No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

[underdog13]

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

If I was a betting man? No. Not as we knew it.

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[countryboy]

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

I don't think it will be the season mode that was once there. I believe it will be similar (one season with limited roster), but I believe its a separate mode from just season mode.

Guess we'll find out soon enough.

[ty5oke]

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I don't think it will be the season mode that was once there. I believe it will be similar (one season with limited roster), but I believe its a separate mode from just season mode.

Guess we'll find out soon enough.

I thought season mode before would go longer than 1 season?

[underdog13]

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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?


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First they came for King of the Diamond, I did not speak out for I wasn't a king.

Then they came for Rivalry mode, I did not speak out for I didn't have a rival.

Then they came for Online Franchise and Season mode, I did not speak out for I only played franchise.

Then I have no punch line to end this, For I am not as funny as Caulfield.

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[The Kid 24]

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You guys really think Franchise mode will be removed? Idk, I just can't see that.

I thought I remember them saying they have numbers that show there's plenty of people who play Franchise.

[NYYanks26]

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It's amazing that we're in the year 2019 and there is no online season/franchise mode in this game. A mode that was readily available on PS3! The technology has only gotten better.

Diamond Dynasty is the absolute direct cause of this. When they "re-did" online franchise a few years ago, they tied all of it to the shownation website. The same website that handles all the DD transactions. Online franchise interfered with it. If the shownation website stops working correctly and people can't buy stubs and do micro transactions, that takes money out of their pocket.


So instead of figuring out a way to "fix" the online portion of it, they decided it's better for their bottom line to just remove the mode. And they pointed to lack of playing time in the mode for the reason it was removed. Ignoring the fact that the mode was broken for 3 years! Of course nobody but the die hards are going to sit there for hours getting everything semi functional so they could play a few seasons. On top of that you had to deal with server issues, games not registering, seasons not advancing to the playoffs, etc.. Why would people play a broken mode? How does the mode remain broken for 3 years straight?! You would think a little testing before the game shipped would go a long way but SCEA was content to release the game with a broken mode so they didn't lose those sales. We have every right to be aggravated.

Diamond Dynasty has completely changed the way this company operates. It's all about the bottom line. People will rush out to buy this game day 1 for $60, meanwhile it'll probably go down to $40 by May 15 and it'll be $20 by end of summer. Why? Because game "sales" don't matter. It goes by # of units. They sell 400K copies for $60, another 100k for $40. Still counts the same as a copy sold regardless of price. The cheaper the game is, the more casuals might pick it up and then they might be more willing to pump extra money into DD.

Us online franchise guys weren't asking for much. I'm sure 90% would have been okay even with a stripped down bare bones online franchise (or even just an online season mode at this point) that did NOT tie to the shownation website. Then every year add a little more, without breaking the mode, to keep the small but vocal crowd happy.

You can't sit there and tell me the quality control for this game hasn't gone downhill. We got what like 17 patches for the game last year? It's a complete mess. But this is what happens when you shift all focus to 1 game mode for 4 years now while ignoring pretty much everything else.

[MrArlingtonBeach]

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You guys really think Franchise mode will be removed? Idk, I just can't see that.

I thought I remember them saying they have numbers that show there's plenty of people who play Franchise.

They won't remove it. It will just get minimal updates, as we've seen over the last couple of years. It seems like contract extensions will be this year's "Phases"...the one new thing they add to the mode. Perhaps next year it will be rotating interleague schedules.

[countryboy]

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You guys really think Franchise mode will be removed? Idk, I just can't see that.

I thought I remember them saying they have numbers that show there's plenty of people who play Franchise.

I don't see franchise mode going anywhere. Its a staple of sports games.

[The Kid 24]

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I don't see franchise mode going anywhere. Its a staple of sports games.

Agreed! I just cant see them removing a huge mode like that.

[kehlis]

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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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Only one flaw in your logic here.

The numbers of people that play franchise aren’t low at all.

You’re making this stretch comparing it to two modes that actually DID have low numbers.

[Houston]

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Agreed! I just cant see them removing a huge mode like that.

Well we all thought the same exact thing about online franchise and I was asked in the past do I see them ever removing it and I always said no way as I thought at the time online is where it is at as far as sports games go. To me your top sports are NFL, MLB and NBA along with NHL etc etc...


So how is it americas past time a top sport doesnt have online leagues? Every other top sport does and has have had it for years. I cant swearo n NHL because I dont play hockey.


Anyways my point is how can you release a baseball game without leagues?

[Armor and Sword]

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Yeah way too much doom and gloom about offline franchise mode guys. It is not going anywhere. A ton of people play it. More than you think.


It is just not a continuous revenue stream like Diamond Dynasty is. We all know this ad nausea.

But the real doom and gloom posts about it going away soon are a little much. It’s not.

And if it does.....I will not be playing the game anymore. I will just keep what I have. Pretty simple. Nothing to get all worked up about.

Its a toy. Not a vital organ.

[Armor and Sword]

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Well we all thought the same exact thing about online franchise and I was asked in the past do I see them ever removing it and I always said no way as I thought at the time online is where it is at as far as sports games go. To me your top sports are NFL, MLB and NBA along with NHL etc etc...


So how is it americas past time a top sport doesnt have online leagues? Every other top sport does and has have had it for years. I cant swearo n NHL because I dont play hockey.


Anyways my point is how can you release a baseball game without leagues?

The death of online franchise mode was easy to see coming for The Show. It was bug ridden, and the quality of online play stunk to begin with (still does IMO).

Very easy to see that heading that way. Offline Franchise mode is on another planet compared to what the online mode offered. Online franchise mode stunk. People made it work because it was the only choice they had. I tried it several times. It was horrible and was never touched. They abandoned it when they saw online play was dominated by Diamond Dynasty. I am still miffed why they have not integrated online league play for Diamond Dynasty since the mode is so popular.

Anyway.

[BigOscar]

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Yeah way too much doom and gloom about offline franchise mode guys. It is not going anywhere. A ton of people play it. More than you think.


It is just not a continuous revenue stream like Diamond Dynasty is. We all know this ad nausea.

But the real doom and gloom posts about it going away soon are a little much. It’s not.

And if it does.....I will not be playing the game anymore. I will just keep what I have. Pretty simple. Nothing to get all worked up about.

Its a toy. Not a vital organ.

offline franchise won't be taken out, not any time soon. Instead it's more likely to be left to wither and die, while the more profitable modes get constantly upgraded. So when they do eventually take it out, people will be saying what you said in your next post, that it was a terrible, buggy mode that people didn't play. That's how you kill something, particularly something popular.

[Armor and Sword]

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offline franchise won't be taken out, not any time soon. Instead it's more likely to be left to wither and die, while the more profitable modes get constantly upgraded. So when they do eventually take it out, people will be saying what you said in your next post, that it was a terrible, buggy mode that people didn't play. That's how you kill something, particularly something popular.

Funny thing is while we want more under the hood improvements to franchise mode it is not a buggy mess for me. I have made it work really well with 30 team control. The same effort that people took with online franchise mode (which was a buggy mess and awful gameplay which to me is the death of any mode or game for that matter). I have taken with offline franchise mode.

It get’s ripped apart and I get it. But it works for me in it’s current state. I want more....we all want more, and hopefully we will get incremental upgrades. Because it has all been incremental since 12.

I don’t think offline franchise mode is going anywhere for a long time.