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MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Franchise Improvements, Inside the Radio Show & More

08:01 PM - February 26, 2015 by Steve_OS

The MLB 15 The Show livestream on Twitch has begun, featuring Franchise improvements, Inside the Radio Show and year to year saves.

Click the spoiler button below to watch it here or click this link to view it on a new page. Once the steam has completed, we will update this post with a link to the archive for those of you that miss it.

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UPDATE: Link and spoiler button updated with archive. (Starts at roughly the 1:23 mark)

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# 201 Dolenz @ 02/27/15 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Go Yankees


	The more i think about it the more the radio show is not worth the time, money or effort, think about it, in mlb 14 the show they tried to speed the game up by adding quick counts, now after every game add another 10 minutes to listen to the radio show, so lets say i only want to hear the radio show once every other day, on the days i dont listen to the radio show will thhere be a update bar at the bottom of the screen so i could just read the scores or milestones like last year? Its almost like Mlb adding more and different challenges and then adding pace of play changes, it kinda counteracts the whole point in my opinion, having said all that, i will give it a chance, if you want people truly engaged in there franchises then get a baseball tonight type tv show with scores and all that, like a certain football game used to do in 2005. Thanks

I don't think you are forced to listen to it. I got the impression watching the live stream that the Radio show was something they manually kicked off when they wanted to listen to it and not something that played automatically.

# 202 Knight165 @ 02/27/15 12:50 PM

I think it's auto...but it's only on the front end.
It will play as long as you're doing something like looking at league leaders...standings......scores.......trades, etc.

If it's not something you are looking to hear about....go into a game...it stops.

M.K.
Knight165

# 203 seanjeezy @ 02/27/15 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by eric7064


	Tbh at first glance it looks as if ratings as a whole have been dropped a bit this year. Obviously I haven't seen all teams but it seems there were less 90'S. More 80's and alot more 70s. Could be wrong though.

You could be right, I'd have to watch the stream again and take some notes lol

# 204 nemesis04 @ 02/27/15 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Dolenz


	I don't think you are forced to listen to it. I got the impression watching the live stream that the Radio show was something they manually kicked off when they wanted to listen to it and not something that played automatically.

You can x through it if you do not feel like listening to it.

# 205 ShowTyme15 @ 02/27/15 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Dolenz


	I don't think you are forced to listen to it. I got the impression watching the live stream that the Radio show was something they manually kicked off when they wanted to listen to it and not something that played automatically.

You click down on R3 as you would when skipping a soundtrack song.

# 206 dman08 @ 02/27/15 12:52 PM

I just love how these guys enjoy baseball. Watching them play the game was a joy because they really enjoy the game. They're not just trying to make money off us. They wanna make the game enjoyable for themselves as well. I can truly appreciate that.

# 207 Stolm @ 02/27/15 12:52 PM

Next year or through a post-launch patch, I hope we see the Radio Show become customizable.

I'd like to be able to choose which teams I get updates from.

Options like:

- My Team Only

- Specific Division

- AL

-NL

-All

# 208 andrewochs615 @ 02/27/15 12:54 PM

So If I were to use legends in Franchise mode and place them on their correct teams, will they have their correct number? Because I know a lot of these guys number is retired and you can't use retired numbers in past years games.

# 209 Blzer @ 02/27/15 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by tsbmolina


	With as good as the game looks it's odd that the sky is pitch black at night with not one star in sight. How about we get that fixed. Beautiful clouds during the day but nothing happening in the sky at night.

Ambient light. This is also why city backdrops don't look as lit up as well.

Also, I like how they have narrowed the field of view. Now the pitcher looks more "on top of" the batter. I always wanted this in the custom camera options to change that (much like we can in replay). Although that's probably not an option there, at least it's closer now so the effect is still essentially what I'm looking for!

# 210 RLebron12 @ 02/27/15 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Shakedowncapo


	MLB 14' MLB 15'

Is that camera angle the default or catcher angle? Definitely want to use what ever camera angle that is. Looks way better!

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# 211 decga @ 02/27/15 01:21 PM

I am just replaying the stream from last night. The one thing that stands out for me when Ramone in first segment talks about the year to year save implemented into 15'. That they opened up a couple of packs, so that you can add some equipment brands to your players. That is nice touch that SCEA are doing for us. Good looking...

My question is, if you buy the 10th anniversary you will have more packs of equipment brands that you can add to your carried over franchise players?

# 212 HypoLuxa13 @ 02/27/15 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by eric7064


	Tbh at first glance it looks as if ratings as a whole have been dropped a bit this year. Obviously I haven't seen all teams but it seems there were less 90'S. More 80's and alot more 70s. Could be wrong though.

I noticed that too in what we could see in the teams and rosters they scrolled through in the feed. A LOT more MLB calibur players in the 70's for sure. And a lot more prospects in the 30s and 40's than previous years games. It seems like before, a LOT of prospects often were in the 50's and low 60's to start out. Hopefully this adds to the balance of the gameplay, and also is balanced out in player progression.

It would stink if all the 30's and 40's rated 18 year old kids were only 50's and 60's by the time they were in their mid 20's. As long as progression represents potential pretty well, it should work fine. Where if an A potential prospect starts as a 45 rated 18 year old. They develop 6-8 points per year so they can make their MLB debut at around 22 or 23 years old possibly. Rather than 27 or 28 years old, which is usually unrealistic except for borderline role player guys.

# 213 ryanmc564 @ 02/27/15 01:31 PM

I just notice, how much better the wear on the mound looks, looks great.

# 214 bronxbombers21325 @ 02/27/15 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by decga


	I am just replaying the stream from last night. The one thing that stands out for me when Ramone in first segment talks about the year to year save implemented into 15'. That they opened up a couple of packs, so that you can add some equipment brands to your players. That is nice touch that SCEA are doing for us. Good looking... My question is, if you buy the 10th anniversary you will have more packs of equipment brands that you can add to your carried over franchise players?

Are the equipment brands already available to edit rosters with when you first start up the game, or do they have to be unlocked?

# 215 og236 @ 02/27/15 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by bronxbombers21325


	Are the equipment brands already available to edit rosters with when you first start up the game, or do they have to be unlocked?

I believe they're all available to start when editing rosters

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# 216 BrianU @ 02/27/15 01:44 PM

I wanted to comment on the livecast from last night. I have been guilty of being very hard on the team about the finite points of gameplay and franchise but I must say, the live stream they put on is truly amazing. For a game that has no competition the developers giving us so much access like this is top class. I can't praise them enough.

The best part of the live streams are getting to hear the developers mentality and thought process. The way Luis described how he adjusted the trade logic to more 1 on 1 trades due to following the real life MLB trade news, same thing with minor league contracts, it all shows how much effort these guys put into the game and give it their best. Knowing Luis and the rest of the devs rely so much on real life data to make decisions such as trade frequency and logic makes me confident of the direction they are heading.

I was fortunate and thankful I got two of my questions asked. One was about if custom rosters worked with the radio show, which they said yes because the names called out are the ones assigned in the player editor, and my other question about how budgets adjust year to year in franchise. Luis mentioned it's tied to team performance with bonuses for post season as well as data from real life on how teams really set their budgets. On this matter it sounds for the most part things work as they did last year, I was hoping to here about some improvements as far as more drastic differences between low market and big market teams. Last year I found and others found that there was too much difference between teams as you would expect. I feel this is an area that could improve but I will give it a fair shake this year and make a post about what I find so we can discuss if it is indeed representative of real life.

I'm loving the subtle and major changes to the development of the game. The fact that they continue to refine the control schemes, increase the control over fielders, so many great things that really add up to making purchasing another The Show a no brainer. I definitely feel you get your moneys worth unlike some sports games where it is basically a roster update.

With all the love in the air I will say I am mildly disappointed that we still have lackluster stat tracking. For all the effort they put into franchise this is such a glaring omission. I understand there are prioritys but to me this is a basic fundamental that needs to be there. I did read they are aware and will work in it for next year, so I am not too salty. I will also say the player equipment looks amazing. Although I am on PS3 for one more year and won't see it in-game it really looks excellent.

# 217 rovert22044 @ 02/27/15 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ryanmc564


	I just notice, how much better the wear on the mound looks, looks great.

Didn't notice this until now. Good eye, man. It looks great.

# 218 nemesis04 @ 02/27/15 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by rovert22044


	Didn't notice this until now. Good eye, man. It looks great.

The depth looks good but to me that is a tough perspective to judge the top of the zone.

# 219 decga @ 02/27/15 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by bronxbombers21325


	Are the equipment brands already available to edit rosters with when you first start up the game, or do they have to be unlocked?

I think I heard on the stream last night, they opened up a couple packs. Ramone did not mentioned all packs being opened. I know there is about 6 packs that comes with the 10th anny' copy that should be plenty for me. It would be sweet if I can use the equipment brands from those packs in the carry over save rosters..

# 220 Russell_SCEA @ 02/27/15 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by RLebron12


	Is that camera angle the default or catcher angle? Definitely want to use what ever camera angle that is. Looks way better! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That's the old default camera it's called Catcher Classic in the camera settings.

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