NEW IGN INTERVIEW!!!!!!

[Yankeekid07]

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/841/841745p1.html

MAN THIS IS GREAT NEWS!

[BJaysFan01]

baby!!!! nice find

[cyainthebigs22]

it probably just me worrying but I sure hope they didnt spend too much time on the PS3 against the 360... it sounded like (from that interview) that all they really focused on was the PS3.
not that I think i'll be dissapointed in the 360 version in any way but I sure hope its every bit as good as the PS3 version since, well, us 360 users don't have an option #2... :(
i still have faith that it will all work out

ps. glad to see an interview but MAN was that a lot of fluff... didn't really tell us anything besides what we already knew and/or assumed

[JJ492]

are those screenshots from 2k7?

[rloyal]

THATS BECAUSE THE INTERVIEW WAS A PS3 INTERVIEW.IT WAS GOOD.I WOULD OF LIKE TO KNOW MORE BUT WE GOT SOMETHING.ITS GOOD TO KNOW THEY REDID ALOT OF THE GAMEPLAY ISSUE'S LIKE HITTING AND FIELDING.IT SOUND LIKE IT WILL BE MORE OF A SIM THAN LAST YEAR.I HOPE.THEY DIDEN'T TOUCH ON THE FRANCHISE MUCH BUT THE MINOR LEAGUE TEAMS SOUNDS GOOD.HOPE TO HEAR MORE SOON.

[Yankeekid07]

are those screenshots from 2k7?

Yea, there arent any pics or videos yet of 2k8, but yes all those pics were from 2k7

[chad0034]

wow 7 pages long ... nice i havent read all of it yet tho

[Kal_el35]

I wish they did an interview based on the 360 version.

[Bl00d h0und Gang]

"On the offensive side, batting is all new this year for users and the CPU. We ripped out a lot of code – you'd laugh if I told you how old this code was, because it was old" - Ben Brinkman

No BS guys. I can tell you for a fact that the batting code was devolped back in 2003 for MVP 2004. I even mentioned this in a post on Friday before this interview came out.

[chad0034]

i wonder what this Card Feature is that he says is one of his fav things in 2k8.. i hope its like madden cards those were pretty cool

[Tribefansince1990]

PS3 guys im telling you more and more games are going to start from PS3 and port over to 360 trade in while u can... either way though im sure the game will be relatively the same 2K7 for PS3 last year was a little rougher around the edges but after an update for the game came out it was virtually the same game so no real worries for the 360 fanboys on here

[jmillhimes]

So from what I took from that interview, It will be like MVP baseball where you can actually play your minor league games?That would rock

[kim kapwan]

Minor leauge teams?Oh yes.Now we can really enjoy a baseball game.Nice to see there finally going in the fans direction

[abi_ma]

:dance: The 90 playable minor league teams and authentic minor league stadiums, are coming to MLB 2K8.:dance:

[Maverick]

the things i am most excited about is that it seems like they listened to people on the boards. This is a big plus. It also seems that they changed the crappy hitting system. He said that swing location would factor into hitting. when in the past it didnt.

the previous poster noted that the hitting code was from MVP baseball, which makes sense...cuz hitting was the one thing i really hated in MVP baseball. It was timed hitting and that is what MLB2K7 degraded to. I hope that he isnt BSing and that you will actually have to aim the swing. There sounds like there will be some BS gimmicks...and I can tell that things like AI making stupid lineups will still be part of the game...but i think we will be seeing an upgrade this year.

Personally, i could care less about the minor leagues....I will probably never play it. but its good to have options. I would rather a minor league roster that had real names of prospects and you could watch their progression.

[Yankeekid07]

the things i am most excited about is that it seems like they listened to people on the boards. This is a big plus. It also seems that they changed the crappy hitting system. He said that swing location would factor into hitting. when in the past it didnt.

the previous poster noted that the hitting code was from MVP baseball, which makes sense...cuz hitting was the one thing i really hated in MVP baseball. It was timed hitting and that is what MLB2K7 degraded to. I hope that he isnt BSing and that you will actually have to aim the swing. There sounds like there will be some BS gimmicks...and I can tell that things like AI making stupid lineups will still be part of the game...but i think we will be seeing an upgrade this year.

Personally, i could care less about the minor leagues....I will probably never play it. but its good to have options. I would rather a minor league roster that had real names of prospects and you could watch their progression.

I dont think thats possible, only if you are in the MLBPA can you be in a MLB video game.

[RKO BLACK RKO]

PS3 guys im telling you more and more games are going to start from PS3 and port over to 360 trade in while u can... either way though im sure the game will be relatively the same 2K7 for PS3 last year was a little rougher around the edges but after an update for the game came out it was virtually the same game so no real worries for the 360 fanboys on here

dude stfu my god talk about fanboys u act like the ps3 is god all the stuff u were saying was kewl but now ure just getting obnoxious with it do u really r starting to **** me off and get annoying i mean it kewl that u come n here and bust the love 4 the ps3 i got no problem with that but come on man lets tone it down a little bit i mean every 1 of yo post dont gotta b "hey guys im kewl listen 2 me buy a ps3"

[ksig24]

This is great stuff, Im glad I have both systems, which provides me options. This game feeks as if it will be the forthcoming of MVP. Here is my main issue, I have always noticed that in previous baseball games once the season is over that players seem to move teams too often which gives it an un-realistic feel. Another thing is once a player is edited, lets use my Billy Butler for example on the MVP series. He hits .300 + and has 20+ homers, but the end of the season retires due to player ability? Also, we have no control to trade the players back to their original teams when they are traded so frequently. What do you think?

[Tribefansince1990]

The best news from this article has got to be the fact that hitting has been redone this is huge
hitting 5HR's with alex rios in one game when i have user power on zero was just pathetic.

[Bwnarrow3]

I wish they did an interview based on the 360 version.
me too but at least we got something

[Jays22]

Good article. lots of good new features

[turbo316]

The Tim Lincecum influence sounds awesome, where it pays off to play your minor league games. Sounds like it will help to progress your players more quickly. Almost sounds like 2k's answer to road to the show. Definately stoked for 2k8.

"When we were building this, we looked at Tim Lincecum as a model for why people would want to play minor league games. Here's a guy who got drafted in 2006, and by June of 2007, he was in the major leagues. I want to produce, in the Franchise mode, Tim Lincecum. I want people to be able to produce that guy. I don't want every player to be that, obviously, but I want there to be the number one draft pick guy that a year later, he's in the show and he's a factor."

[Tribefansince1990]

Agreed that whole minor league thing actually inspires me to play some key games in AAA and ive NEVER played minor league games in the show or MVP series.

For Jays fans on here (I know theres lots) lets hope in some way possible T L ends up in TO!!

[majorleestoned]

one thing that was a major issue last year and they didnt talk about was those ridiculous lineups the CPU would put out during franchise

[Tribefansince1990]

one thing that was a major issue last year and they didnt talk about was those ridiculous lineups the CPU would put out during franchise

Great point that was just retarded its like al pujols leading off and crap like that hahaha

[Jays22]

Agreed that whole minor league thing actually inspires me to play some key games in AAA and ive NEVER played minor league games in the show or MVP series.

For Jays fans on here (I know theres lots) lets hope in some way possible T L ends up in TO!!

Agreed on that. Tim Lincecum would be a huge addition to our staff and for many years to come even if we have to give up rios

[Maverick]

one thing that was a major issue last year and they didnt talk about was those ridiculous lineups the CPU would put out during franchise

I think that this game is going to be much improved gameplay wise....but I fear that this issue is still going to be VERY wrong. If they fixed it and I were Brinkman I would have brought that up in a heart beat. His silence on that says alot. Its too bad cuz this wasnt an issue in MLB 2K5 and back