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MLB 15 The Show Available Now on PlayStation Store - Pre-Load & Play At Midnight 3/31

02:47 PM - February 10, 2015 by A_Quiet_Pro

MLB 15 The Show is available now to pre-order on the PlayStation Store. Both the Standard ($59.99) and Anniversary Edition ($69.99) are available. Gamers will be able to start the download process before the actual release date, so they can start playing at midnight on March 31st.

There were unforseen technical issues last year that delayed the official release until later in the day, hopefully things go much better this year.

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# 41 BA2929 @ 02/11/15 03:48 PM

So it unlocks at 12:00am, correct? Which 12:00am is that? Eastern? Pacific? Your personal time zone?

Is it at 12:00am Eastern and then if I'm in California I can play it at 9pm?

I'm just assuming once your time zone hits 12:00am it'll unlock, but it'd be nice to know for sure.

# 42 HozAndMoose @ 02/11/15 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by BA2929


	So it unlocks at 12:00am, correct? Which 12:00am is that? Eastern? Pacific? Your personal time zone? Is it at 12:00am Eastern and then if I'm in California I can play it at 9pm? I'm just assuming once your time zone hits 12:00am it'll unlock, but it'd be nice to know for sure.

Expect 12am PST. It could be EST though and if it is i believe it does indeed unlock at 9pm on the west coast then.

# 43 Cowboy008 @ 02/11/15 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by BA2929


	So it unlocks at 12:00am, correct? Which 12:00am is that? Eastern? Pacific? Your personal time zone? Is it at 12:00am Eastern and then if I'm in California I can play it at 9pm? I'm just assuming once your time zone hits 12:00am it'll unlock, but it'd be nice to know for sure.

All of the ones I have downloaded have been playable at 12am Eastern.

# 44 ckarlic @ 02/11/15 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by BA2929


	So it unlocks at 12:00am, correct? Which 12:00am is that? Eastern? Pacific? Your personal time zone? Is it at 12:00am Eastern and then if I'm in California I can play it at 9pm? I'm just assuming once your time zone hits 12:00am it'll unlock, but it'd be nice to know for sure.

My guess would be 12 am ET (9pm PT) My email confirmation for my digital pre-order said :

Expected Playable Date: 03/30/2015 @ 10:00 PM

Im in Mountain Time so that is 12am ET. Ive preordered and pre loaded games in the past and the expected playable time/date has been on point so far.

# 45 BA2929 @ 02/11/15 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ckarlic


	My guess would be 12 am ET (9pm PT) My email confirmation for my digital pre-order said : Expected Playable Date: 03/30/2015 @ 10:00 PM Im in Mountain Time so that is 12am ET. Ive preordered and pre loaded games in the past and the expected playable time/date has been on point so far.

Sweet. This is what I was hoping for. I live in Kansas and get off work at 1030pm, so if it unlocks here at 11pm, I'm playing the second I get home.

I'll hope this is the case unless someone tells me otherwise.

# 46 HozAndMoose @ 02/11/15 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by BA2929


	I live in Kansas, I was just using California as a reference. So I'm guessing it'd be 12am here, which is 1am EST. Seems most likely, however I have seen a few people say they were playing their game at 9pm PST when a game released digitally at 12am EST. Can't trust the internet though.

It usually says the time when you order it. I know when FarCry came out my friend was able to play at 11PM CST. Most titles seem to be coming out at 12 EST these days. Every once in a while you will get 12 PST though. Cant remember if it was supposed to come out at at EST to PST last year.

# 47 HozAndMoose @ 02/11/15 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter_OS


	I'm in Canada and the price says $69.99. 1) Is that in US dollars or CDN? 2) Do I have to pay taxes? 3) Will my credit card be charged for the full amount, or will I be charged when the game comes out in March?

1. CDN
2. Depends on the law up there.
3. Yes. You would have to add the 69.99 to your PSN wallet in order to order it so it would charge you right then. (at least im 90% sure thats how it works)

# 48 Xclusive @ 02/11/15 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter_OS


	I'm in Canada and the price says $69.99. 1) Is that in US dollars or CDN? 2) Do I have to pay taxes? 3) Will my credit card be charged for the full amount, or will I be charged when the game comes out in March?

I live in Toronto and I've never been charged taxes on my PSN purchases which is why I'm going digital this year. I'd rather get the collectors edition at $79 online than pay $79 in store for the regular edition. 13% tax blows...

# 49 lekfountain @ 02/11/15 05:51 PM

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# 50 HozAndMoose @ 02/11/15 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by takemejoehome


	are you talking about download size?? because the download was about 24 gig..

Nope its 41.54

# 51 HozAndMoose @ 02/11/15 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by A_Quiet_Pro


	Are you saying 41.54 was 14's size? Or 15's is confirmed as this?

14 was that big.

# 52 HozAndMoose @ 02/11/15 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by takemejoehome


	the downlaod was NOT 41 gig the size of the installation when its finished is 41. gig it was compressed to about 24 gig to download last year I am almost 100% sure on this. I could even uninstall it and re download again to see if I could be bothered lol

No you download the whole 40+ GB. Its not compressed. 99% sure on this.

# 53 bcruise @ 02/11/15 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by HozAndMoose


	No you download the whole 40+ GB. Its not compressed. 99% sure on this.

I think the disconnect here is that you can play part of the game while the rest is downloading - and 21 GB sounds like it might be about the size it would take for the base game assets to be installed. The remaining parts of the game (the modes, team and stadium files, full audio etc) download and install as you play.

I don't believe any of it is compressed, either.

# 54 HozAndMoose @ 02/11/15 08:25 PM

re downloading 14 is reminding me how ****ty Sony's servers are. It shouldnt take 30 minutes to download 5GB with these speeds.

# 55 nemesis04 @ 02/11/15 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by HozAndMoose


	re downloading 14 is reminding me how **ty Sony's servers are. It shouldnt take 30 minutes to download 5GB with these speeds.

Keep pausing and starting the download, it will open up and download in a few minutes. I have no idea why it works but it does.

# 56 HozAndMoose @ 02/11/15 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by takemejoehome


	I really can't remember it being 40 gig I had it downloaded in 4 hours last year no way could I download 40 gig that fast now.. the PS3 was about 16 gig, as I said I am pretty certain it was about 24 gig then when installed it was 40+ gig, it was split into 2 parts too about 13 gig each. then there was the manual another separate download

It downloads the first 5GB then you can launch the game and play as the two WS teams while it downloads the remaining teams and modes.

# 57 HozAndMoose @ 02/11/15 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by takemejoehome


	Yep you were right, my bad. I never got to play the game after the first 5 gig because I was at work, I remember now what happened the game was delayed by a good 17 hours, so I had to wait till the next day after work. Pre Loading will solve this problem this year.... but.... if you can play the game after 5 gig this year that wouldn't happen because pre loading would be 2 days before the release date correct? so it's kinda pointless now to be able to play the WS teams while it's downloading. unless thats for installing?

Ive heard after the preload you still have to install once the game goes live. I didnt think you had to so idk which is true. But yes the initial downlaod before you can play wont matter for preloads unless you have to install.

# 58 Skyboxer @ 02/11/15 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Cowboy008


	When I get done with a game I can usually just get 10 dollars for trading it in so it's not really that big of a deal for me. Going digital or physical they will both take up the same amount of space on your HDD. I have started just buying digital since I can pre-load the entire game and play right at midnight.

I've gotten pretty good trade in deals ..especially when I started dealing with BB and their 100% extra deals.
Add that to the fact I can get the disk copy for 48.00 (or collectors ed for 55.00) and no way I go digital.
I will never go digital for sports games anyways and won't go many digital until there's a financial gain to do so to offset the lack of trade in ability.

It's fine for those that say they never trade game's in though..

# 59 BA2929 @ 02/11/15 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by nemesis04


	Keep pausing and starting the download, it will open up and download in a few minutes. I have no idea why it works but it does.

I can vouch for this. I have Cox internet and when my download starts to slow down, I pause it for a few seconds then restart it and it really speeds up.

Might be completely due to their silly "Powerboost" thing (speeds up the first 90 seconds of a big download) and I'm just fooling it, but it works.

# 60 cardinalbird5 @ 02/12/15 07:21 AM

Can we get the special edition via digital? Of course this is assuming we won't get that special steel book and cover. I'd like to play at midnight and avoid the hassle of changing discs, but I still think the perks of the special edition is worth the extra 10 bucks.

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