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Enjoyed the piece. Although it does feel like Amazon is invincible — as you describe, there are always opportunities. New retailers can't "out-Amazon" Amazon, but they can come up with different and innovative ways to grab customers. Yes, exciting times!
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Apple suffered a stunning defeat in court over ebooks and previously we witnessed a bloodbath at Barnes & Noble for having gotten its ebook strategy wrong. This makes many wonder whether Amazon is invincible.
Amazon has been the 800 pound gorilla of book retail for some time, but to some the behemoth form Seattle is looking more and more like Godzilla. There are many in the publishing industry — in New York City, London, Tokyo, Paris and Madrid — who are genuinely scared when they look at Amazon's market share. It has 70%-to-80% market share for ebooks sales and about a 50% market share for books sold online (that's ebooks *and* printed books sold via the Internet). This dominance in not just a U.S. phenomenon, but is appearing in more and more countries around the world. The notion that local players might get a head start on Amazon has proven to be false. Amazon has become the No. 1 in most of the countries it has set its sight on and the number of countries is rapidly increasing. Amazon enjoys immense scale advantages and books are a global business. Amazon's scale advantages are not unique to the US. Amazon is a globally competitive company.
Of course, from a consumer perspective, none of this really matters. Consumers love Amazon. Amazon has an immense range and choice of titles that delight customers (advantage No. 1); it has a trusted relationship with consumers and the credit card details for over 100 million individuals (advantage No.2); and, last, but not least, it has one of the easiest to use buying and reading platforms across the widest range of devices (advantage No. 3). Being the first company to bring a killer reading device — the Kindle — to market did not hurt, either. Tablets may rule but Amazon is mastering the world of tablets and smartphone with finesse, too. It may even sell more books through the iPad to Mac fans than Apple does. That is no mean feat!
There is a Silicon Valley saying that that Google didn't beat Microsoft by building a better computer operating system and Facebook didn't beat Google by building a better search engine. By the same token, nobody will beat Amazon by building a better "Get the book in 60 seconds" e-commerce platform. Yet, the history of technology also tells us that technological dominance in technology is extremely ephemeral. Today's top dog is tomorrow's underdog.
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Is there a force or company that may bring Amazon down? Maybe not, but the next "cool thing" may just be around the corner.
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Well like anything, change is inevitable. A company that just focuses on books and book selling might be the key. A company that understands the needs of its indie writers better would be nice. So in reality what's needed is a company all about books and authors, and not toasters, vacuum cleaners, computers and products that would be better left to Walmart
"Hey, honey… what word can I use to grab people's attention and make them want to read my post?"
"Mmmm… how about 'stunning'?"
"Oooh. That's a good one!" [type, type, type…]
It always angers me when people try to whip up interest in a subject by using hyperbole, or in this case an outright lie.
I'm not sure that there was anyone anywhere who was truly stunned by the judge's ruling in the Apple case a few days ago. Certainly Apple's lawyers weren't, nor was anyone else in the courtroom. The judge had indicated from the start what her ruling probably would be (a bit of an ethics problem right there, but never mind), and she codified it for the record in her ruling.
As for the "bloodbath" at Barnes & Noble…? All I've heard is that they lost a lot of money and so they fired the guy responsible. Hardly surprising (it happens all the time) and hardly a bloodbath.
The rest of the post was interesting, though.
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Can you provide the source of your "50% of books sold online are through Amazon?"
the source is "of the record" interviews with a couple of publishers large and small (somewhat of a UK bias though)
the question was always "How much of your revenue across print books, ebooks and audio books is accounted for by Amazon?"
the answers ranged from 50% to near 70%
when asking self-published authors the answer would often be: >90%
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The service built with FinSpehere, a fraud detection company, is called PinPoint comes in several flavors (below), but all do the same thing. When the registered credit card is run for a transaction, the app pings the associated cell phone to see if it's nearby. That would mean the person (as represented by the phone) is near the car. If the two are not "close," the service notifies the individual.
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How does it work? Using location, but other tools are used to find fraud, so PinPoint also works when the phone is off, according the website FAQ. In particular, "We use other data like merchant type and purchase history to better detect fraud and help reduce false alerts." Also noteworthy, once the questionable transaction is found, you pretty much have to do the reporting. "Within the message we will lay out the details of the incident and provide your bank's customer service or fraud prevention phone number as well as give you a link to the fraud prevention tips section of our website."
Also interesting: You must have Internet banking. I'm not really sure why. Since the transactions are tracked by PinPoint after they are reported by the bank, PinPoint may not know about a transaction until two days after it was made. Only then can it compare your stored location and determine if it was a risky situation. That lag may mean you may be well outside the two day window during which reported fraud charges are only charged $50.
It's interesting this was announced this week, just after LOC-AID, a Location Labs competitor announced its ability to locate phones on many carriers. I wrote about that last week in Directions Magazine.
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Apollo Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:APOL) today announced that Brian Swartz, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Apollo Group, will be presenting at the NASDAQ OMX 29 th Investor Program in London, U.K. on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, at 8:00 a.m. GMT (3:00 a.m. ET).
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Apollo Group, Inc. is one of the world's largest private education providers and has been in the education business for approximately 40 years. The Company offers innovative and distinctive educational programs and services both online and on-campus at the undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels through its subsidiaries: University of Phoenix, Apollo Global, Institute for Professional Development and College for Financial Planning. The Company offers programs and services throughout the United States and in Latin America and Europe, as well as online throughout the world.For more information about Apollo Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries, call (800) 990-APOL or visit the Company's website at www.apollogrp.edu.
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Monday was a tough day to be a baseball fan because of the deaths of Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas and former Tigers pitching sensation Mark Fidrych.
Because of those unexpected passings, there were mixed emotions as I watched another day of home openers, from the first pitch of the White Sox-Tigers game to the last out of the Athletics-Red Sox contest.
There was a lot of upbeat stuff, though. From St. Petersburg, Fla., I was reminded of what the 29th-highest payroll in baseball ($43 million, or less than CC Sabathia and Mark Teixeira make this year) brought the Tampa Bay Rays -- who then went out and routed the Yankees, 15-5.
And, from Los Angeles, I got to witness the first cycle hit by a Dodger player in Dodger Stadium, delivered by Orlando Hudson, above right (Jim Fregosi had one as an Angel in 1964).
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Shortly after Commencement in May, Dr. Del Lyren, professor of music at Bemidji State University, set out on a four-week tour with Voltage, the universitys five-person student electronic music ensemble.
The tour was unlike any other experienced by the musicians, however, as it involved a trans-Pacific journey to China.
As part of the universitys expanding international efforts, arrangements were made for Voltage to participate in a month-long exchange program with Weifang University in Weifang, China. The students were sent to introduce electronic music and composition in an environment dominated by traditional instruments such as piano and violin.
Lyren, who supervised the trip for BSU, was joined by:
Molly Bass, a music major pursuing a teaching certification from Slayton, Minn.;
Judah Chezick; a business administration major from International Falls, Minn.;
Jesica Lindquist, a music major pursuing a teaching certification from Victoria, Minn.;
Josh May, a music and liberal arts major from Maple Grove, Minn.; and
Ben Schreiber, a music major pursuing a teaching certification from Bemidji.
The group departed Bemidji in early May, arriving in China after a lengthy trip that included a layover in Japan.
The students travel experiences were varied; some, like May, had traveled out of the country before. For Bass, the trip marked her first-ever ride on an airplane.
I had no idea how to prepare for a trip like this, she said. I pretty much went with it and tried to prepare for anything.
Before leaving on the trip, the students participated in a half-semester preparatory course taught by Hongxia Sui, one of two visiting professors in Chinese hosted by Bemidji State during the 2012-13 academic year. Sui, who was visiting BSU from Weifang, provided the students with an introduction to Chinese culture that also provided some language basics.
Arrival in Weifang
Despite some pre-trip preparation, the group initially had to get over the shock of suddenly being immersed in a new culture.
The first few days were kind of tough on all of us, Lyren said. When we got there it was cold and rainy, and our Internet didnt work. So we didnt speak the language, we didnt know anybody, and we didnt start our rehearsals or classes for a few days. We didnt have food and didnt know where to go to get food, and we were wondering what we had gotten ourselves into.
Weifang, located near the center of Chinas Shangdong provence, is a city with a population of just over nine million, with 1.5 million residents living in the main metropolitan area. The university was established in 1951 and has an enrollment of approximately 20,000 students.
Weifang itself is just a wonderful community, Lyren said. Even with nine million people it feels like a small town, in a way. Its very easy to get around and did not seem that big.
To me, what stood out was how clean and pristine the town is on the outside, he said. On the outside things were just beautiful. There are lights on all the trees, so its like Christmas at night.
The group did adjust quickly to the new environment, however, and began to explore their host city and find ways to feel at home. Some familiar sights helped ease the transition a bit, as the group found no shortage of American fast food restaurants to provide connections to the United States.
The most surprising thing to me was American restaurants, Lyren said. There is KFC everywhere, and McDonalds. But there were only two Starbucks. It is very hard to find coffee, and that was tough for me.
Schreiber likened the experience of exploring the city to traveling to a different planet.
I had a few relatives before me that had gone to China, and they told me it would be like being on Mars, he said. The most surprising thing for me was the fact that there was very little English in Weifang; they do not get a lot of foreigners compared to other cities in China.
Settling in
Voltage arrived in Weifang on a Thursday, and after a three-day adjustment period began taking classes and rehearsing for its final concert the following Monday.
It felt so good to start rehearsing, Lyren said. From that point, the lights came on for us and everything started to happen.
Lyren and the students began taking classes in Chinese language, and also learned about Chinese culture by studying a variety of subjects including cooking, calligraphy and tai-chi. The group made dumplings and spent hours practicing how to write Chinese pictograms.
The teacher was picky, Lyren sad. I sat in on the first class and they spent the first two hours just trying to draw a straight line. He wanted a flick at the beginning and a flick at the end — head of a worm, tail of a sparrow. He wasnt happy with any of us at the end of the first two hours. The students probably had five classes on it, and by the end they got better.
The group also took advantage of the opportunity to branch out from the American fast food available in Weifang and try actual Chinese cuisine. They ended up experiencing food that might have seemed at home on an Andrew Zimmern Travel Channel special, including donkey and insects.
The food is way different from Americanized Chinese food, May said. I was already aware of this from a couple of Chinese friends I have had, but some of the dishes still took me by surprise.
Bass agreed, but also treated the opportunity to try new and unusual foods as part of the experience.
Some of the food was shocking, Bass said. I never thought I would eat bugs, but surprisingly the grasshoppers werent that bad.
Preparing for the final concert
The trip culminated with a a final concert on campus at Weifang University, attended by students, faculty and the universitys president. Preparations for that concert were intense, and the group spent several hours a day rehearsing.
I remember the first day in Weifang, the university was not well-equipped for our instruments, Schreiber said. I was thinking there could be no way we would even make a decent performance at the end of the month. But things definitely came together.
Lyren said the group had ideas in advance of the trip on what music it would play, but as with most other things on the tour the group had to adjust its plans on the fly.
Things just kind of happened, May said. There would be plans and itineraries with dates and sometimes morning/evening, but never a specific time. Plans constantly changed at the last minute and we really had to keep on our toes.
Lyren worked with the groups hosts to round up equipment the group needed, such as a keyboard and higher-capacity speakers to support the output of the groups instruments. Once those technical hurdles were overcome, the students got to work preparing for the concert.
We spent most of our afternoons rehearsing, Schreiber said. We rehearsed the songs we played throughout the semester, and also arranged new songs.
The group decided after its first week in Weifang that it wanted to include Chinese music students in the final concert, but found that the music it had brought for the trip would not work for traditional Chinese instruments. So, in the evenings after the group had finished with classes and rehearsals, May rewrote and rearranged the groups music.
He composed each of the seven pieces performed during the concert, including an adaptation of an 18th-century Chinese folk song, Mo Li Hua, meaning jasmine flower. Mays composition, which he titled Molly Hwa, combined Chinese instruments, including a flute solo, with Voltages electronic instruments, in a way he described as inspirational with a fast rock-fusion groove.
To hear something I wrote come to life with so much character is the reason I keep on writing, he said.
The music not only helped the Voltage students settle into a comfort zone of familiar practices and sounds, it also helped them bridge a language and cultural barrier with the Chinese students they worked with for the concert.
It didnt take long to get the songs down, Schreiber said. It helped that both our group and their students were very talented musicians.
We got past our language barrier with music, he added. We couldnt communicate that well with the Chinese students, them not knowing much English and us not knowing much Chinese, but we could play our songs together with little to no problem at all.
Schreiber said that after the concert ended, the group was swarmed by people from the audience asking to have their photo taken with the group or wanting autographs.
The students thought they were rock stars, Lyren said.
Building BSUs relationships with China
For the students in Voltage, the Weifang trip provided a lifetime of memories and an unparalleled opportunity to experience life in a new culture.
I think I will remember most the friends I made there and the joy of experiencing a completely different culture from the one I have grown up in my whole life, Bass said. It taught me to appreciate the things that I have back home and to see the similarities in people even across the world.
The group also successfully completed its goal of building the relationship between the universities in Weifang and Bemidji.
This was a good way to solidify the relationship between Weifang and Bemidji State, Lyren said. While we were there, we hung out quite a bit with the eight Weifang students who are coming to BSU in August; that was exciting. Were going to have them and our students who are over there working now over to our house for a big American meal this fall.
I appreciate the university giving us this opportunity, he said. It really was the opportunity of a lifetime for all of us.
About Bemidji State University Bemidji State University, located in northern Minnesotas lake district, occupies a wooded campus along the shore of Lake Bemidji. Enrolling more than 5,000 students, the University offers more than 50 undergraduate majors and nine graduate programs encompassing arts, sciences and select professional programs. The University is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system and has a faculty and staff of more than 550. University signature themes include environmental stewardship, civic engagement and global and multi-cultural understanding. For further information about the University, visit bemidjistate.edu. Become a fan of Bemidji State University on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.


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New life for Hecla Resort
Lakeview closes deal on shuttered operation
The latest chapter in the story of the Hecla Resort is about to begin, and this one is entitled the Lakeview Hecla Resort and Golf Course.
Lakeview Management Inc. closed the deal late last week to purchase the resort located 150 kilometres north of Winnipeg, which has been closed and in receivership for the past two years.
Keith Levit, Lakeview's president, said crews will be on site soon and he hopes to reopen the resort in the spring, coinciding with the opening of the Hecla golf course.
Lakeview plans to turn it into a family-friendly resort affordable and enticing to budget-conscious Winnipeggers.
Lakeview will be the second Manitoba hotel operator since 2005 to take a stab at turning the challenging but handsome Interlake resort into a winner. Prior to that, the province owned and operated it and lost several million dollars in the process.
Lakeview takes over from Paletta & Company Hotels Ltd., which, despite its best intentions -- and many millions of its own dollars, $5.5 million of the province's and $8.5 million from the Business Development Bank of Canada -- could not make it work.
But with a new 21-year lease from the province -- the property is located in the Hecla/Grindstone Provincial Park -- and four, 21-year options to renew, Levit believes this time it will work.
That's partially because he will be able to take advantage of the work Paletta already did to make Lakeview's own business plan make sense.
"One thing we have to say is that the Palettas created a fantastic resort up there," Levit said. "But their business plan was very challenging."
For starters, Levit believes Paletta's plan to create a five-star attraction was not the right approach.
Since the property was forced into receivership -- Paletta is still pursuing legal action to recoup some of his losses -- Lakeview was able to buy it at a very low (but undisclosed) price and can start afresh without much debt.
But perhaps just as important, Lakeview can leverage the operating infrastructure it already has in place. It has 22 other Lakeview-flagged hotels across Canada (and one in Grand Forks). Its Lakeview Hospitality division manages more than 40 hotels.
Paletta was operating Hecla Resort under the Radisson flag, an expensive line item that Lakeview does not require because it has its own brand, including its own reservation system and its own sales and marketing team.
Not only that, but one of its properties is only an hour away in Gimli.
"We're a well-known brand, especially given our property in Gimli," Levit said.
"There will be synergies with Gimli. It will help us with staffing, some food preparation as well things like golf packages."
Lakeview has negotiated another loan with the province -- Lakeview's vice-president, Wayne Bollman, said it was less than $1 million -- as well as arrangements for 10 video lottery terminals for the property.
"With a low debt service, our own reservation system, no third-party franchise fees means we will be able to bring the room rates and dining costs down," Levit said.
He said he believes their experience in the region will help in securing staff for the relatively isolated property.
Lakeview employs about 100 people at its Gimli hotel, which is very similar in size to the 90-room Hecla resort.
The deal is bound to ruffle some feathers. The receiver had two other, higher bids, including one from Ian Rabb to run a drug rehabilitation centre for at least $3.1 million. It is rumoured that Lakeview paid significantly less than that.
The receiver had been beating the bushes for two years to find a buyer and there was scant interest. It was facing a $450,000 winter-upkeep bill and no one willing to pay. It had already solicited quotes for the demolition of the property before the Lakeview offer came in.
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As hardware retailers continue to look for ways to increase sales in a down economy, some have found a niche market in "Made in the USA" products.
With consumers keenly aware of the nation's unemployment rate (currently at 9.4%) and motivated by value in their purchasing decisions, some retailers are reporting a growing number of consumers who are looking for American-made products.
To meet that demand, retailers like Beaumont, Texas-based M&D Supply are requesting more "Made in America" signage from American manufacturers. What they can't get from the manufacturer, they supply themselves.
The 37,000-sq.-ft. retailer has begun labeling its domestically manufactured products throughout the store with "Made in the USA."
For purchasing manager Aaron Hagan, the move is a sign of the times.
"It seems like it becomes more important when times are tough, and we as a nation realize how little we are producing domestically," he said. "We should always be looking to support those domestic manufacturers. Unfortunately that's not always the case."
But Hagan isn't looking to stock just any products with a USA stamp on them. For them to offer any value to his customer, they still must have the right price point.
"If you're competitively priced and you're made in America, people are going to pick that up as opposed to the imported counterpart," he said. "We can't stock our shelves with domestic product if it's going to be overpriced and price ourselves out of business."
The store has been looking to increase its domestically made offerings, and has cited good relations with companies like Bully Tools and Lupine pet products. He said they're even looking to take on an American-based chain manufacturer, which would mean purchasing American-made steel.
"We're trying to put America back to work," Hagan said. "If we can buy it and make sure somebody else has a job, that's just the best thing that we can do."
M&D isn't the only company looking to include in-store signage to point its customers to American-made products. Tony Esposito of Wallingford, Vt.-based Nail it Down Hardware is also looking to emphasize its American-made products. Esposito already has identified approximately 40% of his inventory as domestically manufactured.
"In a way that's sad, but that's pretty darn good too," he said.
Esposito said most of those products are paints, chemicals and cleaners.
Upon ordering miniature flags to use as signage, Esposito ran into a moral dilemma. All of the flags he found online were made in China.
"It's amazing how many American flags are made in China," he said.
Luckily, Esposito was able to find a local Vermont distributor that carried American flags manufactured in Kansas City, Mo.
Nail it Down is just one of many Vermont retailers that are working toward providing more domestically and locally produced products. Esposito pointed to a local radio station that dedicates time slots to promoting companies that sell or produce local and American-made products.
"The whole region is trying to promote American-made. Buy local, support American-made, etc.," he said. "I guess people are becoming more aware of it. We're seeing it in the newspapers as well."
The local movement aside, Esposito sees the drive for American-made products as more of a national initiative. He said he's noticed more national advertisements touting American-made products as well.
"It's grassroots in communities like Vermont, but I have friends in New Jersey who are doing the same thing," he said.
There are other ways to promote U.S.-made products. Karp's Hardware of East Northport, N.Y., relies more on product placement to sell American-made products.
Alan Talman, owner of the Long Island Do it Best retailer, uses his Channellock assortment as a key example. Talman said that he places his Channellock line at the customer's eye level, while placing his lower-end import lines below, with mid-range imports above.
"So you have to bend down to reach the import line, whereas you're looking at the Channellock line. So it's a little bit subtle," he said.
Talman said his key customer base is professional contractors, and having the higher quality, American-made tool at eye level is usually enough.
The increased demand for domestically manufactured product has been significant over the past two years, but Talman said he's seen the trend growing steadily for at least the past six or seven years.
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MLB2K8 Surprises and Delivers
posted by Moodys13 (LEXINGTON, SC) Sep 27, 2008
Member since Sep 2008
1 out of 1 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
Fun for a game or two till the AI gets uber cheap
posted by acsgamer (DENVER, CO) Mar 11, 2008
Member since Dec 2007
1 out of 1 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
Then the flaws started to show like the really hot chick who after a week turns out to be a psychopath.
Here's why the game stinks:
1. "Inside Edge" Never works; Staying in a batters cold zone with .192 average yields as many home runs as throwing it right down the middle
2. Random players hit constant HR's: Sean green hit 4 off of me in 2 games and got a total of 8 hits even though I through every ball in his cold zone.
5. Fielding is completely wacky. There must be some magical zone that you have to be in in order to field. Far too often you charge the ball only to have it bounce by you without your player even looking at it. Or you'll line up for a fly ball and the circle moves at the last second causing your player to lunge like an idiot. Rarely do you drop these balls but it really takes away realism.
6. CHEAP AI!!: Have fun when you are in a tie game in the 9th and hit back to back HR's only to have both robbed in deep center field by a crippled Jim Edmonds scaling the wall like he was 20. This happens A TON! I got robbed of game changing HR's 3 times in 2 games! Twice in a tie game late and once when down by 4 with the bases loaded in the 8th!! NICE!!! That is not fun at all and grossly impossible. Also, be prepared for the other team who was stifled all day to unleash a barrage of hits the last moments of the game. Especially when you throw it in a cold zone. They'll blast it ever time.
All in all this game takes away all the fun of baseball. Its mostly a HR derby on both sides of the ball. Rarely does a single score a runner.
The AI is cheap, the hitting random, the INsiders Edge inaccurate and pointless, and overall that game feels buggy and arcadey without any arcade flare.
Very Good
What's everyone's problems
posted by geeper (BARKSDALE AFB, LA) Mar 12, 2008
Member since Jul 2007
13 out of 15 gamers (87%) found this review helpful
Pros: Ballparks are accurate and players attributes are nearly accurate to a T. Trades cannot just be made, Computer thinks about lineups and everything when evaluating a trade. The insude edge works, contrary to popular belief. All the inside edge does is give you the tendencies each player you "own" has. Any baseball fan knows that any player can hit any pitch, regardless of hot or cold zones. If shawn green hit 4 homers off you in two games, then make better pitches. I like the fact that my catcher, McCann, calls pitches for me. Yeah, he's wrong sometimes and I place it wrong sometimes, but it plays like baseball. So what about graphics, grow up and stop being a nerd. People complain about no minor leagues, again, grow up. If you play minor leagues, where only two players are good per team, then you suck. Bottom line is the game plays like baseball should.
Cons: Okay, there are a few. SOmetimes, the computer selects the wrong fielder and someone will get an infield single. You check swing way too much, but that's a settings thing. If your batter has a good eye and you don't fully swing, you just flick, then you check a lot. Running takes a little getting used to and stil lcan cause headaches when bases are juiced or with two on. The only other con is that rosters aren't completely updated but with a little work, they can be. Only real player issue is that some aren't there, like players that could make the big team but haven't played in a major league game yet. This makes teams incomplete in some cases but most the players missing would be rated garbage anyhow.
Like I said, this plays real. You can make mistakes with pitches and miss hit the ball. If you are engaged in a home run derby, up the difficulty.
So much potential, so much dissapointment...
posted by Wii60Gamer (DORCHESTER, MA) Mar 11, 2008
Member since Feb 2008
5 out of 6 gamers (83%) found this review helpful
While I don't expect great graphics on the Wii, the graphics on this game are terrible, we're talking PS1 level.
Even worse, the motion controls are pretty weak, with the exception of pitching which makes the best use of motion controls (and may even be better than the pitching system in the 360 & PS3 versions). Batting on the other hand is very frustrating. Making contact feels somewhat arbitrary and at the same time it's way too easy to hit home runs. Additionally, the "precision fielding" system isn't in this version of the game for some reason, which makes no sense to me...
There's also a major bug in the franchise mode where the second season (and beyond) inexplicably gets shortened to about a month or so. Go to the 2K Sports Forums if you want more info about the bug. Just know that it ruins franchise mode.
I understand the the first iteration of a game on a new system is going to be flawed but this just feels quickly thrown together and poorly tested. Apparently 2K Sports spent all their development time on the pitching system... fine, but what about the rest of the game?
Lets just hope 2K9 is a far better game. In Summary:
- The Pitching system is great and is frankly the the best part of the game.
- Can be fun to play after making some serious slider adjustments
-PS1 level graphics (look at the players eyes!)
-Batting is frustrating and gets boring very quick.
-Lack of the XBOX 360 & PS3 "precision fielding" system
-Major franchise glitch that makes it impossible to play more than one season
-No online play
It Had Potential
posted by Bozo33 (WESTERVILLE, OH) Jul 10, 2008
Member since May 2006
1 out of 2 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
- The game is buggy. I've thrown out guys at 1st for the 3rd out, but they've allowed the runner on 3rd to score. That's inexcusable.
- I looked for a way to sort free agents by ratings, but couldn't find anything. There aren't even separated by position during the season.
- Contracts in the game do not match real life. For example, Francisco Cordero is signed for 4 years in real life, but only for 1 year in the game.
- Contracts are not believable. 80 OA pitchers will sign for under a million dollars, for example.
- Bad AI. Teams will trade young, mid-80 OA SP for older players who are near retirement. When the computer rests a starter, they put the backup in his batting spot. Thus bums are batting 4th in the order. Just a couple examples.
- The Wii remote is not used effectively. It's the same motion for every pitch. You would think they could arrange it so each pitch has a different motion with the Wii remote. The Bigs tried that and failed, but you'd think 2k would be able to get it right. Batting is pretty good, but you'll still check your swing at least once a game when you don't want to do so.
- Player ratings are not very good. Brandon Phillips was one of the best 2B in the league last year and is a very, very average player in the game. Then there is Corey Patterson, whom the game thinks is good enough to start for a lot of teams. Bad.
So like I said, this game could and should have been good, but it's not.
The Bigs is WAYYYY better.
posted by pkessler (LOUISVILLE, OH) May 4, 2008
Member since May 2007
1 out of 2 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
one of the best baseball games EVER!!!
posted by wiilover27 (TEMECULA, CA) Jul 13, 2009
Member since May 2006
posted by kennyp98 (MOUNT GILEAD, OH) Jul 9, 2009
Member since Jul 2009
Not worth renting or buying
posted by Barlym (JAMAICA PLAIN, MA) Feb 28, 2009
Member since Feb 2009
Above Average
Decent Game
posted by jzhockey97 (CHICAGO, IL) Aug 25, 2008
Member since Aug 2008
My biggest gripe was with the batting. I didn't find it realistic at all. First of all, the virtual distance between batter and pitcher is way too short, making it very difficult to actually be selective while hitting. I ended up swinging at most every pitch that wasn't way out of the strike zone. Also, the home runs hitters on your team hit home runs far too often. Pujols and Rolen went back to back three times in the second game I played. This element will need some tweaking.
Overall, though, it was what I expected and an enjoyable experience. I'll wait until 2K9 comes out and the price comes down before getting ripped off for the $40 or so it costs. Not really worth it when the next generation will probably be decently improved.
Above Average
Franchise is Broken
posted by HugoPepper (ATHENS, GA) Jul 19, 2008
Member since Dec 2007
Wanna know what bites? The franchise mode doesn't work! I played an entire season, went to the playoffs and, although i had my settings set for 5-7-7 playoffs ... it opted to give me 1 game playoffs.
I had already played 162, so I figured, welp might as well keep rolling. I went through the off season, signing great pitchers and making my team rule and such. Then I went to the next season.
The season was 10 games long.
No!!!! What's the point of having a franchise and keeping awesome baseball stats if you can only play 10 games per season?
How am I supposed to hit 90 homeruns in a single season if i can only play 10 games!?!?!
This made me sad. To all you hardcore franchisers out there. You're in for some disappointment. Sad.
Very Disappointing
posted by cmac2010 (AUSTIN, TX) Jul 17, 2008
Member since Jun 2008
posted by bandman (WETUMPKA, AL) Jul 14, 2008
Member since Jul 2007
Rushed Out (Baseball Should Be Good On Wii)
posted by miko25 (LARGO, FL) Jul 10, 2008
Member since Nov 2004
Great Game
posted by ilovebball (ALBUQUERQUE, NM) Jul 1, 2008
Member since Jan 2006
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posted by Vi0L8r (BOONE, IA) May 23, 2008
Member since Apr 2008
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posted by scottynic (MANVILLE, NJ) Apr 28, 2008
Member since Nov 2006
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posted by DegoFever (SAN DIEGO, CA) Apr 26, 2008
Member since Aug 2004
the only complaints I have are lack of online roster updates, and a the Wall Climb control is at best sketchy, and at worst completely unresponsive. Despite all that, this is far and away the best 3rd party sports game for the Wii so far.
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posted by navycop31 (ROYSE CITY, TX) Apr 22, 2008
Member since Feb 2007
Above Average
OK I guess
posted by sigman (KISSIMMEE, FL) Apr 1, 2008
Member since Dec 2007
For Baseball It Is Good, BUT WHERE IS THE WIFI?
posted by Type2Logic (EAST TAUNTON, MA) Mar 16, 2008
Member since Mar 2008
I can't stand playing solo sports and then to boot, I have no option for WiFi.
Did I just play an N64 game?
posted by WiiRocks (FORT COLLINS, CO) Mar 16, 2008
Member since Jul 2006
What a disappointment!!!
posted by LolaMaisy (San Clemente, CA) Mar 11, 2008
Member since Jun 2007
To me, it seemed like the game designers were so worried about getting the little details so life-like, that they overlooked one big thing--it's boring!! The game looks and sounds good, but that's it.
I found the different options very confusing. So much so, it took about 30 minutes for me to lose total interest. I love my sports game usually, but MLB 2K8 was, to put it simply, just no fun. Best advice...don't waste your time.


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