MLB 09: The Show Patch Released 4/27/09 - Impressions and Discussion Here

[daclub07]

Any chance we're getting an update from RUSSELL today? As of now we don't even know if they're choosing to turn the other cheek and let us go...

[kehlis]

Quote: Originally Posted by n8rockerasu

Yes, this. There's no reason to be sending the runner from 3rd, and it would not happen in real life. It's still technically wrong (in terms of how the catcher should play it), but asking Sony to think of EVERY possible play you might feel like doing is going a bit overboard. Why not complain that Nick Swisher's K's per 9 isn't high enough? lol..who would have seen that coming?

See here's the thing, he was polite in his post, you don't see him complaining everywhere. He simply pointed out a flaw that he found. He isn't asking Sony to think of every possible play, he simply found one that was wrong and pointed it out.

I'm assuming you are a franchise player like me so this issue is irrelevent. But again, maybe he plays online, it would be frustrating to play against someone like that and know you have to throw a strike EVERY time in that situation or you are going to give up a run.

I just don't see how him bringing that up in this thread was such a terrible thing.

[masterkembo]

Quote: Originally Posted by daclub07

Any chance we're getting an update from RUSSELL today? As of now we don't even know if they're choosing to turn the other cheek and let us go...

No idea - his last post was on pg. 76

Quote:

You know what I know that's all I got at this time. Before yesterday there was no plan of doing another patch. Hence why I stated I would have an update. Well that has changed now and things are in limbo, don't know what we are going to do at this moment in time.

Originally they were not going to do another patch, but now they are not sure. We'll see - hopefully we hear something at some point.

[tribefanisu2003]

Just an update, hope it helps in discovering what the problem is:

I've now played 3 games, post-patch, of a franchise that I'm 122 games into. I haven't had it crash back to XMB once. The last game I played, there was one flashback replay to a Hafner home run in the 4th inning. In the 9th, it went to show a flashback of a Jose Lopez HR from the 7th, but didn't play it. Then, there were no post-game highlights, and the replay vault had replays for all innings, EXCEPT the bottom of the 9th. The replays available in the vault also had the "no players, just a bat" problem.

So, I guess I'm lucky at least that it's not crashing like some others. But, I really like the replay vault and post-game highlights features. I REALLY hope they release a fix for these!

[n8rockerasu]

Quote: Originally Posted by kehlis

See here's the thing, he was polite in his post, you don't see him complaining everywhere. He simply pointed out a flaw that he found. He isn't asking Sony to think of every possible play, he simply found one that was wrong and pointed it out. I'm assuming you are a franchise player like me so this issue is irrelevent. But again, maybe he plays online, it would be frustrating to play against someone like that and know you have to throw a strike EVERY time in that situation or you are going to give up a run. I just don't see how him bringing that up in this thread was such a terrible thing.

Dude, you get defensive way too easily. I never had a problem with him discussing it. And I'm on board with the many people who think Sony has a lot of mistakes they need to fix. I just think it's not fair to bring up scenarios that are outside of the intended use of the game and call them "glitches". IF it does indeed happen on a runner going from 2nd to 3rd, as another poster mentioned, then it's much more valid.

I do agree though. If it's something people can abuse online, then there's a problem. It's just unfortunate that you have to worry about people playing like cheating douchebags online though. But obviously, many do. I guess it would just force you to think an extra step ahead of the cheaters and don't let the count go full. Or if it does, and you plan on walking the guy, just make it intentional.

[crques]

Quote: Originally Posted by rondoman

This whole conversation is freaking me out man!!!!There is like 3 or 4 pages of this damn conversation on here!!!

And not a damn 1 of them pertains to the patch.

[The Chef]

Quote: Originally Posted by masterkembo

Originally they were not going to do another patch, but now they are not sure. We'll see - hopefully we hear something at some point.

Im not holding my breath, I know Russell and SCEA have good intentions but its rather uncommon for them to release so many patches and at this point the things being said arent instilling a ton of faith either. When they say they arent sure if they are going to do anything it leaves a bad taste in my mouth, my franchise will crash no matter what I do if I use the patch and while so many seem to think that I should just restart and deal with it, I refuse to do that and shouldnt have to. SCEA could just pull the patch altogether and move on and I would be happier then I am now, I mean what exactly did the patch fix in the first place? Ive read so many conflicting reports that things that were claimed to have been fixed actually werent so whats the loss if the patch just vanished completely? They say they located the reason for the pre-patch franchises crashing and if its as easy as eliminating something from the patch and reposting it then it sure would be nice if we could get some sort of word on it soon.

In the end I would assume that if they released another patch to address issues with this one then it has to go through the certification process all over again which means we are sitting a few weeks out anyways, and thats assuming they are even going to do anything anyways. Now if you couple the certification process with the fact that we are still waiting to find out if they are even going to do anything at all then its obvious this is going to take awhile.

[rondoman]

Quote: Originally Posted by The Chef

Im not holding my breath, I know Russell and SCEA have good intentions but its rather uncommon for them to release so many patches and at this point the things being said arent instilling a ton of faith either. When they say they arent sure if they are going to do anything it leaves a bad taste in my mouth, my franchise will crash no matter what I do if I use the patch and while so many seem to think that I should just restart and deal with it, I refuse to do that and shouldnt have to. SCEA could just pull the patch altogether and move on and I would be happier then I am now, I mean what exactly did the patch fix in the first place? Ive read so many conflicting reports that things that were claimed to have been fixed actually werent so whats the loss if the patch just vanished completely? They say they located the reason for the pre-patch franchises crashing and if its as easy as eliminating something from the patch and reposting it then it sure would be nice if we could get some sort of word on it soon. In the end I would assume that if they released another patch to address issues with this one then it has to go through the certification process all over again which means we are sitting a few weeks out anyways, and thats assuming they are even going to do anything anyways. Now if you couple the certification process with the fact that we are still waiting to find out if they are even going to do anything at all then its obvious this is going to take awhile.

Great points. And exactly how much faith can you have in their QA department at this point??? I mean, half of these issues should have been caught before the game released much less before a patch to supposedly FIX the game was released!!! I guess we the consumers are the QA, and how much flak had Madden and 2K taken when these things happen?