Histrocial seasons

[loganmorrison1]

Do you think SCEA would ever consider releasing a historical season add-ons. I would be willing to pay upwards of $20 for a historical add-on that had all the players from a certain year and the stadiums used, so that we could realistically recreate a franchise for that year

[dingleberryfinn]

I can;t see it happenin', but there are many talented roster makers here on
OS that are every bit as capable as anyone at SCEA, that put out historical rosters that range from all across many seasons.
But I too would buy historical rosters if they ever did come out.

[dj will]

The most I see them doing is adding a season/franchise schedule editor and vault.

There are many talented historical roster makers here on OS

Obviously we'd have to wait for the PS4 for something like this

[CubsHOF]

It's just not feasible that SECA could do this. Say they wanted to do the 1965 season, they would have to sign all 500+ players who were in the league to contracts. There is no union they can go to for current players and sign one deal and get all of the players. They would have to contact all of the players or their estates individually and pay them individually to get their rights. Even if they could do something like this it would cost nowhere near $20, you're looking at a cost of something well over the cost of the game itself.

[loganmorrison1]

Quote: Originally Posted by CubsHOF

It's just not feasible that SECA could do this. Say they wanted to do the 1965 season, they would have to sign all 500+ players who were in the league to contracts. There is no union they can go to for current players and sign one deal and get all of the players. They would have to contact all of the players or their estates individually and pay them individually to get their rights. Even if they could do something like this it would cost nowhere near $20, you're looking at a cost of something well over the cost of the game itself.

Is this true, I would think they would purchase the players naming rights from the MLBPA. Is the MLBPA only for active players

[Perfect Zero]

Quote: Originally Posted by loganmorrison1

Is this true, I would think they would purchase the players naming rights from the MLBPA. Is the MLBPA only for active players

Yes, it's why they don't have Nolan Ryan as the all time strikeout king or Pete Rose as the all time hits leader. They would have to negotiate rights with every player individually in order to put them in the game.

Really, OS makes fine quality historical rosters. They're worth their weight in gold.

[CubsHOF]

Quote: Originally Posted by loganmorrison1

Is this true, I would think they would purchase the players naming rights from the MLBPA. Is the MLBPA only for active players

Yes, MLBPA is only for active players. All retired players require individual contracts. It's a big problem with all types of sports collectibles with the legends demanding big fees for their names to be used. It is too bad there is no other way to do it. There are some great roster creators out there though. What would be nice to see from SECA is historical seasons with just the teams and stadiums that were around back then, but even the stadiums require large licencing fees and they'd had to design all the stadiums which they say is a ton of work. Really the only option we have is to use rosters that guys here on OS create.

[nomo17k]

I'm curious. How does OOTP circumvent the license issues for historical players then?