MLB 13 The Show Wishlist

[maizeblue13]

Before I get to my wishlist, I would like to start out by saying this is the greatest sports game series I have ever played. It is the most realistic game and it has great graphics. Now to the list.....


1. Broadcasting
If The Show series had one weakness, this would be it. Matty V has done a fine job all these years with The Show, but it is time for change. My first resolution to this would be difficult but it would be cool. That would be to have each teams individual commentators. So for example, teh Tigers would have Mario Impemba and Rod Allen as their commentators with the FoxSports Detroit scoreboard in the upper left hand corner. Other examples would be the Yankees having YES Network, the Red Sox having NESN, the White Sox having WGN, etc. Whichever team is the home team, they would have their broadcast package. If that is too difficult, my second resolution to this problem would be to have the national FoxSports broadcast package, with Joe Buck as the commentator.

2. Road to the Show
This is a great mode but still in need of edits. One problem is the advancement goals. When you are a minor leaguer or in your first few years in the majors, the current ones work fine. But the real problem is when you are 28 years old, locked into a long term contract, 99 overall, and having MVP stats, you still use the same system as you did when you were in the minors. If I fail goals, I should not be benched because of it. Instead, I should be sat for a few games, not TOTALLY REMOVED FROM THE STARTING LINEUP. Also in the offseason during a contract year, if I am a MVP player, I should have a bidding war basically to get me. In my RTTS, I was 25 years old, coming off a Triple Crown season, eligible to sign with any team. In real life, a player like this would have MANY teams offering a contract. My player only received offers from the Yankees, Rangers, and Blue Jays.

3. Franchise mode
Yet another great mode. My first thing is offseason free agency. The majority of the time, there is not very many good players out there, which is nothing like real life. Last years offseason featured Prince Fielder, Albert Pujols, Jose Reyes, and more. This offseason will have guys like Josh Hamilton, BJ Upton, and Andre Eithier. I have NEVER had this kind of talent in a free agent class in my franchises. The second thing on my list is the contracts. I'm tired of having almost EVERY player on my team on a 1 year contract to start the season. I highly doubt that that many players are hitting the free agent market this offseason. So the contracts should be fixed so that the amount of money that a player wants correlates to their stats, not ratings.

4. Diamond Dynasty
This mode disappointed me to tell ya the truth. The creation of your team is great. Its the rest of the mode that is the problem. First, you should either get rid of Dynasty players, or get rid of the MLB players. It should be one or the other. They both shouldnt be in there. Also you should take the Create A Team mode and make it so you can create a team outside of DD. So like you could use them in Exhibition mode or Franchise mode. Also add a stadium creator, similar to the one in MVP Baseball 05.

5. Rosters
My guess is that probably only about 20% of people use the SCEA rosters. Most people use OSFM or Scotts re rated rosters. One thing to fix this is to get the REAL minor league players. I know that you currently do not have the license to do that, but why not try to get that? Another thing, make the players batting stance/pitching motion actually look like the players ACTUAL batting stance.

6. New Leagues
Add new league modes such as the Arizona Fall League and the World Baseball Classic


There is my wishlist, if anyone at Sony/SCEA reads this, please consider my ideas. If you have any questions, feel free to message me. Thanks!

[TheEhBomb]

This has been posted before but more customization of players has one thing that I wanted.

Also I think it would be pretty cool to have a custom stadium creator for Diamond Dynasty

[jmount78]

I have to agree with maizeblue13 on his first point regarding commentary. If they could model the use of stats and in game commentary after the other baseball game, then it would be almost impossible for any other company to knock them off the top spot!

Instead of always talking about garden hoses, sand wedges, and "bout time boys", try commentary that is actually baseball oriented instead of school yard commentary. With 2k not producing another baseball game, get that MLB Today technology and make it better. Yes, it would probably complicated, but it would add more value to the game.

[sink4ever]

Quote: Originally Posted by maizeblue13

3. Franchise mode Yet another great mode. My first thing is offseason free agency. The majority of the time, there is not very many good players out there, which is nothing like real life. Last years offseason featured Prince Fielder, Albert Pujols, Jose Reyes, and more. This offseason will have guys like Josh Hamilton, BJ Upton, and Andre Eithier. I have NEVER had this kind of talent in a free agent class in my franchises. The second thing on my list is the contracts. I'm tired of having almost EVERY player on my team on a 1 year contract to start the season. I highly doubt that that many players are hitting the free agent market this offseason. So the contracts should be fixed.

Actually, the one year contracts are generally correct. That's because they're either arbitration eligible or renewable. They're still under team control. If you go through the off-season, you'll see there are different times to deal with each group.

Quote: Originally Posted by maizeblue13

5. Rosters My guess is that probably only about 20% of people use the SCEA rosters. Most people use OSFM or Scotts re rated rosters. One thing to fix this is to get the REAL minor league players. I know that you currently do not have the license to do that, but why not try to get that? Another thing, make the players batting stance/pitching motion actually look like the players ACTUAL batting stance.

There is no license to get for the minor league players. We're able to have actual major leaguers because of the license with the MLBPA. There is no equivalent for minor leaguers, so SCEA would have to negotiate with each and every single player (which obviously is quite a prohibitive task).

[maizeblue13]

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Actually, the one year contracts are generally correct. That's because they're either arbitration eligible or renewable. They're still under team control. If you go through the off-season, you'll see there are different times to deal with each group.

OK I can understand that but its a pain in the *** to have to resign EVERY player on your team after the first season. If they are under team control, then why not make the contract that long?

[redsfan4life]

My wishlist deals with ratings for players mainly. I don't think there are enough.

For instance, there is no way to identify a good doubles hitter in this game. I love what the OOTP series has done by instituting a gap rating for hitters. Guys like Joey Votto, Dustin Pedroia hit close to 50 doubles every year. They should be recognized for this skill in game. Hitters like these generally hit the ball harder and thus have a higher BABIP. Thus, they should hit less pop ups and weak ground balls than other guys.

Pitchers need ratings vs lefties/righties also. I don't understand how they don't have this now. If a pitcher is weaker against left hand batters loading your lineup up with lefties is a strategy seen in baseball all the time. This would probably not be difficult to implement, as you could just use ratings already in place like K/9, BB/9, etc.

More stable online play. Online was improved this year, but it's still not where it needs to be. Baseball is a great game online when lag is not present, playing against another human is much more enjoyable than playing against the CPU imo.

I can't think of much else to be honest, it's a fabulous game that just needs fine tuning.

[sink4ever]

Quote: Originally Posted by maizeblue13

OK I can understand that but its a pain in the *** to have to resign EVERY player on your team after the first season. If they are under team control, then why not make the contract that long?

Because that's how major league contracts work? Team control does not equal actual contract.

[maizeblue13]

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Because that's how major league contracts work? Team control does not equal actual contract.

Ah whatever. Its just annoying to have to resign EVERY player.