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@NR7LES_XBL said in This Game is Dying:

On PlayStation charts -- MLB has not been a top 40 played game in multiple consecutive weeks. To put it in perspective, games like Sniper Elite 5 are listed as top 40...

On Xbox charts -- MLB the Show 23 currently sits at 27 this past week and has been falling, but much of that is due to the fact that the game is free with Gamepass on Xbox so numbers will be inflated. This inflation is doubled down with a chart representing current player base -- MLB the Show 23 was the only game on this list of 100 to have the highest differentiation of hours played to player count ratio. This means that the small number of people who are still playing are logging long hours.

The. Game. Is. Dying. We all know those two or three people that used to play it that don't anymore. Why? Because everyone is a 99, they force you to grind your life away, buying packs from the store is the most boring experience in any ultimate team style gamemode of any sports video game (I mean who from SDS thought it was a good idea to only allow you to pull CORE players in packs... what a snooze fest), and the game is filled with simply too much RNG that most of us in here chalk up to "baseball".

When will the community actually hold the development team accountable? It's riddled with server issues, glitches, bugs, exploits. Since release, there hasn't been a single meaningful gameplay update AT ALL. It's been like this for years now and players are picking up on it. The ones who stay are complacent. We use excuses like "it's the only option, what other baseball game would we play". When people suggest posts like this, they get targeted with phrases like "must of lost today" instead of having an open HONEST dialogue with constructive criticism on how we can provide ways to improve the game through the power of the players.

If not, enjoy making your snobby comments towards people who post in here that are passionate about playing the game at a high level. We're leaving... The game that is your "only option" will continue to bleed out of a player base until it looses enough money year over year to where that option is no longer available. The only ones left behind will be players who don't care for competitive online play, or offline players. I wish I was wrong.

About time and refreshing to see a post with some thought and reality put into it. Yes, the game is falling, and come Madden release, it with will be the dagger.

Thank you for explaining your arguments and giving strong VALID points to support it. 90 % of the fanbase that read this post wont get it. The game is dead. point blank period.

@FuLLVen0m33_PSN said in How am I playing a full set 1 team in set 3?:

im playing someone who has all set 1 cards as we speak. Is he cheating?

how can you say hes cheating when hes using cards SDS has given out ? No. its not cheating....

Does SDS realize that new season of BR comes out in 3 hours? no reward have been posted or brought up.....

I understand theyre very busy with ASG festivities but figured we would hear something by now.

sad the ppl in here still with proof defending SDS.....

open your eyes ppl. are we shocked?

believe SDS said any of the LNB cards werent getting any other cards.

@bjd10048_MLBTS said in Where's the hype for Set 3?:

@arvcpa_MLBTS said in Where's the hype for Set 3?:

Here we are, about to lose the use of most of our Set 1 cards for the time being. WBC Trout, WBC Ohtani, Chipper, etc. I understand that SDS is trying something new with "Seasons".

But... We're less than 4 days away from the end of Set 1, and all SDS is hyping is "Double XP". How about getting me excited for some new cards? I know we'll get some new All Star cards and HRD, but what else?
I was hoping that SDS would be out there on Twitter (or even better, here on the Forum) selling us on the new content. Instead... crickets.

I think most of you know that I'm an MLBTS fanboy. But man, it's hard to continue my enthusiasm.

ZZZZZZ....

What happened to all the streams they used to do? so lame.

the new "content creators" theyve added to the "team" sure are what the fan base needed for a jolt....ZzZzzzzzZzZZzzzZZzZZzZzZzZzzZZzz

in the toilet and off to madden with the rest of it.....

@genopolanco_PSN said in Has this game imploded already?:

Game is dead right now and they took the week off. Might pick back up with Season 3/All-Star content.

no, it wont. most the playerbase will be gearing up for madden.....SDS dropped the ball on this game this year.....hopefully next year they go back to being what they used to be. more like SDS less like madden/2k

@PurpleTRD_PSN said in Picked Correa frim RS Program:

Cole is the correct pick this go around

why is this?

Why is inside edge not updating everyday ? Ian Happs inside edge matchup has been vs dean kramer of the orioles for the last 4 days? The cubs havent played the O's in over a week. CMON SDS!!! Please update inside edge accordingly......

this isnt the SDS im used to.

@PlacidBarley335_XBL said in Saying Goodbye to Set 1 Players:

@aaronjw76_MLBTS said in Saying Goodbye to Set 1 Players:

@aware_ward13_PSN said in Saying Goodbye to Set 1 Players:

It’s so silly and doesn’t make sense honestly.

But chipper is coming with

Sorry Trout, Griffey, Trea. Wish there was at least 2-3 wildcard spots

What’s crazy is none of the set 2 cards they’ve released excite me like the guys on my current god squad-

Hey sds you guys seems to be on the money hungry side of things this year- can I pay you for 2 extra wildcard slots?

I'd pay 100K stubs per for an additional slot or two for sure lol

Delete this comment before they see it

my thoughts exactly

Can someone send this to the correct person so they can change his corrrect number on his Topps now card? its 79 in the game but it needs to be 22.

@beanball0571_PSN said in BR program unsellable too. Thanks streamers:

@GradektheBard said in BR program unsellable too. Thanks streamers:

Designing a reward structure that only benefits less than 1% of your customers is a terrible strategy.

But hey, at least they won’t have to hear oh chev cry anymore.

Don’t mention names, SDS will ban you with a quickness

truth hurts....this is sad from SDS....unreal

the game does feel a tad different from launch and yes, the five gods at SS and 2B are back. SDS forgot to turn the switch on i guess.

@Earths-Flat_XBL said in When did Oprah Winfrey take over "The Show"?:

and you get a 99 and you get a 99 and hey you in the corner you get a 99. It just reached May and this game is more stale than week old popcorn.

when the generation of 15-24 yr olds have been so used to been given everything, and the outcry from them is its too hard ot get a 99 team, of course the pandering SDS will cave to them what else do you expect ?

If Justin Steele and Patrick Wisdom dont have a card, ill riot

taking chipper first what i get there then pedro

just came back on for me

two words.

track record. SDS has always taken care of their player base, not chasing tha almighty dollar

@BrikMahorn_XBL said in This game is boring:

@Pergo_MLBTS said in This game is boring:

I'm really enjoying it so far. Gameplay is better than its been in a while.

Ok...but who said anything about GAMEPLAY?

This is literally posted in the forum dedicated to Diamond Dynasty and is addressing the issue with the decision to change the "power creep" of this mode, especially when it comes to actually PLAYING against other people online in RANKED.

It was an awful decision. I don't need to be told to "wait and see how it goes". And I knew it would be a bad decision before the game was released.

Looking at it now, I'm 100% convinced it was a LAST MINUTE decision/change.

It doesn't even make sense if it wasn't.

Look at all these Captain cards and other rewards for grinding...some good stuff, great content that would have kept most people very busy and active for months.

Then look at the WBC cards! LOL!

End game style 99s and 97s with ridiculous ratings.

The funniest part of all of it, is that developers claimed this would increase the VARIETY you see in lineups. LOL!!!!!

Um...they could not have been more WRONG about that.

What did you think would happen when you laid out the entire game...and then decided to release all these 99s?

Who in their right mind is really trying to get these cards?

And have you played more than 10 games of Ranked?!?!?

Because all you have to do is play like 4 or 5 and you will get a feel for what EVERY lineup looks like. 6 or more WBC cards...and maybe 1 or 2 Charisma 97/99s...maybe a Live series for Arronado or Trout or the Harper Captain card...that's about it.

The best cards available right now are what everyone is going to play. And that's it.

I play against Santander, Lindor, Murakami, Arozarena, and Kendoh pretty much EVERY game.

It sure is awesome playing mediocre MLB players with juiced ratings because they played in the WBC.

What's even more fun is Superhuman Future Stars cards that are better than some of the greatest players in MLB history.

Good times.

They ruined this mode. And without some tweaks...it will be DEAD before the 4th of July.

you said literally everything that needed to be said. game is fun but its not doing what they said it would do