FUCK ALL THE FUCKING PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LEAGUES, THEIR OWNERS AND THEIR FUCKING UNIONS TO FUCKING HELL.
Football games =now teh suck
baseball games =now teh suck
GREAT FUCKING GOING. TAKE FUCKING 2 FOR CRYING OUT FUCKING LOUD. HOW THE FUCK DOES THIS PROMOTE COMPETITION, BOB FUCKING DUPUY?
FUCKING COCKSUCKERS
FUCK
FUCK
FUCK
Creston
Edit : There go the good baseball games, same as the good football games. FUCK.
Furthermore, this is (so far) a deal with the MLBPA only. They are not the same as the MLB. I'm sure a deal with the MLB will follow, but it's still theoretically possible they won't get exclusive rights from the MLB, allowing someone to make a MLB game with all the teams/stadiums but without real player names.
You operate under the assumption that the MLBPA is somehow different from the MLB. They're not. They have a different chief operating officer, but Bud Selig is still in charge, and the MLBPA still reports to the entire conglomerate that is major league baseball.
I'm pretty sure that the only reason there is such a thing as a Major League Baseball Players Association to begin with is because they have a union, and does could not legally be under the same incorporated entity as their employers.
But in the end, it makes no difference. You don't seriously believe that the MLBPA somehow negotiated this without the consent of (the rest of) major league baseball, right?
I also seriously doubt that 989 or any First Party Developer is exempt from this rule, unless they can manage a deal with Take 2 to have them publish it. Either way, the best baseball game (Sega / Blue Moon) is shit out of fucking luck, albeit apparently starting 2006.
And no, this is worse than EA getting the Football deal, because at least you could make a strong case for Madden being the best football game out there to begin with, which alleviates the pain somewhat.
Which baseball game has Take 2 or any of its contracted developers been gracing us with lately? Oh that's right. None worth mentioning.
FUCK
One thing I don't understand though, didn't we have a newspost just recently that EA signed a deal with ESPN to have the ESPN stuff put into their baseball game? Or was that just Football?
I can't imagine ESPN being happy with the MLB screwing them over that way just after they signed a deal for their baseball stuff, and ESPN is a pretty big client of MLB (although not as big as Fox).
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCKKKKKKK. Anyone remember the time when overweight guys with long hair just made games, and everything was all fucking good? And then the fucking suits came in, and started shafting everyone up the ass. FUCK I am pissed off.
This comment was edited on Jan 24, 19:59.