For Those Who Are Not Buying MLB The Show 18, Why Not?

[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: For Those Who Are Not Buying MLB The Show 18, Why Not?

Are most of you guys gonna keep playing 17 this year?

For now, I am totally occupied with OOTP19.

[No.27]

Re: For Those Who Are Not Buying MLB The Show 18, Why Not?

For now, I am totally occupied with OOTP19.

I’m curious to know whether or not you have felt the need to edit the OOTP19 Rosters?

[CgyFlames]

Re: For Those Who Are Not Buying MLB The Show 18, Why Not?

Are most of you guys gonna keep playing 17 this year?

I will be. I’ll get the OSFM update and be all set. I’m mainly a Franchise player with a side dish of RTTS, and I thought 18’s new feature set in those areas was as lacking as I’ve ever seen from this series.

[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: For Those Who Are Not Buying MLB The Show 18, Why Not?

I’m curious to know whether or not you have felt the need to edit the OOTP19 Rosters?

Actually, no I haven't. Why is that? I'm not exactly sure, but it's an added bonus to OOTP. After spending maybe 5-10 hours with the settings and making my league in OOTP I am already playing. With The Show, it's a grueling process where I buy the game in March and don't really play until at least June or July. Might have something to do with the text-based sim game having fewer visual options to edit and the OOTP devs doing a better job than Sony (imo) of making the player ratings more accurate. For example, OOTP bases ratings on ZiPS projections which is sort of how I'd go about it anyway. I've never cared for the way Sony does ratings and updates ratings. Seems very scattershot.

[Darkleaf]

Re: For Those Who Are Not Buying MLB The Show 18, Why Not?

Bought a PS4 at launch for this series. Bought the game every year at release except this year. Why? It didn't improve enough to warrant another purchase. Last year's game was more of a frustrating experience than all of the others for me and my buddy I do a franchise with. The hitting was constantly getting worse and worse very patch and is ultimately what killed our franchise as we either scored 10 runs a game with six 550 foot homers per game or were getting shutout once a series and totaling 15 runs a month.

Add on top of that a franchise mode that has gotten incredibly stale and it lead to this. I am all about franchise mode. I could live with the user hitting on classic being messed up again as I'd do manage only mode if need be, but I can not live with franchise mode taking a backseat year after year. I have always been and always will be a franchise, dynasty, legacy, CFM, etc. guy. Give me a detailed, immersive franchise that grants me as much customization as you can imagine and is so deep I may need multiple seasons to get a hang of everything. That is what I want from sports games. Unfortunately more and more sports games are going away from focusing on franchise mode and it is why I haven't bought Madden in 2 or 3 years now and am skipping The Show this year.

Out of the Park gives me what I want and I'll be sticking with that. It's a shame, too, because I bought both in the past and didn't view them as competitors, but as just more baseball to play. Now I'm down to only getting one because it improves where I want it to while the other game is going in a direction away from me like other sports games. It's sad, but I am used to it at this point with how dark it has been for us sports gamers the last 10 years or so.

This is my thoughts exactly except I would have sworn a couple times and gone on and on sounding like a crazy person. Edit: Didn't buy 17 and will not buy it until franchise is the main focus beyond menus and fluff.

[Fours]

Re: For Those Who Are Not Buying MLB The Show 18, Why Not?

I have not purchased The Show 18, and I have no intention to purchase the game.

I own a PS4 only for The Show. I have purchased on release day or pre-ordered every year this game has existed.

This is the first sports game franchise that has openly ditched its franchise mode in favor of its card collecting mode. I've accepted that all games will eventually do the same, and I'll stop buying those games when that day comes.

Phases is a slap in the face to long time franchise players. The so-called improvement is actually just dumbing down the mode for casual baseball fans who can't be bothered to read 3 pop-up help screens.

Franchise mode has been stale and feature poor compared to other sports franchise modes for a long time and I'm very surprised that they thought they could ignore it this year and fall further behind.

When someone tells me that they don't want my money, I don't give them money.

[coach422001]

Re: For Those Who Are Not Buying MLB The Show 18, Why Not?

Are most of you guys gonna keep playing 17 this year?

Yes I'm staying with 17 for now. I'm finding ways to improve my own experience with it so I will keep it going for now.

[indycolts727]

Re: For Those Who Are Not Buying MLB The Show 18, Why Not?

I bought every one of them on release day for the past six years, but I’m sticking with 17 this year. I really went nuts with the Sounds of the Show files in ‘17 - to the point where every stadium has custom sounds, and just about every position player has walk up music. I know it’s a small part of the game, but it really adds an extra level of realism to the game. Unfortunately, it’s a painstakingly long process to setup all of those sounds, and if I buy ‘18 I’d have to start all over again.

To add to that, I dont even feel like I need to switch. I’m 2-years deep into my Braves franchise, I have a great set of sliders which gives me a great variety of games, I love the gameplay as it stands, etc, etc. I just don’t see a reason to switch. If anything I’ll make the jump to 18 later this summer when it’s $25, the bugs are mostly ironed out, Armor and Sword has finalized his sliders, etc.

[billyo]

Re: For Those Who Are Not Buying MLB The Show 18, Why Not?

I have purchased this game every year since it started way back when. I have already got the game for this year. I am strictly an offline player and am extremely disappointed in the minimal changes. Offline franchise is at the bottom of importance for them and my only option is to quit giving them my money. My last year, unless I see changes in franchise that make a difference to me.
They really need more competition!

[kg54mvp1]

Re: For Those Who Are Not Buying MLB The Show 18, Why Not?

Have purchased the game every year since 10. It has gotten STALE. 17 to me is pretty similar, so why pay 60 bucks for a patch in my opinion?

Some people can justify the new changes, but for 60 bucks, and as a college student, no thanks.

This year with the limited free time I have as well, I am trying to focus on the real life game more!

[Spanky]

Re: For Those Who Are Not Buying MLB The Show 18, Why Not?

Have purchased every year since MLB12 and more than likely will skip this year. Just not a big enough upgrade to warrant purchasing even after the price drops to $30 or $40. Plus, I just don't have the time to play as much anymore. Played only about 10 games of MLB17, which has been collecting dust, but will probably stick with that for another year and updated rosters.

[KSUowls]

Re: For Those Who Are Not Buying MLB The Show 18, Why Not?

An update for me. Well, the game has been out for a week and I still haven't bought. Earlier in the thread I said I may pick up a used copy at some point. I'm a lifelong baseball fan, I've owned the newest console baseball game every year since the original all-star baseball on N64. I'm also a Braves season ticket holder, and after watching Markakis hit a walk off home run on opening day I was pretty pumped up and wanted to play a game where I controlled Freddie Freeman at the plate.

I checked gamestop's website over the weekend and actually found a used copy down the street from me, but before I left my house I just realized there wasn't 1 feature in the new game I was really hyped about. The new retirement logic is a big plus, but was I really going to go out and drop $50 on new retirement logic and a prettier UI? I just can't drop $50 on the "new" version when I can get the same game with a '17 on the title for less than $20.

[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: For Those Who Are Not Buying MLB The Show 18, Why Not?

Anyone else seeing the MLB The Show commercial where the only thing they're plugging is that you can play 3-inning games? Ah, I remember when people played every game/every pitch, full 9-inning games.

Makes me feel old and irrelevant. Also pessimistic about future iterations of the game with where the customer base's head seems to be at.

[hyacinth1]

Re: For Those Who Are Not Buying MLB The Show 18, Why Not?

I preordered and got it early but now I'm regretting it.

17 was such a big jump from 15 and 16. I really got back on the Show bandwagon with 17 since the PS2 days.

18 I really liked at first, but now I'm heavily disappointed in DD. It's like all the fun things that were in 17's DD , like Team Epics, and My Career, is not in 18. I've heard they may put these back in later but why later? Why didnt it come on day 1 like last years game?

Feel like it's an incomplete product at least from the DD perspective. I was new to DD last year and only played offline. That team epic mode had me enjoying this game for 2 months before I completed all those missions. That was one of the most fun i had in a videogame in a long time. But now it's gone. Just sucks.

[nomo17k]

Re: For Those Who Are Not Buying MLB The Show 18, Why Not?

Anyone else seeing the MLB The Show commercial where the only thing they're plugging is that you can play 3-inning games? Ah, I remember when people played every game/every pitch, full 9-inning games.

Makes me feel old and irrelevant. Also pessimistic about future iterations of the game with where the customer base's head seems to be at.

You've restricted too much the target people in this thread to those who do not buy this year's game... the vast majority of people who decide not to bother surely won't come to the forum to begin with. That said, I'm a bit surprised to see a few people that I've seen in this forum for years deciding to not buy at all.

I haven't posted in this thread since I've already bought the game this year (two copies, even), but unfortunately I've moved myself to "by default, no buy" category for the next year's game unless the new version provides some hope that the authenticity as a baseball simulation game returns as the main driver (or at least one of them) for the evolution of the series.

I've been pretty disappointed in the direction of The Show for the last couple iterations, but those who care enough should still voice their opinions as to why the game has drifted away from their interest. The chances are that the voices won't be heard, but at the same time, there currently is only one (non-text-based) baseball video game that's really worth playing if you want a simulation baseball experience.