MLB 2K8 trading card system detailed

My perception of the MLB 2K8 trading card feature completely changed coming out of the conference call. Prior to that it didn’t really interest me. I remember my original thought was it seemed like a feature made with the purpose of being used for promotion of the game and that it would end up as little more than a gimmick. That was probably due in part to the lame Madden cards of years past.

However after coming to the realization that they are essentially an extension of Xbox Live achievements I started to understand the appeal. Then thinking of the online possibilities with creating your own card teams (while being limited by a salary cap based on the tiers) I started to get really excited.

Gamespot has posted a preview of the trading card system with SportsGamer going into more details. I’d suggest reading those to get a thorough idea of what the card system entails.

I’m now contemplating the possibility of running a card team online night or competition of sorts. I think it’d be fun to see how people have built their teams and how much time went into earning the cards at different levels to do so. I’m confident I could come up with a framework to make that enjoyable. Let me know if you guys might be interested in something like that.