No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

[JH927]

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Not an Online Franchise player, but as a hardcore offline Franchise player, it hurts to see them basically cutting ties to anything with the mode in lieu of more DD attention.

Unfortunately, SDS is veering into territory where I don't even want to support them anymore.

[coach422001]

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Not an Online Franchise player, but as a hardcore offline Franchise player, it hurts to see them basically cutting ties to anything with the mode in lieu of more DD attention.

Unfortunately, SDS is veering into territory where I don't even want to support them anymore.

I don't play online either but this is again disappointing for those who do and were hoping for it back in the game this year.

[DamnYanks2]

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Not an Online Franchise player, but as a hardcore offline Franchise player, it hurts to see them basically cutting ties to anything with the mode in lieu of more DD attention.



Unfortunately, SDS is veering into territory where I don't even want to support them anymore.

That's kind of how I'm feeling. Been with them for so long. But they changing up these days

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[baconbits11]

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I don't have a PS4, but was thinking of buying one just for The Show like I did a PS3. However with the missing Season Mode and now Online Franchise, I will pass until this game is once again full-featured (if it ever is again).

It is almost like Sony San Diego is making this a "self-fulfilling prophecy". They claim they remove things because people don't play it. Well, people didn't play online franchise because online was subpar and buggy from what I read, so then they can have an excuse to remove it. Then they remove season mode because not enough people play it. It's shouldn't be about how many people play something, it should be about not taking away things you have already put in the game, It's called VALUE.


With no real competition, Sony can justify this as EA or 2K do not have a baseball game coming out. Could you imagine if MVP or 2K19 was just around the corner and had online franchise or season mode, how would Sony save face if they were getting beat head to head like that?

I remember when MLB The Show was a "system seller". It sold me a PS3. Soon this self-fulfilling prophecy may cause Sony to say "not enough people are buying our game or our diamond dynasty cards, so we have to stop making MLB The Show", when the real reason was Sony took away the good things that kept us buying in the first place.

[billyo]

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They are operating like they have no competition! Shame.

[Padgoi]

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I am not an online franchise player and never would be, just doesn't interest me, however I can definitely understand the vitriol from the community regarding this. Honestly, my biggest peeve out of all of this was the fact that the developers CLEARLY said last year that online franchise didn't make the cut this year, implying that it would be coming back. And they did this for a reason . . . they didn't want to lose those customers who did purchase the game solely for online franchise. If you keep people thinking something is coming back, they will continue supporting it until they definitively realize it's not coming back. I don't blame the devs, they are only coders and you can't blame Ramone, he's just the spokesman. It's the higher ups who told them to break the news without losing that demographic. They're shady, they've been shady and they will continue to be shady, so long as it makes them money. I said this before and I'll say it again, SDS is ALL ABOUT MONEY at this point, plain and simple. Yes, businesses have to turn a profit, but when you literally ignore an entire demographic to focus on microtransactions and increased revenue streams, that's downright ludicrous. Everyone wants to make money, but not at the expense of losing part of your client base - that's all they did, they told us what they thought we wanted to hear to keep us buying the game.

[Bondsfan]

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I am not an online franchise player and never would be, just doesn't interest me, however I can definitely understand the vitriol from the community regarding this. Honestly, my biggest peeve out of all of this was the fact that the developers CLEARLY said last year that online franchise didn't make the cut this year, implying that it would be coming back. And they did this for a reason . . . they didn't want to lose those customers who did purchase the game solely for online franchise. If you keep people thinking something is coming back, they will continue supporting it until they definitively realize it's not coming back. I don't blame the devs, they are only coders and you can't blame Ramone, he's just the spokesman. It's the higher ups who told them to break the news without losing that demographic. They're shady, they've been shady and they will continue to be shady, so long as it makes them money. I said this before and I'll say it again, SDS is ALL ABOUT MONEY at this point, plain and simple. Yes, businesses have to turn a profit, but when you literally ignore an entire demographic to focus on microtransactions and increased revenue streams, that's downright ludicrous. Everyone wants to make money, but not at the expense of losing part of your client base - that's all they did, they told us what they thought we wanted to hear to keep us buying the game.

This isn't the first time. During a stream like 4-5 years ago or something, Ramone said that importing newly created players from roster updates into existing franchise was something they worked on but they "just couldn't get it in this year". Half a decade later, still waiting...

[underdog13]

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Am I the only one who didn't think they were bringing it back? Same with season mode it's gonna be long gone.

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[RogerDodger]

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Absolutely. Someone somewhere at SDS sits in an office and sees it's the only way, aka bottom line that DD makes them money after the game has been purchased. People in offices don't care about gameplay, graphics, modes, etc... Only money. Devs get their marching orders and we get what they give us. The end. Not even an online Franchise guy and never will be, but they took my Season mode away last year and came for others this year. They're no different than any other sports game out right now either, which is unfortunately the future. That's why I am already happy with just new uniforms. Keep low expectations - Suffer less disappointment.

I don’t think it’s a given that people will want to pour money into a single mode every year for however long SDS continue to make this game. At some stage most will stop wanting to pay for a card they already bought before many times and for what? There’s no million dollar tournament at the end of it.

On the other hand, if SDS has the imagination to figure out how they could monetise franchise mode (I can think of a bunch), those guys are more likely to come back every year as most of us have done for a decade or more already.

[Dolenz]

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Am I the only one who didn't think they were bringing it back? Same with season mode it's gonna be long gone.

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Nope. I am shocked how many people seem to be surprised by this announcement.

[MrArlingtonBeach]

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Nope. I am shocked how many people seem to be surprised by this announcement.

I think the biggest reason for the disappointment is the fact they left the door open for Online Franchise's return. Granted, I did not necessarily expect for it to return either, but that they made it seem like it might have only been a "one year off" thing to adjust to new servers/technology kept a lot of peoples' hopes up.

I think these are the lines from the SDS announcement last year that would be the ones to upset those hoping for Online Franchise to return:

"With the major technology change this year it wasn’t possible to just leave in the previous mode without alteration.

Please know that Online Franchise fans are not forgotten and every new year offers an opportunity to evaluate our plans."

[billyo]

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SDS will cut offline franchise mode in the next few years as they feel like this section of their customer base are too few to matter. If it is not cut, it may not even get one developer full time, maybe a part time one. Actually, it may be part of the plan to convince us to go elsewhere.

[The Kid 24]

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Am I the only one who didn't think they were bringing it back? Same with season mode it's gonna be long gone.

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Season mode possibly coming back with the new March to October game mode tho?

[Houston]

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Guys remember the course. Online franchise was really last updated in 2015 and never touched after that and got played less and less. Sound familiar?

Offline franchise gets small year 2 year updates until it gets played less and less and they get to the point of not bothering to off any updates to it.

In words of GOLDBERG - Who's Next?

It's coming guys they got rid of online franchise in favor of DD don't think for a sec it can't happen to you the mode u love the mode that u only play, the reason u buy the game. By there calculations if numbers are low and they will get there if they stop giving major upgrades to offline franchise it will get played less and less and then they remove it. Sound familiar?

Probably the truth behind no intentions on adding expansion or create a park because there more about DD and want online franchise and offline franchise buyers to play less of those modes and be forced to only play DD! Wake up fellas this is intentional.

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[countryboy]

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ummmm.......