MLB The Show 17 Live Twitch Stream and Developer Blog Schedule Revealed

[underdog13]

Quote: Originally Posted by mlblover15

how much of these graphical improvements/feature sets are going to be for the pro only??? that is my big worry for those of us that are still playing on the original PS4 and on a 1080P tv... are we looking at feature separation like we did from a PS4 to PS3 point of view?? will this game turn into another system/tv seller for PS4 Pro and 4K tvs???

I highly doubt there will be. Pro is going to be a very small minority of there base atleast for the next 2 years.

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[MetsFan16]

Quote: Originally Posted by mrCPUgeek

"Create A Manager" would be nice too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I would like to see that or even just an "edit manager" option.

Some of the generic managers in this game are just scary looking.

Editing managers would allow you to turn retired players into coaches and managers, put yourself as the manager, historic managers, or just edit the appearance of the generic ones.

[HypoLuxa13]

Quote: Originally Posted by underdog13

I highly doubt there will be. Pro is going to be a very small minority of there base atleast for the next 2 years. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

Ditto this, after post-holiday sales numbers were tabulated, the total number of PS4 Pro's out there was only about 5% of the total number of PS4 consoles out there.

Remember that PS4 Pro support basically just means 2160p resolution and HDR. Well, PS4 regular supports HDR now too... So it isn't like there are a ton of new features that would make it worth upgrading for most users. Other advantages like 1080p super-sampling and frame-rate enhancements I guess are nice too, but how noticeable they are and how much they justify spending $400 on a new console (and even more $ on a 4K TV for most users) is subjective.

Why do so many threads on this forum turn into PS4 Pro discussions? Back on topic:

5 days until the first Dev blog and one week to the first Twitch stream!

[HarlemYankee]

Quote: Originally Posted by mrCPUgeek

"Create A Manager" would be nice too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

One thing I love about NBA 2K and Madden is how retired players can become coaches... It'd be awesome if there was an "Baseball IQ" or "Awareness" attribute for a player and if someone has a high baseball IQ they can become a coach after they retire.

[tnixen]

Quote: Originally Posted by dalger21

Two of the "smaller" changes I hope to see is the return of season stats after the first or second at-bat during a game showing up when the overlay is displayed that they are 0-3 or 1-2 or whatever. Not really sure why that was like that. Also, when a player hits a homerun, it will be dope to see in the overlay that accompanies it, the number it was (10th of the year...etc) for them. Right now it just says Solo Home Run (or whichever it was) -- Distance of HR. I know I probably explained that poorly...yea.

The Home run overlay pops up while the batter is crossing home plate and as you can see in the screen shot it shows a "1" meaning first Home Run of the season. This was first added in MLB The Show 16 although I do think and hope the Home Run overlays UI will be improved even more so it matches more of what is shown on a real baseball broadcast.

Before 16 we got no Home Run overly pop ups while the batter was rounding the bases at all so I was happy that this was finally added in 16. But I was hoping the Overlay was more like this below.

(Two Run Home Run : Martin 1st this season) instead of just saying "Martin (1)"

"Martin 1st this season" just looks better to me

Also in real life I am pretty sure they do not know instantly how far the ball was hit. So I don't think the distance should even be shown on the Home Run overlay. Instead it should be shown maybe a few pitches later perhaps with the announcers talking about the home run the previous batter just hit and how far it went
I hope that improved this for 17.

[Armor and Sword]

Quote: Originally Posted by dalger21

Two of the "smaller" changes I hope to see is the return of season stats after the first or second at-bat during a game showing up when the overlay is displayed that they are 0-3 or 1-2 or whatever. Not really sure why that was like that. Also, when a player hits a homerun, it will be dope to see in the overlay that accompanies it, the number it was (10th of the year...etc) for them. Right now it just says Solo Home Run (or whichever it was) -- Distance of HR. I know I probably explained that poorly...yea.

I am 99.99% certain this will be brought back. There was a poll that one of the Dev team members put up here about that exact thing and it was overwhelming we all wanted season stat's always shown in the walk-up (and updated as well on the spot after a hit, HR Sb etc like it was before).

I would also love season stats to always be shown in walk-ups in the post season as well as their current post season stats.

I have a great feeling we are getting a nice refresh of the entire presentation package, OSD (on screen displays) etc.

It all starts next week!!!! Let the hype begin!!

[dalger21]

Quote: Originally Posted by tnixen

The Home run overlay pops up while the batter is crossing home plate and as you can see in the screen shot it shows a "1" meaning first Home Run of the season. This was first added in MLB The Show 16 although I do think and hope the Hoem Run overlays UI will be improved even more so it matches more of what is shown on a real baseball broadcast. Before 16 we got no Home Run overly pop ups while the batter was rounding the bases at all so I was happy that this was finally added in 16. But I was hoping the Overlay was more like this below. (Two Run Home Run : Martin 1st this season) instead of just saying "Martin (1) "Martin 1st this season" just looks better to me I hope that improved this for 17.

It does not show up in RttS. Perhaps it's just a franchise thing.. I'll have to get a SS when I get home today.

[tnixen]

Quote: Originally Posted by dalger21

It does not show up in RttS. Perhaps it's just a franchise thing.. I'll have to get a SS when I get home today.

I only play Season mode so I know it's there for sure