The whole online experience before the cheating is just not the most enjoyable (lag, bunt dance, pitch substitution with 2 strike counts, random slide steppibg, excessive pause, dashboard whenever you get in a roll hitting, etc. It's just not that enjoyable before even considering the cheating.

I've enjoyed 2026 but I'm not grinding, I'm not trying to make world series, I'm not fighting for stubs, I'm not going after tulo. In years past I tried to do this stuff fast and keep up with the content creators. A few years ago it almost felt like homework. Bashing the cpu on rookie to give monthly Topps now done fast in one day, etc. That was tedious.

Players above I've had p5 for like a month. I don't care, I'm still using them. In the past once I p5'd anyone they were retired

@On_a_Power_Trip_PSN said:

@Graeves-_PSN the fact that it’s been around only proves that they had a long-term vision when they started (or that they got to one along the way). I don’t see how it proves they still have one - and well if they actually still do the execution appears spotty at best.
Oh, proof. I thought since there's no proof there isnt a plan, I thought that was the order of the day, no proof.

put another way, do you see this game going 20 more years? do you think they do?

@On_a_Power_Trip_PSN said:

@PAinPA_PSN this is true if you have a long-term vision/plan for the business/product in question. I have my doubts as to whether Sony has one for MLB The Show and SDS.

Yeah, they've only been putting The Show out for a few years now.
It will probably be like MLB2K in another couple years and be finished. Or another twenty years and be finished.

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@Flick36_NSW said:

I know why they cheat. It’s so they can brag that they have this amount of fake money and cards they can’t really do anything with.

Its got to be more than that. There has to be some kind of monetary reward we're not figuring out here. If they spend that much money plus a sub the reward has got to be double or more that in real money. Revealing how they cheat is just the tip of the iceberg.

@Graeves-_PSN said:

@maurice91932_PSN said:

@eatyum_PSN I wonder how much people actually spend on stubs? Apparently many people aren’t spending like they would. They’re cheating instead.

How many is irrelevant to Sony.
They'd rather have 1000 people spending a million dollars than 100,000 spending $500,000.

That's not good business, more spending little is always more valuable than a few spending a lot, businesses don't track their success by what they've done but what they are going to do, so more spending even if it's small amounts will always be more valuable because of greater future potential

@maurice91932_PSN said:

@eatyum_PSN I wonder how much people actually spend on stubs? Apparently many people aren’t spending like they would. They’re cheating instead.

How many is irrelevant to Sony.
They'd rather have 1000 people spending a million dollars than 100,000 spending $500,000.

And then he said the software will also go through and open all the packs and automatically list all of your duplicates on the market.

Its insane.

Also, these guys are clearly willing to spend money to gain an advantage, so sds is likely losing a ton of people who would normally be buying stubs. They must be pissed off about all the money they are losing.

@go4stros25_PSN said:

@x-814-x-MAFIA-x_PSN the guy in the video said that there are settings you can adjust so that the cpu will eventually get itself out.

Ok. That makes sense. But are there also settings that will leave the game and enter into a new game?

I'll be honest. I didnt watch the video, nor do I care to watch it, as YFK irks me and I cant even handle a few seconds of him.

@go4stros25_PSN said:

The cheating thing has really taken what little wind there was out of my sails. Im not going to be giving sds any more money this year.

Next year i really want to try nms. Especially if there are thousands of cheaters just letting the cheat run miniseasons while they go to bed and then wake up to hundreds of packs. Its demoralizing knowing that sds is allowing that to happen while I the rest if us run miniseasons for the 40th time for a 10 bundle of bronze. Im done caring.

I'm confused. If theyre running the cheat to grind mini seasons how does it work if theyre not constantly hitting HRs?

And if theyre constantly hitting HRs, doesnt the score cap at a certain number?

And he admitted he was on an alt a account. I guarantee his main account is level 1000 with millions of stubs.

Next year i really want to try nms. Especially if there are thousands of cheaters just letting the cheat run miniseasons while they go to bed and then wake up to hundreds of packs. Its demoralizing knowing that sds is allowing that to happen while I the rest if us run miniseasons for the 40th time for a 10 bundle of bronze. Im done caring.

The same people that care about cheaters in ranked are not the same people that care about the 20 card limit.

The people that care about the 20 card limit don’t care about mini seasons wins not tracking.

Nobody cares unless it affects them. SDS won’t care until the stubs stop getting bought