Insidb said:
The MLB license is exclusive; hence, you don't see any MLB games on any other systems. |
It hasn't stopped MLB from putting out this garbage annually:
Sony's license with the MLB was structured differently than the license that Take Two Interactive signed in 2005. Take Two obtained a 3rd Party licensing agreement, which yes, barred EA from continuing it's MVP series, but still allowed Sony to 1st Party release MLB The Show from 2006 - present. It did not completely bar all other companies entry the way EA's license with the NFL operates. Likewise, since Take Two did not release any MLB games on Wii, Konami was able to put out a couple of MLB Power Pros games in 2007 and 2008. Once Take Two Interactive stopped renewing their licensing agreement, it should have left the door open for 3rd parties again. EA had stated they were interested, but didn't have a current gen baseball engine, since they had to stop making baseball games 2 console generations ago. Microsoft has expressed a desire for a third party company to step up as well. My guess is no one currently wants to pony up the money not just for the license, but also to create a baseball sim from scratch as well. Especially since they'd probably be targeting the high end baseball sim market if they did. Konami's game is already made, so it makes the most sense to fill the void. Neither EA nor Microsoft have mentioned not being able to release a baseball game because of an exclusive MLB agreement with Sony, which leads me to believe that no such exclusivity exists. If it did, their would be some sort of press release rather than mere speculation.
Ka-pi96 said:
04-05? The OP clearly shows somebody other than Sony has had the licence since then though. In 07/08 to be precise. |
He's referencing the MLB 3rd Party license which no one has anymore once Take Two Interactive stopped renewing it in 2014.
