MLB The Show 25 launches in March and will skip last-gen consoles and Xbox Game Pass

Elly De la Cruz, Paul Skenes, and Gunnar Henderson star as the cover athletes for MLB The Show 25.

[Obscure_Observer]

Interesting.

I can´t wait to see how well it gonna sell on Xbox without Game Pass.

[Bathyj]

It won't

[Redemption-64]

Am guessing MLB did not get the results they wanted and would now rather sell the game rather than put it on GP

[crazyCoconuts]

I'm sure MS paid big bucks to put MLB on GP in the past. I'd guess they're not willing to pay as much now that they've filled out the roster with first party games.

[Redemption-64]

@crazyCoconuts

Can't say how much MS might have been paying, but if they are not willing to pay, it shows they didn't get the results they wanted. i.e increased subscribers. Or MLB is asking for more money because what they are also not seeing the results they want.

Honestly I can see Sony laughing about this, as they didn't want to bring MLB to Xbox and with this move, I am expecting low sales and even lower player numbers on Xbox

[Obscure_Observer]

"Honestly I can see Sony laughing about this, as they didn't want to bring MLB to Xbox and with this move, I am expecting low sales and even lower player numbers on Xbox"

I don´t think Sony finds itself in a position to be laughing at anything when comes to live service games, dude.

San Diego is currently the only Playstation first party studio developing games to Xbox and funnily enough is the only studio that didn´t faced layoffs or budget cuts.

Another interesting fact is that Sony/MLB ditched the PS4 and it´s entire player base which according to Sony themselves is half the whole Playstation player base to favor both Xbox and the Switch with MLB The Show 25.

Like crazyCoconuts said, MS has tons of first party games now and might not be willing to pay for MLB to be on Gamepass, and yet Sony and MLB decided and ported their game to Xbox anyway.

If both Sony and MLB decided to keep it multiplatform it´s because it´s paying off for them. Nothing more, nothing less.

[SeTTriP]

Am guessing your spot on.

[Redemption-64]

@Obscure_Observer

I don´t think Sony finds itself in a position to be laughing at anything when comes to live service games, dude.

Actually they can, and better yet they should be celebrating, especially if and when they get the biggest Xbox games such as Halo/Gears. PS could easily win this gen by keeping their games from Xbox while gaining theirs. And they can laugh even more when devs, including MS staring preferring their platform when more and more multi-platform games, including Xbox 1st party games start sell more on Playstation than Xbox.

Seriously, I love just how gullible and ignorant you are, we need more 🤡 like you to keep us all entertained. Also can you tell us all how many People has Microsoft laid off again? Care to guess who laid off more people? MS or Sony? Am sure you will love that answer. Layoffs are happening across the industry due to greed. MS could make 10s of billions a year in pure profits and still layoff thousands because they didn't grow X amount.

Also, MLB went multi-platform because those who own the license wanted it to. If it was up to Sony they would keep that game off Xbox

[StoneTitan]

Dude. Noone is gonna bring any games to xbox in the future. And gamepass is gonna fail spectacularly within the next few years. Xbox as a publisher will stay and thats it. They are gonna be fine but noone will care about gamepass or xbox hardware

[Obscure_Observer]

"Dude. Noone is gonna bring any games to xbox in the future. And gamepass is gonna fail spectacularly within the next few years."

Been hearing the same nonsense for eight years and all I see is Gamepass getting stronger and stronger.

We just got freaking Ninja Gaiden 2 Black shadow dropped!

This year we´ll be getting Fable, South of Midnight, Doom TDA, Avowed, Towerborne, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Replaced, Hollow Knight: Silksong, The Outer Worlds 2, Atomfall, Mixtape, The Alters... all off the top of my head. All DAY ONE!

Xbox and PC gamers are in for another stellar year with Game Pass. It´s nothing but a fact.

[StoneTitan]

It shadowdeopped on everything. Lol!
Watch numbers going down for the next years and less and less "shadowdeops and day ones"
Every Publisher already know gamepass is making them loose money. Its over dude

[TheColbertinator]

No Game Pass? They can keep it.

[The Wood]

........and this is a prime example of why xbox sales on multiplats are globally dwarfed by sony. A large number of the fanbase have succumb to the gamespass effect. (If it ain't on GP I ain't buying it) If you think that logic enamours 3rd party dev, especially triple A game devs, you clearly aren't reading the room. There just arent enough concurrent active gp subs to service all the upper tier games

[neutralgamer1992]

Phat

It affects us as gamers too. We can't be so naive to think otherwise

[Bathyj]

And that's why you don't have nice things.

[Redemption-64]

And this is a reason MS is looking to go multi-platform. Imagine a world where halo/gears could release on all platforms and end up selling the most on Playstation?

[dveio]

Quite interesting.

MLB is a fairly popular game now skipping Gamepass.

Rather than speculating, I just wished we would be officially served the reasoning behind it.

2025/2026 are going to be very interesting years to lean back, enjoy the games and watch the industry very likely to re-shape here & there.

[rippermcrip]

To me it was obvious that the main reason Microsoft put it on GP was as a big F U to Sony. "Long time PlayStation exclusive now on Xbox and on GamePass".

[StoneTitan]

Reasoning: MS did not give us enough money.

[P_Bomb]

Get some sales up front when it’s fresh, release it on Game Pass months later so you can still cash in on the mtx. Best of both worlds?

[CrimsonGuardVII]

logic win.

[jznrpg]

Except games aren’t selling very much on Xbox. They make the game yearly as well and if they do put it on sub service it won’t be long before the new one comes out

[RupeeHoarder]

I have been a major The Show supporter yearly since The Show 07. It has become a yearly roster update with no major changes ever since it became an Xbox freebie. Legit stale since MLB 21. Coincidence? Can't say for sure but the timing is interesting.

[Z501]

Still on GameFly day one.

[BlaqMagiq1]

Now let's see how many Xbox gamers will actually buy it this time.

[Destiny1080]

sony ignores gamepass, just like the rest of us

[melmacj]

This will be the year I will skip baseball. It's sad it has to be a console exclusive. It wouldn't hurt to launch the freaking game on pc or game pass but whatever. PC gamers found another way to play the game, and they want to shut that down. Just being Jerks.

[StoneTitan]

Tell that to MS they did not pay them enough

[Aloymetal]

PS5 PRO enhanced! Can't wait! Great news all around.

[OlderGamer17]

Sorry Xbox gamers, not a "free" GamePass game, i think the game will sell like shit..

[Blaze929]

Microsoft probably got tired of paying to put it on Game Pass. Goal was to introduce the userbase to a series that's been PlayStation exclusive, not "give it away" every year. Mission accomplished