June countdown yikes
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Ugh…. Even I can get on board with the criticism of this program. I won’t say I’m an SDS defender or fanboy, but I tend to get more annoyed at the overreactions by the forums than the SDS shenanigans.
This program though…. Ouch. I agree that the requirements don’t seem to be “hard“, but there is a big group of people who intentionally play this game offline only. And for good reason.
Why are we doing this, SDS?
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@rubicante23_PSN people are scared of losing. Its just a game, win or lose it had zero influence on your real life; and if it does, you need help.
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Here's my concerns about the Multiplayer Missions.
Ok. So you need 2 SBs, in any Multiplayer mode, to get 10 points towards Britton.
Now let's say I unlock Britton and one of the Multiplayer Missions toward unlocking Acuna is for 10 SBs.
Does that mean I need to now get an additional 10 or will the 2 I got towards Britton automatically populate towards the 10 needed for Acuna?
Also, if there are any "Hit X Amount of Homeruns" Missions; prepare for people dashboarding!
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- I hate multi-player. Hate hate hate.
- I'm going on vacation for a week in hours.
- I'm an O's fan, so ZB would have been nice.
I have no problem with timed programs. 5 days is nuts. And requiring multiplayer sucks. Hard.
Add to the fact that we're months into the release and the servers still [censored] out regularly? With XP and packs being tougher to get than past years?
Yeah, this is a kick in the teeth. Thanks SDS.
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@skywalker_25_PSN the online crowd hates having the spend hours on hours playing conquest, or days playing miniseasons. To be clear, everyone CAN complete this content, they just dont WANT to play online.
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@Go4stros25_MLBTS I mean except for the people who have T-Mobile. And the people who aren’t paying for PS+/Gamepass. So not everyone.
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@Pergo_MLBTS some people expect to turn the game on a couple nights per week, complete whatever program or conquest is new, and get enough xp to finish the entire inning program. They expect everything to be earned thru cpu bashing on rookie.
I get it–they dont want to play online, but if sds structured the game that way than the larger community of online players would leave. Its a numbers thing.
I think they shorted both the online and offline community this year, and people are mad about that.
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@rubicante23_PSN people are scared of losing. Its just a game, win or lose it had zero influence on your real life; and if it does, you need help.
It's not that at all.
All I do is hear online players complain anout online play.
- Cheaters
- Dashboarders
- Match ups against superior players
- Disconnects
- Complaints about some magic logic keeping bad players in the game
- Complaints about good contact not being rewarded and bad contact getting hits.
- Etc
As a general rule I would say when it comes to actual gameplay we offline players are more content and happy than most online gamers.
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@T4RbRuSh_XBL do you expect ads to make content for players who arent paying for ps plus?
The t mobile thing sucks, but change internet providers. I change every couple years for the rates.
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They already know that they have driven away casuals and don't care as it is the online players that spend money on microtransactions. This is the new playbook for gaming and especially for modes like DD.
You may well be right and if so, then it's the stupidest playbook in the history of the video game industry. Casuals outnumber hard core players by a large margin. This accounts for why the sales figures for MLB The Show have ebbed consistently over the last several years and I'm sure it has dropped further for MLB 26 compared to 25.
It's also entirely possible to have ones cake and eat it too. A company can play to the hard core online crowd and still avoid offending the casual gamers, if the game title is properly written.
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I choose not to pay for PS+ to play the only game I play online, because
- Online play has been broken for years
- The are many Toxic Players online
- Cheating and Dashboarding
- Constant Pausing.
- Glitched players
- Little attempts to fix the bugs and issues
- Horrible Servers
- Its generally not fun
So, I guess if I had known that offline players would be required to play online as well to complete programs when buying the game, maybe i'd feel differently. But lets be honest. This game has been going down the tubes since MLBtheShow 23 (the last decent games), and I've always given SDS and the LC team the benefit of the doubt. After this kick in the teeth, no more.
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I get it–they dont want to play online, but if sds structured the game that way than the larger community of online players would leave. Its a numbers thing.
I dont think anyone was complaining in 23-24 when the xp path was pretty easy to complete through fairly casual gameplay
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@Go4stros25_MLBTS good for you. Some people don’t have that option. You know, maybe some people splurge for one new game a year, saving up, and The Show was it. Maybe they can’t afford PS+. In your argument, they should be punished for being poorer than you. Or by not having as many options for internet provider as you.
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@Dolenz_PSN im mostly an offline player, everything you listed DOES suck, but theres still fun to be had online.
This thread is full of people who are mad that they are being asked to play online. The show has always been an online game.
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@skywalker_25_PSN the online crowd hates having the spend hours on hours playing conquest, or days playing miniseasons. To be clear, everyone CAN complete this content, they just dont WANT to play online.
I also find it ironic that the person who posts the most complaint threads on the forum, many about online gameplay, is now trying to shame other players who choose not to dive into that game mode.
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@Dolenz_PSN im not trying to shame anybody. Stop being so defensive.
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“Play my way, or you don’t deserve to earn rewards!” - @go4stros25_mlbts, 2026.
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“Play my way, or you don’t deserve to earn rewards!” - @go4stros25_mlbts, 2026.
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@Dolenz_PSN im not trying to shame anybody. Stop being so defensive.
See, I would say that accusing them all of being afraid of losing is trying to shame them.
That's just my take though.
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@rubicante23_PSN people are scared of losing. Its just a game, win or lose it had zero influence on your real life; and if it does, you need help.
It's not that at all.
All I do is hear online players complain anout online play.
- Cheaters
- Dashboarders
- Match ups against superior players
- Disconnects
- Complaints about some magic logic keeping bad players in the game
- Complaints about good contact not being rewarded and bad contact getting hits.
- Etc
As a general rule I would say when it comes to actual gameplay we offline players are more content and happy than most online gamers.
ALL OF THIS. All I hear is complaints about the online play, why would I want to play it? Plus, I feel like making more people play online is only going to make things worse for gameplay if the servers already can't handle it.
Why can't SDS do something along the lines of making it so if you play offline line you need to get 4 or 5 times the amount of stats as an online player? That way the online player is getting their stuff quicker, can play online and still make their stubs while the offline player has to grind more.
