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[Topher]

Senior Graphics PC Programmer

United States, San Diego, CA

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[vivftp]

I'm gonna pull a random theory out of my ass so stay with me here. MLB The Show first appeared on Xbox in 2021, and is published by MLB. The Switch variant then appeared a year later. This was after the renegotiation of SIE and MLBs contract in 2019. As a result, MLB has been publishing the Xbox and Switch variants. During this time, SIE has not only developed and pushed their live service initiative, but also multi-platform. Their live service games have day 1 PC releases and there have been job postings related to mobile development from San Diego studio for years. So why no PC or Mobile variant of the game yet?

What if the contract from 2019 had a time period set to it? Maybe 5 years worth of releases for example and then the publishing rights revert back to SIE? Well, 2025 would have been the 5th year of published releases, so maybe 2026 we see Sony acquire the publishing rights for Xbox and Switch, and also the release the mobile and PC variants so they have full publishing control across all platforms?

Again, random ass-pulled speculation but figured I'd toss it out there.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Not me thinking this was already on PC for years...missed opportunity for such a title.

 

[LectureMaster]

Thread 'Sony San Diego Studio hiring for a “AAA PC title”'

Yesterday at 11:21 PM

Haven't played The Show since the Vita game. I'd buy it.

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[Topher]

Thread 'Sony San Diego Studio hiring for a “AAA PC title”'

Yesterday at 11:21 PM

Haven't played The Show since the Vita game. I'd buy it.

• BennyBlanco
• Replies: 37
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[Tobimacoss]

I'm gonna pull a random theory out of my ass so stay with me here. MLB The Show first appeared on Xbox in 2021, and is published by MLB. The Switch variant then appeared a year later. This was after the renegotiation of SIE and MLBs contract in 2019. As a result, MLB has been publishing the Xbox and Switch variants. During this time, SIE has not only developed and pushed their live service initiative, but also multi-platform. Their live service games have day 1 PC releases and there have been job postings related to mobile development from San Diego studio for years. So why no PC or Mobile variant of the game yet?

What if the contract from 2019 had a time period set to it? Maybe 5 years worth of releases for example and then the publishing rights revert back to SIE? Well, 2025 would have been the 5th year of published releases, so maybe 2026 we see Sony acquire the publishing rights for Xbox and Switch, and also the release the mobile and PC variants so they have full publishing control across all platforms?

Again, random ass-pulled speculation but figured I'd toss it out there.

Solid theory. Similar to what happened with Death Stranding, the rights going back to Kojima after 5 years.

 

[DarkShadowXI]

I think sports games should be available on all platforms.

Exclusive games are fine, but not sports. Especially when one company makes the sports title.

It was different when Sega Sports was SEGA only, because we had other options at the time. Those days are long gone.

Would love to play this on PC and my SteamOS handheld.