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community's support peaked from 2005 through the first PC edition of 2K in 2009, tailed off for a time, and then ramped up again once Take-Two abandoned the PC market in 2013 and canceled 2K entirely last year. A decade of EA development made MVP the best baseball game on the PC market in 2005, and a decade of amateur development has helped it keep that title in 2015.
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Another factor in MVP's favor: The game allows greater access to its innards than most titles. 2K's failure to match MVP's approval rating despite several years of running unopposed on the PC market, made MVP the go-to game for modders even as it lost its looks relative to 2K and The Show. The
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1371:– "Finding Out True Love Is Blind"
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1659:s Month in Review for March 2004"
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919:MVP Baseball Online 2012–2014
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1615:"All-Star Baseball 2005"
1377:– "Funny Little Feeling"
1124:The All-American Rejects
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749:Exclusive licensing deal
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1410:– "Devotion And Desire"
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1202:Soundtrack of Our Lives
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1416:– "This Is Who We Are"
1160:– "Caught in the Rain"
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1508:MVP 07: NCAA Baseball
1501:MVP 06: NCAA Baseball
1365:– "You Owe Me an IOU"
830:MVP 07: NCAA Baseball
824:MVP 06: NCAA Baseball
636:Minor League Baseball
147:Major League Baseball
143:Major League Baseball
105:MVP 07: NCAA Baseball
2815:Operation Flashpoint
2582:Mythic Entertainment
2517:Distinctive Software
2507:Bullfrog Productions
2489:Slightly Mad Studios
1375:Rock n Roll Soldiers
1357:The High Speed Scene
1343:– "We Got the Noise"
1245:Lucky Boys Confusion
1032:Most Valuable Player
763:Take-Two Interactive
743:PlayStation Portable
151:Take-Two Interactive
138:Triple Play Baseball
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2110:Super Mega Baseball
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1750:"MVP Baseball 2005"
1732:"MVP Baseball 2005"
1597:"MVP Baseball 2004"
1579:"MVP Baseball 2003"
1561:"MVP Baseball 2003"
1547:"MVP Baseball 2003"
1446:– "Get Comfortable"
1359:– "The IROC-Z Song"
1259:– "Take Me As I Am"
1204:– "Sister Surround"
1190:Fly From the Inside
1142:– "Who Invited You"
912:MVP Baseball Online
885:University of Texas
411:and 82/100 for the
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2836:Plants vs. Zombies
2512:Danger Close Games
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