@Sarge1387_PSN said:

@Go4stros25_MLBTS It's not just gaming, it's what happens when companies go tonedeaf completely lose touch with their consumer base for too long. Sure, the odd one comes back and realizes the mistakes they made- but not very often at all.

It comes down to what SIE (Sony Interactive Entertainment) has in mind. Whether they authorize the budget for SDS to hire the code talent needed to redo the game with a fresh code design, and then perform the necessary alpha testing as well as beta testing. And with any fresh code package, extensive testing is required.

My cynical side tells me that Sony never regarded their acquisition of SDS as anything more than control over content on their Playstation. It was MLB that forced SDS to develop the game for X-Box and Switch. This tells me that for Sony, the sad reality is that Sony's strategic plan may be to ride the wave as long as possible and then sell off SDS for whatever price they can get for the pieces.

Every part of me hopes that is wrong, but I never expected the title to go this many years without any significant upgrades, and I certainly never expected to see the amount of bugs explode despite trivial changes made. I mean, being unable to even code effectively operating menus? That's something I would have never expected to see happen.

I usually play Diamond Quest multiple times and save my rewards(cards) to list on the market all at once. If I continue doing that, there’s a chance I’ll be banned from using market place on the app or website?

So what they’re doing isn’t effective at all

Why can’t you play online?

Yep, that’s exactly it and why I think they just need to scrap transactions in the app for good. It might stink for some people that like to flip on the app while at work but it’s a small price to pay for the market to function as intended.

@TripleH-4481_PSN said:

Yeah I’ve noticed a very small window opening the last 3 weeks where flipping is solid but then it quickly closes and doesn’t come back again for a week.

The window shows up, when there is either an app update or when they have had a game update that caused market access via the app or the website to not work. During those times the market works as intended since all the transactions are being done via the console and the margins get better for buying and selling. Once those two start working again, the bots creep back in and things go south until the next update.

The game of whack-a-mole is never ending.

Psy

Yeah I’ve noticed a very small window opening the last 3 weeks where flipping is solid but then it quickly closes and doesn’t come back again for a week. I can only assume it’s bots being shut down and then deploying work arounds. The process just keeps repeating itself. The flash sale helped the latest window on Wednesday but like all others it slammed shut pretty quickly later that night and has not opened back up.