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MLB The Show 17 Trailer, Retro Mode Details Revealed

  03:25 PM - December 3, 2016 by Steve_OS

Check out new MLB The Show 17 trailer and make sure you check out Retro Mode at the end of it. Post your thoughts!

UPDATE: Retro Mode details revealed.

During the World Series, we revealed that newly inducted Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. will grace the cover of MLB The Show 17. The Kid’s signature style transcended the baseball diamond and helped create some of the most memorable baseball video games of the 90’s. Most of us at San Diego Studio grew up playing those classics and wondered how we could recreate a nostalgic feeling for a generation of gamers.

To answer the most obvious question: nope, your eyes did not deceive you. At the very end of our PlayStation Experience trailer you caught a first look at a new game mode for The Show 17.

Introducing “Retro Mode,” a retro gameplay experience that pays homage to the classic baseball games many of us grew up playing. Retro Mode allows you to move the pitcher across the pitcher’s rubber and move around the batter’s box with ease, classic on-screen displays, an old school soundtrack, unique sound effects, a throwback pause menu and more.

Retro Mode is entirely separate to the popular Road To The Show, Diamond Dynasty and Franchise game modes. This new way to play MLB The Show is designed to be a fun, throwback game mode that instigates battles on the couch with friends. We’re not diving deep into those modes just yet, but there are a few teases about the changes coming to RTTS, gameplay additions and a couple of other things we snuck into the trailer for our eager fans. Some changes are more obvious than others and we’ll take a deeper look very soon in case the untrained eye missed a clue (I’m guessing our biggest fans will find most of them by the end of the weekend).

We’ve only scratched the surface on the feature set for MLB The Show 17, so stay tuned for info in the coming weeks. And if you’re at PlayStation Experience over the weekend be sure to come by the MLB The Show bar and try out an Alpha build of Retro Mode.

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Member Comments
# 301 Sip_16 @ 12/06/16 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Lovesports
Definitely disagree with you. Franchise modes have been around for two decades and most of us who have been around for long enough remember that mode as the bread and butter of sports gaming. Online gaming is a recent phenomenon. Although "real" is probably not a good term for me to use, "original" would probably be more accurate.
I play some franchise some rtts and some dd. I wouldn't consider myself anymore important than any other person who plays this game or what their wishes are. Some eof the stuff I see on here I think is silly ppl really care or want those things but I know to each their own and don't think since I was able to play in the 1990s when less options were available makes me original or real.
 
# 302 Turbojugend @ 12/06/16 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Lovesports
At the end of the day what I'm seeing is that they are neglecting the needs of a very large group in favor of another. If you keep catering to the DD players you will eventually lose your franchise guys because you've done nothing to keep them. I'm sorry but Griffey being in the game is stupid to me.
Catering to the DD players generates revenue, which helps them improve all aspects of the game.
 
# 303 jimmy13 @ 12/06/16 08:23 PM
Accidentally hit post before i was finished. I also wanted to say that i recently picked up a copy of '14 for the ps4 and it was unplayable compared to '16. '16 looks and plays sooo much better.
 
# 304 Cod @ 12/06/16 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Turbojugend
Catering to the DD players generates revenue, which helps them improve all aspects of the game.
What gaming company uses its revenue stream to better other parts of a game? FIFA, CS:GO, and other games focused on micro-transaction modes use all the generated revenue to make the revenue generation better. If DD makes them more money, then more money will be poured into DD (not other modes). FIFA is a great example of what NOT to do...even though The Show is headed in that direction. Focus on all the micro-transactions and the core game remains the same with minor changes.

All I want is a baseball game that runs at a smooth 60 fps. Is that so hard?
 
# 305 jvalverde88 @ 12/06/16 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Lovesports
At the end of the day what I'm seeing is that they are neglecting the needs of a very large group in favor of another. If you keep catering to the DD players you will eventually lose your franchise guys because you've done nothing to keep them. I'm sorry but Griffey being in the game is stupid to me.
How can you say they're neglecting one group for another when franchise was rehauled in the past 2 iterations? And other than new legends not much has changed in DD.
 
# 306 underdog13 @ 12/06/16 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by jvalverde88
How can you say they're neglecting one group for another when franchise was rehauled in the past 2 iterations? And other than new legends not much has changed in DD.
They rehauled franchise mode?

And practically all of DD was redone for 15.
 
# 307 Turbojugend @ 12/06/16 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Cod
What gaming company uses its revenue stream to better other parts of a game? FIFA, CS:GO, and other games focused on micro-transaction modes use all the generated revenue to make the revenue generation better. If DD makes them more money, then more money will be poured into DD (not other modes). FIFA is a great example of what NOT to do...even though The Show is headed in that direction. Focus on all the micro-transactions and the core game remains the same with minor changes.
I have nothing to base my claim on other than the huge leap in quality that sports games have received over the last two console generations. Which -- as it just so happens -- is when the UT model was introduced. More capital = better product, at least that's the way I see it when it comes to sports games.

Since it's a matter of opinion, I guess you could argue that Madden, NBA, FIFA, NHL, The Show, etc, haven't improved dramatically in the last five or six years, that all game companies are money grubbing, that franchise never gets enough love, etc., etc. My opinion is that all of these games have improved dramatically in key areas over the years, and the influx of UT revenue is one part of the reason.
 
# 308 BigOscar @ 12/06/16 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Turbojugend
Catering to the DD players generates revenue, which helps them improve all aspects of the game.
It produces revenue that could be used to improve all aspects, but it probably wouldn't.

FIFA would be the obvious example as they pretty much made the model, but since Utimate team kicked off, Career mode has been completely neglected, it's more basic and buggy than on FIFA games from 6 years ago. The more cynical FIFA players believe EA deliberately crippled offline game modes to "encourage" players to play the money generating UT instead

The only thing that will keep them investing in career or RTTS modes is people telling them that they have to if they want them to buy the game.
 
# 309 countryboy @ 12/06/16 09:03 PM
Here is the link to last year's fact sheet/features list. Far as I can tell both DD and Franchise Mode received attention last year.

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...+16+Fact+Sheet
 
# 310 Turbojugend @ 12/06/16 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by BigOscar
FIFA would be the obvious example as they pretty much made the model, but since Utimate team kicked off, Career mode has been completely neglected, it's more basic and buggy than on FIFA games from 6 years ago. The more cynical FIFA players believe EA deliberately crippled offline game modes to "encourage" players to play the money generating UT instead
I'm a huge FIFA guy and I do agree, there are some areas that definitely could use some attention. On the other hand, it's hard to accuse them of only caring about UT when they're implementing an entirely new engine and entirely new game modes that have nothing to do with UT.

Anyway, I digress.
 
# 311 Cowboy008 @ 12/06/16 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by countryboy
Here is the link to last year's fact sheet/features list. Far as I can tell both DD and Franchise Mode received attention last year.

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...+16+Fact+Sheet
Hopefully Franchise mode continues to get attention just like all the other modes.
 
# 312 mrCPUgeek @ 12/07/16 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by jeffy777
If you can play Griff in RTTS or some sort of custom career mode, then I'm definitely interested. But otherwise, I've never played DD. I guess maybe it's time I finally try it.


Yeah. I've only dabbled in DD but I think next year I'm going to give it a shot. I love creating my own team. The other sports titles have spoiled me in that. Since it looks like DD is the closest to that, I'll take the plunge and give it a shot this year.


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# 313 Lovesports @ 12/07/16 12:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Sip_16


I play some franchise some rtts and some dd. I wouldn't consider myself anymore important than any other person who plays this game or what their wishes are. Some eof the stuff I see on here I think is silly ppl really care or want those things but I know to each their own and don't think since I was able to play in the 1990s when less options were available makes me original or real.
I feel like you misread my post completely. If one is not more important than the other than why has franchise mode taken a back seat to a more profitable DD mode? The reason is that it's all about generating money and catering to the new generation of gamers over the ones from 20 years ago who simply play an offline franchise mode.
 
# 314 Lovesports @ 12/07/16 12:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Turbojugend
Catering to the DD players generates revenue, which helps them improve all aspects of the game.
You proved my point and the problem is that they don't. They keep improving ONLY the part of the game that generates money at which point for an offline franchise player the game becomes a roster update
 
# 315 TattooedEvil @ 12/07/16 01:50 AM
Does anyone have any hope of that custom team maybe meaning there's either a create-a-team or expansion mode for franchise? I'm sure this is false hope but hey its hope.
 
# 316 LastActionHero @ 12/07/16 02:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Lovesports
You proved my point and the problem is that they don't. They keep improving ONLY the part of the game that generates money at which point for an offline franchise player the game becomes a roster update


It almost looks like Sony is a business trying to make money...
No I get it but seriously a 1 min trailer this early is only meant to show something on the playstation days and to intrigue some baseball fans who don't have the game on their radar. A trailer like this isn't gonna show anything Franchise related so lets all hold our horses.

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# 317 countryboy @ 12/07/16 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Lovesports
You proved my point and the problem is that they don't. They keep improving ONLY the part of the game that generates money at which point for an offline franchise player the game becomes a roster update
The fact sheet/features list that was released last year that I posted a few posts above yours would show this statement to be false.

They may not have made the improvements to franchise mode that you're looking for, but they haven't completely ignored it as you're suggesting.
 
# 318 Lovesports @ 12/07/16 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by countryboy
The fact sheet/features list that was released last year that I posted a few posts above yours would show this statement to be false.

They may not have made the improvements to franchise mode that you're looking for, but they haven't completely ignored it as you're suggesting.
The fact sheet is a scam. The franchise mode has received very little attention in the last few years and it's completely stale. Adding stats is not a franchise overhaul. The additions were so minor that you could barely tell that anything was changed. They added a couple GM goals..wooo hooo! Give me a break. How bout editable coaches with more than just + - on a couple of attributes. How bout mid season contract extensions, expansion teams, player awards tracked in player card, team records, more immersed draft, better hall of fame inductions, etc. Dont insult me with a couple of tiny additions when for the most part the franchise mode has been untouched in 3 years
 
# 319 countryboy @ 12/07/16 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Lovesports
The fact sheet is a scam.
Stopped reading after this comment. No point in discussing any further.

Take care....
 
# 320 HustlinOwl @ 12/07/16 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by buck135
Thank you. The last two years have been roster updates. The addition of Griffey and Retro Mode doesn’t excite the die hard fans. The same one minute trailer highlighting new commentary and AI fixes instead would have people lining up to buy it.
take another look

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...ures-list.html
 


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