Will this game ever be good again? Why can't we just play how we want?
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Two buddies grew up playing baseball together and playing baseball video games....used to be able to have their own league and draft players and just play against each other. Pretty simple concept eh? So why can't we do this anymore?
Why do we need 4 for a league and why can't you draft legends? Diamond Dynasty blows. Its either hours of meaningless games against the computer or people we couldn't give two craps about or spending thousands of dollars for cards we don't want to even use. It's ridiculous. Maybe Rickey Henderson is your favorite player? Well, he'll be available when we feel like it. October maybe? Great, lets buy a game where we can only use the players we like when some developer feels like releasing it. Better yet, 99's for everyone! Sim!!! they will cry...everyone with max stats and a different skin sure sounds like a good sim, no?
I'm sure fanboys who are on flipping cards on the companion app while they are at the dentist office will poo poo this post, but they can go pound sand. They are a cancer to the baseball gaming world.
Give us our online leagues back you greedy $%&$*!
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You get right to the heart of the matter. SDS leadership is dominated by a control freak nature. They want more money after the sale and believe iron tight control over how the game is played somehow puts more money in their pockets.
But, I think instead it costs SDS sales. This is why since 2018 the lid has been firmly closed on sales reports of MLB The Show. If it was good news, then SDS would have issued press releases to their favorite media to trumpet their achievement. In business, no news is bad news!
SDS has but one mission each year -- to deposit their required annual payment to Sony through Sony Interactive Entertainment. If they meet that annual requirement, then all's good. If they fail, then Sony steps in and makes wholesale changes in leadership.
My guess is that SDS is finding it increasingly difficult to realize that annual contribution to Sony to stay afloat and are cutting staff to the bone to lower costs to try to keep pace with diminished sales.
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@dinkus_MLBTS said in Will this game ever be good again? Why can't we just play how we want?:
Maybe Rickey Henderson is your favorite player? Well, he'll be available when we feel like it. October maybe? Great, lets buy a game where we can only use the players we like when some developer feels like releasing it.
Option A: The current system where players are released piecemeal, increasing in power and popularity as the season progresses.
Option B: Everything is released Day 1 and starting in May we get the "There's nothing else left to play for" arguments.
Choose...
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@SaveFarris_PSN option A please
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@SaveFarris_PSN They can add your diamond dynasty as they have. But why does what we've played for 30 years get taken away? I guess if you need constant rewards to play, you're not much of a baseball guy. Maybe try slots at the casino? You can get your constant rewards and we could get our game back. The logic for a constant carrot sucks. Here, we'll let you use the players you want for the last month of the season. Gee, thanks. Again, try slots you'll love em! Big bright lights, loud noises, and jackpots. Serious dopamine!
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@SaveFarris_PSN said in Will this game ever be good again? Why can't we just play how we want?:
@dinkus_MLBTS said in Will this game ever be good again? Why can't we just play how we want?:
Maybe Rickey Henderson is your favorite player? Well, he'll be available when we feel like it. October maybe? Great, lets buy a game where we can only use the players we like when some developer feels like releasing it.
Option A: The current system where players are released piecemeal, increasing in power and popularity as the season progresses.
Option B: Everything is released Day 1 and starting in May we get the "There's nothing else left to play for" arguments.
Choose...
Option B is the right answer, and people who would complain that way need to get a life. You are correct, some will come here and complain. Games versus the CPU should be tailorable per the desires of the customer. The only game mode that should have rule limits is online competition, and that's for the purpose of an even set of rules to play by.
What SDS seems to miss is the offline concept versus the online competition concept. In their mind, they treat every game mode like it has to follow the same hard rules present in online competition.
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@PriorFir4383355_XBL “need to get a life” coming from you is beyond ironic.
