MLB The Show 21: Five Things We Want From Franchise Mode

[MattyIce]

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I know this is super wishful thinking.............

BUT could the reason be that no Y2Y saves is that Franchise mode on PS5 got a huge overhaul and its completely different?

Take 2k for example, aren't the PS4 and PS5 versions of Franchise mode completely different experiences?

I'm sure this is completely false... BUT that thought is in the back of my head... I should probably get it out of my head.

Now you're in my head..I hope you're right! Especially since I'm picking up my 5 today

[Armor and Sword]

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I would be very surprised if the PS5 version of franchise mode was different, especially vastly different, considering its my understanding you can import your franchise from PS4 to the PS5.

Are you saying you can upload your franchise to the cloud with the PS4 version of 21 and then download it into the PS5 version of 21?

If that indeed is true......you can forget expanded rosters.

[countryboy]

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Are you saying you can upload your franchise to the cloud with the PS4 version of 21 and then download it into the PS5 version of 21?

If that indeed is true......you can forget expanded rosters.

Yes...I thought I had heard/read somewhere that you can import your MLB 21 franchise from PS4 to the PS5 via the cloud.

I've searched here but I honestly don't remember where I read/heard that. Maybe I'm mistaken?

[JoshC1977]

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Yes...I thought I had heard/read somewhere that you can import your MLB 21 franchise from PS4 to the PS5 via the cloud.

I've searched here but I honestly don't remember where I read/heard that. Maybe I'm mistaken?

Definitely can for MLB 20....I did it last night.

Unsure about 21...that would be nice if we could.

[Rocket32]

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Are you saying you can upload your franchise to the cloud with the PS4 version of 21 and then download it into the PS5 version of 21?

If that indeed is true......you can forget expanded rosters.

Personally at this point I’m not expecting any of the significant things people are listing in here to come to Franchise mode this year. I’m already expecting expanded rosters are out of the picture for this year but we can hope till the franchise stream I guess. The stadium creator already looks great, that and the few things we already know about probably ate up most of the time and resources right there.

Been losing the positive thinking and just leaning towards trusting SDS recent track record instead. The way they quickly pulled the word ‘revamped’ once they saw it caught some attention and started getting people excited is a bad sign from the start.

My guess on the kind of way it’s gonna go: Franchise/MTO stream will be a shorter one, maybe 1-2 things (nothing huge like expanded rosters) to show off , then the rest (half or most) of the stream time goes to MTO.

Hopefully this post ages horribly but that’s where I’m at now, I mean EA didn’t suddenly change their approach to franchise mode because they just randomly decided it was important and they felt bad for franchise players. The community stepped up and put some pressure on them to do something.

[Armor and Sword]

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Definitely can for MLB 20....I did it last night.

Unsure about 21...that would be nice if we could.

Well if that is the case......expanded rosters are not happening IMO.

It will be what we have had at 90.

Again....cross console is what nerfed Y2Y at least for this year. All the talk it held back being able to improve franchise mode is bunk until proven otherwise.

My biggest hope was because they are expanding rosters and re-doing the core coding of franchise mode due to roster expansion.

LOL knew that was a long shot....but again hope to be proven wrong. I mean think about it. All the talk is about speeding up the game, getting through seasons in 18 hours....adding more players? More prospects to manage?

Come on folks...let's see what is really going on and know that almost all improvements are about streamlining not “expanding” franchise mode.

Being real about it.

I love the game. But I don’t expect much in terms of franchise mode improvements. I see the opposite actually. I see things going into a more simplistic direction vs more complex.

And like I was posting about before, I rather see a lot more improvement with the on field experience inside franchise mode since those of us in that “niche" group of playing almost every game (in my case all 162) would love far more dynamic stats of the season popping up and keeping us engaged with other teams as we play them. It is such a huge immersion thing to see historical matchups, splits, current streaks, talk about injuries, trades, players coming up through he minors, more of that inside the game while playing...much more of that and franchise will only be better for it.

VS endless menus screens and spreadsheets. This is not a text sim. What needs to be done off the diamond is core AI lineup, drafting, trade, team building logic and expanded rosters would go a long way to helping that!!!

So we wait......and wait.....and wait lol.

Maybe next year......sigh.

Let’s hope for some surprises on the franchise stream April 1st.

Looking forward to tonights first stream. It is always an exciting time with new MLB The Show news regardless of what it is.

[Potatoes002]

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4. Historical stats for minor league players - Team building is a huge part of franchise and this is something that is long overdue. We need to be able to see how our farm system is developing season to season across all levels (A,AA,AAA).

There's a lot of good requests in this thread, but this one had always bugged me because it really hurts immersion not being included. Its fun seeing Joe Blow going on a tear in year 3 in AAA when you remember him being *** two years back in AA, but unfortunately his stats are not saved, in a sport that is so stat-heavy.

If I am going to add anything, I would like to see a scouting/draft overhaul. I do not like the idea of prospects not existing/being created until I search for that specific type of player. Just seems lazy to me, idk.

[Jr.]

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Definitely can for MLB 20....I did it last night.

Unsure about 21...that would be nice if we could.

MLB 20 isn't a PS5 game. It's a PS4 game you can play on PS5, so it would makes sense that it works.

We already know the PS5 version of 21 isn't the same as PS4 version, so I doubt the files will be interchangeable.

[Jr.]

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Again....cross console is what nerfed Y2Y at least for this year. All the talk it held back being able to improve franchise mode is bunk until proven otherwise.

Has that been confirmed? That Y2Y isn't back because of the game being made for multiple platforms now?

[Armor and Sword]

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Has that been confirmed? That Y2Y isn't back because of the game being made for multiple platforms now?

It will be at some point. And if not...then I am wrong. Big freaking deal.

Fact of the mater is....it is gone which is a lose lose for a lot of us.

[Jr.]

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It will be at some point. And if not...then I am wrong. Big freaking deal.

Fact of the mater is....it is gone which is a lose lose for a lot of us.

Hahaha I love that logic.

So people speculating it's gone because of changes to franchise is bunk. But you speculating it's gone because of cross-platform isn't, until it's proven to be bunk.

Classic Armor and Sword. Never change

[Armor and Sword]

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Hahaha I love that logic.

So people speculating it's gone because of changes to franchise is bunk. But you speculating it's gone because of cross-platform isn't, until it's proven to be bunk.

Classic Armor and Sword. Never change

Love you too Jr.

[jack1535]

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Are you saying you can upload your franchise to the cloud with the PS4 version of 21 and then download it into the PS5 version of 21?

If that indeed is true......you can forget expanded rosters.

How are you coming to this conclusion?

[Armor and Sword]

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How are you coming to this conclusion?

It has been said numerous times by the development team, that there simply is not enough space for more than 90 man rosters on the PS4 version of the game. With everything they have on the game it simply won’t fly. Some people think Y2Y held back expanded rosters.....it did not do so on the PS4. Also and I am no game developer....let’s say it was possible....they would have had to tear down franchise mode and rebuild it (I assume).

So if you are able to upload your PS4 franchise to the cloud and download it to the PS5 version.....then you can’t expect more than 90 man rosters with these factors I just mentioned.

And the hope is that Y2Y being removed was a sign that rosters were being expanded. I still think it will be the same. We will see. All questions will be answered when the game drops.

[Caulfield]

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truth be told, it's probably a combination of new platforms and something new in franchise is what's halted Y2Y saves. if the Studio only had one of those challenges they might've been able to overcome and keep Y2Y going for another year

that's obviously speculative from me, just what I'm guessing at the moment. but if I had to lean one way or the other, I'd think new platforms was the issue. we'll know soon enough. April 16 getting closer by the hour