Steve Phillips News Affects MLB 2K10
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2K Sports may be scrambling after the recent news of Steve Phillips firing from ESPN and sex scandal. Phillips has admitted to an affair with a co-worker that ended up resulting in what has been described as “fatal attraction-like” behavior by the woman towards Phillips’ wife and family. He has since entered a treatment facility that deals with sex addiction.
From a public relations standpoint 2K cannot feature Phillips in the game. Phillips was one half of the commentary team in MLB 2K9 and presumably would be in that same role in 2K10. The commentary was one of the few positives that game had to offer and now could be in big jeopardy.
It is nearly November and at this point most of what will be in the final version of the game has been locked in. It is unknown if the commentary could be re-done at this point. If it is it certainly would not be up to the level of quality that was seen with 2K9 and would have potentially been in 2K10 with another year to add to the library.
There are no indications as to anything having to do with MLB 2K10 yet and it seems unlikely that 2K will make a statement on the issue anytime soon. The game will release the first week of March. Generally little to no news is made on the game before the new year outside of a possible cover athlete announcement.
October 27, 2009 at 2:15 am
It doesnt matter the MLB 2K series blows im sure nobody will buy this game anyway
October 27, 2009 at 10:07 pm
2k isnt ALL that bad , sure the show is way better but what about 360 users. they HAVE to buy it.
October 27, 2009 at 2:19 am
"He has since entered a treatment facility that deals with sex addiction."
Have you seen this woman? I don't really know how you can cure an addiction like that.
October 27, 2009 at 2:31 am
was she ugly or somethin? where's photos?
October 27, 2009 at 2:37 am
http://www.cnpanyu.com/uploadfile/2009/1022/20091...
October 27, 2009 at 2:51 am
is that a man?
October 27, 2009 at 2:57 am
omg when i read the thing on espn.com and it said some 22 yr old girl, i was expecting her to be hot, or at least look like a women. i was picturing the situation to be kind of like the one that happened in the past season of Entourage
October 27, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Here's my favorite:
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/more_sports/espn_s...
October 27, 2009 at 2:37 am
oh dang… I just saw photos. WTF is he doin cheatin on his wife with HER!?
October 27, 2009 at 4:25 am
Is it really that hard to put 1+1 together? Because you seem to have done so and come up with Q. If he's ADDICTED to sex then it has nothing to do with being attracted to her. THATS THE DEFINITION OF ADDICTION
christ
October 27, 2009 at 2:36 am
It's obviously an out of control, sick addiction is he's hitting that.
Steve, man, what the hell were you thinking? Throwing it all away for that? You must be a sick, sick man.
October 27, 2009 at 2:32 am
nobody gives a f**k keep him in the game and make the commentary realistic as possible
October 27, 2009 at 2:53 am
The MLB 2K series consistently has made terrible baseball games since moving to the 360. If they have to spend an extra month fixing the audio, imagine how bad 2K10's gameplay will be.
October 27, 2009 at 4:30 am
Riiiiight. Because it's not like the place has employees who specialize in particular activities. Clearly the guy who tracks the audio will also be coding the engine, negotiating with the cover athlete and overseeing the manufacturing plant. Speaking of which, I hear Madden sucked again this year because Ian was too busy drawing the cover art to deal with gameplay issues.
Dumbass.
October 27, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Gameplay includes audio and how it syncs with the game.
Dumbass.
October 27, 2009 at 2:55 am
Even if 2K says "The heck with it, we don't have time to change it", what will the MLB have them to do? ESPN fired him for it. I wonder if the MLB can step in and require them to tak Phillips out.
This is a company though that had no reservations about contracting the controversial OJ Simpson for a football game that didn't really depend on his likeness.
October 27, 2009 at 2:56 am
Who cares. He banged some slut from the office, I mean who hasn't?
October 27, 2009 at 4:40 am
Well the controversy is more about ESPN letting him go because of it. But how much you want to bet this wouldn't be nearly as big a deal if the woman was a knockout? It's kinda like that south park episode about the teacher sleeping with Ike and nobody caring because she's attractive. "Oooooo, nice!"
October 27, 2009 at 2:58 am
I imagine the MLB wouldn't want their league represented by Phillips. They could tell 2K that he has to be out. Its going to be bad press for both of them if he remains in the game.
The OJ thing was done on purpose to get attention for the game with the controversy. There is nothing good about this situation that they would want to exploit it for publicity.
October 27, 2009 at 4:32 am
They *might* be able to, they might not. It depends on the language in the contract. You're really doing an exceptional job of talking out your rear end in this thread Padre.
October 27, 2009 at 3:00 am
Nice try pasta. Steve Phillips doesn't have to with ESPN to still work with 2K. Kobe is on the cover of 2k10 and he had a sex charge. This is self admitting. He will go away and comeback with the MLB network…making him more authentic in , mlb2k10
October 27, 2009 at 4:35 am
Sounds like pasta ought to stick to repeating what EA says rather than trying to do any analysis of his own. If this thread is any indication he can't reason his way out of a wet paper bag. Embarrassing.
October 27, 2009 at 3:16 am
This has no affect on the game. Because the game will most certainly follow the trend of it over the past few year of the game getting worse. 2k9 was the worst excuse for a baseball game i have ever seen. I found 2k6 threw it in there and it was by far a better game. We can only pray that they lose their rights soon.
October 27, 2009 at 3:29 am
Yeah 2K6 was actually decent, once they patched it so that you could get past the 3rd inning anyway
October 27, 2009 at 4:13 am
JOE BUCK FOR THE WIN!
October 27, 2009 at 6:12 pm
I doubt he'd have time with his football schedule, but it wouldn't be bad if he did.
October 27, 2009 at 4:21 am
"If it is it certainly would not be up to the level of quality that was seen with 2K9 and would have potentially been in 2K10 with another year to add to the library."
BS. There aren't that many lines, whoever they bring in could re-do Phillips' lines over a weekend. Besides that, I'm assuming Phillips wasn't writing the script for any new commentary himself so I really have no idea what you're talking about Padre. Get a clue.
October 27, 2009 at 4:33 am
Also apparently there's a marketing upside to murder/armed robbery (which incident are we referring to?) that just isn't there in consensual sex between adults.
Stay classy bro.
October 27, 2009 at 5:37 am
lol there are mlb 2k fanboys that exist that is most suprising out of this. something tells me theyd be talking different if it was cris collinsworth that did this
October 27, 2009 at 6:14 am
Steve Phillips is a disgraceful person and 2K has to take him out of the game. Or else theyll have a adultering unemployed sexaholic as commentator and that wont go over well.
October 27, 2009 at 6:48 am
time for MVP baseball to take affect.
October 27, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Suck it fanboy. MVP died a long time ago. I am sure it would be crap right now just like Live, Madden NHL. EA knows how to wreck a great game over time.
October 27, 2009 at 7:04 am
this game is horrific and even babe ruth himself couldnt save it, so im sure phillips wont do the same either,,next!!
October 27, 2009 at 11:18 am
yeah, who cares, they can have WILSON Phillips doing the commentary and no one would notice. MLB The Show is where it's at, sorry XBOX'ers.
October 27, 2009 at 11:39 am
Wow too bad to take him out of the game.I think it would be cool to have him in the booth with his new partner of the week.It could come up and give you trivia for what women he has this week.If you guess right your team gets a power up.What a missed option this is.2k think of the possibilities I may then play this game.
October 27, 2009 at 12:32 pm
They should hire Harold Reynolds to do commentary with Steve Phillips and get rid of Gary Thorne. THat would be a great duo of sexual harrasers
October 27, 2009 at 12:34 pm
DAMN SHE FINNNNEEEEE!!!!
October 27, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Would it surprise anyone if they simply left his commentary in the game?
October 27, 2009 at 3:28 pm
It's all about THE SHOW. 2k Sports sucks at baseball games.
October 27, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Wow Pasta, I mean I've played MLB The Show since i got a PS3 but man you really do hate 2ksports dont you and you definitely are a ea fanboy. I mean just wow, "they're scrambling" are you serious, Phillips doesn't make MLB 2k baseball, commentary doesn't make the game because you can always replace commentary. I find it funny how you speak positively about the NBA Live patch but yet have a negative tone about the NBA 2K patch. Dude if you're going to have a blog that supposedly unbiased and just trying to bring news to gamers, be fair and stop trying to bash one company over the other.
October 27, 2009 at 4:32 pm
You're right – commentary does not make the game.
But when it comes to 2K Sports baseball games, numerous glitches, non-stop freezing, minimal ingenuity in the gameplay and features and a blatant disregard for basic details (such as changing ballpark wall heights so extra ads can be shown) are assured!!!
October 27, 2009 at 9:45 am
Pasta has been EXPOSED as a EA Conveyor belt operator long ago.
The guy is Peter Moore’s pet…its disgusting.
EA Sports is for the uncaring, big buisness loving, gullible masses of gamers who care not for the quality of the game but only the flash of the marketing that lures them to the cash register to buy EA’s crappy products….bottom line.
Support 2K….stop the exclusive license thieves of EA…stop buying their over marketed crap…….bottom line.
October 27, 2009 at 5:06 pm
I supported 2K's college hoops games…now they are extinct. I haven't been a supporter of EA's basketball games, so I go back to playing College Hoops 2K7 – not to spite EA but to play a quality game.
I used to support 2K's baseball games…then 2K9 came out. So now I buy MLB The Show, a superior game that is worth my $60.
I will spend my hard-earned money on quality games, regardless of the company that makes them. Support companies based on results, not on perceptions of nameless, faceless Internet fanboys – 2K, EA, Sony, Microsoft or otherwise.
October 27, 2009 at 5:09 pm
I agree with stopping to exclusive licensing, other than that I disagree with what you said. I think Pasta is fair in his posts, especially with the ones about MLB 2k9, that game was brutal.
October 27, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Why should we support one company or another? Just buy the better game (I know a radical concept). In this case the better game is CLEARLY MLB the Show, so I will be supporting Sony this March.
October 27, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Like someone said earlier it is unbelievable some of the comments in here. If it was Cris Collinsworth in this situation every website on the net would be covering how Madden's commentator did this and what it would mean to the Madden game going forward. But since its 2K's commentator it should just be swept under the rug it seems. I really like that hypocracy.
October 27, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Lol, I noticed that everyone that defends pasta or says anything positive about EA gets a thumbs up, but those that criticize pasta or talks positive towards 2k get a neg thumbs down. It's also funny how most people on this site prefer live10 over 2k10, but everywhere else has 2k as the better game, by far. But we all know that if pasta says he loves fishing, these guys will prob go out and by a freakin boat(preferably made by EA). Look for guys like sroeland to respond to this one, after all thats how you get 50 "pasta points", defend anything said toward daddy boy there. Hopefully I set a new record for thumbs down on this one. Lol!!!
October 27, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Woah…did you read what I said?
"I haven't been a supporter of EA's basketball games, so I go back to playing College Hoops 2K7 – not to spite EA but to play a quality game." No EA bias there, huh? College Hoops is a 2K game!!!
"I will spend my hard-earned money on quality games, regardless of the company that makes them."
How is this defending Pasta or being a fanboy? Enlighten me…
And the "points" are for Intense Debate…a system many other web sites use for commenting. Look it up and educate yourself before you completely lose crediblity.
October 28, 2009 at 6:48 am
does anyone know if EA is making another baseball game or are they done? Also the 2k series does kind of suck, phillips spouts the same 7 lines over and over again, and they don't even call the game right. I'm just a big baseball fan and need a NEW game…if anybody has any info on possible dates just post it
October 28, 2009 at 2:24 pm
From what I know its not a possibility unless Microsoft purchases EA. I'm surprised Microsoft hasn't come out with an MLB game like Sony has. The exclusive agreement 2k has with MLB allows Microsoft to develop an Xbox exclusive MLB game since its not a third party game.