[Ktulu]

6.5 Advantages

Left/Right Screen Orientation
Some may call this a personal preference, but I disagree. Reading the numbers and comparing ratings/statistics is much easier on the eyes in a left/right presentation as you see in 6.5 as it's much easier for the eyes to shift from left to right and vice versa..

Moving from bottom to top takes more time, because it's not the way most people in this game's target audience read naturally. It's much more difficult to retain the information as well, by going from bottom to top, top to bottom.

Vertical, Single-Column Staff
One of the major benefits of the left/right screen orientation is the vertical, single column pitching staff, which allows you to see the rotation and bullpen very quickly in the natural top-to-bottom way of reading, without having to do any left to right shifting like you do in 2K7.

The multi-column staff of 2K7 also makes it look a lot smaller than 6.5's and hence is more eye-straining and headache-inducing (at least so I've personally found).

While I agree that having the pitching staff on the right all in a top to bottom fashion is nice, I much prefer the wider "spreadsheet" because I can set it up to view the pitchers ratings and important stats that I want to see.