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MLB 14 The Show Video Interview with Ramone Russell

03:30 PM - March 22, 2014 by tylerh

FranchisePlaySports has posted their MLB 14 The Show video interview with community manager, Ramone Russell. Plenty of good information was touched on with some bullet points below. Make sure you listen to the full interview here, hosted by Brian Mazique.

You can create the same amount of players as last year
You can still edit players to the same extent as last year
Create a Ballpark is coming, but not this year
Quick count info (Make sure you pay attention!)
Talks about some of the new animations (some are specific to PS4, like slap swings, Japan league style swings - A couple hundred fielding animations)
All injury presentations are brand new
6 team minimum but only one human player needed in online franchise (clarified by Ramone in comments)
On PS4, you will see more closeups of the fans, signs they are holding
Talks about new camera angles
Commentary details
Crowd model details
Some RTTS details
Community Challenge details (Creating any situation)

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# 61 MrOldboy @ 03/22/14 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Curahee


	Yeah but its this kind of stuff that delays the PS4 even more. You have people complaining left and right that the game isnt released until May, then they turn around expecting more than what is being given. They cant have it both ways. SCEA has to find a happy medium and they surely wont please everyone.

I don't see how things like this would delay the game. If they decided to make 1000 models, that would have taken resources away from something else. They decided to have less in the end, resulting is less resource cost, which is fine as a design/business choice. I'm fully behind that decision as it surely made sense to the dev team. But I don't see anything wrong with criticizing how they handled the marketing for that feature specifically. It was a big feature in the early reveal articles and SCEA's own marketing.

# 62 Madden's Jowels @ 03/22/14 11:50 PM

Ramone, I have 2 questions if you could be so kind to answer them. Both pertain to RTTS

1. Did the issue of players getting to free agency and getting 0 contract offers despite having high overalls and production get addressed at all?

2. When we go to edit our player's gear, will we finally be able to see a preview of what the gear looks like with our team's unis and colors rather than a generic red white and blue color scheme? I hate trying to guess what Team Color 1, Team Color 2, and Team Color 3 will look like lol

# 63 PadresFan @ 03/22/14 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by PhilliesFan13


	You've been coming off as very condescending and demanding. Probably not the best idea if you want to last long on OS. Calling out the developers in this fashion will get you nowhere.

He brought up the same issues earlier in the week and I attempted to correct him. It is a losing battle with this poster.

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# 64 Russell_SCEA @ 03/22/14 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by shaneomac


	Ramone are you able to confirm if classic stadiums are in the ps4 version this year? I know the consensus in this forum is they won't be but I was hoping to get a yes or no on this. Thanks a lot!

Classic stadiums that's a no. Not enough time.

# 65 basketballer0385 @ 03/23/14 12:14 AM

Any chance ramone of having online RTTS with other players even if it's like pickup sandlot baseball in classic stadiums or mlb stadiums?

# 66 Curahee @ 03/23/14 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by MrOldboy


	I don't see how things like this would delay the game. If they decided to make 1000 models, that would have taken resources away from something else.

OK. I'm confused.

Would it delay the game by taking away resources or not?

# 67 eaw913 @ 03/23/14 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by cameron_ball


	They aren't listening. He didn't answer any of the questions and if he did he didn't know or he said something that we didn't want. This game is going to be the same as last year. Ps4 maybe a little better they better make 15 amazing. I swear, I'm getting burnt out on every video game. Sa'r every year. I love Russell & San Diego But, don't get lazy like 2k & cod, madden& really every other game out there. I want modes like legends or create your own ballpark & team. Etc. I know they can do this stuff.. Why aren't they.. We've been asking it forever........... ��

He answered pretty much all the questions, and ones he didn't he found out or posted the answer here. He said everything I wanted to hear (granted, my opinion).

Legends cannot be done due to licensing. That is why they give us the creation tools to do what we want and make them. If you want them, go to the roster vault. I played a nice classic game the other day.

Create your own ballpark and team (which, Diamond Dynasty really is a create-a-team mode) were not possible last gen. I don't get why people are unable to grasp that fact. With the PS4, it is possible. They know we want it, they want to give it to us. But they aren't going to until it is feasible or until they can do it right.

So, just wait. When create-a-ballpark comes in we can make all the classic ballparks and rosters we want. In fact, I would be one of the first to volunteer to create the parks. I am much better at that than recreating legends lol.

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Originally Posted by basketballer0385


	Any chance ramone of having online RTTS with other players even if it's like pickup sandlot baseball in classic stadiums or mlb stadiums?

Do you mean something like NBA 2k did with The Park? Where you can walk around to different fields and join a pick-up game, or do an official legit game? I doubt this is in this year, but if online works smoothly this would be a lot of fun.

# 68 CbAgGa @ 03/23/14 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by nemesis04


	Spoiler

I cant help it lol im new 2 this os and I luv hearing what people think !!!

# 69 Madden's Jowels @ 03/23/14 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by basketballer0385


	Any chance ramone of having online RTTS with other players even if it's like pickup sandlot baseball in classic stadiums or mlb stadiums?

THIS sounds fun. I want this in 2015 lol. The lobby could just match RTTS players from each position and create evenly matched teams, either pick a random ballpark or have one player, chosen at random, get to pick the ballpark.

# 70 MrOldboy @ 03/23/14 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Curahee


	OK. I'm confused. Would it delay the game by taking away resources or not?

I get what you're saying, but I'm confindent that the dev team would never let any one, or set of features risk delaying a game. They would move resources around, so resources spent on one feature might be at a cost of another. They've been doing this for a long time and they know what they can and can't do within a budget/time frame.

# 71 Shaffer26 @ 03/23/14 01:26 AM

Good interview with some nice tidbits. Definitely excited about create-a-ballpark, I'm hoping they will give us something similar to what The Golf Club will be doing; Giving us all the tools to be able to create/edit anything and everything. Do I want Tal's Hill-like mound in all three OF spots? Probably not, but it would be cool to have the option for it.

# 72 Curahee @ 03/23/14 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by cameron_ball


	They're out of the league they had them 12 & all before?

And spent too much money and time on them!

# 73 eaw913 @ 03/23/14 02:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Curahee


	And spent too much money and time on them!

What I am saying isn't directed toward you, I am just using your post because I agree with it.

But yes, far too much time was spent on it. When we are given all the tools to create legends, there really is not much need for them to spend time and resources on doing it. I would absolutely love if one day they add an entire classic aspect to the game (refer to the thread on how The Show can embrace baseball's history), but for now it just isn't necessary. And especially not once we can create ballparks.

If we are given the tools, I would prefer they spend time on other aspects that improve the game at its core. It also gives us the opportunity to be creative and provides a lot of customization we may not get otherwise. Once they hit stride on the PS4, I think we will see a lot more customization across the board.

# 74 decga @ 03/23/14 02:11 AM

Excellent interview by Franchise play. Ramone was not cocky, boastful with his answers in the interview. He gave his honest and real assessment of what we should expect for the PS3 & PS4 this year. And how they plan to improve on their product in the future. I called it, "show a little thigh and take it back". I am all in with what SCEA is doing with this baseball video game product. God willing I am buying it every year again and again. Like ground hog's day...

# 75 basketballer0385 @ 03/23/14 03:13 AM

# 76 geisterhome @ 03/23/14 09:38 AM

the guy is asking smth, answer yea itll be the same as last year but well put it on a list for the next... reaction: wow awesome

# 77 aguero90 @ 03/23/14 09:43 AM

Great interview! My sharp ears picked out commentary from the game in the backround... Liked what I heard.

# 78 BaylorBearBryant @ 03/23/14 12:38 PM

Thanks for the interview. Sounds like some good stuff is planned for upcoming generations on PS4, including the release in May!

# 79 tessl @ 03/23/14 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ShowTyme15


	Create a ballpark sounds promising. Hopefully they make that aspect in depth in the future and go all out which i am sure they will. A lot of good info in this video I like the direction everything is going.

It has potential to be a great feature if combined with the ability to relocate or at least rename a franchise with a new logo, sort of an owner mode. The ability to create a logo already exists in diamond dynasty.

# 80 Curahee @ 03/23/14 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by nuke_21


	Will there be domes that open and close? With the stadiums built from scratch there really is no reason not to have domes.

No. Not in MLB14. Its on the list possibly for MLB15.

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...0&postcount=13

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Originally Posted by Russell_SCEA


	It's on our list for MLB 15 not* a confirmed feature for MLB 15.*

They created 30 stadiums (plus MiLB & ST) from scratch.
Adding the retractile roofs would have meant 36 stadiums from scratch and that requires more time.
More time = more delay

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