MLB The Show 17 News Post

More MLB The Show 17 Details Revealed

12:16 PM - December 19, 2016 by soxnut1018

The folks at Sony Interactive Entertainment break down their MLB The Show 17 trailer which was released earlier this month. Here are some nuggets you'll find mentioned:

New hairstyles made it into the game (Shown in the new AA locker room).
Road to The Show will feature a new non-linear decision making system, which will allow you to make big decisions that matter.
More player and team specific personality will be included in this year's game.
Spin of the ball off of the bat has been greatly improved with new hit types like curving hits down the line.
Four new Historical Stadiums are included in the game. (Old Yankee Stadium, Hubert H. Humphry Metrodome, Shea Stadium, Sun Life Stadium) - Nice detective work 13SM13!
All batter walkups in Diamond Dynasty will show the player card types on screen.
Show Track allows for some new presentational elements in this year's game.
More player specific home run swings.
Both Ken Griffey Jr. and Ken Griffey Sr. will be on the legends roster for MLB The Show 17.

What else did you spy in the trailer?

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# 101 underdog13 @ 12/23/16 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by PhilliesFan13


	Retro mode is going to be awesome to play with my son. He will be 5 shortly after the game comes out. Control scheme for that should be good for him too. Regular games are too complicated for a kid that age. Looking forward to checking it out. Sent from my LGLS991 using Tapatalk

You gotta push them at this age, get him on zone hitting early and teach him how to properly preload his throws 😜.

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# 102 abcabc @ 12/27/16 01:27 AM

hows that retro mode gonna work hitting wise? back in the day, you kinda just watched to see if the ball was cutting through the plate. for the show, it has always been having to account for high pitches and low pitches.

all i personally wanted was a cut to that stadium birdseye view right after i made contact with the ball with my bat swing.

# 103 bronxbombers21325 @ 12/27/16 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by russilini


	nobody wants RETRO MODE

Yeah they actually do.

# 104 ryan4889 @ 12/28/16 08:34 AM

I would love love love to see the expos unis make it into the game or at the very least a uniform editor for offline franchise purposes. That would truly complete the game for us retro roster players. Would also love to see the Indians unis from the late 80s. Retro mode is a VERY welcome addition. I can't wait to check that out.

# 105 underdog13 @ 12/28/16 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by capa


	One thing I hope they do not do is move all the oldtime, classic stuff (uniform, equipment, etc) into retro mode and out of the regular game. So if you want to use a certain throwback uni you have to be in retro mode. They probably would not do this, but I could see them considering it since the space for alternate unis have filled up for the most part. If they moved some of the throwbacks to retro mode only it would free up space for more alternate regular unis that may not already be in the game, or that are new for 17.

That would still take up disc space, which is why I assume they limit the number of Jerseys. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here.

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# 106 mrCPUgeek @ 12/28/16 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by underdog13


	That would still take up disc space, which is why I assume they limit the number of Jerseys. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

I would imagine that Retro used the same uni files at regular mode. Looks like it is more a camera angle and controller differences to me.

Hopefully, with them dropping PS3, that limit will go away. Or go much higher at least.

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# 107 beau21 @ 12/28/16 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by underdog13


	That would still take up disc space, which is why I assume they limit the number of Jerseys. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

I think I remember the NBA 2k devs saying that, in order to get around the number of teams relocated / uniforms modified, that they were using their servers to help store some of that information - not the hard drive, or game disk.

This means that you would constantly need a connection, and the servers would need to always be up, but couldn't that be another option for expanded uniform slots in The Show?

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# 108 underdog13 @ 12/28/16 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by beau21


	I think I remember the NBA 2k devs saying that, in order to get around the number of teams relocated / uniforms modified, that they were using their servers to help store some of that information - not the hard drive, or game disk. This means that you would constantly need a connection, and the servers would need to always be up, but couldn't that be another option for expanded uniform slots in The Show? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That could be another option. Personally Jerseys aren't the biggest issue, so I would prefer not to be connected to the Internet 24/7

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# 109 beau21 @ 12/28/16 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by underdog13


	That could be another option. Personally Jerseys aren't the biggest issue, so I would prefer not to be connected to the Internet 24/7 Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

True. But what they could do would be to include any jerseys that the team wore the previous season on the disk, but then store additional historic uniform slots [or even created uniforms??

] on the server for those that want to use them.

Could be a good compromise to expanding number of uniforms available, without using up precious disk space.

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# 110 mrCPUgeek @ 12/28/16 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by beau21


	I think I remember the NBA 2k devs saying that, in order to get around the number of teams relocated / uniforms modified, that they were using their servers to help store some of that information - not the hard drive, or game disk. This means that you would constantly need a connection, and the servers would need to always be up, but couldn't that be another option for expanded uniform slots in The Show? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I would be ok with that. It could be an option for those that wish to use "additional" uniforms. Be it historic or custom. Maybe a uniform vault like rosters/sliders have?

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# 111 Gagnon39 @ 01/01/17 02:53 AM

Please tell me the Cubs don't still have the "100 years of baseball at Wrigley Field," patch on their sleeves in MLB 17. Baez has it on his sleeve in the video.

# 112 Margelofskya @ 01/01/17 03:14 AM

I think it is just footage from 16. Haven't removed it yet. I wouldn't worry

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# 113 ryan36 @ 01/01/17 11:57 AM

We've heard the "improved hits down the line" stuff before...I'm hoping that it's a meaningful difference.

And re living the father/son back to back homers with Griffey would be great. I hope that 89-92 Mariners uniforms are in, instead of the Trident ones, or the Pilots one. Hell, the Pilots are the Milwaukee Brewers...

# 114 HarlemYankee @ 01/04/17 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ShowTyme15


	That and they only have 75 employees that work on the Show (If I remember correctly Ramone mentioned this last year). Compare that to 2K which has over 175 that work on the basketball game. People wonder why things get implemented slowly that is exactly why. RESOURCES, RESOURCES, RESOURCES.

If only they were able to fund a staff as big as 2K... This would be the best game of all time. The gameplay is very close to being perfect, so if they were able to add all of the bells and whistles like presentation, graphics, immersion, expansion mode, My Career, rotating commentators, etc., it'd be a pretty damn hard game to beat.

# 115 zack4070 @ 01/06/17 11:40 AM

Anybody know when the roster cut off date will be for this game?

# 116 Culture Rot @ 01/06/17 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by capa


	One thing I hope they do not do is move all the oldtime, classic stuff (uniform, equipment, etc) into retro mode and out of the regular game. So if you want to use a certain throwback uni you have to be in retro mode. If they moved some of the throwbacks to retro mode only it would free up space for more alternate regular unis that may not already be in the game, or that are new for 17.

Dear god don't even put that idea out there bud.

# 117 Caulfield @ 01/06/17 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by zack4070


	Anybody know when the roster cut off date will be for this game?

Isnt it usually late February?

# 118 Bullit @ 01/06/17 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Caulfield


	Isnt it usually late February?

I believe it is either the week before or the week of Pitchers and Catchers reporting. But I am not 100% certain of that info as it is a couple of years old.

# 119 SilverBullet1929 @ 01/07/17 12:10 PM

Does roster cutoff date even matter as much anymore since the day you get the game a live roster update will already be out?

# 120 Caulfield @ 01/07/17 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by SilverBullet1929


	Does roster cutoff date even matter as much anymore since the day you get the game a live roster update will already be out?

Probably only matters to those with Over-Caring Disease who focus on aesthetics.lol

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