While other publishers are frothing over the prospect of adding microtransactions to their games, Sony is taking them out of MLB The Show 18’s flagship single player Road to the Show mode. The campaign – which sees you create a player and work your way through the Minor Leagues before hitting the big time – will no longer allow you to purchase Training Points or spend Stubs on healing injuries.
While it’s almost certain in-game purchases will be retained for the franchise’s Ultimate Team-esque Diamond Dynasty mode, this is a great improvement to the offline experience. In fact, Road to the Show is sounding like a step up all around, with new Archetypes capping your abilities in key areas, and preventing you from creating the perfect player. You may, for example, opt for a big hitter who’s a little on the slow side – or a competent batter who excels at fielding.
Player development has also been tweaked to reflect your on-field achievements; hit a ripping home run, for instance, and your power will increase. And if that wasn’t enough, there are a bunch of new hair and head options, while the previously announced Batting Stance Creator will allow you to design your own personal swinging style when you’re up to bat. Phew, that’s a lot of under-the-hood tweaking!
[source blog.us.playstation.com]
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Seems Sony are taking the moral high ground here - good for them!!
I like how Sony is staying with what gamers want and that's games, but I hope that they stick to there guns with PS5 if they can do exactly as they are doing now then the console will be making money like PS4 is. But I do wonder if Microsoft will be in the console business in the next few years it's off topic but, the release of X1X and the fact it hasn't got any exclusives and no new IPs makes me wonder why people are buying one.
That's great to hear. Although the Diamond Dynasty is still just a vehicle for MTX.
Off topic a little, but I'm just now getting into NFS Payback. Much has been made of MTX and loot boxes being gambling. Well, this game does little to hide that fact, haha. The whole game is a metaphor for loot boxes as a form of gambling! EA is the House! The Tune Up Shop has a LITERAL slot machine aesthetic for the tokens you trade in! EA has no shame!
They should go the opposite route. For example, let you pay real money to reverse a strike out call or error.
I'm glad they made the right call. I'm looking forward to my Brewers competing this year.
Wow, this make me respect sony more, not only they still make normal non open-world single player games but they take microtransaction out on their sport game, most people doesn't care for mtx in sport game.
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