Re: My opinion on the "Current State" of MLB The Show
Thanks for sharing this information. I agree with you.
Hey, folks. Hope all is well. This originally started out as PM to Countryboy and then I decided to make it a thread and see where it went. Hope you all enjoy the ramblings of an old guy about a video game.
I have been watching OS and this forum pretty carefully this year.
I have noticed that even though the 'reach' of The Show has doubled the audience has not. While there has been an influx of new members contributing to this part of the Forum it is nowhere near what I thought it would be. Also the content of these new members has changed drastically from years past. There is actually very little talk of "real" Baseball or even the actually gameplay of Baseball. The majority of topics are "I have a problem/do you see this?" "I don't like the color of ......" or " I am starting my own thread on a topic that is pinned and already has four other posts talking about the same thing"
There are very few threads of people genuinely talking about the game or Rookies seeking advice or questions about the game both in reality or video game departments. Even the dedicated Franchise thread is not getting the traffic it used to.
I think even more telling is the gradual abandoning of the current game. The biggest on site contributors to this game, such as CB and Armor have both left the game to return to a previous version. Yet these posts going over this have not even reached into the double digits or have already fallen off the main page.
Then add in the almost complete destruction of the Roster Creators because of the removal of Carry Over Saves and it really does start to show a trend of where the game is headed. There is only one thread in the Roster section on the OS Full Minors and the list of created Rosters for '22 is empty even this late in the Summer. Bacon is gone. Heck even Caulfield does not post as much anymore.
What I am getting at in way too many words is that I think this all goes to the current state of the game. I am not saying by any means that its a sinking ship. All of this Micro Transaction/Card Collecting Stuff obviously makes them money. A lot more money that just the sale of the game. Its this point that I think matters the most. They can afford to loose followers and buyers of the game like you and I, meaning basically just franchise players, because the average user will play the modes where they spend more than we would just buying the game.
So in the grand scheme of things. I think, to continue my analogy. The Ship is doing fine all told, it just has seemed to have left the dock without us on board.
Anyway thats just my two cents on the whole thing.
Appreciate you all
Peace
I have been watching OS and this forum pretty carefully this year.
I have noticed that even though the 'reach' of The Show has doubled the audience has not. While there has been an influx of new members contributing to this part of the Forum it is nowhere near what I thought it would be. Also the content of these new members has changed drastically from years past. There is actually very little talk of "real" Baseball or even the actually gameplay of Baseball. The majority of topics are "I have a problem/do you see this?" "I don't like the color of ......" or " I am starting my own thread on a topic that is pinned and already has four other posts talking about the same thing"
There are very few threads of people genuinely talking about the game or Rookies seeking advice or questions about the game both in reality or video game departments. Even the dedicated Franchise thread is not getting the traffic it used to.
I think even more telling is the gradual abandoning of the current game. The biggest on site contributors to this game, such as CB and Armor have both left the game to return to a previous version. Yet these posts going over this have not even reached into the double digits or have already fallen off the main page.
Then add in the almost complete destruction of the Roster Creators because of the removal of Carry Over Saves and it really does start to show a trend of where the game is headed. There is only one thread in the Roster section on the OS Full Minors and the list of created Rosters for '22 is empty even this late in the Summer. Bacon is gone. Heck even Caulfield does not post as much anymore.
What I am getting at in way too many words is that I think this all goes to the current state of the game. I am not saying by any means that its a sinking ship. All of this Micro Transaction/Card Collecting Stuff obviously makes them money. A lot more money that just the sale of the game. Its this point that I think matters the most. They can afford to loose followers and buyers of the game like you and I, meaning basically just franchise players, because the average user will play the modes where they spend more than we would just buying the game.
So in the grand scheme of things. I think, to continue my analogy. The Ship is doing fine all told, it just has seemed to have left the dock without us on board.
Anyway thats just my two cents on the whole thing.
Appreciate you all
Peace
Thanks for sharing this information. I agree with you.
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