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MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Developer Tournament Featuring Gameplay All Day

03:14 PM - March 12, 2015 by Steve_OS

Sony San Diego is currently livestreaming MLB 15 The Show on Twitch.TV. The developers will be playing a tournament all day long, so you will get plenty of gameplay and more details about the game.

Make sure you check it out here or click the spoiler button below, to view the embedded stream.

For those of you that miss out, this post will get updated with the archive.

UPDATE: The livestream has completed. Here is a link to the archive, it starts at roughly the 2:11 mark.

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# 141 birthday_massacre @ 03/14/15 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by HealyMonster


	I don't know, I'll try and say this as constructively as possible, but it seems like this dev team, or whomever, chooses to play it safe rather than push limits. The grass thing as an example. They seem to be using the same grass they used in the PS3 version. It doesn't look right, it doesn't scream ps4, pushing the limits. I hear them talk about they spent all this time working on the grass color. They have this new tech and yada yada, and it seems sort of misguided. Kind of the polishing a turd syndrome. Why spend so much time making somethung look better that doesn't look right to begin with. The stadium graphics they use are sub par. They are creating the stadiums seemingly using the same images they used on PS3 but not they are higher resolution. They showed off the ballparks, and really it doesn't scream ps4 pushing the limits, it sort of strikes me as, well you added these things to stadiums using the same stuff you used on the rest of the stadiums. They added spring training stadiums that were the ones from the PS3 version but "they look better" on the ps4. Commentary is the same, graphical overlays are minimalist in nature and don't scream pushing the limits. Hey can't add uniforms because of the uniform slot system. Ok. I get the point, but the second year on the ps4 I still don't want to be buying an upgraded version of the PS3 game. Gameplay is great, I'm certain I will find enjoyment out of them game, but at what point is it ok to ask for a little more out of the game, it seems like a lot of corners are cut, and I don't want to be sold on "players skin tones and grass colors" when there are so many other areas that deserve more attention.

They scanned the grass and the dirt from each stadium and put it in the game for each stadium. Its not the same grass as the ps3 version, its each stadium has the real grass and dirt from the actual stadium in real life.

They also updated the background on a lot of the stadiums as well. What game are you watching?

they also updated the minor league stadiums as well, they even have a few more than they did last year.

# 142 Berserker2020 @ 03/14/15 01:48 PM

I know it was mentioned earlier but I am really hoping they can still fix Pedroia and Napoli's beards. Napoli has grown his back out to what it was last year and Pedroia usually always has a short to maybe medium beard but not Napoli long. As one person mentioned it's almost like they should just be switched based on what was shown in the stream.

# 143 Russell_SCEA @ 03/14/15 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Berserker2020


	I know it was mentioned earlier but I am really hoping they can still fix Pedroia and Napoli's beards. Napoli has grown his back out to what it was last year and Pedroia usually always has a short to maybe medium beard but not Napoli long. As one person mentioned it's almost like they should just be switched based on what was shown in the stream.

The game is done and all real MLB players likeness is locked.

# 144 Berserker2020 @ 03/14/15 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Russell_SCEA


	The game is done and all real MLB players likeness is locked.

Thanks for the response Russell. I figured is was probably to late. Game looks great though, can't wait.

# 145 walrod87 @ 03/14/15 02:03 PM

Ramone & Nick please check the belt of LA Angels because since last year is Red no Black, and the line to the pants of some teams is very fat like the Miami Marlins, Atlanta Braves and Colorado Rockies. The beard of Derek Norris, Bryce Harper, charlie blackmon and mike napoli actualized, batting stance of david ortiz and giancalo stanton.

# 146 Redskinsfan26 @ 03/14/15 02:15 PM

No idea where to ask this, but does anyone have any idea how many levels are in this year's edition? Last year it capped at 30, wondering if it's the same this year.

# 147 Cowboy008 @ 03/14/15 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Redskinsfan26


	No idea where to ask this, but does anyone have any idea how many levels are in this year's edition? Last year it capped at 30, wondering if it's the same this year.

It's still capped at 30.

# 148 MrOldboy @ 03/14/15 04:05 PM

A bit worried about Ramone stating that you can't edit pitch breaks.

So from what he was saying it seems like

- only MLB pitchers will have custom pitch breaks
- those cannot be edited (What happens if you change the movement rating for that specific pitch or will it be grayed out? What happens i you change a MLB pitcher to have a different pitch?)
- For created players we will only get the old type of pitch breaks (straight 4SFB, no fade on changeups, etc.)

I was really looking forward to being able to use 4SFBs on created players or any player frankly and have it have some fade/run to it like we've seen in the streams. We'll have to continue using running and circle change which is fine, but can be annoying when some of the 4SFB breaks I've seen in the game look great and I prefer them over the old running FB or 2SFB breaks.

# 149 Jimmydm90 @ 03/14/15 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MrOldboy


	A bit worried about Ramone stating that you can't edit pitch breaks. So from what he was saying it seems like - only MLB pitchers will have custom pitch breaks - those cannot be edited (What happens if you change the movement rating for that specific pitch or will it be grayed out? What happens i you change a MLB pitcher to have a different pitch?) - For created players we will only get the old type of pitch breaks (straight 4SFB, no fade on changeups, etc.) I was really looking forward to being able to use 4SFBs on created players or any player frankly and have it have some fade/run to it like we've seen in the streams. We'll have to continue using running and circle change which is fine, but can be annoying when some of the 4SFB breaks I've seen in the game look great and I prefer them over the old running FB or 2SFB breaks.

They did say pitch breaks were improved for created players. But yeah all the created pitchers will have the same break. Wonder how that'll effect the OSFM hybrid.

Hopefully in later games they'll be able to implement something the gives us access to pitch break options in create a player. Even if they're just a bunch of presets.

I'd also like to be able to apply any of the player specific celebrations/rituals to my RTTS character. Similar to how they do batting and throwing stances.

# 150 Bobhead @ 03/14/15 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by A_Quiet_Pro


	Um, it's baseball. It's not going to change. The experience doesn't change, because the game hasn't changed in over 100 years.

I think this is what he's hoping to see next year:

# 151 Factzzz @ 03/14/15 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by A_Quiet_Pro


	Um, it's baseball. It's not going to change. The experience doesn't change, because the game hasn't changed in over 100 years.

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Originally Posted by Bobhead


	I think this is what he's hoping to see next year:

The actual game doesn't change.

But there is plenty of variety in presentation styles used by certain broadcasts, and many different commentary teams with their own styles.

And i'm pretty sure that's what he means by change. Presentation and commentary aspects. (Personally, i'm fine with commentary and presentation, although some new presentation would go a long way in making the game feel less "stale" i guess).

# 152 Factzzz @ 03/14/15 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by A_Quiet_Pro


	If this is the case, he should've said presentation, but he said gameplay, so I had to go with that for my rebuttal.

He prefaced it by saying gameplay is phenomenal, so i figured he meant everything else is getting stale.

I don't even see how gameplay can get stale.

# 153 Dolenz @ 03/14/15 05:21 PM

I can't even begin to imagine the time it would take to replace the commentary team. Maybe I am wrong here but I am guessing that the time it takes to record everything they need to make the commentary seem as seamless as it does is huge.

Remember, this year alone the fact sheet states that there are:

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	Over 1,700 new lines of play-by-play content Over 1,400 new lines of color commentary

# 154 Factzzz @ 03/14/15 05:46 PM

For the first 5 innings of the Giants/White Sox game, all the players are wearing their normal gear.

Then after the bottom of the 6th inning, all the players have long sleeves on all of a sudden, like the temperature dropped to the threshold for long sleeves, and it just auto put long sleeves on all the players in the middle of the game.

This is unrealistic, maybe a glitch?

# 155 WaitTilNextYear @ 03/14/15 06:06 PM

I had pretty much the entire 8 hour stream on as background noise as I was doing other things and I have to say it was bro-tastic.

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Originally Posted by Jimmydm90


	They did say pitch breaks were improved for created players. But yeah all the created pitchers will have the same break. Wonder how that'll effect the OSFM hybrid.

If all CAPs have the same pitch breaks, then it'll be no different than it's always been so I don't think it'll change the Hybrid or regular OSFM roster at all.

The more concerning issue is what MrOldBoy brought up. Potentially not being able to edit SCEA pitches will be a serious hindrance in any pitch edit effort. The real hope then would be that SCEA's stock pitches are now good enough that we wouldn't need to edit pitches.

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Originally Posted by Dolenz


	I can't even begin to imagine the time it would take to replace the commentary team. Maybe I am wrong here but I am guessing that the time it takes to record everything they need to make the commentary seem as seamless as it does is huge. Remember, this year alone the fact sheet states that there are:

I wonder how many lines of commentary there already were? If there are 1700 new lines of this and 1400 new lines of that and we haven't really heard much of them in any streams, then what situations do the new lines appear in? Or is 1700 and 1400 just a really small amount compared to what there was to begin with? On the stream, Kirby mentioned home run calls and deep fly balls were an area of emphasis.

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Originally Posted by Factzzz


	For the first 5 innings of the Giants/White Sox game, all the players are wearing their normal gear. Then after the bottom of the 6th inning, all the players have long sleeves on all of a sudden, like the temperature dropped to the threshold for long sleeves, and it just auto put long sleeves on all the players in the middle of the game. This is unrealistic, maybe a glitch?

I don't think there's any reason players can't change in mid game, although certainly all of them doing it would qualify as unrealistic.

# 156 MrOldboy @ 03/14/15 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimmydm90


	They did say pitch breaks were improved for created players. But yeah all the created pitchers will have the same break. Wonder how that'll effect the OSFM hybrid. Hopefully in later games they'll be able to implement something the gives us access to pitch break options in create a player. Even if they're just a bunch of presets. I'd also like to be able to apply any of the player specific celebrations/rituals to my RTTS character. Similar to how they do batting and throwing stances.

To be honest I would be happy if they had all 4SFB's have some amount of fade on them, but have the amount tied to the movement rating. So a 1 movement 4SFB would be basically what The Show has had, but a 99 would be a 4SFB with a lot of fade on it. You can still have the running FB for pitchers that get even more movement on their "4SFB". Same for the new changeup breaks. Those are basically the ones I'd like to see get addressed, 4SFB and change.

Having control over sliders and curveballs would be even better, similar to MVP 2005. I'd love to see the elimination of sweeping curve and 12-6 and instead just have a curveball with (12-6, 11-5, 10-4) as options for trajectory. That might be asking for too much at this point, but it would be great to at least get the new fading breaks on 4SFM and Change in at some point for non-hardcoded pitchers (MLB w/pitchf/x data).

# 157 Factzzz @ 03/14/15 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by WaitTilNextYear


	I don't think there's any reason players can't change in mid game, although certainly all of them* doing it would qualify as unrealistic.*

Sure players might change mid game, but certainly not every single player at the exact same time.

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# 158 MrOldboy @ 03/14/15 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Factzzz


	Sure players might change mid game, but certainly not every single player at the exact same time. Spoiler On a side note, the shadows in this pic look really good, especially on the pitcher.

I haven't gotten that far in the stream, but if it is indeed putting sleeves on players mid game I'd say that should be fixed. It just isn't something you see during MLB games and doesn't represent the real life game very well.

Something that has been asked for for a while is an extra option for sleeves in the editor for "Night games only" so that you can set certain players to wear sleeves if they do so during real MLB night games, but don't wear them during day games.

# 159 HealyMonster @ 03/14/15 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by A_Quiet_Pro


	Um, it's baseball. It's not going to change. The experience doesn't change, because the game hasn't changed in over 100 years.

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Originally Posted by Factzzz


	The actual game doesn't change. But there is plenty of variety in presentation styles used by certain broadcasts, and many different commentary teams with their own styles. And i'm pretty sure that's what he means by change. Presentation and commentary aspects. (Personally, i'm fine with commentary and presentation, although some new presentation would go a long way in making the game feel less "stale" i guess).

I meant presentation, I didn't say gameplay was stale, I said the experience was stale. Not sure how someone could take that as "the game of baseball itself needs to be changed" some of you guys are nuts.

A great example of my overall point is when the game ends. They show the highlites with the text of what happened, and they will interview the player of the game. Then they will show him swinging or pitching and it turns into a card. This is more or less how the game has ended 3 or 4 years ago. I'm not expecting a real life broadcast of baseball tonight or someone but I expect growth/ change.

It's "good enough for them" but the reality was it was lame when the first did it, but I looked at it as a "starting point" but they never improved it or did anything different.

And to the guy who said they have the actual grass, you may want to watch the video again. They color matched the grass, they didn't take the actual grass from each stadium, they color matched the grass based on mlb.com replays of the actual games. Their actual grass texture is horrible.

# 160 DodgerFanatic2K3 @ 03/15/15 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by HealyMonster


	I meant presentation, I didn't say gameplay was stale, I said the experience was stale. Not sure how someone could take that as "the game of baseball itself needs to be changed" some of you guys are nuts. A great example of my overall point is when the game ends. They show the highlights with the text of what happened, and they will interview the player of the game. Then they will show him swinging or pitching and it turns into a card. This is more or less how the game has ended 3 or 4 years ago. I'm not expecting a real life broadcast of baseball tonight or someone but I expect growth/ change. It's "good enough for them" but the reality was it was lame when the first did it, but I looked at it as a "starting point" but they never improved it or did anything different.

You make a very valid point about the post game wrap-up presentation getting old. I think the broadcast intro and wrap-up are very important elements of the presentation that need a total refresh

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