alfredofroylan on 12 December 2009
Because baseball is not as big as Football, Basketball or Soccer.... wait wasn't this sport the national pastime?
"They could try to cut corners on quality and marketing, but my guess is that they wouldn't save enough to offset the corresponding loss of sales. It's pretty clear that they signed an unprofitable deal, and they are stuck with it. Take-Two made the mistake of thinking baseball was as big as NFL, FIFA or NBA. I don't think any other publisher thought so, which led to Take-Two being stuck with ‘winner's remorse' when it won the bidding war for the MLB exclusive. They can try all they want to get out of the deal with MLB, but a contract is a contract, and nothing short of bankruptcy will get them out of the deal. Since they aren't likely to go bankrupt any time soon, they are stuck with the terms of the deal they signed. It's really no different than a professional sports team signing a big name athlete who underperforms. They're stuck with the contract regardless." -
http://kotaku.com/5424851/not-the-bottom-of-the-ninth-but-a-big-at+bat-coming-for-mlb-2k10
People finally found baseball boring?
