Before I get to my wishlist, I would like to start out by saying this is the greatest sports game series I have ever played. It is the most realistic game and it has great graphics. Now to the list.....
1. Broadcasting
If The Show series had one weakness, this would be it. Matty V has done a fine job all these years with The Show, but it is time for change. My first resolution to this would be difficult but it would be cool. That would be to have each teams individual commentators. So for example, teh Tigers would have Mario Impemba and Rod Allen as their commentators with the FoxSports Detroit scoreboard in the upper left hand corner. Other examples would be the Yankees having YES Network, the Red Sox having NESN, the White Sox having WGN, etc. Whichever team is the home team, they would have their broadcast package. If that is too difficult, my second resolution to this problem would be to have the national FoxSports broadcast package, with Joe Buck as the commentator.
2. Road to the Show
This is a great mode but still in need of edits. One problem is the advancement goals. When you are a minor leaguer or in your first few years in the majors, the current ones work fine. But the real problem is when you are 28 years old, locked into a long term contract, 99 overall, and having MVP stats, you still use the same system as you did when you were in the minors. If I fail goals, I should not be benched because of it. Instead, I should be sat for a few games, not TOTALLY REMOVED FROM THE STARTING LINEUP. Also in the offseason during a contract year, if I am a MVP player, I should have a bidding war basically to get me. In my RTTS, I was 25 years old, coming off a Triple Crown season, eligible to sign with any team. In real life, a player like this would have MANY teams offering a contract. My player only received offers from the Yankees, Rangers, and Blue Jays.
3. Franchise mode
Yet another great mode. My first thing is offseason free agency. The majority of the time, there is not very many good players out there, which is nothing like real life. Last years offseason featured Prince Fielder, Albert Pujols, Jose Reyes, and more. This offseason will have guys like Josh Hamilton, BJ Upton, and Andre Eithier. I have NEVER had this kind of talent in a free agent class in my franchises. The second thing on my list is the contracts. I'm tired of having almost EVERY player on my team on a 1 year contract to start the season. I highly doubt that that many players are hitting the free agent market this offseason. So the contracts should be fixed so that the amount of money that a player wants correlates to their stats, not ratings.
4. Diamond Dynasty
This mode disappointed me to tell ya the truth. The creation of your team is great. Its the rest of the mode that is the problem. First, you should either get rid of Dynasty players, or get rid of the MLB players. It should be one or the other. They both shouldnt be in there. Also you should take the Create A Team mode and make it so you can create a team outside of DD. So like you could use them in Exhibition mode or Franchise mode. Also add a stadium creator, similar to the one in MVP Baseball 05.
5. Rosters
My guess is that probably only about 20% of people use the SCEA rosters. Most people use OSFM or Scotts re rated rosters. One thing to fix this is to get the REAL minor league players. I know that you currently do not have the license to do that, but why not try to get that? Another thing, make the players batting stance/pitching motion actually look like the players ACTUAL batting stance.
6. New Leagues
Add new league modes such as the Arizona Fall League and the World Baseball Classic
There is my wishlist, if anyone at Sony/SCEA reads this, please consider my ideas. If you have any questions, feel free to message me. Thanks!
1. Broadcasting
If The Show series had one weakness, this would be it. Matty V has done a fine job all these years with The Show, but it is time for change. My first resolution to this would be difficult but it would be cool. That would be to have each teams individual commentators. So for example, teh Tigers would have Mario Impemba and Rod Allen as their commentators with the FoxSports Detroit scoreboard in the upper left hand corner. Other examples would be the Yankees having YES Network, the Red Sox having NESN, the White Sox having WGN, etc. Whichever team is the home team, they would have their broadcast package. If that is too difficult, my second resolution to this problem would be to have the national FoxSports broadcast package, with Joe Buck as the commentator.
2. Road to the Show
This is a great mode but still in need of edits. One problem is the advancement goals. When you are a minor leaguer or in your first few years in the majors, the current ones work fine. But the real problem is when you are 28 years old, locked into a long term contract, 99 overall, and having MVP stats, you still use the same system as you did when you were in the minors. If I fail goals, I should not be benched because of it. Instead, I should be sat for a few games, not TOTALLY REMOVED FROM THE STARTING LINEUP. Also in the offseason during a contract year, if I am a MVP player, I should have a bidding war basically to get me. In my RTTS, I was 25 years old, coming off a Triple Crown season, eligible to sign with any team. In real life, a player like this would have MANY teams offering a contract. My player only received offers from the Yankees, Rangers, and Blue Jays.
3. Franchise mode
Yet another great mode. My first thing is offseason free agency. The majority of the time, there is not very many good players out there, which is nothing like real life. Last years offseason featured Prince Fielder, Albert Pujols, Jose Reyes, and more. This offseason will have guys like Josh Hamilton, BJ Upton, and Andre Eithier. I have NEVER had this kind of talent in a free agent class in my franchises. The second thing on my list is the contracts. I'm tired of having almost EVERY player on my team on a 1 year contract to start the season. I highly doubt that that many players are hitting the free agent market this offseason. So the contracts should be fixed so that the amount of money that a player wants correlates to their stats, not ratings.
4. Diamond Dynasty
This mode disappointed me to tell ya the truth. The creation of your team is great. Its the rest of the mode that is the problem. First, you should either get rid of Dynasty players, or get rid of the MLB players. It should be one or the other. They both shouldnt be in there. Also you should take the Create A Team mode and make it so you can create a team outside of DD. So like you could use them in Exhibition mode or Franchise mode. Also add a stadium creator, similar to the one in MVP Baseball 05.
5. Rosters
My guess is that probably only about 20% of people use the SCEA rosters. Most people use OSFM or Scotts re rated rosters. One thing to fix this is to get the REAL minor league players. I know that you currently do not have the license to do that, but why not try to get that? Another thing, make the players batting stance/pitching motion actually look like the players ACTUAL batting stance.
6. New Leagues
Add new league modes such as the Arizona Fall League and the World Baseball Classic
There is my wishlist, if anyone at Sony/SCEA reads this, please consider my ideas. If you have any questions, feel free to message me. Thanks!
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