MLB 12 The Show Fact Sheet

**Pared** · 02-09-2012, 04:10 PM

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Originally posted by ballaholic04

Extremely dissapointing!

Blame Canada.

**Bahnzo** · 02-09-2012, 04:39 PM

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I'm pleased that Challenge of the Week will now be free. I really liked it last year, but having to pay money for more than one game was just cheap. I paid $60 for my game, asking me to pay more to play a game I've already bought?

I'm half and half about the removal of 1st inning quits. You need to get into the game and play it before you can see if it's truly too laggy to play. People who would abuse this feature to get a free quit are people I wouldn't want to play 9 innings against anyways, so I'd rather they left it in than out. I could count on one hand the amount of people who quit on me in the first inning over the last couple years, but many more times when it was needed because the game was too laggy.

Diamond Dynasty: Can you play against people on your friends list, or is it randoms only?

**Perfect Zero** · 02-09-2012, 04:55 PM

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Originally posted by Bahnzo

I'm pleased that Challenge of the Week will now be free. I really liked it last year, but having to pay money for more than one game was just cheap. I paid $60 for my game, asking me to pay more to play a game I've already bought?

It was only a quarter per extra play, and you had a free play every week. I don't see anything wrong about that.

**nemesis04** · 02-09-2012, 05:02 PM

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Originally posted by Bahnzo

I'm half and half about the removal of 1st inning quits. You need to get into the game and play it before you can see if it's truly too laggy to play. People who would abuse this feature to get a free quit are people I wouldn't want to play 9 innings against anyways, so I'd rather they left it in than out. I could count on one hand the amount of people who quit on me in the first inning over the last couple years, but many more times when it was needed because the game was too laggy.

I don't know if it made it in but they were going to have everyone's Ping displayed next to their name.

**nomo17k** · 02-09-2012, 05:04 PM

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Originally posted by nemesis04

I don't know if it made it in but they were going to have everyone's Ping displayed next to their name.

This is cool!!

**nemesis04** · 02-09-2012, 05:06 PM

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Originally posted by nomo17k

This is cool!!

Like I said I don't know if it actually made it in.

**Bahnzo** · 02-09-2012, 06:37 PM

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Originally posted by Perfect Zero

It was only a quarter per extra play, and you had a free play every week. I don't see anything wrong about that.

Well, I did. I already paid for the game, being fleeced for extra money to play it rubs me the wrong way. I think they did the right thing by making it free this year. It's a fun mode, but only having one free play pretty much ruined it.

Originally posted by nemesis04

I don't know if it made it in but they were going to have everyone's Ping displayed next to their name.

Makes a lot of sense, I hope it did make it in there.

**GibsonD90** · 02-09-2012, 06:45 PM

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Originally posted by Bahnzo

Well, I did. I already paid for the game, being fleeced for extra money to play it rubs me the wrong way. I think they did the right thing by making it free this year. It's a fun mode, but only having one free play pretty much ruined it.

I agree.. I enjoyed the mode but didn't like paying for it so only played the one try about 5 times.. because i knew I would never get to the top even if I did spend $10 for coins.

I understand if only the people who pay are eligible for prizes, but I like being able to play the mode by itself.

**Pared** · 02-09-2012, 06:49 PM

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To be fair, Banzo has a problem with just about anything that you have to pay for outside of the disc.

Times are changing fella, whether you like it or not. Micro-transactions help generate more revenue and it's pretty much the standard in any game, one way or another.

**Bahnzo** · 02-09-2012, 07:02 PM

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Originally posted by Pared

To be fair, Banzo has a problem with just about anything that you have to pay for outside of the disc.

Times are changing fella, whether you like it or not. Micro-transactions help generate more revenue and it's pretty much the standard in any game, one way or another.

I've come to accept that DLC is now the norm. Paying for extra things they develop like maps (or classic Stadiums!) I don't have so much a problem with. But something like Challenge of the Week, which was already there on the disc? Nah. And it was one free play per *week*. Just a money grab IMO...

Also, haven't seen an answer to this: Can Diamond Dynasty be played with friends?

**Russell_SCEA** · 02-09-2012, 08:15 PM

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Originally posted by Bahnzo

I've come to accept that DLC is now the norm. Paying for extra things they develop like maps (or classic Stadiums!) I don't have so much a problem with. But something like Challenge of the Week, which was already there on the disc? Nah. And it was one free play per *week*. Just a money grab IMO...

Also, haven't seen an answer to this: Can Diamond Dynasty be played with friends?

Challenge of the week in it's first year gave people an opportunity to win over 25k in cash and prizes. The winner of a free all expenses paid trip to the World Series spent a total of 50 dollars. The winner of the All-Star game trip spent 70 dollars. Each winner received tremendous value for their dollar.

**Woodweaver** · 02-09-2012, 08:24 PM

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Originally posted by Russell_SCEA

Challenge of the week in it's first year gave people an opportunity to win over 25k in cash and prizes. The winner of a free all expenses paid trip to the World Series spent a total of 50 dollars. The winner of the All-Star game trip spent 70 dollars. Each winner received tremendous value for their dollar.

Next thing you'll be telling me is that I don't get all the fancy upgrades on my new car for the base price.

**Kashanova** · 02-09-2012, 08:33 PM

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no mention of added records. I'd just like it to be expanded on, I'd like to know if I broke the record for doubles in a season, or a consecutive shutout innings record. I would of also like to see Game records added too, like home runs in a game and things like that....

**Bobhead** · 02-09-2012, 08:34 PM

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Like Bahnzo, I am strongly against paying for DLC or any other add-ons. However, I see no issue with paying for COTW, considering the prizes and the whole concept of the game. You aren't paying for the right to play, you are paying for prize eligibility. There was nothing in COTW that you couldn't recreate offline and play for free.

**nomo17k** · 02-09-2012, 08:40 PM

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So will the COTW still involve all those fancy prizes to be won this year? I guess not, since it will be free....

Not that I play the mode beyond the free portion since I'm not interested in winning anything... But in 11 it was basically kinda like lottery, where you garner a small payments from a large number of people and re-distribute it to a much smaller number of winning people as "big" prizes (while the company making some money). It's a reasonable business model...

MLB 12 The Show Fact Sheet

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