MLB The Show 16 News Post

MLB The Show 16 - New Road to the Show, Showtime Details & Tentative Reveal Dates

03:33 PM - January 26, 2016 by Steve_OS

MLB The Show 16 news has finally arrived today, as the team has revealed Road to The Show and Showtime details in their latest video blog, with Ramone Russell (Development Team) and Matt Schaeffer (Game Designer).

The team dives into each of these features, showing off how Showtime slows critical Road to the Show in-game moments for total control to make big plays when you need it most. Road to the Show will be back with a new player perks system and more personal, curated journey throughout your career.

Check out the video and post your thoughts!

Below are some of the MLB The Show 16 Road to the Show and Showtime features.

Here is the tentative release schedule for upcoming blogs and Twitch streams.

Source - PlayStation.Blog

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Member Comments

# 141 PVarck31 @ 01/28/16 12:02 AM

oooh I didn't see umpire jackets. That's a nice touch.

# 142 Blzer @ 01/28/16 12:09 AM

I'm sure there's a "Be an umpire" mode with the soon-to-release PSVR, and you use the Move to signal strikes and punch outs. You're also evaluated after every game, and can purchase new gear like jackets and the like.

# 143 headzapp @ 01/28/16 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Russell_SCEA


	It's not crazy it's really a completely re-write of umpire personalities as it pertains to their ______________ the new ______________.

I always had Alfred Hitchcock as the master of suspense, but That may have changed haha.

# 144 PVarck31 @ 01/28/16 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Blzer


	I'm sure there's a "Be an umpire" mode with the soon-to-release PSVR, and you use the Move to signal strikes and punch outs. You're also evaluated after every game, and can purchase new gear like jackets and the like.

That would actually be pretty cool. But I was an umpire in real life so maybe that's why I feel that way. At least you wouldn't have high school parents telling you they were gonna kill you for supposed bad calls.

# 145 JoeCoolMan24 @ 01/28/16 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Blzer


	Totes. Someday I hope for "hidden attributes" that have a mean, standard deviation, min/max, etc. that can be more randomized on every play/game, and all ratings are determined by your scout (they can have ranges as well, some more accurate than others, some more precise than others). I know game developers probably never can or will do that, but it does seem a bit intriguing.

I don't know if you've ever played Out of the Park baseball, but they have this option. Your scouting director is responsible for all the attributes you see in the game. Hire a new scouting director, see different attributes for a lot of players. It was a cool feature, it just made me EXTREMELY nervous at draft time because I couldn't tell if the 5-Star 1st RD pick I was making was actually a 5-Star pick or a 3-Star reach! I guess that's realistic though!

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Originally Posted by Blzer


	All Star Baseball? Try MLB SlugFest. I almost wouldn't mind if the perks reflected something in real life, like go clubbing the night before and be stress-free the next day for two-strike counts or take a midday nap and get a stamina boost, your top prospect lets you borrow his bat, eat Wheaties in the morning blah blah blah. I don't really get where the "get all fastballs" thing comes into play realistically though. It's an "option" though so I won't fret, but if it can't truly be disabled and the option is to "not select them," I'm not saying it would be tempting to see them in front of you, but it makes you question if the game was built by an "If you're not cheating, you're not trying" model that makes it difficult to succeed in RttS otherwise (think of a game that maybe has turbo boost or stealth gameplay, and when unused is disadvantageous... or COD perks, for that matter!).

Yeah, while I don't plan to use these perks, it also seems that I would be "missing out" on it as well. Like if the game introduced steroids in to RTTS as an option, of course I would like to think I would NEVER want to risk trying it, but at the same time I can see myself saying "F**K IT, IT'S A VIDEO GAME! WHHEEEEEEE".

What I am saying is, don't give me the option to cheat in the video game, I can't be trusted!

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Originally Posted by Blzer


	I agree and disagree at the same time. I didn't get far into MyCareer in NBA 2K16, because I immediately noticed a script. Not the dialogue or the actions you choose, but the fact that it did feel like the entire career of mine was going to be scripted out. I get three high school games, and no matter what I know I will be drafted? I will hit the major leagues by day X? I'd almost prefer an RttS where some people get called up as quickly as Kris Bryant, and some people stay down as long as Brian Dallimore. Who? Exactly. Your destiny is not predetermined. I would like if it was less goal-oriented though. As funny as it is to see the guys on here who create threads complaining that their player is hitting .600 and makes diving plays all over the place, it does make one wonder if any little stats mean anything more than getting more points accumulated to boost your player. Good to see you on the boards, JCM. Can't wait for this release!

My response, if that is indeed their excuse.....Ok, then do it better. Listen, I love The Show, and I play an incredible amount of RTTS. But RTTS has almost NOTHING to do outside of the games themselves. I don't mean the game has to have a scripted storyline like one of those basketball games had where they create cutscenes and stuff like that. But award our players with magazine spreads on Baseball America, or Scouts, or ESPN the Magazine (whatever they have the rights to use). Show a twitter feed of league chatter, allow us to USE the money we negotiate for, even if it's for things like expensive off-seasons vacations to increase happiness levels for our player, but won't improve their offseason conditions. Stuff like that where a storyline wouldn't necessarily have to be built. Maybe give us an option to buy a gigantic mansion in the city in which our team plays. Doing this increases his happiness and maybe keeps his stamina up because we get to sleep in our own bed versus a hotel. Maybe our player becomes SOO rich that we can buy a mansion in all 26 (or so) cities that have teams! Just little side stuff that gives us playability once we make the major leagues and become a star. Because once you win an MVP and maybe a WS ring, what more do you have to do besides just plug away 10 more years and try to become a HOF'er? Make us want to be the richest player in the league, and have it mean something. Maybe we have an option to buy the whole pitching staff an expensive dinner, or a new car, or something to increase team chemistry. You get my point.

Also, nice to see you as well pal. What's it been 10 years now?

# 146 Bullit @ 01/28/16 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Clarke99


	One thing im hoping for is no trade clause in contracts. I signed a 7 year deal with the Indians to finish my career and halfway though season one I got traded to the Rangers, pretty dumb when youre the MVP

If you check interactions on a regular basis you can try and stop your trade. I was in the same situation and I just happened to check and it said something like "talk to manager and ask to stay on the team" or something like that. It pulled back my being traded the next day.

# 147 Blzer @ 01/28/16 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by JoeCoolMan24


	I don't know if you've ever played Out of the Park baseball, but they have this option. Your scouting director is responsible for all the attributes you see in the game. Hire a new scouting director, see different attributes for a lot of players. It was a cool feature, it just made me EXTREMELY nervous at draft time because I couldn't tell if the 5-Star 1st RD pick I was making was actually a 5-Star pick or a 3-Star reach! I guess that's realistic though!

I think that's exactly what I would hope for. The scouting directors themselves would have to have [consistent] attributes themselves though, like I mentioned regarding accuracy and position in the five position tools and all pitching tools, etc. Or whatever it is. Some are more expensive, etc.

But as I said, under the hood I would like to see some range as well. Someone with a 91 PWR maybe has a standard deviation of +/- 3, so 68% of the time his power is somewhere between 94 & 88, 95% of the time it's between 97 & 85, and 99.7% of the time it's between 100 & 82, etc. There's much more to my idea to that and what I mentioned wasn't perfect, but rather just a slight example of how everything isn't always exactly one type.

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	Yeah, while I don't plan to use these perks, it also seems that I would be "missing out" on it as well. Like if the game introduced steroids in to RTTS as an option, of course I would like to think I would NEVER want to risk trying it, but at the same time I can see myself saying "F**K IT, IT'S A VIDEO GAME! WHHEEEEEEE". What I am saying is, don't give me the option to cheat in the video game, I can't be trusted!

Another poster put it best: hopefully there is an option to outright disable so we don't even have to see it. It's like if a film has an extended cut versus its theatrical cut, and while you're watching the extended cut you turn away and plug your ears during a moment that "kills the film" for you, wanting to pretend like it's not there even when it is. Instead, it would just warm your heart more if you played the theatrical cut. Dumb analogy, but that's the best I got right now.

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	My response, if that is indeed their excuse.....Ok, then do it better. Listen, I love The Show, and I play an incredible amount of RTTS. But RTTS has almost NOTHING to do outside of the games themselves. I don't mean the game has to have a scripted storyline like one of those basketball games had where they create cutscenes and stuff like that. But award our players with magazine spreads on Baseball America, or Scouts, or ESPN the Magazine (whatever they have the rights to use). Show a twitter feed of league chatter, allow us to USE the money we negotiate for, even if it's for things like expensive off-seasons vacations to increase happiness levels for our player, but won't improve their offseason conditions. Stuff like that where a storyline wouldn't necessarily have to be built. Maybe give us an option to buy a gigantic mansion in the city in which our team plays. Doing this increases his happiness and maybe keeps his stamina up because we get to sleep in our own bed versus a hotel. Maybe our player becomes SOO rich that we can buy a mansion in all 26 (or so) cities that have teams! Just little side stuff that gives us playability once we make the major leagues and become a star. Because once you win an MVP and maybe a WS ring, what more do you have to do besides just plug away 10 more years and try to become a HOF'er? Make us want to be the richest player in the league, and have it mean something. Maybe we have an option to buy the whole pitching staff an expensive dinner, or a new car, or something to increase team chemistry. You get my point.

Oh, I'm way for that. I just didn't want a story.

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	Also, nice to see you as well pal. What's it been 10 years now?

Try 12 or so. Yikes.

# 148 TheGreatModini @ 01/28/16 11:08 AM

The marketing team behind the publicly posted calendar should be high fived.

# 149 Impetuous65 @ 01/28/16 11:47 AM

Perk Icons WIP

I guessing step 1 in the process

Step 2 perhaps

# 150 Pazzinho @ 01/28/16 01:13 PM

The perk/ showtime system looks a lot like cheating to me.

# 151 Knight165 @ 01/28/16 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Pazzinho


	The perk/ showtime system looks a lot like cheating to me.

Don't use it.
You don't have to.

M.K.
Knight165

# 152 dalger21 @ 01/28/16 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Pazzinho


	The perk/ showtime system looks a lot like cheating to me.

I consider it in the same vain as purchasing Training points or money for franchise budget. They are there if you want to use it but you are under no obligation to do so.

# 153 Woodweaver @ 01/28/16 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Knight165


	Don't use it. You don't have to. M.K. Knight165

That's right you do not have to push the shiny, shiny red button....

# 154 Stolm @ 01/28/16 02:18 PM

Some of the perks I don't mind.

Ball in the air/ground you can reason they are just like the influence mechanic. Even the "Strong Wrists" are somewhat realistic and you can reason that they are a personal trait of your player, though I think being guaranteed successful check swings is kind of dumb, and a perk that increases your success rate or makes checking easier instead of guaranteed is a much better idea.

Perks where you are just given a hitters count, or all pitches are being thrown in the zone or or all pitches are fastballs are complete garbage. They cannot be reasoned and just add to the cartoony direction this franchise has been heading down the past few years.

Sure it's optional, but these gimmicky cartoon features are piling up, while the more realistic options are being toned down or removed completely.

# 155 Turbojugend @ 01/28/16 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Woodweaver


	That's right you do not have to push the shiny, shiny red button....

The shiny, red CANDY-LIKE button!

# 156 ryanmc564 @ 01/28/16 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Woodweaver


	That's right you do not have to push the shiny, shiny red button....

but when you put it that way, it only enhances one's urge to press said button.

# 157 HypoLuxa13 @ 01/28/16 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ryanmc564


	but when you put it that way, it only enhances one's urge to press said button.

Don't do it!!! It will only bring pain!

# 158 ryanmc564 @ 01/28/16 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by HypoLuxa13


	Don't do it!!! It will only bring pain!

ha ha ha that is exactly the scene I had in my head when I read woodweaver's post. spot on!!!

# 159 bcruise @ 01/28/16 02:50 PM

We've got people who remember Ren and Stimpy here. Awesome.

# 160 Armor and Sword @ 01/28/16 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by bcruise


	We've got people who remember Ren and Stimpy here. Awesome.

Stimpy!!! You Idiot!!!!

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