Sony Comments On Deal To Bring MLB The Show 21 To Xbox And Game Pass

Can't believe this is on Game Pass right away. I was excited enough to play it on the Series X. Now I don't even have to buy it.

This was obviously MLB saying.... Port it to Xbox, you get extra cash for more copies sold, or we take the license from you.

Sony doesn't have an exclusive contract. 2K Sports does, but 1st parties were free to make an MLB game if they chose. Being 2K ditched the game, and Sony is the only one making a real baseball game, this was obviously the terms if they wanted to use the license.

Sony is such a prick when it comes to cross platform. They're not open to it at all, and just only recently realized they could make more money by porting to the PC.

Good for Sony getting some extra cash. Baseball ain't for me though.

It’s going to be all about pay to win and pay so you don’t have to grind.

MLB screwed Sony. If I was Sony I wouldn’t make anymore The Show games unless MLB renegotiates the terms of the contract.

MLB obviously wanted cross platform. However I think there is a contract lawyer at Sony who is in hot water. As the developer and publisher on the Playstation side there should have been a deal in place with MLB that they could not bring it to a competing subscription service unless there was a deal in place to put it on a Playstation subscription service as well. There are two choices, Sony saw the loophole where their users could get it on Game Pass and have to buy it on Playstation, and didn't care OR they didn't see it. Either way not a good look

MLB is fully in control of the situation. They weren't going to allow Sony to renew the license if it didn't go multiplatform. In addition, Sony is not the publisher for this game on Xbox (and Switch and in the future, PC). MLB is actually the publisher which means MLB is the one reaping the profits while Sony only got developer fees. Which also means Microsoft negotiated with MLB to put it in Game Pass.

So on many levels, Sony got royally screwed. They're not profiting from it being on Game Pass (MLB is), they're having one of their treasures go to their rival, and they're being undercut where it's essentially free for Xbox gamers and Playstation gamers have to pay $60-100 for it.

And because GP users get a discount on game purchases (and this discount stacks on any other sale), GP users will be able to buy the game cheaper than Playstation gamers as well as be able to play it for free until the price of the game drops. So if there's a summer sale where the game is $60 instead of normally $70, then a GP gamer gets a discount off that $60 instead of off that $70. Essentially, an Xbox gamer gets to play the game longer than a Playstation gamer and pay less for it.

That, to me, looks like another step for Microsoft to leave the Hardware business.

Sony will, eventually, get MS Gamepass and it will be a beautiful day.

Either that, or it's a counterpoint to guarantee bethesda stuff on Playstation.

I’ have had the last six or so iterations of this great game. I am also a long time baseball fan and I think it’s good for the sport and the video game. The more playing the better long term.

Told you so.

While I am happy for Xbox owners Sony has lost all credibility with gamers.

Just look at what they are doing to the PS3,PSVita and PSP store closing them down and giving you no way to play those games on your newer consoles it's completely unacceptable.

Until Sony makes their entire catalog of games playable on PS5 gamers should #BoycottPlaystation

I'm not saying not to play games you already have but don't buy anything from them , no digital games, no dlc nothing.

PC?

*crickets*

C'mon!

Did anyone think that Sony did this for the fun of it? Of course it was an MLB decision.

Regardless, it's good that more people will have the opportunity to play this series.

called it!! this was MLBs decision lol if they didn't say ok we will put it on other systems im sure sony would have lost the license and they didn't want that lol

This is a perfect opportunity for Playstation to offer this game on there playstation now subscription service.

Crazy time we're living in where Sony was practically forced to make a game for Xbox. In the long run, it will probably just make them more money. But I'm sure they weren't thrilled by the deal.