Shorter Version
It would be nice to have the option to completely turn off the ball marker for those wanting an intense challenge.
Longer Version
Don't get me wrong, both PYS/PP are now my favorite baseball games. I have stopped playing the show. MLB16 is likely going to be the last MLBtheShow baseball game that I buy. From here on out, the only baseball game that I'll buy are PYS/PP. Everything in the game is so well done from the animations to the bat-ball-turf physics, the atmosphere, the replay angles, everything just seems so organic and natural.
But there's a difference between reading the pitch out of the pitcher's hand versus knowing where the pitch crosses the plate. In MVP, you still can't tell where the pitches will cross the plate. There's still a challenge in knowing where the final pitch location is in MVP. Even though the ball marker doesn't always point to the final location of the pitch for both PYS/PP, it does point to the vicinity of the final location. The ball marker sort of gives away the final pitch location.
But isn't that the purpose of the breaking pitch? To deceive the hitter into swinging and missing? A good breaking pitch in conjunction with pitcher's arm motion speed is suppose to make it look like a fastball. It's suppose to look as if it coming straight, but at the last minute suddenly drop way down in the zone.
As it stands right now, when the ball marker is turned on, it can be a little "easier" to lay off PYS/PP pitches when they're out of the strike zone before the pitch even crosses the half way point between pitcher's mound and batter. Secondly, I want to sometimes be fooled into chasing outside pitches. Right now, I don't think I have ever chased an outside pitch in either PYS/PP.
I just want to be able to have an option where I can't see the ball marker at all just like it is in PYS. Yes, even though I am absolutely terrible at hitting the ball without the ball marker, having the option to turn it off would allow me to replicate the actual hitting experience better.
Look at the two final videos below. You don't see a ball marker to tell you where the pitch is going to cross the plate. You must watch the pitch from beginning to end. This is the type of experience I would like to have in PP to give the game a little bit more challenge (if I need the challenge later on). Even with the ball marker, it's already challenging enough on default setting, but at the same time, it would be nice to have that option to completely turn it off to mimic the last two videos below.
MPV Hitter's Eye
No ball marker, simply need to read and watch the pitch trajectory.
No ball marker, simply need to read and watch the pitch trajectory.