MLB 2k13 is a mess of a sports title that further supports the misconception that all sports titles are the same each year.
2K’s cancellation of its MLB series leaves The Show with no rival, which isn’t a good thing, as history shows.
Imo Fifa was superior to PES from 08-10. But PES has really upped the ante since then. Lets be honest though Fifa sells loads more becasue EA has all those licensees snatched up and Konmai cant touch them. Try selling your football game in Germany when you aren't allowed the rights to the Bundesliga. Or in England when you cant call it Liverpool but rather Merseyside Red and the team dons a fake kit?
On the flip side in countries where PES has rights to said league ie Brasil, Japan, Argentina, Chile - sales are much closer or PES outsells Fifa. While the PES community creates option files that can rectify missing kits and teams I dont blame people for choosing Fifa if they want those licenses in box. However to look at the two games and say well one is a masterpiece and the other is just meh ignoring the advances its made is completely false. That seems to be the narrative when comparing the two games.
We all saw this with Madden! Still a good game but absolutely no real reason to buy it every year with the exception of an updated roster and stats.
Which could be done via a patch if EA wanted to!!!
MLB: The Show is routinely good quality, but with no competition, the developers can slack off. It happened with Madden; once it was the only American football game available, the developers had no one to one-up. Competition drives improvement, as companies are always trying to be better than each other, with consumers reaping the benefits.
Fans had to settle with Madden; there was no other option. Hopefully, The Show doesn't go down that road, but if it does, I wouldn't be surprised.
"Video games can also be a quick and easy way to throw away dozens of your hard-earned dollars at once, which isn’t so cool. Any easy trap for the layperson to fall into is a shelf full of licensed product with flashy box, and 2013 has already produced a murderer’s row of sewage trying to pass for a game." - Joe Garcia
GameDynamo - "I was really excited to see the virtual form of my 2013 Boston Red Sox. Unfortunately, that was about where my excitement ended with the latest release of the MLB 2K series, MLB 2K13. "