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Year after year since MLB The Show 21, it’s become increasingly clear that the series has taken a step backward — not forward — in core gameplay. While content drops, card art, and modes like Diamond Dynasty continue to expand, the fundamentals of baseball — hitting, fielding, and reliable game mechanics — have taken a back seat.

Gameplay inconsistencies are impossible to ignore. Hitting outputs, especially on higher difficulties like Goat, often make no sense. Perfect swings result in weak contact, while poorly timed hits become homers. Fielding? I have multiple clips where the first baseman simply doesn't cover the bag on a routine ground ball to short. These aren't edge cases — they're basic gameplay failures.

There’s no shortage of feedback. Reddit threads, forums, and top streamers have repeatedly pointed out these issues, offering specific examples and detailed breakdowns. Yet SDS seems unresponsive — or worse, unaware.

So what’s going on? Either:

• SDS isn’t analyzing community feedback,
• They don’t have the resources to fix core gameplay,
• Or they’ve already shifted focus to MLB The Show 26.

Whatever the case, the current product suffers for it. Gameplay should be the foundation — not a secondary concern behind monetization and cosmetic content. SDS, the community that’s supported your game for years deserves better. It’s time to revisit the previous engine, tighten up core mechanics, and bring the series back to its roots.

Fix the fundamentals. Then build on top of that.

Can someone confirm if SDS changed sliders for hitting in ranked?

timing windows seem reduced, exit velos are way down. did they announce anything?

I've never played another game in which this consistently happens year after year. The gameplay has been great, but they gotta get this figured out...

Many of the top MLB streamers have been switching over to Madden. Do you think SDS cares?

@dlgltal-athlete_psn said in 24 Hour Freeze-Off:

@c_lawson3_mlbts said in 24 Hour Freeze-Off:

Up by five in the later stages of the game and my opponent messages me refusing to concede. SDS is incentivizing us to literally not play their game.

Imagine how many games you could've played in that 24 hrs.

Agreed. At this point, I'm just waiting it out to prove a point. Either way, it's not right that SDS is incentivizing us to stay in the game

Up by five in the later stages of the game and my opponent messages me refusing to concede. SDS is incentivizing us to literally not play their game.

Up by five in the later stages of the game and my opponent messages me refusing to concede. SDS is incentivizing us to literally not play their game.

SDS what is going on? Your game is on all three major consoles, you've made millions in revenue, but you still have yet to solve basic fundamental issues within your product...

Now a freeze-off... I can't get a break

I've spent thousands on this franchise, hopefully a decent competitor can come soon

@doobiebross66-72 said in XBOX crashing after RS lineup menu and right before game starts:

@c_lawson3_mlbts said in XBOX crashing after RS lineup menu and right before game starts:

@tylerslikewhoa_xbl said in XBOX crashing after RS lineup menu and right before game starts:

Why not try reinstalling the game like that one guy said? It helped him fix the problem

I posted this several comments ago, but again, I've already tried reinstalling the game. The issue still persists.

Them not fixing this yet given it’s been reported for over a month only indicates one or two things:

1.) they don’t know how to fix the issue
2.) they don’t care to take time to figure out how to fix the issue

I’d hope it’s just option 1 but with SDS, probably both

I bet others have reported it as well as I've seen it happen to some of the top streamers on multiple different occasions.

I agree with you that it could be either 1 or 2, but the fact that this is happening decades into the game's existence is sad.

I'm no EA or 2K fan, but you just don't see this type of stuff in their games. Getting into a game successfully is such a basic function. On top of that, being punished for their bug via a loss of points is unacceptable.

@tylerslikewhoa_xbl said in XBOX crashing after RS lineup menu and right before game starts:

Why not try reinstalling the game like that one guy said? It helped him fix the problem

I posted this several comments ago, but again, I've already tried reinstalling the game. The issue still persists.

Holy [censored]... back to back games

Can I get my money back???

@SDS_Jax_PSN

Here we go again... the game is crashing on Xbox Series X and I'm losing RS points. I sent a bug report a month ago and still no reply.

Is this what you call customer support?

I'm still trying to understand hitting outcomes in this game. How can a not-good-timed swing... on legend difficulty, not only be a hit but result in at least three home runs in the same game???

According to SDS, Good-Okay is .174 on Legend. Am I the only one who feels the game doesn't play to the reported stats???

And it's not just this one game. Two games ago on legend, my opponent and I went a combined 0/2 on Perfect-Perfects... SDS is reporting almost a .900 average on that difficulty. So the odds 0/2 happens is around 1%

Nope, I guess SDS just hates me...

Disconnects and game crashes have lost me around 200 points in RS this season alone. It's been about a month since I filed a bug report and still no response.

Every device in my home is still online, so I assume servers are down?

same issues here, I can't get into a game

@SDS_Jax_PSN Now we're at 6...

@LIONED-33_XBL I reinstalled and it happened again. That's the fifth time this happened in the last few days. I've lost over 120 points because of the bug...

@SDS_Jax_PSN can you please respond?

@dlgltal-athlete_psn said in How do you report a player?:

I'm curious as to what you are referring?

I don't want/need you to come on here and explain it to me; as if other's don't know about it, that will make it more widespread.

But is this something that I can see for myself if I search for it?

@DlGlTAL-ATHLETE_PSN you can watch the video here: https://twitter.com/YourFriendKyle_/status/1538260245301977088