“These games cost many millions of dollars, well over $100 million, to develop.
“We have had this conversation before - we are not going to go down the road of putting new releases titles into a subscription model,” he said. Sony claims it was MLB’s decision to put its baseball game on Xbox Game Pass. Speaking to in September last year, SIE president Jim Ryan claimed a subscription-type model would be unsustainable for PlayStation Studios, because it often sees its game budgets grow to “well over $100 million”. The Show 21’s addition to Game Pass is significant because of PlayStation’s previous comments about subscription models for new games.
The 2021 edition marks the first time Sony is bringing the game to a non-PlayStation system.
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The MLB: The Show series of baseball games started in 2006 and has always been exclusive to PlayStation platforms, going back to the original game on PS2 and PSP. Sony was already urged to adopt a multiplatform release strategy for The Show, as part of the multi-year extension to its MLB licensing deal signed in 2019. “This decision provides a unique opportunity to further establish MLB The Show as the premier brand for baseball video games.” “As part of the goal for this year’s game, MLB decided to bring the franchise to more players and baseball fans,” a PlayStation representative said. Notice: To display this embed please allow the use of Functional Cookies in Cookie Preferences.