MLB 14 The Show Online Servers Closing on June 18th

[NEOPARADIGM]

They should just get it over with and make it a yearly subscription model if they're gonna do this. I can see three years or even two years, but a game that will only work online for a year? And people are defending it? okay.gif

[sbauer318]

Quote: Originally Posted by HustlinOwl

The rep lmao MLB The Show is heavily criticized for their online portion here on OS what are you talking about??? Never knew this many people cared about online here, but think some are simply making it a bigger deal than it really is

13 months of post release online support is not good enough for any game. They need to figure out how they can support it longer within their budget. 2014 support should end with the 2016 game. That's not too much to ask.

Meanwhile the game is still $40 on PSN. What a joke.

[Ruffy]

The Show loyalists really don't need to be defending SCEA here but they shouldn't be allowing no critical criticism on this decision to be swept away.

Decisions like these are not great for gamers...others may look at how quickly servers are being shutoff and will follow suit. In the end not good for any of us. Even if you don't use online features or play online...many do and I imagine many buy to play it that way solely.

In the end if we want a better game we want as many copies sold every year as possible. I don't think many would complain if servers laster 2 full years on most sports games. Any shorter without disclosing it upon purchase is not good. And yes the fine print I am sure they can turn of the servers on MLB 15 a month into release if they want to.

I'm not a big online guy for MLB as it has been a below average experience over the years at best.

I feel for those who are affected the most by this decision and would understand if they decide not to make a purchase of 15 as a result.

Most of the people upset are long time Show supporters...so ease off a little....its ok to criticize when warranted.



P.S. I'm praying huskerfan4life will like this post

[gustavus]

Well, the last thing SCEA needs are folks sticking with last year's game because of the changes in analog hitting. This should eliminate any o line play, and make updating rosters much more of a pain. Pretty smart, really.

[rman]

Quote: Originally Posted by Knight165

For vita to PS3 .....and now that ps4 has USB support.....can you transfer usb( I guess you would need a sd card reader for the vita) for the files? M.K, Knight165

PS vita uses Sony memory cards and it's not like PS3 where you can transfer MLB save files with USB. You can back up data but not the saves, I can't even see the saves in the xmb. If you have PS+ you can upload your saves to the PS+ servers, but you can't see vita saves on the PS3 and vise versa. I tried everything...I even contacted the San Diego studio via Facebook and they were no help. They stopped responding after a few PM exchanges, at least they did not ask me to reformat my PS3 like Sony support.

If anyone has a PS Vita and PS3 and has been using the cross play feature, shut off your internet and let me know how you was able to transfer your franchise, season or RTTS between the two systems.

[Keirik]

Honestly, i dont care if i only play 5 minutes online per year. It doesnt somehow excuse it because it might not affect me personally. We arent talking about some small mom and pop small company here where online support is from some kid's basement lol.

If nothing else, what we as a fanbase should be is ahell of a lot more pissed about something like this just because of the sheer fact how little they are putting into the online portion of this game in every aspect. I wonder how many people are like me that bought a ps4 in he first place because of The Show. Sure you can say "well if u did that, you're the type that sould buy it every year" and that may be mostly correct. However, that doesnt excuse a large company from turning their back on a one year old product that soon.


Just my humble opinion of course and its not any more valid that any orger opinion.

[extremeskins04]

I really don't understand what all the fuss is about. In a week everyone is going to be playing MLB 15 so what does it matter? Maybe I don't understand the problem fully.

[HozAndMoose]

I couldnt care less. When it comes to sports games. I dont expect the servers to work past the release of the next years game.