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* SceneryPorn: The stadiums are all painstakingly recreated for The Show.
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* SceneryPorn: The stadiums are all painstakingly recreated for The Show. ''MLB 09'' introduced time-of-day cycles; instead of shading stadium lighting and shadows for [=day/afternoon/night=] in static form all game, the game will replicates every stadium's lighting and shadows as they are in real-life over a three-hour game at a specific time. This greatly enhanced the game's visual fidelity, recreating everything from the notoriously difficult afternoon shadows around home plate in Oakland, to the stark daylight-to-night-time cycle of 7pm local time games.
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On December 9, 2019, it was announced that ''MLB: The Show'' would be ending its [=PlayStation=] exclusivity as soon as 2021.2021 (see LastOfItsKind below). CueTheFlyingPigs.
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* LastOfItsKind: Sony was one of six(!) companies to release a console baseball sim in 2003; today, it is the only one left on the market, and a [=PlayStation=] exclusive at that to the chagrin of baseball fans with an Xbox. And unlike similar cases in other sports game genres, this is not due to a league exclusivity deal; everyone else bowed out due to time lapsed from a prior exclusivity deal in the aughts (EA)[[note]]Who lost the license to their popular ''MVP Baseball'' series due to 2K striking a third-party exclusive rights deal with MLB from 2006-2011, as retaliation from EA's new exclusive deal with the NFL[[/note]], poor games and sales (2K, Microsoft), studio closures (Acclaim, [=3DO=]), and escalating license fees (EA and 2K again).
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* LastOfItsKind: Sony was one of six(!) companies to release a console baseball sim in 2003; today, it is the only one left on the market, and a [=PlayStation=] exclusive at that to the chagrin of baseball fans with an Xbox. And unlike similar cases in other sports game genres, this is not due to a league exclusivity deal; everyone else bowed out due to time lapsed from a prior exclusivity deal in the aughts (EA)[[note]]Who lost the license to their popular ''MVP Baseball'' series due to 2K striking a third-party exclusive rights deal with MLB from 2006-2011, as retaliation from for EA's new exclusive deal with the NFL[[/note]], poor games and sales (2K, Microsoft), studio closures (Acclaim, [=3DO=]), and escalating license fees (EA and 2K again).again).
** This trope is actually the reason Major League Baseball and Sony came to a lucrative agreement to bring the first-party series to other consoles beginning in 2021. For most of the TheNewTens, no one stepped up to create baseball sims in the wake of ''The Show'''s dominance, leaving MLB's own media team to develop an [=arcade/sim=] hybrid revival of ''RBI Baseball'' for XBOX- and Switch-starved fans, which was poorly received. MLB worked out a deal with Sony to bring their seminal sim elsewhere, since there's little financial point for MLB to have a well-regarded official baseball game if it's only exclusive to one console.
** This trope is actually the reason Major League Baseball and Sony came to a lucrative agreement to bring the first-party series to other consoles beginning in 2021. For most of the TheNewTens, no one stepped up to create baseball sims in the wake of ''The Show'''s dominance, leaving MLB's own media team to develop an [=arcade/sim=] hybrid revival of ''RBI Baseball'' for XBOX- and Switch-starved fans, which was poorly received. MLB worked out a deal with Sony to bring their seminal sim elsewhere, since there's little financial point for MLB to have a well-regarded official baseball game if it's only exclusive to one console.
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'''''MLB: The Show''''' is a UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball video game series produced by SIE San Diego Studio, a development team that is part of [[Creator/SonyInteractiveEntertainment SIE Worldwide Studios]]. The series debuted in 2006 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable. There has been a new release in the series every year since 2006, with '11 being the last [=PS2=] version. The series was on the [=PS3=] from '07 to '16, with '17's release being the first on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 exclusively. Like most sports franchises, each year features a different athlete on the cover; to commemorate his induction into baseball's hall of fame the previous year, Ken Griffey Jr. adorns the cover of '17.
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'''''MLB: The Show''''' is a UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball video game series produced by SIE San Diego Studio, a development team that is part of [[Creator/SonyInteractiveEntertainment SIE Worldwide Studios]]. The series debuted in 2006 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable.UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable (though it's technically a continuation of the older baseball sim series that began in 1997 on the original UsefulNotes/PlayStation; that phase of the show was simply titled ''MLB'' followed by the year). There has been a new release in the series every year since 2006, with '11 being the last [=PS2=] version. The series was on the [=PS3=] from '07 to '16, with '17's release being the first on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 exclusively. Like most sports franchises, each year features a different athlete on the cover; to commemorate his induction into baseball's hall of fame the previous year, Ken Griffey Jr. adorns the cover of '17.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Taking aside the earlier ''MLB (year)'' entries, ''MLB 06: The Show'' (and ''07: The Show'' for that matter) both featured additional minigame modes: one mimicking the Home Run Derby, and the other being a brightly-colored, timed arcade mode dubbed "King of the Diamond" (where only a pitcher and catcher are physically present, and certain actions, like hitting targets in the outfield, gain points). These minigames weren't present in the [=PS3=] version of ''07 The Show'' and have been completely absent since. ''07'' also let you play with teams comprised of classic players (Golden Age and Silver Age).
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* ViolationOfCommonSense: Due to the StatGrinding mechanics of later ''Road to the Show'' games, it's sometimes in a player's best interests to do things that no real pro baseball player would do.
** Particularly, Challenges; even if your team ''really'' needs you to simply put the ball in play, if the game tells you to "Power Swing for a double or more", it's in your long-term interests to do it.
** As an outfielder, you gain Arm Accuracy and Arm Strength points for throwing to a base you have no chance of getting an out for rather than throwing ahead to bases you need to cover.
** If you want to boost Steal points, it's better to run on first movement even if you're not sure if the pitcher will try for a pick-off.
** To gain Plate Vision, it's actually better to swing at strikes early or late so that you'll foul them off and get more pitches rather than risk putting the ball in play.
** To gain Plate Discipline, it's better to check a swing at pitches you ''know'' aren't even close to the strike zone.
** To gain general baserunning stats (or complete baserunning Challenges), it's better to NOT take any extra bases even if you have the opportunity, so that you have more chances to steal bases.
** Particularly, Challenges; even if your team ''really'' needs you to simply put the ball in play, if the game tells you to "Power Swing for a double or more", it's in your long-term interests to do it.
** As an outfielder, you gain Arm Accuracy and Arm Strength points for throwing to a base you have no chance of getting an out for rather than throwing ahead to bases you need to cover.
** If you want to boost Steal points, it's better to run on first movement even if you're not sure if the pitcher will try for a pick-off.
** To gain Plate Vision, it's actually better to swing at strikes early or late so that you'll foul them off and get more pitches rather than risk putting the ball in play.
** To gain Plate Discipline, it's better to check a swing at pitches you ''know'' aren't even close to the strike zone.
** To gain general baserunning stats (or complete baserunning Challenges), it's better to NOT take any extra bases even if you have the opportunity, so that you have more chances to steal bases.
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* DumpStat: Not really possible after the overhaul introduced StatGrinding as the main way of leveling, but Contact is largely seen as a completely useless stat, due to Power doing everything it does, but better.
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* OneStatToRuleThemAll: ''Road to the Show'' has a couple of examples of this.
** ''Power'' is the single most important stat a batter can have, because it can either bypass or help indirectly build the rest. For example, Plate Discipline and Plate Vision are non-issues if the player is good enough, and it's far more efficient to build Contact and Speed by launching extra-base balls and homers using Normal swings. About the only things Power doesn't help with are Bunting and Stealing, but those stats are relatively useless without Contact and Speed anyway.
** ''Speed'' is the most important stat for a fielder, because it enables said fielder to get to the ball and make a play faster. The only exception is Catcher, where Blocking and Arm Strength are the two most important stats, but even then, Speed will help a Catcher with Bunt Defense. In addition, it's a good stat to have if your character doesn't excel at extra-base hits, thus preventing him from being released due to poor batting performance.
** ''BB/9'' makes the pitching interface much easier to use, thus enabling the player's pitcher to put the ball where they want it. It doesn't matter how good your character is at hurling flamethrowers or breaking pitches if those pitches constantly miss outside the plate (or worse, ''over'' the plate).
** ''Power'' is the single most important stat a batter can have, because it can either bypass or help indirectly build the rest. For example, Plate Discipline and Plate Vision are non-issues if the player is good enough, and it's far more efficient to build Contact and Speed by launching extra-base balls and homers using Normal swings. About the only things Power doesn't help with are Bunting and Stealing, but those stats are relatively useless without Contact and Speed anyway.
** ''Speed'' is the most important stat for a fielder, because it enables said fielder to get to the ball and make a play faster. The only exception is Catcher, where Blocking and Arm Strength are the two most important stats, but even then, Speed will help a Catcher with Bunt Defense. In addition, it's a good stat to have if your character doesn't excel at extra-base hits, thus preventing him from being released due to poor batting performance.
** ''BB/9'' makes the pitching interface much easier to use, thus enabling the player's pitcher to put the ball where they want it. It doesn't matter how good your character is at hurling flamethrowers or breaking pitches if those pitches constantly miss outside the plate (or worse, ''over'' the plate).
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* StatGrinding: In ''The Show 18'', Road to the Show character growth was changed so that rather than earning generic points that could be allocated anywhere the player chose, characters can only improve by using those stats in game or by undergoing special training specifically for that stat. That means if you want to say, become a better baserunner, then you have to successfully steal more bases. Keyword: ''successfully''. The Catch-22 is that if you're bad at the skill in the first place, you will have an uphill climb trying to improve at it. Especially since out-of-play training only occurs on the team's days off and which training is available is randomized. Then again, you could always [[BribingYourWayToVictory buy special equipment from the online marketplace]] to give marginal improvements to those stats and thus make them easier to use/train with.
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'''''MLB: The Show''''' is a UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball video game series produced by SIE San Diego Studio, a development team that is part of SCE Worldwide Studios. The series debuted in 2006 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable. There has been a new release in the series every year since 2006, with '11 being the last [=PS2=] version. The series was on the [=PS3=] from '07 to '16, with '17's release being the first on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 exclusively. Like most sports franchises, each year features a different athlete on the cover; to commemorate his induction into baseball's hall of fame the previous year, Ken Griffey Jr. adorns the cover of '17.
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'''''MLB: The Show''''' is a UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball video game series produced by SIE San Diego Studio, a development team that is part of SCE [[Creator/SonyInteractiveEntertainment SIE Worldwide Studios.Studios]]. The series debuted in 2006 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable. There has been a new release in the series every year since 2006, with '11 being the last [=PS2=] version. The series was on the [=PS3=] from '07 to '16, with '17's release being the first on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 exclusively. Like most sports franchises, each year features a different athlete on the cover; to commemorate his induction into baseball's hall of fame the previous year, Ken Griffey Jr. adorns the cover of '17.
On December 9, 2019, it was announced that ''MLB: The Show'' would be ending its [=PlayStation=] exclusivity as soon as 2021. CueTheFlyingPigs.
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* DevelopersForesight: Blast a home run out over the fence and hit one of the famous landmarks of a certain park? (e.g. the Liberty Bell at Citizen's Bank Park, Minnie & Paulie over Target Field, the fountain in Kauffman Stadium) There's an achievement for that!
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* DevelopersForesight: DevelopersForesight:
** Blast a home run out over the fence and hit one of the famous landmarks of a certain park? (e.g. the Liberty Bell at Citizen's Bank Park, Minnie & Paulie over Target Field, the fountain in Kauffman Stadium) There's an achievement for that!
** Blast a home run out over the fence and hit one of the famous landmarks of a certain park? (e.g. the Liberty Bell at Citizen's Bank Park, Minnie & Paulie over Target Field, the fountain in Kauffman Stadium) There's an achievement for that!
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* LastOfItsKind: Sony was one of six(!) companies to release a console baseball sim in 2003; today, it is the only one left on the market, and a [=PlayStation=] exclusive at that to the chagrin of baseball fans with an [=XBOX=]. And unlike similar cases in other sports game genres, this is not due to a league exclusivity deal; everyone else bowed out due to time lapsed from a prior exclusivity deal in the aughts (EA)[[note]]Who lost the license to their popular ''MVP Baseball'' series due to 2K striking a third-party exclusive rights deal with MLB from 2006-2011, as retaliation from EA's new exclusive deal with the NFL[[/note]], poor games and sales (2K, Microsoft), studio closures (Acclaim, [=3DO=]), and escalating license fees (EA and 2K again).
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* LastOfItsKind: Sony was one of six(!) companies to release a console baseball sim in 2003; today, it is the only one left on the market, and a [=PlayStation=] exclusive at that to the chagrin of baseball fans with an [=XBOX=].Xbox. And unlike similar cases in other sports game genres, this is not due to a league exclusivity deal; everyone else bowed out due to time lapsed from a prior exclusivity deal in the aughts (EA)[[note]]Who lost the license to their popular ''MVP Baseball'' series due to 2K striking a third-party exclusive rights deal with MLB from 2006-2011, as retaliation from EA's new exclusive deal with the NFL[[/note]], poor games and sales (2K, Microsoft), studio closures (Acclaim, [=3DO=]), and escalating license fees (EA and 2K again).
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* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: There is no scouting game immediately before the Major League Baseball draft. The MLB Scouting Bureau held open tryouts prior to 2015, and individual teams now have open tryouts to fill their Rookie and Single-A ball club. But as a simple way to get the player into ''Road to the Show,'' substituting for that process with something more intuitive and player-friendly like a brief tutorial of game mechanics followed by a pair of low-stakes games is a good choice.
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]][[note]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Judge Aaron Judge]] of the New York Yankees--the first rookie ''and'' first Yankee selected to grace the cover[[/note]]]]
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* RecycledTitle: There's TWO ''MLB 06'''s in the series, but they are actually different games. ''MLB 06'' was the first SSDS-developed game, released in 2005. The next game, released in 2006, is ''MLB 06: The Show'', with all the annual upgrades, the new Road to the Show mode, and matching the year in the title with the release year. Unlike other sports, MLB plays its schedule within the same calendar year, so it doesn't need the year-in-advance title like ''Madden'' or ''NBA 2K''; to avoid confusion with which game is supposed to go with a specific baseball season, baseball developers in the mid-aughts began to match title and release years.
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* RecycledTitle: There's TWO two ''MLB 06'''s in the series, but they are actually different games. ''MLB 06'' was the first SSDS-developed game, released in 2005. The next game, released in 2006, is ''MLB 06: The Show'', with all the annual upgrades, the new Road to the Show mode, and matching the year in the title with the release year. Unlike other sports, MLB plays its schedule within the same calendar year, so it doesn't need the year-in-advance title like ''Madden'' or ''NBA 2K''; to avoid confusion with which game is supposed to go with a specific baseball season, baseball developers in the mid-aughts began to match title and release years.
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* LuckyCharmsTitle: Starting with ''MLB The Show 16'', MLB is actually not spelled out on the official title logo, but represented by the MLB logo in its place.
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* RecycledTitle: There's actually TWO ''MLB 06'''s in the series, but they are actually different games. ''MLB 06'' was the first SSDS-developed game, released in 2005. The next game, released in 2006, is ''MLB 06: The Show'', with all the annual upgrades, the new Road to the Show mode, and matching the year in the title with the release year. Unlike other sports, MLB plays its schedule within the same calendar year, so it doesn't need the year-in-advance title like ''Madden'' or ''NBA 2K''; to avoid confusion with which game is supposed to go with a specific baseball season, baseball developers in the mid-aughts began to match title and release years.
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* RecycledTitle: There's actually TWO ''MLB 06'''s in the series, but they are actually different games. ''MLB 06'' was the first SSDS-developed game, released in 2005. The next game, released in 2006, is ''MLB 06: The Show'', with all the annual upgrades, the new Road to the Show mode, and matching the year in the title with the release year. Unlike other sports, MLB plays its schedule within the same calendar year, so it doesn't need the year-in-advance title like ''Madden'' or ''NBA 2K''; to avoid confusion with which game is supposed to go with a specific baseball season, baseball developers in the mid-aughts began to match title and release years.
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* LastOfItsKind: Sony was one of six(!) companies to release a console baseball sim in 2003; today, it is the only one left on the market, and a [=PlayStation=] exclusive at that to the chagrin of baseball fans with an [=XBOX=]. And unlike similar cases in other sports game genres, this is not due to a league exclusivity deal; everyone else bowed out due to time lapsed from a prior exclusivity deal in the aughts (EA)[[note]]Who lost the license to their popular ''MVP Baseball'' series due to 2K striking a third-party exclusive rights deal with MLB from 2006-2011, as retaliation from EA's new exclusive deal with the NFL[[/note]], poor games and sales (2K, Microsoft), studios closures (Acclaim, [=3DO=]), and escalating license fees (EA and 2K again).
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* LastOfItsKind: Sony was one of six(!) companies to release a console baseball sim in 2003; today, it is the only one left on the market, and a [=PlayStation=] exclusive at that to the chagrin of baseball fans with an [=XBOX=]. And unlike similar cases in other sports game genres, this is not due to a league exclusivity deal; everyone else bowed out due to time lapsed from a prior exclusivity deal in the aughts (EA)[[note]]Who lost the license to their popular ''MVP Baseball'' series due to 2K striking a third-party exclusive rights deal with MLB from 2006-2011, as retaliation from EA's new exclusive deal with the NFL[[/note]], poor games and sales (2K, Microsoft), studios studio closures (Acclaim, [=3DO=]), and escalating license fees (EA and 2K again).
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* LastOfItsKind: Sony was one of five(!) companies to release a console baseball sim in 2003; today, it is the only one left on the market, and a [=PlayStation=] exclusive at that to the chagrin of baseball fans with an [=XBOX=]. And unlike similar cases in other sports game genres, this is not due to a league exclusivity deal; everyone else bowed out due to time lapsed from a prior exclusivity deal in the aughts (EA)[[note]]Who lost the license to their popular ''MVP Baseball'' series due to 2K striking a third-party exclusive rights deal with MLB from 2006-2011, as retaliation from EA's new exclusive deal with the NFL[[/note]], poor games and sales (2K, Microsoft), studios closures (Acclaim, [=3DO=]), and escalating license fees (EA and 2K again).
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* LastOfItsKind: Sony was one of five(!) six(!) companies to release a console baseball sim in 2003; today, it is the only one left on the market, and a [=PlayStation=] exclusive at that to the chagrin of baseball fans with an [=XBOX=]. And unlike similar cases in other sports game genres, this is not due to a league exclusivity deal; everyone else bowed out due to time lapsed from a prior exclusivity deal in the aughts (EA)[[note]]Who lost the license to their popular ''MVP Baseball'' series due to 2K striking a third-party exclusive rights deal with MLB from 2006-2011, as retaliation from EA's new exclusive deal with the NFL[[/note]], poor games and sales (2K, Microsoft), studios closures (Acclaim, [=3DO=]), and escalating license fees (EA and 2K again).
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* NewSeasonNewName: Has happened twice in franchise history. ''MLB 06: The Show'' was the first iteration with the Road to the Show mode, and ''The Show'' subtitle was added to the game to promote it (Sony did a similar tactic with its NBA games, first with ''NBA 06: Featuring The Life'' and ''NBA 09: The Inside''). Later, the game's official title underwent a tweak in 2016; with the game often being referred to as ''MLB The Show'' rather than ''MLB [year]'', the title was switched up to reflect it, going from ''MLB XX: The Show'' to ''MLB The Show XX''.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Ken Griffey Jr. of the Seattle Mariners adorns the cover of the 2017 version.]]
->''Slow down, you're going too fast now\\
A delicate dance, take your foot off the gas now\\
Don't try making it last now\\
Sooner or later, you're a thing of the past''\\
--[[SignatureSong "We're All In This Together" by the Sam Roberts Band]] (used in MLB'17)
->''Slow down, you're going too fast now\\
A delicate dance, take your foot off the gas now\\
Don't try making it last now\\
Sooner or later, you're a thing of the past''\\
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A delicate dance, take your foot off the gas now\\
Don't try making it last now\\
Sooner or later, you're a thing of the past''\\
--[[SignatureSong "We're All In This Together" by the Sam Roberts Band]] (used in MLB'17)
->''Welcome To The Show''
-->--'''Current tagline'''
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* LastOfItsKind: Sony was one of five(!) companies to release a console baseball sim in 2003; today, it is the only one left on the market, and a [=PlayStation=] exclusive at that to the chagrin of baseball fans with an [=XBOX=]. And unlike similar cases in other sports game genres, this is not due to a league exclusivity deal; everyone else bowed out due to time lapsed from a prior exclusivity deal in the aughts (EA)[[note]]Who lost the license to their popular ''MVP Baseball'' series due to 2K striking a third-party exclusive rights deal with MLB from 2005-2010, 2006-2011, as a retaliating strike retaliation from EA's new exclusive deal with the NFL[[/note]], poor games and sales (2K, Microsoft), studios closures (Acclaim, [=3DO=]), and escalating license fees (EA and 2K again).
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** The game also has a control option that requires just a single button to play, designed specifically for physically disabled gamers.
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* LastOfItsKind: Sony was one of five(!) companies to release a console baseball sim in 2003; today, it is the only one left on the market, and a [=PlayStation=] one exclusive at that.that to the chagrin of baseball fans with an [=XBOX=]. And unlike similar cases in other sports game genres, this is not due to a league exclusivity deal; everyone else bowed out in time due to time lapsed from a prior exclusivity deal in the aughts (EA)[[note]]Who lost the license to their popular ''MVP Baseball'' series due to 2K striking a third-party exclusive rights deal with MLB, as a retaliating strike from EA's exclusive deal with the NFL[[/note]], poor games and sales (2K, Microsoft), studios closures (Acclaim, [=3DO=]), and escalating license fees (EA and 2K again).
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* LastOfItsKind: Sony was one of five(!) companies to release a console baseball sim in 2003; today, it is the only one left on the market, and a [=PlayStation=] one at that. And unlike similar cases in other sports game genres, this is not due to a league exclusivity deal; everyone else bowed out in time due to time lapsed from a prior exclusivity deal in the aughts (EA)[[note]]Who lost the license to their popular ''MVP Baseball'' series due to 2K striking a third-party exclusive rights deal with MLB, as a retaliating strike from EA's exclusive deal with the NFL[[/note]], poor games and sales (2K, Microsoft), studios closures (Acclaim, [=3DO=]), and escalating license fees (EA and 2K again).
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'''''MLB: The Show''''' is a UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball video game series produced by SIE San Diego Studio, a development team that is part of SCE Worldwide Studios. The series debuted in 2006 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable. There has been a new release in the series every year since 2006, with '11 being the last PS2 version. The series was on the [=PS3=] from '07 to '16, with '17's release being the first on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 exclusively. Like most sports franchises, each year features a different athlete on the cover; to commemorate his induction into baseball's hall of fame the previous year, Ken Griffey Jr. adorns the cover of '17.
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'''''MLB: The Show''''' is a UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball video game series produced by SIE San Diego Studio, a development team that is part of SCE Worldwide Studios. The series debuted in 2006 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable. There has been a new release in the series every year since 2006, with '11 being the last PS2 [=PS2=] version. The series was on the [=PS3=] from '07 to '16, with '17's release being the first on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 exclusively. Like most sports franchises, each year features a different athlete on the cover; to commemorate his induction into baseball's hall of fame the previous year, Ken Griffey Jr. adorns the cover of '17.
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'''''MLB: The Show''''' is a UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball video game series produced by SIE San Diego Studio, a development team that is part of SCE Worldwide Studios. The series debuted in 2006 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable. There has been a new release in the series every year since 2006, with '11 being the last PS2 version. The series was on the PS3 [=PS3=] from '07 to '16, with '17's release being the first on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 exclusively. Like most sports franchises, each year features a different athlete on the cover; to commemorate his induction into baseball's hall of fame the previous year, Ken Griffey Jr. adorns the cover of '17.
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'''''MLB: The Show''''' is a UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball video game series produced by SIE San Diego Studio, a development team that is part of SCE Worldwide Studios. The series debuted in 2006 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable. There has been a new release in the series every year since 2006, with '11 being the last PS2 version. The series was on the PS3 from '07 to '16, with '17's release being the first on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 exclusively. Like most sports franchises, each year features a different athlete on the cover; to commemorate his induction into baseball's hall of fame the previous year, Ken Griffey Jr. \n adorns the cover of '17.
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* ScrewDestiny: You can wait for your character to be picked in the draft...or after Baseball City, you can pick what team you want to play for and your name is automatically called when it's that team's turn to pick.
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* SceneryPorn: The stadiums are all painstakingly recreated for The Show.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Ken Griffey Jr. of the Seattle Mariners adorns the cover of the 2017 version.]]
->''Slow down, you're going too fast now\\
A delicate dance, take your foot off the gas now\\
Don't try making it last now\\
Sooner or later, you're a thing of the past''\\
--[[SignatureSong "We're All In This Together" by the Sam Roberts Band]] (used in MLB'17)
'''''MLB: The Show''''' is a UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball video game series produced by SIE San Diego Studio, a development team that is part of SCE Worldwide Studios. The series debuted in 2006 for the PlayStation2 and PlayStationPortable. There has been a new release in the series every year since 2006, with '11 being the last PS2 version. The series was on the PS3 from '07 to '16, with '17's release being the first on the PlayStation4 exclusively. Like most sports franchises, each year features a different athlete on the cover; to commemorate his induction into baseball's hall of fame the previous year, Ken Griffey Jr.
The main feature of the franchise is the Road to The Show. The player makes their own PlayerCharacter from scratch to guide from tryouts in Baseball City, Florida, through the MLB draft, through any given team's [[UsefulNotes/MinorLeagueBaseball AA, and then AAA, affiliates]], until finally you get to the titular Show itself, the major leagues. Aside from online multiplayer, another unique mode is Diamond Dynasty, wherein you create your own MLB team (logos, uniforms, location, etc.) and wage war against the other 30 MLB franchises to become the #1 baseball team in the entire country.
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!!This Series Contains Examples Of...
* DevelopersForesight: Blast a home run out over the fence and hit one of the famous landmarks of a certain park? (e.g. the Liberty Bell at Citizen's Bank Park, Minnie & Paulie over Target Field, the fountain in Kauffman Stadium) There's an achievement for that!
* TheHerosJourney: A modern, sports-centered example of it, as detailed in Road to the Show.
* [[MarketBasedTitle Market Based Cover]]: Starting in '12, the cover has featured different players for releases in different markets, primarily Canadian, Taiwanese, and Korean markets.
* PlayerCharacter: Typically made for Road to The Show, where you choose, among other things, your position, equipment, and--starting in '17--your attitude to certain incidents that come up in Road to The Show's cutscenes.
** CharacterCustomization: It goes beyond that. You also get to choose which songs play when your player comes to bat, hits a home run, strikes someone out, even (through uploading to the system itself) what people cheer at you while you're playing!
* SceneryPorn: The stadiums are all painstakingly recreated for The Show.
[[caption-width-right:350:Ken Griffey Jr. of the Seattle Mariners adorns the cover of the 2017 version.]]
->''Slow down, you're going too fast now\\
A delicate dance, take your foot off the gas now\\
Don't try making it last now\\
Sooner or later, you're a thing of the past''\\
--[[SignatureSong "We're All In This Together" by the Sam Roberts Band]] (used in MLB'17)
'''''MLB: The Show''''' is a UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball video game series produced by SIE San Diego Studio, a development team that is part of SCE Worldwide Studios. The series debuted in 2006 for the PlayStation2 and PlayStationPortable. There has been a new release in the series every year since 2006, with '11 being the last PS2 version. The series was on the PS3 from '07 to '16, with '17's release being the first on the PlayStation4 exclusively. Like most sports franchises, each year features a different athlete on the cover; to commemorate his induction into baseball's hall of fame the previous year, Ken Griffey Jr.
The main feature of the franchise is the Road to The Show. The player makes their own PlayerCharacter from scratch to guide from tryouts in Baseball City, Florida, through the MLB draft, through any given team's [[UsefulNotes/MinorLeagueBaseball AA, and then AAA, affiliates]], until finally you get to the titular Show itself, the major leagues. Aside from online multiplayer, another unique mode is Diamond Dynasty, wherein you create your own MLB team (logos, uniforms, location, etc.) and wage war against the other 30 MLB franchises to become the #1 baseball team in the entire country.
Currently NeedsWikiLove.
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!!This Series Contains Examples Of...
* DevelopersForesight: Blast a home run out over the fence and hit one of the famous landmarks of a certain park? (e.g. the Liberty Bell at Citizen's Bank Park, Minnie & Paulie over Target Field, the fountain in Kauffman Stadium) There's an achievement for that!
* TheHerosJourney: A modern, sports-centered example of it, as detailed in Road to the Show.
* [[MarketBasedTitle Market Based Cover]]: Starting in '12, the cover has featured different players for releases in different markets, primarily Canadian, Taiwanese, and Korean markets.
* PlayerCharacter: Typically made for Road to The Show, where you choose, among other things, your position, equipment, and--starting in '17--your attitude to certain incidents that come up in Road to The Show's cutscenes.
** CharacterCustomization: It goes beyond that. You also get to choose which songs play when your player comes to bat, hits a home run, strikes someone out, even (through uploading to the system itself) what people cheer at you while you're playing!
* SceneryPorn: The stadiums are all painstakingly recreated for The Show.
