More MLB The Show 17 Details Revealed

[ronc524]

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yeah, MLB and MLBPA rules and contractual agreements certainly put limitations on what the dev team may be allowed to do. But in addition there are both advantages and disadvantages of The Show being a 1st party Sony game/Playstation exclusive also.

Good that they don't have to worry about as many platforms - and now only have to focus on PS4 version since PS3 and Vita versions are retired. Which makes me hopeful this year's game will be the biggest step forward on this gen.

But not as good that their revenue stream is more limited. Imagine if this was a 3rd party title that could also be sold on Xbox, maybe some Nintendo platform and PC/Steam? Instead of 900k copies or whatever they sell per year now as a Playstation exclusive, what kind of budget and resources would they have if they sold more like 2 million units across all platforms?

That being said, The Show is the only game I buy every year, and I am thoroughly satisfied with my purchase every... single... time. Year after year, the quality of this game is top notch. And considering the dev team is less than half the size of the other Big 2 sports titles (certain basketball and football titles), it is quite an accomplishment.

I think Sony could benefit by giving MLB the Show 16 away as a ps plus title. Alot of Playstation owners complain about not getting a full triple A game and this could be the cure for February. I doubt at this point many people are going to purchase 16 if they haven't already but with 50 million PS4's in the wild this franchise could find new fans. I have never understood why NBA2K is given as a ps plus title before their next release but Sony refuses to push their own very respectable sports title.

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[Jatt96]

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Excited about the news I had skipped the past 2 years of show and haven't played on the PS4 yet, so can't wait to be surprised by their effort. Love Griffey, and the additional news is great too, wonder what decisions in The Road they are talking about.

[LastActionHero]

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Hmmm I really hoped we would get some news today!


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[Unlucky 13]

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After a full blown, deep and involved Owner/team president mode, the next thing down on my list would be a good stadium creator. As was mentioned though, my guess would be that MLB is preventing it, do to a misplaced belief that it would take something away from the real stadiums. It would be so awesome though. I would spend untold hours building something from the ground up, if given the chance.

[MauerMorneau09]

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After a full blown, deep and involved Owner/team president mode, the next thing down on my list would be a good stadium creator. As was mentioned though, my guess would be that MLB is preventing it, do to a misplaced belief that it would take something away from the real stadiums. It would be so awesome though. I would spend untold hours building something from the ground up, if given the chance.

100% agree with you. One other problem might be the "simplicity" of it. SCEA usually give us features that are 100% ready to go, instead of building off it every year. With that being said, I wonder how in-depth they can make it for an average joe that isn't used to 3d building software. Not saying the creator would ever be that technical, but I feel like stadiums might be too generic if we're just using presets.

[mrCPUgeek]

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After a full blown, deep and involved Owner/team president mode, the next thing down on my list would be a good stadium creator. As was mentioned though, my guess would be that MLB is preventing it, do to a misplaced belief that it would take something away from the real stadiums. It would be so awesome though. I would spend untold hours building something from the ground up, if given the chance.

100% agree with you. One other problem might be the "simplicity" of it. SCEA usually give us features that are 100% ready to go, instead of building off it every year. With that being said, I wonder how in-depth they can make it for an average joe that isn't used to 3d building software. Not saying the creator would ever be that technical, but I feel like stadiums might be too generic if we're just using presets.

"IF" custom stadiums were an option, I'd be satisfied with what they did for Madden. Basicly 4 or 5 predone generic stadiums. You could have city backdrops to use in the distance behind the stadium. So, if you built a new stadium for the Oakland A's, no matter what stadium you use, an "Oakland skyline" would be put in the back of the stadium.

[MauerMorneau09]

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"IF" custom stadiums were an option, I'd be satisfied with what they did for Madden. Basicly 4 or 5 predone generic stadiums. You could have city backdrops to use in the distance behind the stadium. So, if you built a new stadium for the Oakland A's, no matter what stadium you use, an "Oakland skyline" would be put in the back of the stadium.

I like that idea. Ideally, would be nice if they built the skyline instead of just a picture. Maybe you could pick the position of your stadium relative to the stadium, who knows?

[LastActionHero]

More MLB The Show 17 Details Revealed

"IF" custom stadiums were an option, I'd be satisfied with what they did for Madden. Basicly 4 or 5 predone generic stadiums. You could have city backdrops to use in the distance behind the stadium. So, if you built a new stadium for the Oakland A's, no matter what stadium you use, an "Oakland skyline" would be put in the back of the stadium.

MVP 2005 stadium builder.

https://youtu.be/126CnBLPL-s

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[HypoLuxa13]

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In regards to create-a-stadium, I think having a few pre-created options would be the only way to go, like how Madden does it now. Primarily because you have to wonder how feasible an actual custom stadium would be with the textures, lighting, geometry, etc being so, so far advanced since back in the MVP Baseball days. Remember Wrigley Field in MLB 15? One tiny little geometry calculation bug and we had all of those warping foul balls and stuff. Imagine how insane it would be to try to make all of that work on a custom created stadium???

[The Kid 24]

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Hmmm I really hoped we would get some news today!


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Im guessing next week they release the Twitch schedule.

Info will be pouring in after the Super Bowl... Happens every year.

[jb12780]

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Having accurate MLB rules in regards to luxury tax and financial management would be awesome.

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[HypoLuxa13]

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Im guessing next week they release the Twitch schedule.

It's "next week", I have an itch that needs scratching...

Perhaps another nugget or two this week at some point, if not an initial Twitch schedule.

[The Kid 24]

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It's "next week", I have an itch that needs scratching...

Perhaps another nugget or two this week at some point, if not an initial Twitch schedule.

I'm right there with you! Hopefully something soon.

[Splitter77]

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After a full blown, deep and involved Owner/team president mode, the next thing down on my list would be a good stadium creator. As was mentioned though, my guess would be that MLB is preventing it, do to a misplaced belief that it would take something away from the real stadiums. It would be so awesome though. I would spend untold hours building something from the ground up, if given the chance.

yup.
I haven't bought the game since mlb 14.
A stadium creator would definitely get me to buy the game again.

[MetsFan16]

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This thread needs to stop going Bold on the home page. My heart can't take the swing of emotions thinking there are actually new details revealed, just to see an original post date of December 19th