Both MLB titles on track for release next week
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For the first time in at least five years it appears that no baseball title will have bumped up their release date as both MLB 2K8 and MLB 08: The Show should be officially in stores on Tuesday March 4th.
Yesterday 2K Sports put out a press release stating that 2K8 had “gone gold” which means it had been sent out to be mass produced. Demo wise next week seems likely and while 2K has pushed this one off on MS and Sony it’s really their fault for passing the demo to them this late. There has always been about a 1-2 week certification process once they receive them before they go up.
After curous waffling from various retailers The Show looks to be back to the original 3/4 date. Amazon and Gamefly have both adjusted their dates to next week. Since the game has been shipped out to retailers it’s possible some copies will make their way out before then but most will probably hold it until Tuesday.
I was informed that my copy of The Show could very well be arriving today. If/when it does I’ll be posting that I have it in hand and begin taking some video, screenshot, and ratings requests. That will be followed by Padre’s first Road To The Show update. Please hold off on making those requests until then.
February 29, 2008 at 5:13 am
yeah i was/am pretty dissapointed that The Show didnt get pushed up but it’ll be ok.. theres already a bunch of people calling around and have actually found a number of places (main one being GameCrazy) that will have the game today in certain cities..
Pasta i hope you get your game today as I dont have a GameCrazy or anything besides Best Buy, Gamestop and Walmart that really sell games and none of them are going to put it out early..
if you do get The Show today.. how bout some Royals video love?
would be much appriceated!
February 29, 2008 at 5:16 am
thats great , and please dont puy a famous team rays vs diamonbacks ( thats good to see the new batting stances !!
February 29, 2008 at 6:54 am
Pasta,
I’m very interested in the franchise mode, any information on it would be wonderful, plus, I would like to get as many of the player ratings as possible? Seems like they would have posted these somewhere by now, but I haven’t seen any.
February 29, 2008 at 7:42 am
All I’m going to say is that I can’t wait for your first RTTS update.
February 29, 2008 at 2:16 pm
hey pasta did u get the show and if u did can u put up some mets vids
February 29, 2008 at 2:23 pm
where the heck is it?
February 29, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Anyone else notice that the ball doesn’t rotate at all after you hit it in MLB: The Show — makes fly balls look super awkward
February 29, 2008 at 3:53 pm
[quote comment="14508"]Anyone else notice that the ball doesn’t rotate at all after you hit it in MLB: The Show — makes fly balls look super awkward[/quote]
Ok seriouslly dude u cant possibly be that picky!!??…Your really reaching man cus you might be the only person that notices that…and if thats what your paying attention to then you my friend have issues (or your quite possibly a 2k fanboy? or 360 fanboy)
February 29, 2008 at 4:10 pm
yeah, im a fan boy.
1) I own both systems.
2) I’m getting both games
Take a look for yourself.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/31335.html
The ball not rotating makes it look a bit cartoonish. THat was my only comment — didnt say the game sucked or anything like that.
But damn, you had quite a reaction to that…if I didnt know any better, I would think you were the “fan boy”
February 29, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Target is selling MLB 08 today.
February 29, 2008 at 7:20 pm
r u serious
February 29, 2008 at 7:27 pm
[quote comment="14503"]hey pasta did u get the show and if u did can u put up some mets vids[/quote]
nope, my copy wasn’t delivered. I’m hoping its here tomorrow otherwise it might not be until Monday.
February 29, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Dead serious. As serious as I’ll ever be. I would not lie about this.
February 29, 2008 at 11:47 pm
EB Games here in my town (I live in Canada) actually have the game, however they refuse to sell it until Tuesday the 4th, as they say it has a “street date”. I was under the impression that the MLB series could be sold as soon as it was received (and I informed them of this). Anyhow, they’ve lost my business, as Future Shop (owned by Best Buy) will have it on Tuesday as well, plus they have a sale until March 6th where you save $10.00, so I’ll get it for $49.99. It’s a shame, as I’ve bought Rock Band, Guitar Hero III, and Call of Duty 4 @ EB Games all in the last 6 weeks, now I don’t think that I’ll be making many purchases, if any, as I can pretty much get any game they sell anywhere else. But, I was really hoping to be playing this on the week-end. Oh well
March 1, 2008 at 1:45 am
[quote comment="14538"]EB Games here in my town (I live in Canada) actually have the game, however they refuse to sell it until Tuesday the 4th, as they say it has a “street date”. I was under the impression that the MLB series could be sold as soon as it was received (and I informed them of this). Anyhow, they’ve lost my business, as Future Shop (owned by Best Buy) will have it on Tuesday as well, plus they have a sale until March 6th where you save $10.00, so I’ll get it for $49.99. It’s a shame, as I’ve bought Rock Band, Guitar Hero III, and Call of Duty 4 @ EB Games all in the last 6 weeks, now I don’t think that I’ll be making many purchases, if any, as I can pretty much get any game they sell anywhere else. But, I was really hoping to be playing this on the week-end. Oh well
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I dont understand what GAMESTOP/EB did wrong. There just following corperate rules.
March 1, 2008 at 12:44 pm
2k8 loos like a disappointment this year. No Demo becuase they know nothing new has been changed excpet hitting and batting. The presentation we have seen in the vids are horrible. The presentation plus game play makes it for me and the show looks like it has it all with some little minor flaws. I bet 2k8 will have alot of flaws. I gaurantee it. 2K sucks and Ben B lied about the demo. You lost a customer