MLB 2K9 Patch #2 Announced

Keep us posted on the patch and the corresponding results.  2K9 is still on my radar, but it's fading away pretty fast...

There was talk, over at OS, of the game playing better with the latest Living Roster updates and I'm starting to believe that too. I haven't had any outfielder "issues" in quite a few games now and home runs seem to be down drastically. I have only seen the "first baseman stepping off bag" issue once in all of my games and it was probably related to a bad throw.

Finally, I may just be getting used to the game, but it seems like there is much less slowdown now. I have to admit that I'm really enjoying MLB 2K9 and think it will only get better after the patch is released.

Originally posted by Brent From what I have seen the 1st basemen off the bag thing has to do with using the buttons to throw. I use the R-Stick and have not had it happen once.

I've heard people complain about it happening with the R-stick too, but haven't seen it myself except on bad throws.

Brent, do you think they're making gameplay fixes with the roster updates? I'm beginning to think they are and wonder how much they can really do through the roster updates.

Update

Hey guys,
Back from the UK today and happy to be releasing patch notes. The PS3 dropped today, the 360 will be released by MS, I hope to have exact confirmation on a time/date in a bit.
"A noticeable reduction in amount of fly balls missed by outfielders (both the target and slowing down before a fly ball is caught have been fixed).
Tuned overall slider values to get a better stand alone game, based on community suggestions
Turned down Home Runs, should see dramatic improvement in amount of home runs hit during game play.
AI aggressiveness tweaked – AI will take more balls
Throwing in the “Red” was way harder than the best “Green” spot so maximum strength lowered in the red
In-game crash resolved when not opening the Pitch Overlay hud and then bringing in another pitcher. Will resolve late inning crashes.
Added variety so that all fielders arm strength isn’t so similar. Now the better arm strength fielders will make a difference.
Fixed the bug that was causing the catcher to disappear when switched with a DH.
There was another bug fixed when substituting the catcher and the DH that would cause the umpire to throw the ball backwards.
Added more variety in pitching by making the gesture be a little harder to nail down “perfectly”
Fixed a bug where the base runner would JOG home (Sacrifice fly and ground balls)
Tweaked the issue where the 1st baseman’s foot would come off the bag too easily resulting in a lot of infield hits that should have been routine outs.
Pitchers will now walk off the mound after the 3rd strikeout in an inning.
Tuned numbers to fix the fact that pickoffs were too easy, especially at second base.
Increased the delivery speed of the animations from the stretch to improve throwing out the AI when they attempted to steal.
Pitcher rotation bug fixed where users in leagues would have their first bench player put in as their starting pitcher. They could adjust the starting pitcher but never get their bench player back to their line up. This would eventually lead to a crash.
The user was unable to send a trade when having nine pitchers or eleven hitters on their roster in a fantasy draft league online. That has been resolved
Online - Menu - The Winning/Losing Streak will now populate correctly when viewing the Card Battle Leader boards.
League settings changes now will take affect immediately.
Audio settings get reset when going online.

There are a lot of other things, including some franchise stuff, but they are more minor and countless. I am sure you'll come across them, but these are the major updates."

- Ronnie

Originally posted by JasonSGN Wow - I can't wait for this patch. I'm really enjoying the game now and they fixed all of my complaints, with the outfield play being the biggest to me. The slowdown in outfield play was a pleasant surprise to see on the list of things fixed. What's going on with the PS3 getting patches before 360 owners? The same thing happened with the last NHL 09 patch.

Patches for 360 must be submitted to Microsoft for approval,and that process always takes longer.