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Old 11-06-2013, 10:48 AM   #1
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MLB '14: The Show Just Saved Thousands of Careers



Owen Good of Kotaku has the story on how MLB 14: The Show's new feature of allowing saves from this year to carry into future editions of the game saved thousands of promising, budding careers.

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"What MLB The Show said last night is, I only have to do that one more time. I can create Owen Good in MLB 14 The Show, make the majors, and never look back. I could play out the rest of my seasons in real time and, assuming the series lasts this long, hang up my uniform in MLB 34 The Show on the PlayStation 7.P

Why did it take this long to get this breakthrough? People assume there's some sort of dark publisher motive behind it, to keep each edition distinct and drive people to buy the next one in the series. I have no idea how allowing a gamesave to carry forward disincentivizes the purchase of the latest edition of the series. If anything, knowing that I can take my lapsed "character" and still play him in the best-looking, best-playing edition of the series gives me even more incentive to get back on the wagon and pick up the new $60 game when it releases."
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Old 11-06-2013, 10:52 AM   #2
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This is AWESOME! I honestly never even thought of this feature, but it's a huge stepping stone! I hope they incorporate a solid online franchise, because that would take it to an even higher level.

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I wonder how this will work. Will all the player/teammate models be carried over to every game now? Will the create a player mode be limited by this?
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Old 11-06-2013, 11:16 AM   #5
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That was a good read.

The questions on "how?" are valid and I'm sure have contributed into why it's been asked for ....for so long, but is just getting into the game now.

I know I've spoken to the devs about this for a number of years now and they have had it on their radar before that.

My guess is that you must complete a season. Most likely to the last day of the off-season and save your franchise/RTTS/Season file(if they are all included in this feature, which I hope they are)

Each new version of the game will include a file converter and will convert the old game save into a new game save.....with any new additions being set to a default and you'd have to go into the editor and change it yourself(say if they added a different body model or equipment/hair..etc additions)

It's just my guess....but I think all players that are on your save file from The Show '14....will be in your game on The Show '15 and beyond.

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Old 11-06-2013, 11:21 AM   #6
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Ive thought about this feature before, part of the reason I dont play MyPlayer modes is because you have to start over each year if you decide to upgrade the game. It sucks and quite frankly, aint no body got time for that.

It is so unbelievably awesome The Show is doing this. This feature alone will make it a day one buy for me.
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how awesome will classic rosters and fictional rosters be now. Actually getting to play from 1985 to present or earlier...hell start from the beginning
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Old 11-06-2013, 12:40 PM   #8
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This is pretty cool but the ultimate question for me is did they fix the stats in Road to the Show and franchise mode? I know it's not like this for everyone but for myself, this was always a game-killer. Having every MLB team with a batting average above .300 is so frustrating. And it is commonplace to see the best team ERA hovering around 5.00 with other teams ranking around 7.00-8.00. It's immensely frustrating and hopefully will be fixed this year.
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