How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

[Caulfield]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

I feel like Sony is missing out on a veritable goldmine, where they have available only for digital download, no physical disc, start having retroactive MLB the Show 2000, MLB the Show 1990, and so on, rosters with accurate player attributes, but not named, or numbered, or correct height or weight, but each teams position would play like they did that year. sort of how EA football used to be, but even more ambiguous. $50 a year, they have a Diamond Franchise cash cow/golden goose right at their fingertips.
you have to name and number and adjust likeness to your liking. yeah, Diamond Franchise

[Unlucky 13]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

I feel like Sony is missing out on a veritable goldmine, where they have available only for digital download, no physical disc, start having retroactive MLB the Show 2000, MLB the Show 1990, and so on, rosters with accurate player attributes, but not named, or numbered, or correct height or weight, but each teams position would play like they did that year. sort of how EA football used to be, but even more ambiguous. $50 a year, they have a Diamond Franchise cash cow/golden goose right at their fingertips.
you have to name and number and adjust likeness to your liking. yeah, Diamond Franchise

I think that no matter how ambiguous they would make it, someone would raise a stink and maybe a lawsuit, and force them to stop. It really sucks for us, the gamers, but its the way our country works unfortunately.

[Madden08PCgmr]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

I feel like Sony is missing out on a veritable goldmine, where they have available only for digital download, no physical disc, start having retroactive MLB the Show 2000, MLB the Show 1990, and so on, rosters with accurate player attributes, but not named, or numbered, or correct height or weight, but each teams position would play like they did that year. sort of how EA football used to be, but even more ambiguous. $50 a year, they have a Diamond Franchise cash cow/golden goose right at their fingertips.
you have to name and number and adjust likeness to your liking. yeah, Diamond Franchise

I agree with you 100%

But they don't even need to do the work. Give US a roster editor, and better League customization. WE'LL do the work. Proven beyond any reasonable doubt for every sports gaming release ever made.

Charge me for said roster editor. I'll pay. Absurd amounts of $$.

Charge me for said customization. Again, I'll gladly pay.

Thats exactly what I am looking for. This game is dead to me until I get it. It takes to bleeping long to create good historic rosters.

[igolfbad]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

58 yr old here.

Started out with the Mattel handheld LED version (football as well), then moved up to Earl Weaver on PC (don’t ask what year). Played on the kids’ Gameboy with their version of the game, and enjoyed playing Backyard Baseball with my girls on the PS2. That’s where I broke in with MVP 05, then The Show right after that. Once EA stopped, I’ve been with The Show and never looked back.

Still have fond memories of losing to the kids in Backyard. Gave them both an appreciation of the game that they’ve taken into their adult lives.


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[Seltaeb9091]

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I'll be turning 47 in August, but my body feels almost twice that sometimes. I didn't get into sports until 1990, but at least I entered the fray once technology caught up with the intricacies of the sport.

NES: Baseball Stars and Baseball Simulator 1.000. Loved the former for winning money to improve your team, the latter not just for the ultra powers, but I'd get the issue of Baseball Weekly with the year end stats and recreate that year's Giants team.
SNES: Both Ken Griffey games, Super Baseball Simulator 1.000, Tecmo Super Baseball. I sold the first Griffey for reasons unknown, so some kid who got it at a used game store probably thinks that the game always had real players thanks to me and Baseball Weekly. I also found a pitch location in Tecmo where the CPU could never make contact and threw dozens of no-hitters.
N64: MLB featuring Griffey, All-Star Baseball 99-2001. My first foray into polygonal baseball. Was so impressed with ASB's graphics of the time.
PS1: Triple Play Baseball. More polygons, but now with jaggies!
PS2: All-Star Baseball 2002-2005, MLB Slugfest 20-04, MVP Baseball 2005, MLB 2K5 and 2K9, MLB 06-09 The Show. Only bought the 2K titles because they were cheap (and Timmy was on the cover of 2K9). MVP was the first game I played where my entire lineup didn't have 30 homers and 50 doubles each at the end of the season. And of course, the start of a longtime franchise connection. You want to fix the commentary? Get Tim Kitzrow and Jimmy Shorts calling The Show!
PS3: The Show 10-16. I wanted to get my money's worth out of the PS3.
PS4: The Show 17-21. I'm not an early adopter on new tech, so let everyone else go through what I call the "1.0-itis" of the PS5 and let the programmers get another year or so of experience under their belt. I'm not one of those who expected the game to melt my brain right out of the gate. I can wait.

FWIW, I preferred Vs. RBI Baseball, the arcade version with all the legends. And speaking of arcades, thanks to the one fella for bringing World Series Baseball back to my memory. "Thank you very much!"

Also, Zone hitting and Meter pitching. I guess all the golf games I tried on the NES got me used to three-click input.

[Unlucky 13]

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I'll be turning 47 in August, but my body feels almost twice that sometimes.

I feel like, internally at least, my body has aged twenty years in the past five. 40 really is a wall that you hit, and I'd imagine that a lot of us around that point would say the same!

I didn't feel all that different at 38 than I did at 25, but then over the next few years it really all caught up with me in so many ways. I would have to think that's why so many pro athletes get to that point and suddenly lose it and have to retire.

[Limasbravo]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

I feel like, internally at least, my body has aged twenty years in the past five. 40 really is a wall that you hit, and I'd imagine that a lot of us around that point would say the same!

I didn't feel all that different at 38 than I did at 25, but then over the next few years it really all caught up with me in so many ways. I would have to think that's why so many pro athletes get to that point and suddenly lose it and have to retire.

Yep. 40 sure seems to be the cutoff where you start feeling like you're old. Body just seems to not bounce back from some things and bounce back a lot slower from other things.

[scottj63]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

56 here. First baseball game was Baseball on the Odessey 2. have been playing The Show since 14. Most likely the last year for me as they have ruined RTTS which is all I pay.

Scott in the Philippines

[Unlucky 13]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

56 here. First baseball game was Baseball on the Odessey 2. have been playing The Show since 14. Most likely the last year for me as they have ruined RTTS which is all I pay.

Scott in the Philippines

I hope that what you want out of the game gets fixed. I've gone to buying the game every other year, and only when on sale for $30 or less due to the lack of improvement in franchise mode myself.

[Armor and Sword]

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Took a trip down nostalgia lane for the last few days due to this thread.

Popped in AS Baseball 2005 (XBOX) and MVP College Baseball 2006 (XBOX).

All-Star Baseball game play has not aged well at all. What is frustrating though is the rich feature set it had for a 17 year old game! Expansion Mode complete with a robust selection of cities, parks and a true expansion draft.

So why were we never able to get this on The Show all these years?

But.....the gameplay is simply not there compared to MLB The Show 20....I mean LOL I could not even finish a game. But again the feature set is pretty incredible.

MVP College Baseball on the other hand......I can still play this game. Recruiting is fun, you can build your own park although not even close to the stadium builder on 21. But the gameplay is fun, fluid and as good as I remember (obviously using the MVP 2005 engine). The hitting system is fun and still feels rewarding. Also it truly plays like college baseball. Pitching is not nearly as good as the Pros, the game has great BBCOR bat sounds.....just fun. Really fun.


Today we will pop in High Heat 2004 (XBOX) and see how it plays today.

Fun little exercise though. And it makes me appreciate how phenomenal MLB The Show 20 is but at the same time wonder why we cannot some more attention to “Franchise” mode details we all want.

But it proves nostalgia can be way way overrated in terms of gameplay. I can’t even think of playing 99% of those PS2/XBOX sports games much anymore.

However I can easily play PS3 era sports games (and still do in fact). That was also a great era in terms of a jump to 720-1080 visuals and player movements and controls.

The Show was king on the PS3 and we had some great sports titles in NCAA 2K8 and NBA 2K11, Top Spin 4 and the Fight Night series. NHL 11 and 13 were also a personal fav's of mine in the hockey realm.

Funny.....I can always pop on RBI 3 or Tecmo Super Bowl or Tecmo Basketball on the NES. Baseball Stars and Bases Loaded 2...have not aged well actually. Great games for their time though.

[Limasbravo]

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MVP College Baseball on the other hand......I can still play this game. Recruiting is fun, you can build your own park although not even close to the stadium builder on 21. But the gameplay is fun, fluid and as good as I remember (obviously using the MVP 2005 engine). The hitting system is fun and still feels rewarding. Also it truly plays like college baseball. Pitching is not nearly as good as the Pros, the game has great BBCOR bat sounds.....just fun. Really fun.

NCAA baseball I say is the best baseball game ever. Maybe even in the running for best video game ever, regardless of type and platform.

In addition to what you mentioned, which is all true and wonderful; the mini games are amazing, you can edit the names and logos of EVERY SINGLE team in the game, etc.

The game is amazing.

[PVarck31]

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Yep. 40 sure seems to be the cutoff where you start feeling like you're old. Body just seems to not bounce back from some things and bounce back a lot slower from other things.

I'm 41, and I can attest to this. I have more aches and pains now. I hurt my shoulder lifting at the gym a couple weeks ago and now I can barely lift.

Going to an orthopedic doctor soon to see if there is any structural damage.

I played mostly catcher when I played baseball, and I played for 20 years. So my knees are crap now. Also have back problems.

Tougher to push through all of it and still get exercise. I can't go like I used to be able to in my 30s.

[Hammerhunker]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

I'm 41, and I can attest to this. I have more aches and pains now. I hurt my shoulder lifting at the gym a couple weeks ago and now I can barely lift.

Going to an orthopedic doctor soon to see if there is any structural damage.

I played mostly catcher when I played baseball, and I played for 20 years. So my knees are crap now. Also have back problems.

Tougher to push through all of it and still get exercise. I can't go like I used to be able to in my 30s.

Wait until you turn 50! This is when I realized what all the "old men" used to talk about when they said it sucked getting old.

[Jolly Roger]

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Wow these results.

This is to mean no offense but it goes to show how sports forums and forums in general have changed over the years. All of the younger demographic must be on Reddit, Twitter, etc. The game boards are not much of a thing anymore. I was all over these boards, VSN, etc, when I was as young as 14 years old. Born in 1995 and signed up in January of 2010. Time flies.

Reddit truly is a different audience if anyone has ventured that way.

Yeah, I'm 35 and feel like I have a foot in both worlds. I miss the old era of forums, but I also love the memes. There are some proper funny ones on The Show subreddit. But they are really into Diamond Dynasty over there. It's weird, you'd think us olds would be more into it since a lot of us grew up collecting actual sports cards, but I think we all mostly just want a great simulation experience.

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[Iron]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

45 here. The first baseball game I’ve played was on the Intellivision. My friend and I would keep scores and stats when we’d play against each other.

I spent countless hours playing Baseball Stars on Nintendo, building all-star teams. Then to Tony LaRussa Baseball and Harball 3 on pc ( I think I still have all the stats saved somewhere for the many seasons I’ve played). Played a bit of Triple Play 99, lots of High Heat 2001 to 2004 on pc, MVP 2004 on ps2 and MVP 2005 on pc (which remains for me one the best baseball game ever made).

I moved to the Show series starting with 2008 or 2009. I hope to keep playing for another 45 years.


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