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Major League Baseball 2K10: MLB Developer Insights - Art Direction

07:16 PM - January 15, 2010 by hitstreak13

2K Sports has just posted their Major League Baseball 2K10 MLB Developer Insight, focusing on art direction.

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	"We went through all the stadiums and scrutinized the architectural details and nuances, in an effort to correct anything we saw that has changed since the previous MLB season. We also introduced some new stadiums not in last year�s game. I�m sure you�ll all be excited to see the new Target Field in Minnesota. We worked off of the blueprints of the actual stadium so our stadium will be spot on in terms of accuracy for Twins fans. We paid a lot of attention to the fields this year, introducing new technology to the dirt which better portrays wetness, degradation, moisture, rake, wear, and traffic. The grass is equally as sophisticated. We took into account the same lighting properties with our dirt, as well as the actual mow patterns for each stadium. We even went as far as taking into consideration the type & length of grass, and the direction it is mowed. I guess you can say we are a little obsessed with grass tech from our football days. We are sticklers for accuracy because we aim to please our simulation fans everywhere! The environments capture each ballpark�s look and feel and showcase their specific celebrations, ads, scoreboards, and fans accordingly. We made sure to balance the ads within the parks and colors to mimic life, and you will see more real life advertisement slots and sizes than in MLB 2K9. In general, we wanted the environments to capture the real essence of baseball, but differently for the various stadiums across the league."

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# 181 rock85 @ 01/21/10 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DaveDQ


	I have come to the conclusion that this is on Ron at 2K. As an example, he posted about the Team Up issue with NBA 2K10 and how some may be having issues. That portion of the game is not working correctly. The thread he started on that topic has about 3 pages now. So, Ron goes on his Twitter and makes a comment in question that states only 20 or so have commented on the issue, as if to say it's not as big of an issue as thought to be. You can't conduct community interaction like this. He also continues to give information that simply shouldn't be given. Don't throw out dates and ambiguities then retract. Ron continually does this.

Exactly they say they have weeks of info to drop, should be no problem one after another, and wouldn't you know the first week at saying this bang there's a problem

# 182 Blzer @ 01/21/10 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by kcxiv


	except for this one they didnt set a deadly. They said Approx. It gives them a few day of wiggle room.

I think this logic is even more flawed.

# 183 GrandMaster B @ 01/21/10 05:16 PM

2K is flawed in general as a whole.

# 184 Blzer @ 01/21/10 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by wryly


	Yeah, 2K as a whole is so flawed. Check out these failures they have released over the past few years. Nobody played these games. Civ IV Jade Empire Oblivion Bioshock Borderlands

2K Sports and 2K Games = two completely different departments. Kind of like EA Games (which brings out some great games) and EA Sports.

# 185 PVarck31 @ 01/21/10 06:22 PM

I know everyone is frustrated including me. But lets try to keep the bashing to a minimum, no matter how deserved it is.

# 186 SoxFan01605 @ 01/21/10 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by DaveDQ


	I have come to the conclusion that this is on Ron at 2K. As an example, he posted about the Team Up issue with NBA 2K10 and how some may be having issues. That portion of the game is not working correctly. The thread he started on that topic has about 3 pages now. So, Ron goes on his Twitter and makes a comment in question that states only 20 or so have commented on the issue, as if to say it's not as big of an issue as thought to be. You can't conduct community interaction like this. He also continues to give information that simply shouldn't be given. Don't throw out dates and ambiguities then retract. Ron continually does this.

I don't know. I do agree about Ron's shortcomings (the guy just flat out doesn't get it), but 2K had problems relating to their consumers long before he got there. I think he's more a product of a flawed system than the reason for it.

As for overextending himself, I agree 100%...he just needs to know what so many others seem to (to the point it's become cliched) "over-promise and under-deliver." Having chatted with him briefly once or twice, I think he's full of good intentions, and probably fed as much bad info as he puts out...lol...but he just hasn't learned to not try and play telephone with this stuff.

That aside, maybe my expectations are simply lower than others at this point, but I'm just not too concerned with any of it. It's January and we've gotten some info and it seems as though there will be more depth in the info we get this year. the first insight was great IMO...I'm willing to be patient for the others if they are as good as the first.

I do understand the frustration of others though.

# 187 a walrus @ 01/21/10 08:08 PM

Its money out the pocket.I'm not sure about everyone else , but I still regret last years purchase.Its like sombody trying to sell you a BMW.You check it out , research it, inspect it , only to find that it has a Datsun engin.I want the product to exceed expectations.I also don't want to be lied to either.

# 188 Artman22 @ 01/21/10 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by kcxiv


	Its the exact same just about. I talk to "others" at 2K and talk about other games as well. 2K marin and Visual Concepts are in the same building as 2K coorperate in Navato. They all work in the same building. One is sports and the other is games, but its the same company. I think Take Two is in New York though with various studio's around the world. 2K Boston which just went back to Irrational Games, 2K australia and you got 2K China, Gear Box and Blue Castle. Its all over. lol They have something in Europe too, but i dont know what its called.

Do You know anything about the new insight?

# 189 Blzer @ 01/22/10 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by kcxiv


	All i know is that ron told me that MLB hasnt gotten back to him and he had meetings so it more then likely wasnt going to be today. He's kind of upset about it. lol To bad i cant show you my aim history of our conversations. haha

Tell Ron to try this method: release something without an announcement. And I don't mean for this insight or other insights, I just mean for preview events, gameplay videos released by 2K, etc. See what it's like to catch us off-guard and surprise, and see how we react to it. Ask him to try this strategy and see if it pays off more than it doesn't. At least this way, you will always exceed expectations.

Oh, and this approval thing is scaring me for the 2K10 demo. I know of 2K's history getting their demos out late because of the approval process, and hell I remember 2K4 being delayed until April for Xbox and May for PS2 because of approval issues. I just hope that this doesn't affect anything for the demo, and that we get it out whenever it's planned, or at least before March 2nd.

# 190 Trevytrev11 @ 01/22/10 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Blzer


	Tell Ron to try this method: release something without an announcement. And I don't mean for this insight or other insights, I just mean for preview events, gameplay videos released by 2K, etc. See what it's like to catch us off-guard and surprise, and see how we react to it. Ask him to try this strategy and see if it pays off more than it doesn't. At least this way, you will always exceed expectations.

This.

Under promise and over delivering > His history of over promise and under delivering.

# 191 Bahnzo @ 01/22/10 06:02 PM

While it might be frustrating, I think we need to understand this is 2K. This is nothing they haven't done before, and Ronnie promising things he has no idea about are par for the course. Anyone remember 2K8 and the demo coming out a week after the game? There turned out to be a very good reason for that......

# 192 jerm21 @ 01/22/10 07:53 PM

soooooooo..how about that Insight?

# 193 SoxFan01605 @ 01/22/10 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by SoxFan01605


	Besides, the week is still young, so we can still get something by the end of it...

Raise your hand if you were wrong!

I still stand by my "unintentional comedy" belief though.

Here's a safer thought...I'm sure we'll get it eventually...

# 194 EL_GABE @ 01/22/10 08:25 PM

I wanna see sum pics of dodger stadium <3

# 195 Jamin23 @ 01/22/10 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by SoxFan01605


	Raise your hand if you were wrong! I still stand by my "unintentional comedy" belief though. Here's a safer thought...I'm sure we'll get it eventually...

By March 2nd hopefully.

# 196 Woodweaver @ 01/22/10 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by SoxFan01605


	Raise your hand if you were wrong! I still stand by my "unintentional comedy" belief though. Here's a safer thought...I'm sure we'll get it eventually...