The Show FINALLY has competition now!
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I'd agree, I played it for a few days consecutively and man...the graphics are smooth, and the ball physics actually make sense. It's a bit more challenging in the best of ways
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According to the PSN store, the WBC game mode will only be available in Japan and the Asia region. Also, looks like microtransactions will still be a thing and color commentary wont be available in English. Good luck with this one lol
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And does that say you can play the WBC AS AN ACTUAL TEAM?!?!?!? SDS, watch out
yes an actual full WBC mode not behind a card mode. And English Translation too!
The WBC is only available in Japan and the Asia region and theres no English color commentary so it would basically be like the Robert Flores commentary from this years game. One guy talking to himself.
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According to the PSN store, the WBC game mode will only be available in Japan and the Asia region. Also, looks like microtransactions will still be a thing and color commentary wont be available in English. Good luck with this one lol
Yes, the WBC mode won't be available in our region, and that might be a deal-breaker for some. You're not going to find major leaguers in this game (save for former players now in Japan, and once-NPB players now in MLB), so if people don't like the idea of getting to know all new players and teams and stadiums, then maybe they won't want to give it a try. And there are microtransactions, but they're mainly stadium chants and customized sounds (at least in the full 2024-2025 version). Of course, the superior physics engine and a much better article of baseball will be available in all regions.
This game won't be for everyone. If you prefer a game where even the greatest contact hitters of all time are irrelevant because most singles are accidental, where pitching is an afterthought, and especially if you enjoy seeing the same six or seven hits repeated ad nauseum, then Konami's game probably isn't for you. If you prefer your defenders grossly out-of-scale relative to the field of play and like that middling outfielders cover so much ground and throw so hard that decisions are unnecessary while running bases, then you may want to just stick with the game you know.
As to the commentary, I agree that the English version will be terrible (as it is in the free version). So desu ne... I'd suggest pouring yourself a few fingers of The Yamazaki, choosing the Taisuke Mitsuhashi option, and opening your mind to the fact that there are few things more delightful than people speaking excitedly about baseball in Japanese.
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@Sarge1387_PSN, it's amazing how much of a difference it makes when the physics more accurately reflect real life. And I don't know about you, but one of the things that makes it far and away superior, for me, is the more realistic depiction of time in-play; a ball can actually hang in the air for 3 to 4 seconds without a fielder being able to get to it... it takes a while for a slower outfielder to get to the corner to grab a ball rattling around there.
And after roughly 40 or so games played between the free version and the Japanese 2024-2025 game, I have yet to see a superball bounce ground-rule double.
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It would be great if MLB got rid of 18 teams so Sony could focus on just a dozen teams and stadiums and zero minor league teams.
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Unfortunately regardless of how much better the graphics engine is or game mechanics are. Any game without the MLB license, players, stadiums, ect is not gonna do well here in the US. That's just how it is. I just get that feeling at no point regardless how good it is as a next gen baseball game it will never be seen as competition to The Show.
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Unfortunately regardless of how much better the graphics engine is or game mechanics are. Any game without the MLB license, players, stadiums, ect is not gonna do well here in the US. That's just how it is. I just get that feeling at no point regardless how good it is as a next gen baseball game it will never be seen as competition to The Show.
the graphics alone will sell this game to baseball gamers plus the reduced price tag.
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Unfortunately regardless of how much better the graphics engine is or game mechanics are. Any game without the MLB license, players, stadiums, ect is not gonna do well here in the US. That's just how it is. I just get that feeling at no point regardless how good it is as a next gen baseball game it will never be seen as competition to The Show.
the graphics alone will sell this game to baseball gamers plus the reduced price tag.
Nah. I'd rather play something like OOTP or that ilk that has an MLB license and 8 bit graphics than something that looks great but no MLB.
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Unless they pay for MLB licensing, they are not competition.
