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MLB The Show Mobile is coming to iOS (minimum iPhone 11 and above, iPhone SE 2nd Gen and above, so far no iPads) and Android (minimum Android 12 and above, Mali G715, 4GB RAM, no tablets), and its soft launch started today in Philippines (meaning, it will take some time of tests and tweaks before releasing in rest of the countries).

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[Disciple of MSSP]

Eh, I'll try it

 

[DeepEnigma]

PC gamers,

 

[DarkShadowXI]

This got me thinking: we probably would've been better off as a society if cell phone technology peaked in like 2003 and stayed that way indefinitely.

That said…I'll probably try this and keep grumbling about how it's not on Steam yet.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

This should've been a thing back in 2020 or 2022, but they got distracted by games like Concoured.

Wonder if they will integrate any fantasy baseball features to it in the near future?

 

[LordCBH]

PlayStation has announced more mobile games in the past month than anything else.

 

[Tobimacoss]

PC gamers,

Do you not have phones?

On another note, Sony enabled MLB The Show 21-25 for xCloud Buy and Stream, day before yesterday.

Only way to play them on PC.

 

[Witchilich]

PC gamers,

With Magnus, they may even drop Xbox.

 

[DarkShadowXI]

PlayStation has announced more mobile games in the past month than anything else.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

With Magnus, they may even drop Xbox.

 

[vivftp]

This should've been a thing back in 2020 or 2022, but they got distracted by games like Concoured.

Wonder if they will integrate any fantasy baseball features to it in the near future?

Why in the world do you think this has anything to do with other games like Concord? The mobile initiative began about 5 or so years ago, and games take time to make, especially when a studios pipeline to develop on said platform has to be built from scratch. That would be why we're hearing about so many of their mobile titles as of late, it simply took this long to get them out the door.

 

[adamsapple]

PlayStation has announced more mobile games in the past month than anything else.

2020 burner account with 300 posts, most of them in the last 10 days.

Yeah, that boi is someone's saved alt.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

2020 burner account with 300 posts, most of them in the last 10 days.

Yeah, that boi is someone's saved alt.

 

[Fake]

PlayStation has announced more mobile games in the past month than anything else.

More mobile games than PS5 games.
PS6 will be a smartphone confirmed.

 

[Pop]

Oh thats about to be massive. Will make PS tons of money

 

[DeepEnigma]

More mobile games than PS5 games.
PS6 will be a smartphone confirmed.

Rumor is, there will be a portable version on or around launch of the PS6.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Rumor is, there will be a portable version on or around launch of the PS6.

I would bet massive amounts of bank its not a rumor

Watch it get canceled tomorrow

 

[Tobimacoss]

With Magnus, they may even drop Xbox.

Console warrior, you're confused. MLB wants the games on every platform. Nobody's dropping anything, just adding more.

 

[adamsapple]

Rumor is, there will be a portable version on or around launch of the PS6.

But the expectation would be more bespoke versions, not conversions of these mobile gacha/mtx driven games.

Hopefully ..

 

[DeepEnigma]

I would bet massive amounts of bank its not a rumor

Watch it get canceled tomorrow

Right? lol

With the success of Portal as just a streaming device, this seems only natural for them to get back into the portable arena Their mobile moves scream getting the feet wet again for that type of hardware profiles for their studios. Oh, and most importantly,

But the expectation would be more bespoke versions, not conversions of these mobile gacha/mtx driven games.

Hopefully ..

Read above.

 

[Witchilich]

Console warrior, you're confused.

The pot calling the kettle back.

MLB wants the games on every platform. Nobody's dropping anything, just adding more.

They want it as long as there is a userbase that makes them money. When Magnus bombs, no one will justify the cost of porting it.

 

[Ribi]

Announce PC you cowards

 

[CamHostage]

I can't read the fine print on my phone, is SSM actually developing this or is there a co-developer?

(I'm sure there are already lots of codevs working on MLB proper, it's not like this would take time away from the main game... Or that the main game has really shown much serious investment of time in redevelopment over the past few releases. I'd just be surprised if a mobile game was maintained in house by Sony.)

 

[CamHostage]

Announce PC you cowards

The license likely does not let them.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Why in the world do you think this has anything to do with other games like Concord? The mobile initiative began about 5 or so years ago, and games take time to make, especially when a studios pipeline to develop on said platform has to be built from scratch. That would be why we're hearing about so many of their mobile titles as of late, it simply took this long to get them out the door.

Well IMO, I still think this is something they should've had out sooner. So if it's taken until only now for it to release, then they simply started development later than they should have, again just my personal opinion.

But also worth saying, resources both in terms of management and funding aren't infinite. I'd argue the time SIE spent managing over a game like Concord could've been better served towards guiding MLB mobile out the door faster. Just something to take under consideration.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Well IMO, I still think this is something they should've had out sooner. So if it's taken until only now for it to release, then they simply started development later than they should have, again just my personal opinion.

But also worth saying, resources both in terms of management and funding aren't infinite. I'd argue the time SIE spent managing over a game like Concord could've been better served towards guiding MLB mobile out the door faster. Just something to take under consideration.

Its possible The MLB directed the move to mobile (timing wise) like they did to Xbox

 

[vivftp]

Well IMO, I still think this is something they should've had out sooner. So if it's taken until only now for it to release, then they simply started development later than they should have, again just my personal opinion.

But also worth saying, resources both in terms of management and funding aren't infinite. I'd argue the time SIE spent managing over a game like Concord could've been better served towards guiding MLB mobile out the door faster. Just something to take under consideration.

SIE's current live service initiative and mobile initiative were formulated around 2019/2020, and it takes time to choose a direction, get a team and pipeline in place and develop a title for release. Plus the SIE/MLB renegotiation didn't occur until December 2019. The pieces simply weren't in place to do this any sooner as SIE wasn't interested in gaming off of their own platform prior to that point in time.

The resources and time and teams spent on this would have been completely separate from that spent on other games like Concord. That's like saying Sony should have skipped developing The Last of Us HBO and put more resources towards MLB Mobile. It does not compute as one thing has nothing to do with the other.

We're likely seeing MLB Mobile and Ratchet And Clank's mobile game and hearing about Horizon's mobile game now simply because it's taken this long to get those projects this far. Not because resources were being directed elsewhere.

Its possible The MLB directed the move to mobile (timing wise) like they did to Xbox

The SIE/MLB renegotiation was announced December 2019 and to my knowledge we don't really know what, if anything, may have been mandated by MLB and what SIE may have wanted to do. Do you have a particular insight into this subject to say there was a mandate by MLB? We know that SIE's been fine to port their own games over to competing consoles in instances where it makes sense, such as LEGO Horizon and Helldivers 2. Based on that, I wouldn't be surprised if SIE was also gung-ho to get MLB on Switch and Xbox as that was their most popular live service game at the time and they were just formulating plans to kick off their live service/third party initiative. I know SIE hasn't been publishing those MLB games on the other platforms to date, but I wouldn't be surprised if that changes for MLB26 onwards. Back then when those contracts were negotiated, SIE didn't really have an off-console publishing arm set up, but they do now. For example, Death Stranding 1 on PC was published by 505, but Death Stranding 2 on PC is expected to be published by SIE. SIE's publishing this mobile MLB game, so I wouldn't be surprised if they begin publishing the console variants too. I have theorized that's one reason they've held back on a PC port, to allow the publishing rights to revert back to SIE so they can make bank and not have to split a larger share with MLB.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

The SIE/MLB renegotiation was announced December 2019 and to my knowledge we don't really know what, if anything, may have been mandated by MLB and what SIE may have wanted to do. Do you have a particular insight into this subject to say there was a mandate by MLB? We know that SIE's been fine to port their own games over to competing consoles in instances where it makes sense, such as LEGO Horizon and Helldivers 2. Based on that, I wouldn't be surprised if SIE was also gung-ho to get MLB on Switch and Xbox as that was their most popular live service game at the time and they were just formulating plans to kick off their live service/third party initiative. I know SIE hasn't been publishing those MLB games on the other platforms to date, but I wouldn't be surprised if that changes for MLB26 onwards. Back then when those contracts were negotiated, SIE didn't really have an off-console publishing arm set up, but they do now. For example, Death Stranding 1 on PC was published by 505, but Death Stranding 2 on PC is expected to be published by SIE. SIE's publishing this mobile MLB game, so I wouldn't be surprised if they begin publishing the console variants too. I have theorized that's one reason they've held back on a PC port, to allow the publishing rights to revert back to SIE so they can make bank and not have to split a larger share with MLB.

100% was told from the very top people (at the time) of Xbox that The MLB mandated the inclusion of Xbox