so far.
 
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