MLB The Show 16 Has Officially Arrived, Post Your Impressions Here

[canes21]

Quote: Originally Posted by BillBixbe

Let's face it. This rollout of this game as been a disaster. We have not gotten what we paid for. Some guys can't even start playing because of bugs. This year's version has been a step backwards. I'll remember this next year when I'm being wowed by their live streams and videos.

Examples of what you're talking about?

[MLB_ELITES]

Great game off line but online is not so great. I just hope they fix the issues with online gaming.

[audbal]

This game needs COMPETITION!!! This is what you get without it.

[wanzalla13]

I've been a Show junkie since '12. While I will continue to play the game I'm somewhat disappointed with what I've experienced so far.

Game play is somewhat choppy in some stadiums but plays fine in others. I'm guessing that it's the frame rate that some heads are referencing.

Some parts of the presentation still seem truncated. I assumed that with the addition of hybrid presentation we would have the full broadcast experience as a choice like in past iterations. I don't like the game rushing me if I don't want to rush; isn't that what the 'X' button is for?

Some of the player models look pretty bad. Some look transparent while others look way too dark (Eric Aybar, Melky Cabrera and Nelson Cruz come to mind). Also, I decided to try the franchise carryover feature for the first time. Won't be doing that again. First, the rosters were all jacked up. I had premier players Josh Reddick and Josh Hamilton end up with their respective team's single a affiliate. How does that happen?? Secondly some players that transferred ended up being a "hybrid race", African American from the neck down with a random caucasian face (sorry 'bout that). Delmond Young is an example...he was still with the O's in my franchise. I'm guessing because he and the others are not on teams in '16. I thought that guys like that ended up in the FA pool, or at the very least assigned a fake name that could be edited.

When I heard the SOTS was being introduced to the PS4 platform I was ecstatic and immediately bought the newer console. I realize that for most SOTS is not a big deal, but for me it's huge! While overall I'm glad it's back I was very disappointed with what I've experienced so far:
Pregame music doesn't always play for certain teams.
Individual and team chants do not play randomly (as they should) like in previous iterations. The simply play in the order they appear on the cue list with no element of surprise, which us especially bad for personal chants.
Base hit music plays all of 2 seconds at a very low volume(I boosted all of my sounds). What's the most disappointing is that the hit music in '14 ps3 didn't work at all and was never addressed or fixed, which is what I'll assume will happen here too.
I've never had a problem hitting, but I am finding getting base hits a chore. I'll just write that off as me still getting acclimated to this version of the game.

The stadiums over are beautiful! I really agree that the stadiums have taken huge leaps forward.

I just started playing online a few months ago (I bought a '15 version on the cheap in anticipation of '16). Looking forward to seeing how it plays.

wlj

[saintjimbo1885]

Have to say I am pretty disappointed with the new precision input hitting engine.

I was under the impression that this would mean contact with the baseball would only be made if the ball was located within the PCI but sadly I don't see any difference from previous years.

Pitches can still be fouled off when the PCI misses for both users and CPU plus there is still the odd hit in there as well.

[wanzalla13]

Sorry for spelling errors and omissions in my previous post. I typed my impressions from my phone.

wlj

[Stolm]

Man, the slower pitch speed is really starting to kill me. Every year it gets slower and slower, and this year its finally gotten way too slow. Anything off speed feels like forever before it gets the plate, and I'm constantly pulling both fastballs and offspeed pitches into the seats.

I'm sure it helps those with t.v's with awful latency and input lag, but it's gotten to the point where its too slow.

[TheWarmWind]

Quote: Originally Posted by audbal

This game needs COMPETITION!!! This is what you get without it.

While it's true that in the vast majority of cases competition will bring out the best results both for economic efficiency and consumer surplus, there are rare instances where less competition is actually more economically efficient. Sometimes so much to the extreme that a monopoly is actually the most economically efficient option.

This economic phenomenon occurs when either:

The market is very small (niche market)

The barrier to entry is very high (the initial investment of capitol, skilled labour or both in order to break into the industry is staggeringly high)


So here we have a niche market video game. I think that covers BOTH phenomenon.

If you want another example of how competition can be bad, please refer to the American airline industry.

Sorry folks for going so off topic, but I felt it was time teach some economics.