Transparency from SDS

[vbarletta]

I have been a MLB The Show buyer for 11 straight years counting the 2019 version. I always thought, and still do, that this is the best sports game out there, but the lack of interest the developers are putting into the franchise mode, has me wondering if we they should be more transparent.

If its a business decision to go into the DD mode, I can understand that, but they should come forward and say so.

If they are not going to develop franchise anymore, they should just take it out of the game, and us buyers/players of this mode, would know what to expect.

What they can not do is keep releasing a broken mode with such fundamental aspects like the rosters, so broken.

Its been a week and I can not start to play franchise because there are serious issues with the roster (Acuña, Gurriel service for example), that prevent franchise player to have the gaming experience that we paid for when we bought the game.

Worst than that, there is no news as to if those issues are going to be addressed, making my $60 useless.

[BJSands]

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I totally get your point. It would be nice if they truthfully articulated their view of franchise mode's importance. But to be honest, their neglect of the mode says more than enough.

[asjdwf21]

Re: Transparency from SDS

I have been a MLB The Show buyer for 11 straight years counting the 2019 version. I always thought, and still do, that this is the best sports game out there, but the lack of interest the developers are putting into the franchise mode, has me wondering if we they should be more transparent.



If its a business decision to go into the DD mode, I can understand that, but they should come forward and say so.



If they are not going to develop franchise anymore, they should just take it out of the game, and us buyers/players of this mode, would know what to expect.



What they can not do is keep releasing a broken mode with such fundamental aspects like the rosters, so broken.



Its been a week and I can not start to play franchise because there are serious issues with the roster (Acuña, Gurriel service for example), that prevent franchise player to have the gaming experience that we paid for when we bought the game.



Worst than that, there is no news as to if those issues are going to be addressed, making my $60 useless.

May I ask what is broken in franchise? I have yet to start my franchise, still waiting for rosters


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[Madden08PCgmr]

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I don't understand, with MLBTS, and Madden... if resources are the issue, why not just turn out the game, and make franchise a standalone version, or an add-on/supplemental paid content to justify staff/development?

Its so sad to me that this industry is stuck in 1980, typical America, don't change anything until its failing catastrophically.

[nickyb6]

Re: Transparency from SDS

I have been a MLB The Show buyer for 11 straight years counting the 2019 version. I always thought, and still do, that this is the best sports game out there, but the lack of interest the developers are putting into the franchise mode, has me wondering if we they should be more transparent.

If its a business decision to go into the DD mode, I can understand that, but they should come forward and say so.

If they are not going to develop franchise anymore, they should just take it out of the game, and us buyers/players of this mode, would know what to expect.

What they can not do is keep releasing a broken mode with such fundamental aspects like the rosters, so broken.

Its been a week and I can not start to play franchise because there are serious issues with the roster (Acuña, Gurriel service for example), that prevent franchise player to have the gaming experience that we paid for when we bought the game.

Worst than that, there is no news as to if those issues are going to be addressed, making my $60 useless.

While I agree, Unfortunately they make enough money to not need to make changes. People need to stop buying the game. With all respect it should be widely known that they made little to no franchise changes, due to the stream they had, and the fact they made another mode rather then improve franchise. Trust me they don't care for franchise, nor will they say that. Reason they wouldn't say that, is it would hurt their bottom line

[OneTonneBaby]

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Franchise doesn't make much money but it's also very complex and the code is probably so old and tangled that they cant make it better with out starting from scratch.

The thing that's disappointing is that a lot of the issues around the game could be tested by some pretty basic testing. We hear they haven't got many devs. I assume they have SOME testers but maybe they should invest there going forward. Simple regression testing would pick up big issues like service time, or the ridiculous budgeting after they changed contract values. Bizarre.

[Bartolo Colon]

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I love MLB The Show but my biggest gripe with them is there is zero community interaction. I don’t think they’ve replied to a tweet asking anything (besides preorder specifics) in years.

It is refreshing when a company has some interaction with the community. I hope SDS will start to integrate that one day again.

[vbarletta]

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May I ask what is broken in franchise? I have yet to start my franchise, still waiting for rosters


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Exactly my point. It's been a week and franchise players can not play the game because the most fundamental aspect of the mode (the roster) is broken. And to make it worst, there is no acknowledgment from SDS (at least that I am aware of) that it is a fixable issue.

[vbarletta]

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While I agree, Unfortunately they make enough money to not need to make changes. People need to stop buying the game. With all respect it should be widely known that they made little to no franchise changes, due to the stream they had, and the fact they made another mode rather then improve franchise. Trust me they don't care for franchise, nor will they say that. Reason they wouldn't say that, is it would hurt their bottom line

I could live with the little changes SDS was making to the franchise mode, but this neglect of the the fundamental aspect of the mode in the roster, is just inexcusable.

[CanOfCornCobb]

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I love MLB The Show but my biggest gripe with them is there is zero community interaction. I don’t think they’ve replied to a tweet asking anything (besides preorder specifics) in years.

It is refreshing when a company has some interaction with the community. I hope SDS will start to integrate that one day again.

Thats not true. Ramone has been on here in the past few years.

[vbarletta]

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Thats not true. Ramone has been on here in the past few years.

Maybe them staying away from this forums more recently is because OS is made up mainly of franchise players.

[themoneyteam1212]

Re: Transparency from SDS

I have been a MLB The Show buyer for 11 straight years counting the 2019 version. I always thought, and still do, that this is the best sports game out there, but the lack of interest the developers are putting into the franchise mode, has me wondering if we they should be more transparent.

If its a business decision to go into the DD mode, I can understand that, but they should come forward and say so.

If they are not going to develop franchise anymore, they should just take it out of the game, and us buyers/players of this mode, would know what to expect.

What they can not do is keep releasing a broken mode with such fundamental aspects like the rosters, so broken.

Its been a week and I can not start to play franchise because there are serious issues with the roster (Acuña, Gurriel service for example), that prevent franchise player to have the gaming experience that we paid for when we bought the game.

Worst than that, there is no news as to if those issues are going to be addressed, making my $60 useless.

Agreed with everything said here. Its a joke that they have basically haven't touched franchise or even care, the lack of doing anything says to me that franchise won't be around much longer..Dang shame. Also they have things on this game that has been brought to their attention for years. Such as the Rockies outfield walls are completely dirty. Gameplay issue and other things. But the lack of information and them basically not updating anything to do with franchise or commentary is ridiculous. If I hear "The kids are buying his jersey's" one more time Im going to lose it

[Still2REal]

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Why do you need them to come out and say anything?!?!

They haven't improved the mode in 10+ years that I recall, what more evidence do you need?

I don't understand why everyone is so upset about their "lack of attention" now. It's been the same forever and yet this game was praised as infallible year after year, of course they would never improve.. More ball physics every year. Now people are complaining about "service time". Is that really that big of a deal? You refuse to play because some guys service time if off?

I skipped 18 due to the lack of attention and I'm actually loving '19. .

[countryboy]

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Maybe them staying away from this forums more recently is because OS is made up mainly of franchise players.

That’s not the reason


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[Ghost Of The Year]

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If they are not going to develop franchise anymore, they should just take it out of the game, and us buyers/players of this mode, would know what to expect.

Piss on that. I'll take Franchise as is, over not at all.