MLB 2K10 Online Play Will Require Patch
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After investigating the issue previously reported on, 2K Sports now states that the fix to online play will be coming via patch. That means that ranked games, at least on a frequent basis, could be largely inaccessible for at a minimum of a few weeks. More likely it will be well over a month under the assumption that they roll it into the first gameplay patch.
To give an idea of the severity of this online problem had it been discovered by Microsoft and Sony then MLB 2K10 would have failed the certification process. Having to restart the game because of a lock-up is an automatic fail in certification testing.
Currently there still has been no mention made of trying to improve the lag being experienced that makes hitting a total guessing game. It is unfortunate that online play has been hit with issues of this magnitude. For the most part I’m enjoying MLB 2K10, in particular My Player mode, to the extent that I may even end up playing it more than the competition this year (offline). Full impressions of the game and more will be posted in the coming days.
(Update) There is a “workaround” which can be found here, and while a PITA at least it would get someone into playing a ranked game and avoid them being locked into the team select screen. Regardless though a workaround is not a solution, and most people will not be aware of it and will either give up on trying ranked games or get frustrated that they constantly have to restart their console.
March 5, 2010 at 3:47 pm
really sad. everyone thought this would be such a good year for baseball. then the show comes out with franchise bugs and a game nearly identical to last year, and 2K10 improves but has broken online.
March 5, 2010 at 3:57 pm
maybe 2k should have taken that million dollars and put it towards releasing a game that works right
March 5, 2010 at 3:59 pm
thats awseome
i really love 2k
they keep delivering with an unplayable game online, yet again
When will they go away?!!
March 5, 2010 at 4:22 pm
great, mid-late April for a patch to get ranked games working. game is going back to the store
March 5, 2010 at 4:27 pm
like you pasta im having fun with the game offline but they learned nothing from nba 2k10 having terrible online? wasnt there a blog or something where they talked about all the work they did to make sure mlb 2k10 would be great online? never believe a word they say
March 5, 2010 at 4:34 pm
Dude. You can get around the issue. Its not that hard. Look towards the end of your last complaint where the guy explains it.
March 5, 2010 at 4:38 pm
ROTFLMAO: Gotta love 2k and all the fools that still support this cespool of a developer.
March 5, 2010 at 4:38 pm
and what about the thousands of people who have no idea about a “workaround” and just go to play ranked games? this is a big deal that it forces people to restart their consoles.
March 5, 2010 at 4:39 pm
If you only had a brain, you wouldn't have bought it in the first place.
March 5, 2010 at 4:40 pm
I saw Kotaku's article about this last night. What an embarrassment 2K has turned into the past few years.
March 5, 2010 at 4:56 pm
from sleepytercel in the previous complaint made by you Pasta.
“Yes, there is a workaround on the 2K boards, and it's actually quite simple and painless. When starting a ranked match, the game will load rosters and then say “restoring default rosters” and then attempt to connect. However, if the first connection doesn't happen, the game will sometimes say “restoring default rosters” again, and if it does, the glitch will happen. If you see the “restoring default rosters” more than once, then simply press the “A” button to cancel connection and attempt to connect again.
Hey Pasta, if you actually care about your supporters who bought this game, then you should headline the news so they know.
Just so you know, I am a moderator for 2K boards, but I am in no way a developer for 2K Sports. I am a regular Joe who lives in Ohio who happened to save this game.”
March 5, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Because The Show online has no issues right? Seems like 2 posts about 2K's online issues while zero about The Show's online issues isn't fair coverage, no?
March 5, 2010 at 5:03 pm
I'd think a few people out of those thousands would benefit from a Pasta post saying “this is how the workaround works”. If the thousands is reduced, there is less of a problem. (We are of course assuming that a thousand people own the game)
March 5, 2010 at 5:05 pm
this has nothing to do with him caring about his supporters…OBVIOUSLY if online play isn't working correctly without a 'workaround'…then this is big news…especially for a website that specializes in sports gaming…have you thought about the fact that perhaps he didn't know about the workaround? in the past he has given links to forums when he is aware of alternative methods to getting around a game's problems…perhaps if you were here to do more than bitch and moan, then you could've been helpful and provided the link on your own for him to add to the post…
March 5, 2010 at 5:10 pm
How about a push for some kind of regulations where these companies have to have their servers checked and maintained on a daily basis b/c it is kinda ridiculous how they get away with delivering broken games…both EA and 2k are guilty, especially when it comes to online problems. It's hard to understand in 2010 companies can have working servers. I'd be more understanding if we were still in the dial-up age.
March 5, 2010 at 5:11 pm
can't have working servers*
March 5, 2010 at 5:13 pm
As I said before, its in the previous post on this site. I also provided it above before you asked me to. I also sent it to him yesterday via twitter. How did I get it?
I sent a tweet to the 2K sports twitter account asking why their online was messed up and within 2 minutes I got a response from one of the 2K mods who sent me the link to the site.
I agree that its news and I'm happy to get his impressions from both games. I personally haven't purchased either game yet so an unbiased opinion is important to me. I just don't understand how he hasn't posted the workaround or why he hasn't noted The Show's online issues. He made a comment that The Show had its issues in the comments to the other thread, but there has been no post or headline.
March 5, 2010 at 6:25 pm
I definitely have my gripes about The Show's online play. That will be discussed in my upcoming online impressions. It does not, though, have an issue as pressing as this one. I'm really disappointed with both game's online performance and options.
March 5, 2010 at 7:08 pm
So 2K's baseball game needs a workaround for online play and MLB 10 The Show needs a workaround for its Franchise mode…great year for baseball games.
March 5, 2010 at 7:50 pm
what has happened to the work ethic ofthe people making these games?
March 5, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Thank god this game only costed me 5 dollars, I would be pissed of if I had to pay full price for a game that doesnt play online, even though Im not an online sports gamer. Too many cry babies out there that quit or disconnect when theyre losing. I cant stand that. It happens in Madden every year, and in NBA 2K, people quit and throw a fit because they get beat. I do however feel bad for the players who spend what little hard earned money they have on a broken game each year.
March 5, 2010 at 8:10 pm
they are just greedy money hungry monsters.. “just put the game out already, they will buy it”
March 5, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Dude it's because the enemy of an enemy is a friend of pasta's
The Show directly competes with 2k and doesn't compete with EA. That's why he pimps The Show all the time.
March 5, 2010 at 9:34 pm
I can't believe than none of you care that pasta has taken away the ability to see how many people like each comment just because a lot of people disagree with him and his zombie followers.
God you people are such sheep.
March 5, 2010 at 10:10 pm
I actually like 2K10. Doesn't excuse broken online play though.
March 5, 2010 at 10:54 pm
Do you seriously think, when I allow people to freely make whatever comments they want, that I would be upset about freakin “likes”? C'mon…
I don't know why the “likes” aren't registering, they seem to still be working for people who are logged in. Might have to do with Disqus making server changes today.
March 5, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Who cares? its kinda fun swinging and striking out hey! maybe you'll hit one out of the ball park if your lucky.
March 5, 2010 at 11:50 pm
What a shame…as usual 2k has a game filled with bugs and who knows what. This is actually a decent baseball game this year so you have to give them credit for that.
March 6, 2010 at 5:27 am
more like if he only had a ps3
March 6, 2010 at 7:53 am
Why do you always bash 2k? Get over yourself loser. Get a life! Seriously. You are pretty pathetic. Do you work for Sony? DO you have no life? I lol at every post you make because I realize how pathetic you are
March 6, 2010 at 9:27 am
Why is it that I could play NFL 2k1 on the Dreamcast with no lag whatsoever yet nearly 10 years later on supposedly superior technology I can't get a lag free experience on ANY game made by 2k?
March 6, 2010 at 9:59 am
Could someone please name a sports game that offers 60 FPS 0 lag 0 crashes 0 glitches?
I can't. WoW and Call of Duty is for Multi Player untill everyone in the world has 1.0 GB/s Download
speeds the action can never be 100% fluid. And Sports requires this the most. A little lag in WoW no
big deal heal yourself a little lag in Call of Duty means maybe u die once more then usual. But in
sports a little lag means a strike out compared to a hit. I winning jumpshot to a airball. Lag is Sports
is killing it.
March 6, 2010 at 4:49 pm
i want my damn copy of MVP baseball or even a copy of the old school Triple Play Baseball both are by EA Sports. this is better than both, i want 2k10 to be good i do but its just not enough every year, can you just give back the exclusivity license and improve your damn game, its crap so's the show. i hate them both i just want a good freaking baseball game. nba 2k10 is good.. its better than live, hell 2k football back in the day was sweet now how come you cant make a fliping baseball game with out it being defective from day 1, you need all year and all season to make a good game.
March 6, 2010 at 5:30 pm
…. Since when did the Dreamcast play online?
March 6, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Man truly all you guys are fuckin idiots. its bad enough the game sucks but then this sony fan boys are here bashin and bashin…we get it you jelous 360 has the better console. better warranty and better exclusives. . but when this site is so god dammed biased. last time i check this site. also
March 6, 2010 at 5:46 pm
SegaNet?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SegaNet
March 6, 2010 at 6:19 pm
im not a fanboy of any game company but i have to admit at least… ea sports games work online very smooth in all the sports games they realease.. 2k just always drops the ball in the online area… its like great graphics.. cept for this year.. great controls.. yada yada yada.. but no online… thats the main reason ppl buy the game to play sports against other ppl online. they say you get what you pay for, and we all buy great games that work online and offline for 60 dollars, 2k sports games however are not worth 60 dollars. mabey $ 40. im just glad my MLB2k10 is free HAHA 2k HAHA…
March 6, 2010 at 6:58 pm
i just wanna freaking play online. I want my money back….. isnt this why they get paid the big bucks, to test the software////
March 6, 2010 at 7:42 pm
I'm kind of embarrassed for these guys right now because the game has actually improved. The Show gave 2K a good opportunity to move up a little bit with the bugs that they had, but now they had their own collassal fail on their hands. It's just not even fun to watch anymore.
March 6, 2010 at 8:17 pm
I have not played a lag free game of madden on my ps3 yet dude. I dont know where you get smooth from but EA doesnt know smooth either
March 6, 2010 at 9:21 pm
“To give an idea of the severity of this online problem had it been discovered by Microsoft and Sony then MLB 2K10 would have failed the certification process.”
Had it been discovered my balls. “Hmmmmm, should we cost ourselves millions of dollars or should we make all these jerkoffs really pissed off? ” I doubt the decision took very long
March 6, 2010 at 9:46 pm
i am so dissapointed this year i am usually top five online for 2k baseball but this year i can hardly even get a ranked match to work for me! i am so upset…. 2k u have failed me again
March 6, 2010 at 10:31 pm
has anyone else spent countless hours on the my player mode only to finaly have you guy get good and the game glitch and freeze and everytime you try to load it it freezes again cause this has hapened to me twice now as both a pitcher and a hitter the my player mode was my soul reason for buying this game and i want my fucking money back
March 6, 2010 at 11:00 pm
Good thing online play doesn't matter to me.
March 6, 2010 at 11:02 pm
I guess I'm the only one that doesn't play baseball games online.
March 7, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Playing sports games online is homo.
That may be what you buy them for, but don't claim to know what other people buy games for.
I'd say that sales for sports games are dropping because the companies making them are neglecting the offline franchise modes.
Offline franchise is what sells games.
March 7, 2010 at 9:10 pm
Playing sports games online is homo.
That may be what you buy them for, but don't claim to know what other people buy games for.
I'd say that sales for sports games are dropping because the companies making them are neglecting the offline franchise modes.
Offline franchise is what sells games.