MLB The Show 24 Paying for Past Decisions

[Steve_OS]

Coming out of a jam-packed feature premiere last night, there's lots of takeaways you could pull...

Written By: Chase Becotte

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[BigGiacomoSlim]

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Good Article Chase, I did also notice when he was talking about plans for the future basically. Hinting how this is all part of a larger plan. I really wonder what that means in terms of all modes of the game. A complete face lift? A total revamp of franchise mode top to bottom? I feel like they have bigger plans for the female characters. Every year the game comes out the stakes get higher, we as players want more. Will be very interesting to see how the next 10 years of the game evolves

[DallasRocks]

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Graphics haven't improved at all in the last few years, lighting is usually good but come on Madden and 2K are in another league in terms of graphics and player models.


Franchise hasn't been touched in years, the AI bullpen is still broken (been over 3 years now) if you are up by a run after the 5th they put their 59 OVR long reliever in no matter the situation. No I shouldn't have to edit every teams roster and rotation to work around this.

Diamond Dynasty, I was all in on this a few years ago and had a blast. The last 2 years there is no incentive to grind or play the game because everyone has 99 OVR after 2 weeks of the game being out and gets boring real quick. There is something about having to do missions and play the game to get that 97 card etc.

Overall its a tough situation because the game has been phenomenal for years and they haven't changed much which on one hand is good but now they are seeing the feedback from people who have played for years get bored rather quick now. If they make a major overhaul it could be even better but also take a couple years to work out tweaks so they aren't risking it is what it seems to be like.

I will wait for community feedback and a PSN sale in the summer to maybe pick this years version up.

[Therebelyell626]

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Great article!

[ricket]

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It feels like plans for The Show 25 are already half-baked with devoting most of the resources to Storyline modes. Now that is if sales initially go as planned, but if the backlash we’re hearing and seeing from different communities is real, then it will have to force them to take a hard look at the course their heading versus going back to basics and revamping the graphics across the board on player models, fields, stadiums (including skylines and exteriors for all clubs).

For me I’m going to decide in the next few days if the slight gameplay and presentation modifications are worth it and in turn encouraging SDS to continue down this development road or cancel my pre-order and wait a few months until it’s discounted or just skip out entirely this year.

[Fikshun]

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AAA games like The Show are part of a billion-dollar industry. Franchise Mode doesn't add to the revenue stream like DD (paying for packs/cards) or even RTTS (paying for custom equipment/perks, etc.).

The article was great, although it was a bit disheartening to reflect on the PS5/Series X games being stagnant.

[gman2774]

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My concern is the discipline it takes businesses to stay committed to medium and long term visions. This is not an indictment against SDS but most companies struggle to stay committed to long term strategy. The pressure from company leaders, investors, shareholders, etc. to deliver short term revenue and ROI is immense. Couple that with frequent employee turnover at the executive level, each with different visions. All of which drives behavior that promotes and rewards more of a win the day strategy despite the best laid plans for a longer term strategy.

[bblhofer]

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It really feels like this whole gen has been lost and it stings even more because The Show is the last sports game I would feel motivated to play regularly with the ever shrinking time I get. Outside of the 1-month binge of WWE 2k23 and the coming Top Spin, nothing else. And it’s my favorite sport.

You’re right, they weren’t mistakes, they were decisions that drew as much ire back then as they do now. They knew that. Sony knows that. Mistakes would have actually been "innocent" and better. Turn after turn chance after chance the decision was made to not go with any of the “move the needle” features players have been asking for the past half-decade (not even including before that). And it’s very unfortunate because it’s only overshadowed the Negro Leagues and female ballplayer additions. All feels performative. Thanks SDS.


Like I SHOULD be excited for Josh Gibson. I SHOULD be excited for a potentially interesting female player story for the novelty alone. But it’s all makeup and misdirection for a franchise that has blatantly ignored its core community.

Tired.

[LastActionHero]

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revamping the graphics across the board on player models, fields, stadiums (including skylines and exteriors for all clubs).

The exterior shots are indeed still horrendous, it takes you from ps4(pro) graphics in game to literately ps2 graphics when you hit (for example) a splash hit in SF.

Just give that 1 guy from the graphics team all year to clean that mess up instead of creating new dinosaur packs for create a stadium [emoji849]

[Ragnar84]

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They have willfully neglected to add anything with depth, immersion, or creativity to franchise mode. After last night, it appears to me that franchise is in the same category as practice, home run, derby, and play now. Last night was a snooze fest of complementing each other on the great work they did las year tuning the AI and created new menu screens. The only thing that you can minimally interact with in ‘24 is the new Sim game feature. There are no other task or to do in the mode then there were the last five years. Changing the structure of the scouting last year means nothing this year because obviously it’s the same state. They don’t bother adding any creativity to even what’s there. They focused on franchise this entire week less than seven minutes. Look at how much publicity the Derek Jeter storyline, the female road to the show character and diamond dynasty have received Compared to franchise. SDS Refuses to address, broken AI and acknowledge that there are features that have been asked for for years. They won’t even say the words of the features that are asked for. They go on and do premier which was about as energetic as a sloth. I fear the direction the game is going will not change at this point.


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[eric7064]

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The exterior shots are indeed still horrendous, it takes you from ps4(pro) graphics in game to literately ps2 graphics when you hit (for example) a splash hit in SF.

Just give that 1 guy from the graphics team all year to clean that mess up instead of creating new dinosaur packs for create a stadium [emoji849]

Or just use real life shots from outside the ballpark. I remember when they touted the outside shots as a new presentation feature and I was appalled at how bad they looked.

[jcar0725]

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Or just use real life shots from outside the ballpark. I remember when they touted the outside shots as a new presentation feature and I was appalled at how bad they looked.

It was such a good idea for a feature also, and seemed like it wouldn't be a huge undertaking to add a handful of real life outside shots of each stadium and its surroundings.....and it ended up being sort of half-done and then disappeared........but I'm not game designer who knows.

[brunopuntzjones]

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It was such a good idea for a feature also, and seemed like it wouldn't be a huge undertaking to add a handful of real life outside shots of each stadium and its surroundings.....and it ended up being sort of half-done and then disappeared........but I'm not game designer who knows.

As a rule of thumb when people on here (self include) say “it would be so easy,” one should probably assume it’s actually extremely difficult.

[LastActionHero]

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Or just use real life shots from outside the ballpark. I remember when they touted the outside shots as a new presentation feature and I was appalled at how bad they looked.

I’ve never been a fan of mixing real life video within a videogame. Keep it all in the same world. But unfortunately that led to underwhelming exterior shots. But in my first reply i was actually talking about the world beyond the outfield walls where the camera goes during homeruns, thats on a whole other 2bit level.

[jcar0725]

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As a rule of thumb when people on here (self include) say “it would be so easy,” one should probably assume it’s actually extremely difficult.

Well I actually am not one of those guys who thinks everything is "so easy" so, that's not me. I'm assuming there is a good reason its not there anymore. I just liked the idea when it originated.