Poll: WBC - Would you want it in?

[Vmascarello]

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Zero interest in WBC mode, waste of the devs time and resources in my opinion. I'd rather see that time spent on making Franchise better, as well as the overall game.

[El_MaYiMbE]

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Zero interest in WBC mode, waste of the devs time and resources in my opinion. I'd rather see that time spent on making Franchise better, as well as the overall game.

I say same about DD and Retro Mode, but they both exist.

[HypoLuxa13]

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Pretty sure PYS included this feature at some point but I don't think it's in the year I own.

It would be nice for The Show to offer it but I'd think licensing costs for the Japanese players would be an issue. I also suspect they wouldn't include the Tokyo Dome venue and that would kill the immersion for me. I'd prefer they do it right (qualifying rounds, all stadiums and players, crowd songs and anthems, special commentary, etc) and release it as a standalone like Fifa has done with World Cup and Euro tourney games but I doubt there's enough of a market to warrant that.

Yeah, FIFA can afford to do that, they sell about 9 times more copies on PS4 alone per year than The Show. Figure in X360 on top of that, they have a pretty darn big market for an expansion or stand-alone.

[Perfect Zero]

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Zero interest in WBC mode, waste of the devs time and resources in my opinion. I'd rather see that time spent on making Franchise better, as well as the overall game.

Well considering that different people on the staff focus on different parts of the game, I don't think you'll have to worry about the WBC taking away from franchise mode.

If anything, I wouldn't mind generic teams if SCEA can't pry away the license from Konami. Better yet, having say eight slots that are empty with the Diamond Dynasty creation tools would help with that issue along with historic teams, etc... That's really for the wishlist though.

[El_MaYiMbE]

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......Not having proper looking two-time champ Japanese players would be a negative for me personally though. Would kind of be like a World Cup game not having the rights to the Brazilian team.

While I follow what you are saying, I have to disagree because it would be exactly the same thing as FIFA. FIFA has so many players and not all of them have head scans, there are a lot of generic players in FIFA that you would only recognize by name, especially in countries like Russia, Cameroon, Jamaica, etc...countries that do not produce necessarily "Famous Players" just have a generic looking face and look nothing like the real players...even players on Brazil and other South American teams....

This would be the same thing, granted Japan is a 2-Time Champ, but no one from Japan is a superstar. So having them be "created players" is not going to hurt the mode.

The international players that play baseball....are ALL in the MLB already and already in the game...so you will get to play with the biggest stars guaranteed.

So while I understand what you mean, FIFA technically does the same exact thing. They throw a generic black guy on the Jamaican Team (for example) and just make sure his last name is in the game. The commentators do not talk about them or reference them ever...

But it is another story when Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar, etc...touch the ball.
MLB can do the same, and better because they can fill the Japanese team with generic names, and we can edit the names/equipment/physical appearance later....FIFA does not even give you that option.

[gamer052001]

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Love the passion the players and fans of the WBC have shown and continue to show. Most of these players would rather win for their country than their respective professional league teams. I'd love to have it in the game!

[El_MaYiMbE]

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Love the passion the players and fans of the WBC have shown and continue to show. Most of these players would rather win for their country than their respective professional league teams. I'd love to have it in the game!

Every team, except the USA, is more passionate about WBC than actual MLB games.

Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela its a pride thing mostly (they are all already millionaires, and in MLB), but some other teams like Colombia, Israel, Italy....its the biggest stage they will ever play on. Most of them are career minor leaguers.....every game is a playoff game.

When I was at DR vs USA on Saturday that was largest crowd in Marlins Park history, completely sold out....85% of crowd was probably Dominican....next day sold out crowd again, DR vs Colombia....

Same stadium at 7 PM for USA vs Canada (to advance to next round) no one shows up....
So there is a market for the WBC, but apparently Americans do not care about their own team.

I would bet that everyone who does not care about this mode or voted no...has no rooting interest outside of the USA.

[JayhawkerStL]

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I am blown away by the negative reaction to the WBC.

I grew up on Stratomatic Baseball, playing with cards and dice, and keeping score and stats in notebooks. And while my best friend and I would play out a lot of regular seasons, what really liked was shorter "What if" types leagues.

I used to play 4 team seasons made up of the all-stars of each division. We would also hold giant drafts of 6 team leagues in the basement, sorting all of the cards by position, drafting enough to have "minor leagues." My favorite favorite sim leagues in games like BB Pro and FB Pro, and other text based leagues was fantasy re-drafts.

I love the addition of of national teams, old timers, and anything that adds some flavor to the game. And the WBC has been so flipping great this year, it boggles my mind that you wouldn't want to pay it out yourself.

[bacon96]

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I voted yes...the WBC is insanely energetic. It's unparalleled to anything else going on in the sport of baseball and I would love to play the video game version of this tournament.

To add on to this, I would absolutely love some sort of integration to Franchise/RTTS where teams could sign foreign players and where unsigned players play in Japan or Korea like they do in real life.

[El_MaYiMbE]

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I understand all that but for someone who follows all of Japan's games during the WBC (I love the atmosphere at the Tokyo Dome and like the Japanese approach to the game) the failure to include the the team's likenesses would be a disappointment. Not including the Tokyo Dome would also diminish my interest in the mode. Obviously though, I'd be a niche consumer outside of Japan itself so the fact that I'd be disappointed wouldn't have much an impact on sales in the West.

Your approach seems quite reasonable. One issue is that it would probably make sense to release a game with a WBC mode in time for the tournament itself and I'm not sure that the developers would like having one less month to finish the game. The team likes to hype new features and it's hard to hype a sim mode for a tourney that just ended and won't be played again for several years. And public awareness of national teams in baseball just isn't very constant. It's not like soccer where there's year-round qualifying by all teams for both the World Cup and regional tournaments and thus good reason to include national teams in every year's soccer releases.

10000000% agree on marketability aspect of it. If the tournament is ending now, no point of trying to hype it in 2018 for example if it wont take place until 2021...agree.

But even MORE reason why it can fit in the game in 2021 (again provided the license is secured).

You can now build it up behind the scenes for 4 years. So in MLB 2021 you can release a brand new WBC mode that has been worked on gradually over 4 cycles and not crammed into 1 cycle.

However, I do not want it to be a one off, once it is in the game I would like to see it stay constant through out the series so your Franchise and RTTS players can participate in it in 2021, 2025, etc... (Franchise years not real years)

Every 4 releases however, the mode can be updated to add things like new players, new uniforms, new rules for that year, etc...

So it can start off really small and build up, but I would like the first steps to be taken, which are:

1. Secure License
2. Include it in future releases
3. Build every 4 years from there.

[thaSLAB]

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I'd love to have it in The Show, actually. I'm also surprised that so many others wouldn't want it. This is obviously a hypothetical question, but the reactions are indicative of how Americans view the WBC vs. other countries, as El_MaYiMbE mentioned.

One thing I do think, is that it would increase exposure for MLBTS in areas outside of North America. I think they would eat that up. Especially, since PYS seems to be out of the picture (smh, Konami).

If this pipe dream was to happen, good news is they have 4 years to make it happen.

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[El_MaYiMbE]

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This is obviously a personal opinion and not necessarily relevant to the poll but....

Those who are not on the WBC wave are missing out and it is really unfortunate. The fact that so many people do not want to see it in the game, lets me know they aren't watching in real life. Because if you were, you would DEMAND it be in the game the way World Cup is in FIFA.

It is the best baseball you are going to see played probably all year. If you do not want to watch it because "it does not count" (it does) or because USA is probably going to be eliminated this week.....then I do not think you are a baseball fan....you might be an MLB fan or a fan of your team....but not a baseball fan.

[NewNapkin]

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This is obviously a personal opinion and not necessarily relevant to the poll but....

Those who are not on the WBC wave are missing out and it is really unfortunate. The fact that so many people do not want to see it in the game, lets me know they aren't watching in real life. Because if you were, you would DEMAND it be in the game the way World Cup is in FIFA.

It is the best baseball you are going to see played probably all year. If you do not want to watch it because "it does not count" (it does) or because USA is probably going to be eliminated this week.....then I do not think you are a baseball fan....you might be an MLB fan or a fan of your team....but not a baseball fan.

I'm not sure you should be putting words in people's mouths. I watch games whenever I catch them, and yes, I enjoy them.

But in your opening post, you asked if it would be worth them not improving Franchise or RTTS or anything else really for it, and the answer is no for me.

And don't say that people aren't baseball fans for not watching. That is absolutely not true.

[CoiaNY]

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I like entertaining the idea of it, but until Franchise Mode gets the love is deserves.... then come back to me on WBC lol.

[El_MaYiMbE]

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.....But in your opening post, you asked if it would be worth them not improving Franchise or RTTS or anything else really for it, and the answer is no for me.

Well I said "not focus" on one for year, not necessarily that it will not be improved. I know the enhancements are put on a roadmap and every year something is the "focus".

If we put WBC on the roadmap, 4 years out, and Franchise, RTTS, DD, ball physics, player visuals, etc...get focused on for 3 years and on year 4 these modes and features are now 3 iterations of The Show better than the version that you will be playing in March 28th....

I think it would add value to shift SOME of that focus to the WBC.