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@Sarge1387_PSN said:

@Dolenz_PSN

We are their QA, essentially. It's like they stitched this together last minute for the annual release and punted it out the door so they could finish the mobile thing they're working on...that nobody asked for nor wanted.

At this point, an apology would have gone a long way, and the fact that they couldn't even do that tells me all I need to know. It’s going to be real challenging to support this company again. I hope the few thousand during the mobile launch was worth it—though they may get a few Fortnite kids and grandmas playing bingo or Cookie Crush, though.

@XxDeathReyxX_PSN said:

I’ve pretty much stopped playing, f’ it. You win SDS.

Yep, reinstalled 25, and will buy whatever Konami drops in July. I'm done with these unqualified devs and these half-wit EA executive rejects.

@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS

Clearly they don't; otherwise, they wouldn't have launched 26 as a broken mess while focusing on the saturated mobile market. Clearly, there are geniuses in that building. "Let's tank our solid product for inferior hardware, stretch our dev teams too thin, or flat out use AI to code commentary and a UI interface that's completely broken." Someone should probably start caring real soon.

@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS said:

@Jacob151167_XBL sure bro you caught me

Hopefully, Sony catches on to the wage theft you guys have gotten away with. Hopefully, robots fully take over; couldn't happen to a more deserving team.

@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS said:

@I23SAVAGE23I_XBL crying is crying whether it’s for the good or bad. The whole point is it will never be enough for some of you. Your want major improvements on a yearly released game. Either play with what you got or force actual change instead of crying and hoping they do something.

Oh, great, I should have read more. We found another Dev's burner. You guys are embarrassing.

@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS said:

@KoaSouljah_PSN you are asking the world for a game that releases yearly to cater to your every wish. It’s just not plausible. Game isn’t as bad as some of yall let on

We somewhat understand your point. But this game is barely functional and has been like this all year, honestly. If they don't reset, they could completely break their game next year. The PS2 legacy code cannot keep doing this; it is currently breaking and will break completely. SDS should probably look out for their best interest.

@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS said:

@frankieciv608_PSN is it really that hard for you to play just a couple of online games? I get that you’re an offline player but seems kinda crazy people can’t play just a little bit online to get these players

Yeah, I'm not paying 20 to 30 dollars extra a month for one video game to be trolled and to have to deal with toxicity online. Yeah, no thanks. Not to mention, the servers are terrible, and the lag would drive me insane, and I have great internet. The servers just stink. I learned my lesson back in '23 with my nephew. In multiplayer, co-op, it was awful.

@Onix_Savage22_PSN
I completely understand your point—but let’s be real: this game is essentially being held together with duct tape right now. I don’t see how 99’s can make things much worse at this stage.

Hopefully, once mobile inevitably struggles, competing with Konami and the other established mobile MLB games, teams will return to full console support. Maybe by then, the executives who leaned too heavily on AI and deliberately shrank teams in favor of short-term cash-grab projects will be gone—and ’27 will actually turn out great.

@Onix_Savage22_PSN said:

@Jacob151167_XBL when he wins the homerun derby in July …

Well, I guess I'll see you guys in July then. Seriously, though, I'm going to have to go back to 25, and hopefully they can sort out the technical bugs this year, because this was absolutely insane. I had fun, but I've been fairly disappointed this year in every aspect of the game, really.

When's he getting his 99? Sox fans are waiting.

@Thongypu_PSN said:

@MarioMendoza935_XBL said:

@Dolenz_PSN said:

I am baffled

I tend to be an SDS fanboy, but this year is so disappointing. I still get freezes when viewing/changing lineups. Mini Season stats are as wonky as ever. The menus are slow and laggy. Just sloppy.

This is how I feel too. I usually defend them but this year I've been legit furious with their glitches. The fact that the squad freezing glitch still exists after it was prevalent last year is honestly pathetic. Honestly, it feels like they aren't trying anymore. Perhaps they replaced real people with AI without quality control lol

Hopefully, the executives Jim Ryan put in place have slowly been demoted and fired, and people who actually care about art and creativity are slowly leading these studios back in the right direction.

We paid for an unfinished, low-effort, buggy console version with rampant cheating while you guys devoted separate teams to Mobile and the original Switch SDS. Your company deserves to tank; this is a slap in the face.

@Auburn2525_XBL said:

It speaks volumes the state of this game/company is currently in when you have a complete monopoly on the market, and still hardly anyone wants to play said product.

What's worse is these guys don't even have a monopoly. EA does with the NFL; these guys are just lucky. No other company sees the value in acquiring the rights to an MLB license. 2K Sports had a year on their contract and simply gave up back in 2014. If that doesn't tell you how these companies perceive baseball and video game baseball in general, hopefully Konami, of all companies, will step up and give us a decent product. It's pretty sad when I have to say that.

@x-814-x-MAFIA-x_PSN said:

How come it still takes up to 15 seconds to cycle between the UI Menus?

Thought that was in the works to be fixed?

Anyone else starting to get the feeling after 23 that AI is doing the bulk of the code work, and it's unintentionally breaking things left and right while a group of like 5 devs are just trying to keep it from destroying everything? It wouldn't shock me if an actual person didn't even code the UI interface before it launched. Seems impossible.

@jcassaro44_PSN said:

It’s sad we will never get Hoyt Wilhelm because he was a knuckleballer

Not necessarily. I mean, look at their engine. I honestly don't think they can port it over to another console generation. They're running out of duct tape. They'll have to reinvest in a new engine soon, and new pitch physics and new visuals.

@TripleH-4481_PSN said:

@LuvMyXBOX_XBL

Any idea why this was done? If anything gameplay has gotten glitchier, most mlb stadiums are unplayable which is ridiculous for an MLB game, and hair physics basically broke the game.

You can't take shortcuts on a game engine—these are intricate systems. They can't just be ported over; they needed a refresh after the PS5 and Series X. But executives who know very little about programming decided it would be too expensive, so the PS2 engine was ported over to another console, and now everyone is stuck with this mediocre product.

Just started a franchise mode with my legends roster. Downloaded the Oakland Coliseum and had screen tearing down the middle of the screen. Also, every time a ball was hit in foul territory, the game lagged. Any news on more stability patches, guys? We need to see fewer surveys and more accountability.

This roster features every legend from MLB The Show '06 through '26, celebrating 20 years of The Show. Enjoy!

@dellarocco1972_PSN said:

I’ve done all the moments and watched all the videos. It gave a check mark for everything but I still don’t have the card in my inventory. This happen to anyone else ‍️

This happened to me in '24. I had to reinstall the game, and that fixed the issue.

@DeleteyourTTVBTW_MLBTS said:

Once they take out online franchise the servers will be fantastic. Also the PCI isn’t the bat.

We should just label the troll posts as dev posts, and everyone will fit right in. It feels like the devs have been trolling since the Jazz Chisholm reveal in '23 and haven't figured out how to stop.