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Welp, now after that Rendon deal. Donaldson is gonna be out of the Braves price range.
:(Welp, now after that Rendon deal. Donaldson is gonna be out of the Braves price range.
Yes, the "big leagues" are MLB, Major League Baseball.Hmm, but according to the "very reliable" website Urban Dictionary, "the show" appears to also be a generic phrase to mean the big leagues
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Lol anyways, was just a thought. Sony already has 1 popular title under that name so if they branch into more sports then why not try to build some synergy.
There's nothing going to happen to PlayStation from this deal. For every franchise they lose exclusivity too, they'll get two more exclusive in exchange. Next gen we'll get brand new exclusive games.I think it's naive to think Sony would not have preferred to keep the status quo of being basically the exclusive platform that releases MLB games that satisfies a certain demographic of the video game audience. I don't think Sony is ecstatic at the prospect of having to take one of their exclusive games and develop and release it on their competitors machines when they're in the business of trying to sell us consoles, and soon, $500ish consoles in the next year.
Obviously, I don't think the plan for MLB was to have basically a de-facto console exclusive home for baseball games, but that is how it basically played out as others have dropped out. MLB, being the license holder, has a gigantic amount of sway here, and I think basically strong-armed this on Sony as a condition going forward to keep the license. MLB: The Show, while a fantastic series, obviously isn't much without the MLB license. To be clear, they'll obviously reach a wider audience and will almost assuredly sell more games per year, but I think it's apparent the value as an exclusive is gigantic as they've released a YEARLY game for 20+ years now on PlayStation.
*raises hand*...I am using it on PC and enjoying it. #shrugBut not native.
Which is much bigger being on a store front than on a streaming application.
No one is using it on PC.
Yes. I wouldn't be surprised if Sony lets Annapurna/TGC port flOw, Flower and Journey to other consoles too soon. Maybe around the time Sky's getting ready for it's console ports next year.Didn't they release Journey for iOS and Android too? At least iOS. So Sony had to A-OK all the ports of Journey.
I don't see why it would be an either or thing but personally I don't care. Streaming makes it easier so I don't have to wait and download stuff and having to deal with management...anything that makes my life easier is good. It also only matters what game I'm playing as well...if I'm trying to be competitive in it.In terms of numbers they are very low on PC since it has not been on PC that long. I mean you get what I mean right? If you had a choice of playing games locally on your PC natively you wouldn't want that as opposed to streaming it?
Like wouldn't it be nice to launch it on the store/platform of your choice?
Had some time to think about it and here's how I see it going. MLB will launch day 1 on PS Now each year once this whole thing takes effect as it's one of the first party games Sony can put on there to bolster its offerings. At the same time it'll launch on a bunch of other platforms so they can still make bank off of sales.
It's a win-win scenario for them as they get to get their cake and eat it too. Their sub service gets a game that's desirable to millions and they still get full price purchases from the other platforms.
Honestly this is amazing. I have both Xbox and Playstation but PC is where Baseball games shine. It would be nice if Sony implemented cross-buy between PC and playstation. That would keep me in their store.
I haven't had much to be happy about in gaming in a while. Seeing Microsoft and Sony in a suicide race to see who can devalue their platform the quickest while simultaneously somehow trying to hype people up for increasingly irrelevant next-gen consoles has certainly been an eye-opening experience.