MLB 14 The Show News Post

MLB 14 The Show Online Servers Closing on June 18th

12:17 AM - March 20, 2015 by Jimmydm90

Sony Computer Entertainment America has scheduled the MLB 14 The Show online servers to close on June 18, 2015 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita systems. The game was released just over a year ago for PlayStation 4 users on May 6, 2014, while it released on April 1, 2014 for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita users.

For those of you that are curious, SCEA terminated the MLB 13 The Show servers on November 6, 2014.

MLB 15 The Show is scheduled to release on March 31st.

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# 21 Knight165 @ 03/20/15 11:43 AM

OMG!

I haven't heard of this since last year......
and the year before that..
and the year before
and.....

(Hint: If the deciding factor of your purchase is that you really want to play the same version for years ONLINE....you might want to rethink it!)

Question;
Is anyone going to be "surprised" when this happens again next year?
Curious.

M.K.
Knight165

# 22 nemesis04 @ 03/20/15 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Go Yankees


	Could you imagine the outrage by people if they shut down the COD servers after one year? Lol, But on here, for this game, some people defend this, ughhh, what if they decided they wanted to shut down the severs the day after the world series because they want to focus on next years game, Would anyone think thats ok? Just curious.

That is not a good analysis, the user base is huge for COD so the expense to keep it operational warrants that. As far the Show is concerned I am sure it is evaluated if the cost is worth keep the server active longer or shorter based on the active user base. I would not be surprised if the active users were lower because of the poor online performance in 14 especially. It's more a cost business decision rather then just a general screwing over that people like to think.

# 23 Keirik @ 03/20/15 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by cusefan74


	Why is this a shady decision? Why should they keep supporting an old game when there is a new one out? Pretty smart if you ask me, you force people to go out and get the new game.

I actually think it's pretty shady too. I mean, you are forcing people to basically let go of 14 and we all know in sports games, not everyone buys each iteration. You might call that "smart" and that's your opinion of course but it's also abandoning the 14 fanbase awfully quick.

# 24 sbauer318 @ 03/20/15 12:27 PM

If cost is an issue, why can't they just scale down the services? Not everyone is going to migrate to 2015 by June. They should really stay online for two years like some other sports games.

# 25 HozAndMoose @ 03/20/15 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Keirik


	I actually think it's pretty shady too. I mean, you are forcing people to basically let go of 14 and we all know in sports games, not everyone buys each iteration. You might call that "smart" and that's your opinion of course but it's also abandoning the 14 fanbase awfully quick.

You can still play the game. Just not online. And online was crap for 14.

# 26 HypoLuxa13 @ 03/20/15 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by sbauer318


	If cost is an issue, why can't they just scale down the services? Not everyone is going to migrate to 2015 by June. They should really stay online for two years like some other sports games.

On one hand, as someone in the IT field, I gotta believe the cost is pretty low. But I don't know what infrastructure/hardware is needed just to run and what kind of manpower they need to have staffed to keep it running.

On the other hand, I have to wonder how many users will be online with MLB 14 come June? A few thousand? A few hundred? Maybe the cost is not worth it from the business side of things, even if on the technical side the Sony San Diego team wants to keep some online up and running for the previous year's game. It may be outside of their control, the decision may come from higher up.

all speculation here...

# 27 seanjeezy @ 03/20/15 12:42 PM

Remember that online isn't just PvP, its the roster vault, cloud/cross saves, The Show Live, etc.

Once again I'll stress that this might be a UK/EUR only thing, it was posted on the UK blog after all...

# 28 countryboy @ 03/20/15 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by nemesis04


	That is not a good analysis, the user base is huge for COD so the expense to keep it operational warrants that. As far the Show is concerned I am sure it is evaluated if the cost is worth keep the server active longer or shorter based on the active user base. I would not be surprised if the active users were lower because of the poor online performance in 14 especially. It's more a cost business decision rather then just a general screwing over that people like to think.

Please refrain from bringing logic into discussions.

# 29 kehlis @ 03/20/15 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by seanjeezy


	Once again I'll stress that this might be a UK/EUR only thing, it was posted on the UK blog after all...

Check out the link in the updated OP.

# 30 countryboy @ 03/20/15 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Keirik


	I actually think it's pretty shady too. I mean, you are forcing people to basically let go of 14 and we all know in sports games, not everyone buys each iteration. You might call that "smart" and that's your opinion of course but it's also abandoning the 14 fanbase awfully quick.

I would be willing to bet that a VAST majority of the fanbase for MLB '14 will migrate over to MLB '15 before June.

# 31 seanjeezy @ 03/20/15 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by kehlis


	Check out the link in the updated OP.

Lol I did not see that

# 32 DJ @ 03/20/15 01:06 PM

I just wish there was a way we could still transfer save files between our Vita and PS3/PS4 if we wanted to continue a season/franchise/RTTS in that particular game.

# 33 sbauer318 @ 03/20/15 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by HypoLuxa13


	On one hand, as someone in the IT field, I gotta believe the cost is pretty low. But I don't know what infrastructure/hardware is needed just to run and what kind of manpower they need to have staffed to keep it running. On the other hand, I have to wonder how many users will be online with MLB 14 come June? A few thousand? A few hundred? Maybe the cost is not worth it from the business side of things, even if on the technical side the Sony San Diego team wants to keep some online up and running for the previous year's game. It may be outside of their control, the decision may come from higher up. all speculation here...

I'm sure the team has no say in how long they can support online for. I'm sure some group up the hierarchy tells them. Either that, or they're given some budget and they're told to make it work.

I guess it just depends on what people think is acceptable in terms of online support for a sports game. I'm sure The Show is the least popular game out of all the big sports games, but if Madden, NBA, and FIFA decided that 11-14 months of server support was enough, I wonder how that would go over. Again, different audience and platform size, I get it. People still paid $60 for the game, though.

I've always thought that two years is a fair amount of time, regardless of the game. Some people are not going to buy a game every year.

# 34 MetsFan16 @ 03/20/15 01:41 PM

What company doesn't want you to buy their newest version of their product? It's a pretty common business practice.

It makes sense that the sooner they shut down 14 servers, the smoother 15 servers will run. And maybe this is necessary for their Online servers overhaul we've been hearing about.

# 35 HustlinOwl @ 03/20/15 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by seanjeezy


	Remember that online isn't just PvP, its the roster vault, cloud/cross saves, The Show Live, etc. Once again I'll stress that this might be a UK/EUR only thing, it was posted on the UK blog after all...

And still do Roster/Player/Sliders via USB same as always in the past for those without online????

# 36 sbauer318 @ 03/20/15 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by MetsFan16


	What company doesn't want you to buy their newest version of their product? It's a pretty common business practice. It makes sense that the sooner they shut down 14 servers, the smoother 15 servers will run. And maybe this is necessary for their Online servers overhaul we've been hearing about.

I doubt that the allocation of 14 servers will make much of a difference.

# 37 TLasorda @ 03/20/15 01:50 PM

As much as I like The Show, shutting down the online servers earlier than last year's game is a money grab by SCEA. I understand they are running a business and the main reason to to be successful in business is to make money. We are the consumers of their product and we have a choice to buy or not to buy this year's version of The Show. I choose not to buy MLB The Show 15 until I finish my online franchise, which I have completed 21 games of a 162 game season. Shutting down the servers in June does not allow me much time to finish my franchise.

# 38 garyjr33 @ 03/20/15 02:01 PM

I am all for this if the 15 servers are noticeably better. Allocate the resources where they should be. I understand some people will be upset with this. But IMO there is no reason not to buy this years version. It does suck for the people in the middle of an online franchise though.

# 39 saturn2187 @ 03/20/15 02:19 PM

I'm still upset, as I'm in the middle of season 3 of an online franchise, however after doing some research I guess I have nobody to blame but myself for assuming they'd be up longer. See below

MLB 09 servers down 03/17/2010
MLB 10 servers down 03/22/2011
MLB 11 servers down 05/10/2012
MLB 12 servers down 09/15/2013
MLB 13 servers down 11/06/2014
MLB 14 servers down 06/18/2015

I assumed the later decommissioning date was the norm, and I guess really it is if you look at the dates historically. Still sucks.

# 40 HustlinOwl @ 03/20/15 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by saturn2187


	I'm still upset, as I'm in the middle of season 3 of an online franchise, however after doing some research I guess I have nobody to blame but myself for assuming they'd be up longer. See below MLB 09 servers down 03/17/2010 MLB 10 servers down 03/22/2011 MLB 11 servers down 05/10/2012 MLB 12 servers down 09/15/2013 MLB 13 servers down 11/06/2014 MLB 14 servers down 06/18/2015 I assumed the later decommissioning date was the norm, and I guess really it is if you look at the dates historically. Still sucks.

huh??? 3 of the last 5 years the dates were earlier than 6/18

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