No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

[Ballgame59]

Re: No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

Probably won't be purchasing for the 2nd year in a row now.

I'm still not sure what's worse...

That they neglected online franchise to the point where it was almost too embarrassing for them to keep in the game, or that they wouldn't just be upfront with us last year, regarding the removal.

IIRC, they made it seem like it was this close run thing last year. Like the decision came down to the wire somehow. Which is what you would say if you didn't want to seem like dicks for letting people pre-order with the presumption of an online franchise mode.

But if the decision to include or remove online franchise was really a last minute decision, why couldn't they have thrown some bandaids on it in the meantime, and push it back out?

How about the bare minimum for a show of good will to those of us loyal fans who you deliberately mislead the year before?

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I agree. Pretty crappy not letting us know before pre orders were available.

Here's their post about it last year. At least one of them.
"Online Franchise mode didn’t make the cut this year. This was not an easy decision to make and we understand some of you will be disappointed with this change, but we believe focusing on continuing to improve our online performance was the right priority for The Show 18. With the major technology change this year it wasn’t possible to just leave in the previous mode without alteration."

Isn't DD mostly grinding vs CPU ??

Link -

https://mlb17.theshownation.com/news/10123-online-franchise-and-mlb-the-show-18

https://www.pastapadre.com/2018/03/03/online-franchise-has-been-cut-from-mlb-the-show-18

[WaitTilNextYear]

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Hopefully they can be straight with people about season mode as well. I realize they might not want to spoil something, but after how last cycle went down, holding back info on that would be super duper tone deaf.

[Jgainsey]

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I agree. Pretty crappy not letting us know before pre orders were available.

Here's their post about it last year. At least one of them.
"Online Franchise mode didn’t make the cut this year. This was not an easy decision to make and we understand some of you will be disappointed with this change, but we believe focusing on continuing to improve our online performance was the right priority for The Show 18. With the major technology change this year it wasn’t possible to just leave in the previous mode without alteration."

Link -

https://mlb17.theshownation.com/news/10123-online-franchise-and-mlb-the-show-18

https://www.pastapadre.com/2018/03/0...lb-the-show-18

Oh yeaaahhh, I forgot about that major technology change. No mode is safe when you're changing technology on the fly like that, lol.



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[Ballgame59]

Re: No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

Oh yeaaahhh, I forgot about that major technology change. No mode is safe when you're changing technology on the fly like that, lol.



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Isn't '18 basically the same game as '17? Just without on line franchise.

[ninertravel]

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What cracks me up is that they say -
...As such, Online Franchise mode didn’t make the cut this year. .... we believe focusing on continuing to improve our online performance was the right priority for The Show 18.

Isn't '18 basically the same game as '17? Just without on line franchise.

same answer will be for build a stadium

it will be 'we tried hard to get it in the game this year but couldn't that's been the answer the past 3 years. 5 years ago they were talking about import a player into franchise we have heard nothing since.

Stale is the word we are looking for. unless it is stuff in DD

[redsfan4life]

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I agree. Pretty crappy not letting us know before pre orders were available.

Here's their post about it last year. At least one of them.
"Online Franchise mode didn’t make the cut this year. This was not an easy decision to make and we understand some of you will be disappointed with this change, but we believe focusing on continuing to improve our online performance was the right priority for The Show 18. With the major technology change this year it wasn’t possible to just leave in the previous mode without alteration."

Isn't DD mostly grinding vs CPU ??

Link -

https://mlb17.theshownation.com/news/10123-online-franchise-and-mlb-the-show-18

https://www.pastapadre.com/2018/03/0...lb-the-show-18

After reading this now, I can't believe people still support this game. Talk about a slap in the face.

[lDyNoMiTel]

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In my opinion this is inexcusable, they should have prioritized this implementation after 'not being able to get it in' last year.

The devs should be ashamed!

[goillini03]

Re: No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

In my opinion this is inexcusable, they should have prioritized this implementation after 'not being able to get it in' last year.



The devs should be ashamed!

I believe that it has nothing to do with time or money. Somehow, someway, online franchise messes with the servers and disrupts DD. This Is coming from me, an offline Franchise and DD player. Never played online franchise, never got into it. I just question the reason for not including.

[MLB14]

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I like how they said it "didn't make the cut" like every mode tries out to be in the next iteration. Hmm..

[OUSOONERS#1]

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no MVP would just bring in MUT that ultimate team rubbish that started this decline in sports game that they try and feed us into our face. this whole 'deluxe edition' I couldn't care less if your gonna give me 34904950 stubs I will not pay more for that crap. I hate in franchise when all those cards come up I can't hit x enough times I must have over a million stubs I never used over the years, that is how much I couldn't care less about that mode.

Maybe I am getting to old but I like to play a sports game for the sport.

what's gonna be next DD mode only play your own franchise and earn stubs to edit players?? or earn stubs to unlock equipment in franchise?? or you can pay REAL money and just unlock it now!

the video game market crash is coming... the sporting one maybe well here soon. There will be a time when the DD lovers will grow up and get fed up of the mode and bored. then the sales will go down because it's the only mode focused on and then we have the massive crash.

Don’t give them anymore ideas then they have already implemented with this DD rubbish crapt mode taking over RTTS last year and looking like it really has invaded this year ..When it does take over Franchise which I have feeling they are adding some kind of way this year I will be done with this game .. RBI baseball is already got my preorder this year first time ever where the show has not and will not get my preorder this year !!

[bobzyauncle]

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These are all cosmetic changes and additions till PS5 comes out. They will already be working on the next generation which hopefully they will do a great job on. For my baseball fix this year it’s OOTP and MLB 18. But given the amazing quality of other games out there and Netflix are all competing for attention. Maybe someone should start a kickstarter campaign for a proper franchise game that is as deep ats OOTP but you can play like MLB the show, that would be awesome!

[DamnYanks2]

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This is wrong. DD is a fine mode. I played it alot. But it's not the end to all be mode. That's all I feel like this team is focused on. Like 80% goes into DD.

They are so damn busy adding new challenges and players to unlock. They forget about offline and franchise players.

Turn on the game.... new DD stuff. But they didn't even have the real time stats accurate in Quick Play?

It's all about players forking over $$$ for stubs. That's all it is. With a few upgrades here and there.

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[Mercury112491]

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Very disappointing news but not unexpected. At least the told us now instead of the BS they pulled last year. I have a full 32 team online madden league that would gladly all do a Show league if it was possible. I’m still holding out hope that they’re working on a fully integrated franchise mode that’s offline and online like CFM is in Madden for the PS5. If it’s absent on the first PS5 show then I’ll just be straight up angry. But until then I’m trying to be patient and understanding.


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[Trackball]

Re: No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

"Life is a game. Money is how we keep score."

--Ted Turner

[nemesis04]

Re: No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

I am not surprised by this. The way they discussed it last year made it sound like it was not coming back for a while, if at all. I would expect to see a DD league setup before a regular franchise one.