Why the "old days" of MLBTS are never coming back
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I'm sure most of you have already figured this out, but I saw this this weekend. You can jump forward and watch from 5:00 - 6:00 if you want to. It talks about the "monetization" of sports video games in general.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7PvyLQwZpM
Another one. The interesting part for me is the "loot boxes" and regulation. This is probably why SDS puts the "odds" in fine print on packs.
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The reason is because it is no longer PS exclusive. Exclusives tend to be SIGNIFICANTLY more customer friendly because it is the seller for your system. As MLB forced Sony's hand with that, they are now free to be scummy and you can bet Sony is squeezing SDS now.
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@Teak2112 said in Why the "old days" of MLBTS are never coming back:
The reason is because it is no longer PS exclusive. Exclusives tend to be SIGNIFICANTLY more customer friendly because it is the seller for your system. As MLB forced Sony's hand with that, they are now free to be scummy and you can bet Sony is squeezing SDS now.
Don't forget mlb,they have their hands in every pie
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That is not a new trend. Look at the smartphone game market … it is highly lucrative and you cannot blame the companies. That is the way things are going and your only choice is to accept and draw your own conclusions. Mine is: play but not participate
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@YOSHI24 said in Why the "old days" of MLBTS are never coming back:
That is not a new trend.
True - just thought it was interesting to point it out. MLBTS was pretty "no-money-spent" friendly up until last year, and is moving more and more towards pushing microtransactions. SDS certainly won't go back to the old model.
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@arvcpa mlb the show is still highly no money spent friendly.
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@chucky97___ said in Why the "old days" of MLBTS are never coming back:
@arvcpa mlb the show is still highly no money spent friendly.
Oh - I agree 100%. I'll be curious to see if they stay that way.
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Its funny because I just made a post on Twitter like a hour ago that said "MLB The Show is slowly turning into Madden and EA FC." The Soul of MLB The Show is definitely disappearing right before our eyes.
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@chucky97___ But the same "NO MONEY SPENT" Card that we grind for this season, can all be brought in packs day one. That didn't use to be like that
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@chucky97___ There's no such thing as "no money spent". You paid $80 and a subscription fee to play this game. The fact we have to say "no money spent" when we really mean "I didnt buy stubs" is pretty [censored] gross defense for predatory game developer's actions.
This isn't a YOU thing. Is a disgusting cultural thing around The Show and other video games with battle passes and loot crates.
We need to seriously stop saying this [censored] is "no money spent". You paid [censored] near $100 for an MLB marketing app. -
@arvcpa said in Why the "old days" of MLBTS are never coming back:
@chucky97___ said in Why the "old days" of MLBTS are never coming back:
@arvcpa mlb the show is still highly no money spent friendly.
Oh - I agree 100%. I'll be curious to see if they stay that way.
But the same "NO MONEY SPENT" Card that we grind for this season, can all be brought in packs day one. That didn't use to be like that
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@OGTKCole The Problem is game modes likeDD or the ultimate teams
If we would go back to online franchise only, that would massively benefit all sport games. Cause that way games can be skill based again and not RNG based.
Only game company would stop makin money so prob never gonna happen
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@AdeptOfMemory said in Why the "old days" of MLBTS are never coming back:
You paid [censored] near $100 for an MLB marketing app.
I see your point. It used to be "buy a game and play it as you want for as long as you want".
Now, with all games it seems, "you get the "base" stuff, but if you want more, you'll have to pay for it".
Like @chucky97____PSN said, MLBTS is still pretty "friendly" to us who don't want to spend money beyond the original game. I'll be curious to see what MLBTS 2030 looks like. I'm so old, I might be dead by then
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@arvcpa agreed. Wonder if they have to pay players more now since the Lockout for name and likeness.
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@chucky97___ said in Why the "old days" of MLBTS are never coming back:
@arvcpa mlb the show is still highly no money spent friendly.
Agreed … maybe not in the first few weeks, when only a few could make stubs from grinding BR to fill out collections to the getting the cards from packs … Right now, I can afford every card there is
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@arvcpa said in Why the "old days" of MLBTS are never coming back:
@YOSHI24 said in Why the "old days" of MLBTS are never coming back:
That is not a new trend.
True - just thought it was interesting to point it out. MLBTS was pretty "no-money-spent" friendly up until last year, and is moving more and more towards pushing microtransactions. SDS certainly won't go back to the old model.
Yes, but let‘s be clear. Every company is making lots of money with this and this goes for smartphone gaming, Fortnite and simply every game that is doing microtransactions. Otherwise they would not do it. I accepted this because otherwise I could not play the game. Since I am bad at the game no awesome card would make me win more games (skill matters
). So in that regard: everything is fine, I do not have problems with microtransactions -
It feels like for 24 new management took over DD. Feels like it's not the same people who've run/managed it the last 4 years. It does feel they're going towards more of a EA/2K model. It's not that bad yet but they're going that way.
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@arvcpa my problem is it is the only sports game where the odds are as bad as they are. There are no "jackpot" items like madden where you can pull a 1.5 mil card and make up for every pack you've ever opened. It's literally 40k packs that have worse odds than a casino. If I opened $1000 worth of packs and I played $1000 of roulette I can promise you the roiling will be better on the $1000 on roulette.
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@AdeptOfMemory what if one was gifted the game (ie didn’t buy it or subscribe to Game Pass or anything) and then didn’t buy stubs. Could they claim no money spent?
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Don't forget, EA is considering in-game ads, however that might work. When you think it can't get any worse, they say, "hold my beer".
