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We're now into June, the market is a disaster, and we've only had one roster update. The number of Diamonds during that one was historically low.

Some of us warned you that SDS had turned into a garbage company. You didn't want to believe it, and here we are.

Those of us sitting on the sidelines this season are the only ones winning. We can pick up your used copies of the game for $10 on eBay later and get 99 rosters without falling for the blatant grift. And I may not even do that as I'm no longer playing the old games, either.

SDS legitimately lost me as a customer. I hope they're losing a ton. They deserve it.

@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS Look. Up. That's what 20% of this thread is: people with their heads in the sand about the blatant SDS heel turn.

So, yeah. This is playing out exactly as expected.

Today's RU intentionally didn't boost the values of obvious candidates for price increases.

SDS wants players to invest Stubs in cards that are perceived to go up in value. Then, they drop some of those prices, thereby siphoning Stubs from players. This behavior encourages people to buy more Stubs.

Some of us tried to warn you, but you naively defended the company for a transparently villainous move. It will keep happening, too.

Shohei Ohtani currently costs 834k Stubs or $557. As a reminder, keeping the prices of Judge (580k Stubs) and Ohtani in check was the justification espoused for the 20-card investment limit.

Spoiler: SDS lied. They want more of your money. Period. Full stop.

@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS I'm playing MUT and CUT instead of MLB The Show right now. They provide better value, with EA actually showing a bit more respect for customers over the past calendar year. That's part of why it's so frustrating to watch SDS trun to the Dark Side this season. They already weren't improving the game each year, but at least they hadn't been greedy until now. With MLB26, they are, and they've even overcorrected on it to boot.

I'm in MLB The Show Discords, and the players are just miserable. It's no way to build a fan base or community, but SDS must learn that the hard way. Incompetence and greed have consequences.

@ANF_GOLD99_PSN It's a poorly programmed game where the players double as the beta testers.

The people playing the game understand the underlying mechanics of MLB The Show better than some of the people programming it.

So, yeah, the market is, if anything, worse than last year despite the blatant lies about investing being the problem.

Who could have possibly seen that coming? Oh, yeah, anyone with any experience with video game developer heel turns...

Trust is easy to break but virtually impossible to regain, SDS.

The lack of public communication on the topic is a sure sign of who SDS is choosing to be as a company. "When someone tells you who they are, believe them."

@sbchamps17_NSW You're asking for people not to get water on the beach. It's your call, but it's never going to work, as demonstrated by the additional threads on this topic.

People are rightfully upset over a duplicitous, greedy move. It's going to be a recurring complaint all year until it gets fixed.

@ebbets1957_PSN Something is worse this year than it was last year. That's not how new products are supposed to work. You're applauding their making the game worse, which is definitely a take.

@GoozeFn_PSN Right. Anyone defending this sort of intentional duplicity has questionable morals.

@xero4019_XBL Streamers absolutely are gifted Stubs. Yes, any packs they buy on their own are tax write-offs, but that's a side conversation.

@AppleLemon560_MLBTS They give influencers millions of Stubs to post those videos. So, this does nothing to stop that.

@DrBear100_PSN Correct. There's no point to buy right now. Wait to see how it all shakes out. What you can do is buy it for $20 during the holidays and get a bunch of free 99s. What they -want- you to do is buy now, play H2H, get wrecked, and feel compelled to waste your disposable income on digital currency that will hold no value in a year. This move represents a significant step in that direction.

@rubicante23_PSN And now you just fabricated a theoretical player to propagate your mythical argument.

@xero4019_XBL Yup. Ohtani currently costs $500. And a handful of people here are still carrying water for the corporation that just quietly raised prices.

@sbchamps17_NSW That's not really how the internet works.

@MarioMendoza935_XBL It's going to cost as much as ever, if not more. But there weren't be anywhere near as many ways to make money. EA fans are just reading this and thinking, "Here we go again..."

@xero4019_XBL Or how any gaming economy works. This is also the first step toward persuading people to spend thousands of dollars.

@sbchamps17_NSW You should have seen the SDS person's Twitch stream.

There's just no way to limit the sheer volume of vitriol for a terrible, intentionally duplicitous business move.

It crashed once, and one of the new menus wasn't working. It was just the 1st Inning XP one, though. Fortunately, nobody needed to look at that one.