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

[Armor and Sword]

Quote: Originally Posted by JoshC1977

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]

Quote: Originally Posted by Armor and Sword

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.]

Quote: Originally Posted by JoshC1977

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.]

Quote: Originally Posted by Armor and Sword

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]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jr.

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.]

Quote: Originally Posted by Armor and Sword

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]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jr.

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]

Quote: Originally Posted by Armor and Sword

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?