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@BuddyHightower_XBL As a former PC gamer since the dawn of the 3D hardware accelerated GPUs in the 90's, I 100% agree with this. After the 2080RTX I abandoned my PC as my main gaming device (with consoles as a secondary option for exclusives), to a full time all console gaming experience (all three) leaving the PC for work only. No regrets, no looking back.

The inefficiency price/performance ratio gap between PC and consoles have skunk drastically over the years and the value of consoles have made PCs an overpriced expense for the diminishing returns.

Yes, PCs still hold "the master race" title of power-performance, but less noticeably so and not that impactful as it once was a decade to two ago. Plus games these days are mostly optimized for consoles leaving PCs severely unoptimized in the process, a fact that took me long and hard to accept.

Consoles produce less cost, less hassle, while enjoying the core experience of most major titles (I don't need 120fps, ultra widescreen, native 4K, etc. to enjoy a game). The recent trend of GPUs faking frames with AI at outrageous prices have only validated and reinforced my decision to make consoles my priority to play and PC as an afterthought for those rare titles only available on Steam.

@LuvMyXBOX_XBL On Series X, yes, but on the Series Potato (S), nope.

@Jacky-Chan1_XBL You started it, LOL!

@Jacky-Chan1_XBL What doesn't make sense is pretending to be a baseball and The Show fan by complaining that it's not coming to Game Pass, if you really love baseball and want to support the game and your preferred console, you would buy the game like most of us do every year (I have never skipped a year).

So you can whine and scream from the top of your lungs demanding The Show to return to GP until you are blue on the face, meanwhile the rest of us will be playing from day one because we support the studio that develops it by purchasing the game we love (plus stubs).

Buy your games, or else is the reason why studios close and consoles fail. A tried and true business model.

@sbchamps17_NSW Sad. Maybe the Switch 2 will have a much better MLBTS version. But the PS5 is where it's at.

@sbchamps17_NSW Try it on a PS5 and the wool will be pull off of your eyes.

@Jacky-Chan1_XBL Yeah, so easy to label me as such without proof. Unlike what I stated which you can dig and corroborate because these are facts, like 'em or not. It is what it is, Bro.

@OfcJDFarva_XBL The game is not coming to PC anytime soon, so don't hold your breath and plan on buying it on the console of your preference if you want to enjoy it now (avoid the Switch version, trust me, it's rough AF).

PC has a lot of issues, first of all the piracy problem which scares MLB and Sony. Second the handling of the micro transactions issue where there needs to be a secure system for in-app purchases or a store front within STEAM or EPIC to manage the purchase of stubs (not an easy thing to sort out, consoles have closed stores where this can be easily managed). For this to happen on STEAM/Epic Sony would demand PSN accounts to be able to buy and use stubs, not a very popular subject among PC players. So don't expect MLBTS on PC in the short term, at least for now.

@Tikire_PSN Yeah, my mistake. Sorry.

@LuvMyXBOX_XBL Again, Sony has NO SAYING on MLBTS's availability on platforms and services outside of PlayStation (except for micro transactions), because they do not own the right of the game's distribution and publishing on competing platforms. MLB is the publisher of The Show (under MLB Advanced Media, L.P.) on XBOX/Switch and only MLB decides if MLBTS goes on Games Pass and/or xCloud. If they agree with Microsoft on any deal, it's between MS and MLB. MLB agreed for The Show to be on Game Pass once it went multiplatform, and MLB removed it this year, Sony had nothing to do or say in that deal. Sony owns the license to use MLB in their game and owns the right to publishing the game on their platform ecosystem (including revenue and profits minus sales commission to MLB).

@Red_Ted_is_back_PSN True, stubs revenue make Sony more money than the game's sales alone. A fact also with FIFA and many successful MMO's and GaaS.

@Red_Ted_is_back_PSN Actually you are incorrect on that about Sony getting a "cut" with Game Pass and what business goes on between MLB and Nintendo/XBOX.

Sony has NOTHING to do with the business accords and exchange of money with the copies of The Show on other platforms as this was part of the deal with MLB when the time came to renew the license, trust me, I'm a journalist and did my homework. Sony agreed to port and maintain (server duties and updates) MLBTS for XBOX and Nintendo in exchange for the MLB license renewal and a substantial reduction of the cost of that license.

MLB wanted more sales of The Show (they also get a cut for every copy sold regardless of platform) by expanding beyond PlayStation console exclusivity. They demand it, but they also have to take care of the publishing, as Sony refused to publish The Show outside of their platform (publishing is not easy nor cheap as it involves operation costs of marketing, manufacturing of discs/cartridges and distribution, Sony saved a huge chunk of money avoiding that). Want proof? Sony NEVER mentions the other consoles in their trailers. The other consoles are only mentioned –barely– in the game's website. The trailer for the Switch is different from the PS (check the trailer, XBOX or Game Pass are never mentioned as Sony does not want to give free marketing for a copy of the game they get zero on every sale). Microsoft does not spend money on marketing the game, either. So MLB had to do the publishing by creating a company to publish the game (look it up), and by doing so they own 100% all rights of distribution and deals with the XB/SW copies (including Game Pass which was a deal between MLB and Microsoft), Sony gets no cut on sales regarding other consoles, they already got their deal cut with MLB with the license discount; all revenue goes to MLB from SW/XB sales, minus a small cut for the respective platform storefront. Sony only has a say and takes the revenue on the micro transactions sales (stubs and packs) as this is indeed the money maker of MLBTS, a service outside of the game individual copy sales.

Sony owns the Developer (San Diego Studio) and the IP (Intellectual Property of the game "The Show"), MLB own the rights of the organization enterprise (the Major League Baseball league, not the Players Association, that's another independent entity) and Nintendo/XBOX only re-sale the game under their business ecosystem dealing with MLB and not Sony (who is the sole license holder).

Oh, that fee you pay with Game Pass BTW, holds little value unless you play a ton of high profile games every month to warrant the 240$/y in which technically, you are just RENTING the games and only what they offer your on a limited time. Because Microsoft remove titles eventually adding a time pressure to your enjoyment (same thing with PS Plus Extra/Premium, a rental service of limited and poor value). Yeah, the freeloading was kinda harsh and inaccurate, but still far from a real support/value ratio when you purchase the game regardless if is full price or on discount.

Buy your games, support the developer if you love the game. Own a copy of The show, physical or Digital, but own it so you can play at your will and not at the platform service discretion always subjected to change and rules.

MLB The Show sí da ganancias a Sony, por las ventas por stubs y baratijas es un negocio muy lucrativo por lo que Sony aprecia a esta franquicia como una de sus prioritarias. San Diego saca un The Show cada año y produce consistente, los demás estudios tardan entre 3-5 años en sacar un juego que produce –si tiene éxito– por un tiempito limitado antes de caer las ventas. Mantener las consolas viejas cuesta dinero, si producen para recuperar y ganar, lo hacen, si no, no vale la pena hacerlo. Por eso The Show sale de Game Pass, porque no produce y erosiona las potenciales ventas en esa plataforma que de por sí tiene poco mercado. Esto es un negocio, no una caridad. Llega un punto en que hay que abandonar la vieja generación y mirar hacia adelante, tanto el desarrollador del juego como los jugadores. Sé que es molesto, pero así es esto. Espero que puedan hacerse con una PS5 pronto para que sigan disfrutando de este juego.

Game Pass is more like freeloading, you support when you buy the game.

@tikire_psn said in Game Update 5 Thread:

What about the commentary bug in surround sound set ups? Dan and D-Ro come through the left and right speakers at random moments instead of the center channel –like Matt– as it has always been since the PS2. All commentators should come through the center channel at all times. Not a game breaking bug, but very awkward, annoying and distracting.

Fixed! Thank you!

@ladyswampfox_xbl said in Xbox one frame rate:

@meatloaf-guy_xbl said in Xbox one frame rate:

Day 16 asking if the frame rate on Xbox one can be fixed or if it’s going to be this laggy and choppy while playing single player for the rest of the year

You are playing on a last-generation console, and this game was designed primarily for next-gen consoles.

No it wasn't, it was designed with the last gen graphics engine. So it should works as well as always on base PS4s, the console it has been running exclusively for years with the same engine.

What about the commentary bug in surround sound set ups? Dan and D-Ro come through the left and right speakers at random moments instead of the center channel –like Matt– as it has always been since the PS2. All commentators should come through the center channel at all times. Not a game breaking bug, but very awkward, annoying and distracting.

This happens every year.

@Ikasnu said in soooo xbox or no?:

@Onyx_Hokie_2 said in soooo xbox or no?:

I'd prefer it to remain a Sony exclusive but there are numerous reports stating that it will be available on the Xbox Series Q Sub-S / We Can't Name Our Product Sensibly.

Why prefer it an exclusive?

It keeps the development team –and the resulting game– focused and polished as they do not have to spread resources to maintain multiple systems, especially that the XBOX platform has 5 SKUs (XBO/XBO-S/XBO-X/XBS-S/XBS-X) and it's been demonstrated that development quality and innovation suffers when the game is diluted to a lot of platforms. More so if the team is small like SDS, unlike EA and 2K and their large multidisciplinary teams.

Details for the collectors Edition, including price, with be disclosed later this week on February 3.