The series in question is MLB: The Show: the wildly popular major league baseball game by SIE San Diego. Following the company’s decision to extend its deal with Sony, it appears they’ll be looking to expand the reach of the game to other consoles in 2021. While this might seem far away, it’s great to hear that other console owners will eventually be able to enjoy the game without having to pick up a PlayStation 4 in the process.
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Alongside this news came tweets from a variety of other major players in the console industry, with head of Xbox Phil Spencer retweeting the news and stating, “Great to see the game is coming to more players.” Nintendo also took to Twitter to share the report, similarly retweeting MLB’s post with an emoji of a baseball. Of course, there’s no confirmation of which consoles MLB’s wider release may be targeting, but the interest of Xbox and Nintendo makes it seem likely that the franchise could pop up on both.
As many fans will likely attest, MLB: The Show has been one of the more consistent video game sports franchises of the recent generation, with the game finding favor among hardcore baseball enthusiasts and casual players alike. Despite a few glitches, the game has remained a staple of the annual video game calendar, and debuting on other consoles will only help grow its tremendous fanbase.
This is especially commendable when considering the amount of rushed or broken sports titles that have released this year. Fifa 20 received criticism when it debuted a few months ago, with fans crying out for a number of fixes to be made, even managing to get “#fixCareerMode” trending on Twitter. There’s also WWE 2K20. Listed as one of this year’s most broken titles and labeled by fans as the worst game in the franchise to date, WWE 2K20 was an disaster that has subsequently cut the budget for next year’s game, according to some reports. Hopefully, MLB’s eventually leap to other consoles will give players a dependable annual franchise to invest in every year.
MLB The Show 19 is available on PlayStation 4 now.
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