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Article #696930Re: XBox or Playstation
From: Werner Punz
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 06:21
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 06:21
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Am 24.12.16 um 06:53 schrieb Ross Ridge: > The basic problem seems to be the baseball games simply aren't popular > enough, otherwise either 2K Games or Electronic Arts would probably > still be making them. > Could be, baseball has a somewhat limited audience on a worldwide scale, definitely less possible customers than american football (which also has fans in Europe) and definitely way less than Soccer which is popular on a worldwide scale (with a limited audience in the US) But I personally think there is another reason. > If you're really desparate to play baseball on the Xbox One, the MLB > league itself makes their own video game, RBI Baseball. Unfortunately > it's essentially a mobile game with crude graphics and limited gameplay. > It's availabe for the Xbox One as well the PlayStation 4, Steam, iOS > and Android. > Could be that they are holding on the license themselves instead of selling it off to some better developers to cash in more money. After all starving fans will buy everything.
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