MLB The Show 21 - PlayStation Studios' First Multi-Plat Game - PS5 vs Xbox Series X|S, Pro vs One X!

[@Shaker1000]

So nuts seeing Playstation Studios brand show on my series X boot up lol.

[@kiisseli1337]

Imagine them doing a super console together, that everyone loves and uses.. no more console wars. And to please today's standards it could be called the GayStation XXXXXX

[@arthurlisboa6723]

What about Minecraft?

[@thirtythird985]

@@kiisseli1337 hell yea gimmy my GayBox 69

[@Handonforehead]

@@kiisseli1337 no competition is never a good thing

[@TristanTheVRGamecat]

Yeah due to a dodgy backdoor buissness deal , nothing to be proud of here just more of scummy Microsoft trying to force their control , which is not a good thing for gamers , we all be forced into gamepass and having microtransactions shoved in our faces if Microsoft get their way

[@stingymcduck5450]

Gotta love how Rich made this comparison out of simple morbid curiosity.

[@jacobreed47]

“Morbid” huh? Mmm-oook..

[@stingymcduck5450]

@@jacobreed47 Dude, I'm a native Spanish speaker. I did a literal translation of a phrase we have, that's why it probably sounds kinda weird in English LOL.

[@orionjaziel7342]

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[@lincolntrent8805]

@Orion Jaziel Instablaster :)

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[@elcocho1568]

Crazy how far crowd animation we have gotten.

[@High.on.Life_DnB]

Right? I just commented that the crowd look like PS3 main characters and that there's so much crowd. And not to mention the awesome looking baseball players!

[@GLegend360]

Yeah it's pretty nuts. I still remember crowds being blobs in games like NHL and NBA.

[@marcincudo5116]

Yes, crowd looks amazing.

[@naheemsays5140]

It's so unrealistic. We need cardboard cutouts to come back!

[@ryanpeck3377]

I dont know, the crowd in Mike Tysons Punchout on NES was really good

[@bobdeinterlace]

Most shocking thing in this video is Richard saying "soccer".

[@CRAM079]

Funny enough, the British used to call it Soccer but started calling it football, because Soccer sounded to American.

[@ScrapKing73]

@@ramboj7924 The term “soccer” was still in use in some parts of the UK, in some social strata, as recently as the early ‘90s. Lots of UK-produced video games, including some only sold in Europe, used “soccer” in their titles in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Sensible Soccer being one particularly legendary example. Given Rich’s age, that may explain it in whole or in part. And “soccer” was always a British term, that’s why Canadians, South Africans, Australians, etc., call it soccer. Brits taught us to call it that, but now unjustly criticize us for using the term they taught us. Not cool.

[@hugostiglitzracing866]

@@ScrapKing73 Yea it's really dumb that they try to correct the word soccer while they also say senseless shit like MUM or MATHS when neither of those make any sense at all as abbreviations. We should correct them on those, because they're stupid.

[@ScrapKing73]

@@hugostiglitzracing866 Actually, I think pronouncing it like "mum" makes perfect sense, as that's the same vowel sound at the beginning of "mother". While pronouncing it "mum", we should spell it "mom" for this same reason. That's in fact what many Canadians do, spelling it like the Americans but pronouncing it like the Brits.

[@hugostiglitzracing866]

@@ScrapKing73 that's complete and absolute bullshit. O AND U DO NOT HAVE THE SAME VOWEL SOUND. Cant believe that even needs to be explained. Are you thinking of ou like in colour? Mother isnt spelled mouther anywhere in the world so you're talking out of your ass dude

[@B-Man52]

It’s nice to see it on all platforms though imo no mainstream sport games should be exclusive to any platform.

[@princephillip1481]

That would be true if Sony was actually a 3rd party developers like EA..but this had everything to do with MLB themselves..Soo if Sony wants to keep said licensing deal with MLB, it had to happen, but going forward i hope this IP doesn't suffer because of this. 🤔🤷🏾‍♂️ we'll see

[@LonghornsLegend]

@@princephillip1481 nothing he said was incorrect he said sports party games shouldn't be console exclusive. Nobody cares who forced who to do it

[@manzoman96]

Back in the day each console used to have their own exclusive sports games along with the third party ones. Miss when there used to be way more options.

[@princephillip1481]

@@LonghornsLegend Uh No, why it happened is important too, soo fools don't think this is gonna happen to ALL Playstation Ips!! Yes i've already seen those stupid comments. Smdh lol 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@kiisseli1337]

Sport games should not exist

[@Faze-2]

I haven't played a baseball game since Ken Griffey Jr on N64, but because it was on game pass I thought I would download it and give it a try. It's an awesome game and it's hard to put down. I'm not sure if I'm going to get super into all the different modes and settings because it is extremely in-depth, but but overall it's a very fun game that I'll continue to play and I'm really glad it's on game pass

[@rfp313]

@@nightruler666 yes, but it's only optional. You can grind it in the game modes to generate the in game currency to get the card packs. But you can buy the currency if you don't want to grind. And it isn't like you can't easily generate the currency by playing the modes. You can.

[@Cyrribrae]

I just learned today that there's a retro mode in the show that kind of emulates the style of the griffey games, but with the modern assets. Haha kinda interesting. Might be worth checking out

[@Lukasz3332x]

Everybody: For sure DF will make a vid about fps boost in Battlefields DF: Here's our video on American cricket.

[@diegofuentes425]

man, the fps boost for Battlefield games was launched a few hours ago, how long do you think these videos take to be done?

[@Lukasz3332x]

@@diegofuentes425 mate, I'm just trolling.

[@susleyvisibanez5224]

Pffft I could care less about power and performance atleast I don't need to spend 70$ lol

[@susleyvisibanez5224]

Lol

[@mrpiratefox4497]

@@diegofuentes425 it was launched yesterday lol

[@NickBFTD]

It always surprised me that MLB was allowed to be exclusive in the first place.

[@MikeBisonTX]

If you researched how that came to be then it wouldn't surprise you at all. This didn't happen on purpose

[@killzone866]

EA and 2K stopped making the games. It was never exclusive.

[@03chrisv]

The MLB threatened to take the license away from Sony if they didn't make it multiplat. Sony didn't even publish the Xbox version.

[@BurritoKingdom]

Blame madden and ea.

[@Dannyuh7]

@@03chrisv nope that's the common misconception.

[@kidShibuya]

Video is 13:49 long, hope the grass texture loads in by then...

[@Spokker]

It's kind of jarring. As a long time player, it looks like they upgraded the dirt but not the grass. Dirt is high quality to me, while the grass looks straight from PS3.

[@High.on.Life_DnB]

Grass does look weird in this game...

[@mehrad1983]

@@Spokker That's what you get from a cross gen title, if it was next gen only like Demon's Souls it would have far better textures

[@SB3_01]

@@mehrad1983 FIFA 14 was a cross gen title and the xbox one version had visible grass.

[@kainthetrollreaver9270]

@@mehrad1983 Demons Souls is a PS3 remaster lmfao

[@jenscee7679]

I got into baseball a few years back when I was off sick for a while (I’m British). It’s a very therapeutic game where not much happens for long periods then explodes into action. Played one of the PS3 The Game iterations and it was really good fun. This should be a belter on Series X or PS5.

[@ChrisDelChris]

The self-shadowing on player details is SUPER impressive. They absolutely nailed the lighting overall.

[@TheGoncas2]

I loved the writing in this video. Concise and straight to the point.

[@jasonportillo]

Right then he says in the video he had to buy the cross gen version on playstation big difference there

[@TallSilhouette]

I haven't watched raw gameplay of the MLB series in a long time and I gotta say I'm really impressed with how far the animations and crowds have come. The presentation is so much more convincing now.

[@joshuanunley9997]

Rich not being a baseball fan is shocking 😂

[@sparoc3]

How? He's British.

[@Swarfega79]

The closest we come to Baseball in the UK is Rounders at school.

[@retrosimon9843]

Ehh guys sarcasm.

[@iamstartower]

He evidently didnt play baseball stars when he was a teen , otherwise he would like it.

[@huawafabe]

@@sparoc3 He's british, but said "soccer", THAT was shocking... :(

[@Southern-Storm]

3:38 didn't know prince Harry was a baseball player 🤣

[@mingo82]

Playstation Studio sabotaging the SX version lol, just messing, main thing is gameplay is a solid 60fps on both consoles. (talking about XSX and PS5 ver)

[@djbpresents9584]

But its not did u watch video

[@mingo82]

@@djbpresents9584 none gamplay cut scene sections are variable and favour the PS5, but actual gamplay is 60fps.

[@alton020]

@@mingo82 this is true. I wonder why the cutscene on series x drop when it’s a more than capable machine. Oh wait....I know why it mildly underperforms on those sections 😏.

[@djbpresents9584]

@@mingo82 mostly it is not locked 60 on either

[@djbpresents9584]

@@mingo82 wich is shame being as it has no next gen graphics

[@romanklan61]

The beginning o this video had me feeling i was watching an episode of Planet Earth lol

[@startedtech]

That makes me think, Rich wouldn't be a bad nature doc narrator.

[@tinyentropy]

appreciate that df covered this.

[@andrethevegan_]

I can't wait to see the Returnal breakdown that game looks interesting

[@Lepend0K4287]

More like Refundal 😂😂😂😂🤣

[@mikem2253]

Got that ish on pre-order. Can't wait!

[@akkibajaj705]

@@Lepend0K4287 why u salty?

[@Lepend0K4287]

@@akkibajaj705 No need to be angry big boy i just think the game is boring just my opinion you dont need to aggre of course 😉

[@akkibajaj705]

@@Lepend0K4287 how am I being aggressive I was asking u a question 😐

[@spenny2cents]

Rich’s intro narration sounds like it was written by the comment section

[@andrenascimento9112]

I need to give credits to devs here, they made a good job on xbox consoles since its the first time in 20 years that they are working with xbox hardware 👏👏👏👏

[@andrewsqual]

And having to work on 3 damn Xbox machines too. No developer wants to make their next gen games on a SECOND Xbox weaker speced console. The sooner more devs come out about this the better.

[@neverwild8122]

@@andrewsqual 4 xbox machines, x,s, one x and one.

[@annoyingasshole3324]

@Russell Adler yeah garbage games like ori xbot 😂

[@MrRafie82]

@Russell Adler You do know that Sony isn't the only one pricing games at 70 bucks, right?

[@annoyingasshole3324]

@Russell Adler imagine using a game rental service with less games than PS now, and not even owning those games 😂

[@WrackPharmd]

Awesome job, Rich! Really loved how you went into comparisons of all the new consoles plus the end of last gen.

[@Potato_n_Tomato]

A PlayStation studios game on Xbox (and game pass to boot) and MS technically publishing Ps5 timed exclusives (Deathloop, Ghostwire). What a world.

[@MrRafie82]

MS isn't publishing the game though. The timed deals was already penned before the acquisition.

[@pilot.sergio4]

@@MrRafie82 they still bought them out tho so technically they are still giving the green light for it. By them saying yes to it and honoring it, that makes them the middle man in terms of publishing. Also just because they agreed to a deal before the acquisition, it doesn’t mean Microsoft has to honor it anymore, but they are not like that and will continue to give out the timed exclusivity to them

[@MrRafie82]

@@pilot.sergio4 You may wanna do more research on how deals go. It's not that cut and dry. You can't just dimiss someone from a contract just because an entity bought out the property. Either you continue to honor that deal/agreement in place, or buy them out of It's plausible. Otherwise you risk breaching and will be sued with a hefty fine coming right after.

[@KaiRuffin2121]

Imagine having to pay $75

[@davidvillamarin7164]

Imagine owning a game...

[@KaiRuffin2121]

@@davidvillamarin7164 even without gamepass I'm still paying $15 less than you for the best optimized version of the game

[@dx181818]

when the game leaves gamepass in 3 months you'll have pay up lol

[@user-fm8xs3hr3w]

@@davidvillamarin7164 but still paying $75 and not "owning" it 😂

[@rodrigoalmeida5128]

Imagine all the people living life in peace

[@Sybir.]

That was a great video. Glad it runs fairly well on most platforms, but the optimization is surprisingly poorly optimized on Series S. It makes me wonder what is happening in the code. Probably would be a fun find. No question MLB was the primary beneficiary, but it’s still surprising how little Playstation was interested in even offering any incentives for their own players despite their willingness to do so for third party games. Also, it’s unfortunate the lack of options on next gen, but this is a great example of how Xbox systems still have a lot of locked power and Playstation 5 isn’t that radically different than the PS4 Pro. Especially considering this is only optimized on Playstation and this isn’t even factoring in the improvements DX12U, or even Vulkan, would provide. Still, The Show 21 is a very solid game, and especially when compared to other Sport’s titles like Madden or NBA, it is very high quality and will satisfy far more than it will frustrate for interested players.

[@marknewcombe2488]

Whoa whoa whoa whoa Richey boy. Did you just say FIFA soccer ⚽️😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@BeckerFlag]

Something Richard left out. PS5/Xbox Series versions also have the stadium creator mode that last gen doesn't

[@nathanryu6227]

Last gen doesn't and Nintendon't

[@seaquenc3232]

He mentioned that the next gen systems have more “bells and whistles”

[@Andrew-wb2zq]

Would love The Show to have a 120 FPS mode moving forward. Could really benefit the pitching and batting animations.

[@Ace21kg]

Huh? 60 is fine for animations.

[@Ben-uc9xn]

@@Ace21kg it would make batting a lot easier

[@VariantAEC]

And also twice as fast as watching the game on TV! 60hz is authentic mode 😆 120hz would be Sony donating their Motionflow technology to Xbox too.

[@Andrew-wb2zq]

@@VariantAEC Closer to watching it in person, though :) Also would decrease the input lag, which would probably be even more important than the visuals.

[@atomickaiser1934]

I really don't see the point of that for a game like this.

[@waltzraghu686]

This is where the fun begins

[@dondavid822]

PS5 wins

[@kelvinpearce5572]

For real. Seems like Sony and Microsoft have two different philosophies regarding gaming. I don't see the former remaining in good faith with gamers if they don't start being open to inclusiveness. Games are so expensive nowadays.

[@waltzraghu686]

@@dondavid822 Really? Can't you people stop doing these console war stuff...

[@waltzraghu686]

@@kelvinpearce5572 I think this arrogance comes with over confidence. When the 360 was successful, Xbox one era was not so friendly. When the PS4 was successful, the PS5 era is starting to become arrogant. Atleast MS is not arrogant in putting their games on PC day one, so that makes me happy

[@dondavid822]

@@waltzraghu686 what Console war,?? Colteastwood and the bunch of RDX staff making videos that flaming the war, SX Isn't the Most powerful console, its barerly a Next Gen machine compared to PS5, MICROSOFT lied to you as always, its not about war its about being delusional, Team Xbox definitely have problems in their minds. Just like their playerbase.

[@FreePlayMode]

@Digital Foundry The reason why MLB The Show went multiplatform, is that MLB Themselves issued Sony with an ultimatum since they are the sole holders of the MLB license for simulation style games on console/PC. Similar to how EA is the only holders of the NFL/NFLPA license for sim games on console/PC. The ultimatum was either develop the game for all platforms (Xbox, PC, Nintendo, Playstation), or lose the license exclusivity. Major League Baseball feels they can get more sales and thus a bigger share of the profits for from a game that will sell a few million more units across multiple platforms rather than about 1mil - 1.25mil on a single platform. MLB is also the publisher of the Xbox version of the game, which is how they were able to do gamepass on the Xbox version, since Microsoft isn't dealing with Sony directly for that since Sony isn't the publisher like they are on the Playstation version.

[@Aselia-q6w]

NiEr ver. 123456789 please 🤣❤️ - love your work guys - keep it up!!

[@SanjiSmutje]

Im playing it its kinda unsharp i feel like its only base xbox one and no enhancements were made at all

[@spooky_electric]

Yes, please, DF. There's no native current gen version, so I need to see how the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X versions compare before I decide which version to pick up.

[@brewski535]

@@SanjiSmutje Somebody counted the pixels and said the ps5 version (I guess PS4 pro version) was 1080p. Maybe both Xbox One X and PS4 pro are both 1080p then, and by extension the PS5 and XSX will be identical. This could be wrong though, it would be nice to get some confirmation!

[@SanjiSmutje]

@@brewski535 xb series will be better than since backwards games load faster on xb

[@brewski535]

@@SanjiSmutje very possibly, like I said though I'm not sure how accurate this information is.

[@Gorilla_Jones]

I've gotten every MLB the show since the first one, and I have been playing this one strictly on my series X, and it's glorious. I'm addicted to this game.

[@FrancoisRoy]

Being an Xbox/PC guy, I hadnt seen much in the way of baseball games in a good long while, and WOW. You can almost smell the hot-dogs.

[@High.on.Life_DnB]

The crowd is made up of models as detailed as main characters in PS3 games, and there's a lot of them.

[@flipzmadmax5494]

This looks like a ps3 game

[@Shadowninja1200]

@@flipzmadmax5494 You played a mlb game on ps3 right? It looks nowhere close to this..

[@flipzmadmax5494]

@@Shadowninja1200 keep telling yourself that. It does. The graphics too

[@theryan519]

@@flipzmadmax5494 You are fake news

[@flipzmadmax5494]

@@theryan519 you're mom's fake news. This is real

[@SpencersStuffTV]

Not gonna lie, I kinda love seeing the playstation studio on xbox. It's cool to see xbox fans enjoy the quality ps studio games. I'm sure sony wouldn't have done this without the Mlb haha

[@ivanleon6164]

agree, xbox move to put it in game pass was a low hit, lol.

[@SpencersStuffTV]

@@ivanleon6164 I think the gamepass move was meant to be a low blow for sure, but I know sony wouldnt have done this without the Mlb. Sports games being multiplat doesn't bother me too much

[@nonservium8358]

@@SpencersStuffTV Lol... many PS "Exclusives" like Horizon are going to PC....

[@_MegaMind_]

@@SpencersStuffTV it's not a PlayStation ip but it's dam near the closest we get lol

[@jammycjj]

@@nonservium8358 yh a half ass port...

[@Kysen10]

£70 for a yearly sports game is madness.

[@xAKIMBOCURLYx]

They have to make money somehow. Hardly anyone buys them :O

[@dayko.]

@@xAKIMBOCURLYx Probably because they are not worth that much when they are obsolete within 1 year. A vicous cycle.

[@NewToTheLyte]

@@xAKIMBOCURLYx Fifa and Madden are often two of the top selling games every year

[@Ultimagicarus]

Here, people are buying NBA2k every year. Willing to pay $1000 for PS5 just to play the next gen NBA2K21.

[@kambion]

@@xAKIMBOCURLYx Because they never add value to them...

[@SomniaCE]

Its a shame the base PS4 and Xbox One versions are basically unplayable

[@ajcub8173]

I play on a ps4 slim and I'm pretty sure it doesn't run at 60hz

[@mrmonday677]

Digital foundry causing FANBOY Chaos online....

[@kusayfarhan9943]

They like to stir the pot a little lol

[@MiltonFludgecow]

I'm glad they're covering the show. Maybe sony don't will actually fix this game that looks awful and runs terrible too. It's been this way for years

[@GameMasterpg]

I'm glad I played this on Xbox because I played it for 15 minutes

[@hELLLcs]

Same lol... didn't expect it to be that boring.

[@skyycam]

Gotta love baseball!

[@faremath]

Paid nothing to know I didn’t like it. While a PlayStation gamer would spend $70-80 to have buyers remorse. That alone is a plus for gamepass.

[@hELLLcs]

@@skyycam i don't know man, i don't like soccer and yet playing Fifa is not that bad! And Mario Baseball is pretty fun on the gamecube lol.. i know one is kiddy game and the other is a sim but you gotta make it fun.

[@killzone866]

@@hELLLcs its baseball. have you never watch or played baseball?

[@InFlames20bests]

as a european human beeing i can proudly say that i didnt know these games even existed.

[@C0mmander]

For a few seconds I thought I was on National Geographic, narrating how a hungry Xbox was preying on an unaware PlayStation

[@SITSIndustries]

13:20 "...when Digital Foundry content.... DROPS."

[@TheIshikawaRin]

Background music: Bjørn Lynne - Over Distant Shores

[@kaminobatto]

Thanks! I've always wanted to know!

[@offspringfan89]

Finally! Thanks a lot.

[@Irixion]

Not a fan of baseball…but watched it to the end because of Rich 🙃

[@hellomynameis98]

This looks like Heavy Rain, but they really love baseball.

[@whatkindofnameissoap4822]

Would love to see a video on this year's version, particularly now that The Show has made its way to the Switch.

[@wolfmanjack530]

PS5 is Holding back the performance advantages of Series X. These are Sony Developers, so they won’t and probably can not further develop the game higher on Series X then what the PS5 configuration is able to do due to contractual Sony obligations. It’s totally comparing apples and oranges. We all know this game can fully be optimized way better on Series X than PS5. It’s truly a dishonest justice to us gamers especially on Series X platform.

[@riceeater79]

The game is 4k running with an unlocked framerate across all versions...lol at "holding back" with an UNLOCKED framerate? 60FPS is the only limit but XSX can't maintain that so...where's the holding part? You Can't fix stupid.

[@wolfmanjack530]

@@riceeater79 I know your pain “Riceeater79” 😆😆 (Love the Name) . The truth hurts but not gonna debate with you on this. There’s enough videos on KZbin to support my argument. BTW, didn’t anyone tell you eating too much rice isn’t healthy these days.

[@MSUHitman]

The big difference between old gen & new gen versions of the game for the end user that isn’t performance related is new gen only gets the build a stadium feature. That stadium can be used in the online Diamond Dynasty (MUT/My Team equivalent) mode, as long as you keep the stadium within certain guidelines.

[@concinnus]

All that work making good assets, but then it's super obvious and robotic when animations switch during pitching.

[@clashclay]

Rich’s narration sounds like he belongs on the documentary series planet earth!

[@KingfishWatch]

Man animation work is simply incredible

[@dav2mai]

0:48 "I paid 75£ of my own money [...]" cut to the Catcher scratching his balls.

[@theotherguystv6393]

Great intro DF. Love how you pulled the Xbox menu onto the screen. 👍🏾

[@darkrusie]

This game is made so well, that made me understand baseball and have so much fun with it. The option to choose your controls is fantastic. Every baseball players stats from what I can see, matters. You can clearly see how much they change when batting, pitching or even fielding. Awesome animations with realistic models. Probably the best baseball game ever made, but it's my first one and on Gamepass! Loving it on my XsX.

[@SeraphTech]

Santa Monica on the xbox dev kit : 😔😭

[@randomdude1469]

Consonle war in the comment section in 3...2....1 GO!!

[@alvin5585]

It’s absolutely horrible

[@randomdude1469]

@@alvin5585 what side are u with ??

[@davidsomoza]

Ouya master race

[@Soup-man]

Leapster 2 Masterrace

[@randomdude1469]

@@davidsomoza i love xbox but Playstation is the goat

[@bigjigyeah]

Wish Sony made a cricket game at this level of quality :(

[@antwango]

only you would play it

[@willcapewell5700]

@@antwango I think you'll find every indian with a next gen console would buy it

[@TheGoncas2]

inb4 "Sony crippled the Xbox version"

[@samuelcunningham7045]

Yeh haha people need to leave their tinfoil hats at home

[@ronnieradon]

Yeah I may be an Xbox fanboy but if there's anything holding back the performance on Xbox, I highly doubt it would be Sony intentionally doing it. It'd most likely be due to, yknow, Sony developing it? Since they wouldn't exactly be used to developing on the Xbox, it's not hard to believe they simply don't know how to squeeze as much power out of the XSX as, say, IO Interactive, who made Hitman 3 which runs better on XSX. And even then it's still so early in the generation to really tell which case will be the norm - whether PS5, or XSX, will generally run multiplats better. Hitman 3 could be the start of XSX running more games better or it could just be an anomaly, things still aren't very clear.

[@riceeater79]

@@ronnieradon PS5 GPU has a 20% higher triangles per second/rasterization peak and culling rate compared to XSX besides other advantages. 18% theoretical compute lead of XSX is not everything contrary to current narrative. I personally don't consider XSX GPU to be more powerful. One should look at specs at a deeper level to understand the current situation. Assuming XSX is more powerful JUST because of it's slight GPU advantage and ignoring everything else is the reason why so many so called tech heads look dumb when these games keep coming out where PS5 has the advantage.

[@OutlawFarmersRC]

Did Rich even look at the resolution modes on the XSX. I can confirm those setting are there on the XSX. But he said they was not at 4:40.

[@DragoniteSpam]

4:19 Secretly disappointed that he didn't play a clip of Kershaw plunking the batter when he said "that takes a hit, too."

[@DOUBLECheeseburger247]

Guys!...Returnal! Come on!

[@NintendoSphere]

When it comes to baseball I come to Rich for all the ins and out of this majestic sport. Take it away Rich!

[@Jonadawong]

I have never played a baseball game before (boring) but I must say the crowd animation is amazing. I almost lost it when I see the beer cooler guy walking down the stairs in the crowd.

[@poncho828]

Its actually a fun game

[@IDieGaming89]

No lie but that beer cooler guy give me 2K vibes🙄🙄😭😭😭

[@offspringfan89]

What timestamp does the cooler guy appear in?

[@Jonadawong]

@@offspringfan89 start at 1:11

[@sean70729]

For me Baseball is fun to play but hell to watch.

[@deepmind5318]

All we need is the older Halo games appearing on Nintendo Switch with the "Microsoft Studios" logo.

[@zombiebillcosby]

Y’all gonna do a video on Enlisted? Looking forward to that

[@MSUHitman]

Before The Show, the last sim baseball game on a XBox platform was MLB 2K13 on the 360 eight years ago. Even though it was a buggier carbon copy of MLB 2K12 with updated rosters, the game held a high secondary market value for years b/c it was the last sim baseball game on XBox.

[@y_auc60seb20]

Let's see what the experts say in the comments

[@Gorilla_Jones]

Shaddup

[@ICEMANZIDANE]

@6:45 We saw the exact same in many third party games and as a reference i can name your own videos Digital Foundry ! Sometimes i think you guys are drunk. We LITERALLY saw the same in many next gen games, come on guys. Its not because its a Sony made game

[@bradleythatcher2869]

Richard, you nailed this. Thank you. Fun to see. I’m glad more people get to enjoy The Show. Loving it on PS5.

[@DaPopester1]

Lol you had to buy it😂

[@bradleythatcher2869]

@@DaPopester1 gladly! I love SD Studio and will always support them. I got a PS5 so it makes sense. Not switching platform for one game. Do you play? Who is your favorite team?

[@DaPopester1]

@@bradleythatcher2869 lol I was joking no worries but I like the Tampa Bay Rays, hbu?

[@ajcub8173]

I play on a ps4 slim and I'm pretty sure it doesn't run at 60hz

[@WayStedYou]

Visually looks like it should be locked 60 on the current gen stuff but it is nowhere near that

[@wetw0rk14180]

Please tell us how you managed to get the game you made to stay locked at 60fps.

[@machinefannatic99]

I dont think the fps drop on xbox is an engine issue, since its also faster on one x than ps4 pro, what this game shows is what weve seen already in most games ps5 is generally faster than series x on rasterised graphics, polygons, textures, alpha particles and what not.

[@hiawa23]

It was surprising to me that the game was exclusive in the first place. I am not a fan of sim baseball but I did try the game on Series X, Gamepass. Thought it was fine. As a multi-console gamer I say put the games on as many platforms as possible. Better for all gamers.

[@AlexRN]

This game is the most photorealistic videogame I've ever seen in my life. My mind was fooled more than once that I was watching real baseball players on the field. My goodness, kudos to the devs.

[@deedeemerry1295]

MLB The Show 12 on ps3 has better lighting, animation and framerate. San Diego Studios is garbage these days

[@BDreGaming]

It's kind of insane how the graphics in this have basically reached photo-realistic quality

[@thawkade]

It's surreal. We're getting so close.

[@marcianomorisson2542]

Sucks that they didn't do the same with Fifa21 and NBA2k21

[@thawkade]

@@marcianomorisson2542 To be fair, that’s an EA and 2K issue. Those two don’t care nearly as much.

[@lfcobrikom5612]

@@thawkade Watch as many fans boycott fifa 22 and 2k22 as they fall way below expectations

[@thawkade]

@@lfcobrikom5612 I sure hope, I don't really play sports games but I hate how low effort they've become.

[@kratosatreus5085]

Another massive w for PS5 :)

[@floflo8751]

It's easy on sony game which developpers are paid to make feel ps5 superior, compare to other 2021 games it's not the same fight

[@selfelements8037]

Hope Xbox Series S keep a 1080p option for every game available. If that is the case I might even consider buying one!

[@FPSInsights]

Xbox Game Pass 🤩❤️

[@Spokker]

The funny thing about this game is that you can also play the PS4 version on PS5 at 4k/mostly 60 fps. You just won't get the haptic feedback or stadium creator. I know of some people, and I might start doing it myself, who are starting to do this simply because they are sick of seeing opponents' horrible custom stadiums in online play.

[@justinsaiyan5587]

As a huge fan of baseball and MLB the Show I absolutely love seeing this game reach more players on xbox. The addition of being on Game Pass is phenomenal! I bought the game on PS5 and have to say the feedback you get from the duelsense when at bat feels great and in my opinion has been worth the price of admission. Getting a perfect perfect and the feedback that comes with it 🤤👌. That said if you just casually enjoy a few games here and there you might not care too much about it. But if you mainly play The Show the PS5 version is definitely the go to because of the duelsense

[@djorgen]

Batman.

[@Rob_G716]

As a owner of both system, I’ll 💯 go with the XB version since its free on a service I already paid for. Spending 70 for the exact same version is dumb in my opinion. Buy some stocks with that 70.00 bud

[@justinsaiyan5587]

@@Rob_G716 Bud huh? Lol. You do you man. Im glad you have the option to play the way you want.

[@mooster7]

@@justinsaiyan5587 “Bud huh” got me rolling 😂😂😂. I don’t know why folks can’t let other folks do what they want with their own money. No ones paying you a consulting fee, Bob. Keep it to yourself 😂

[@justinsaiyan5587]

@@mooster7 It is what it is in the comment section lol. No sweat off my back

[@samred]

thanks from one of your American Patreon subscribers. I've tested on Xbox One S, and let me tell you..... it's rough. you would have a bounty of "yikes" data if you re-ran tests on base consoles, methinks.

[@wasapdoc]

Deathloop, ...MS logo on a PS5, win for MS. MLB, ..............PS logo on a XSX, .win for MS. Nice world we live in.

[@anotter_one]

How is it that the PS4 Pro can do 1440p yet the XSS can’t?

[@l.r.7505]

Dude it's hard af to bat lol. Anyhow MLB2021 on my Series X playing on my Sony x90h is absolutely beautiful 😱🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯😍🤤

[@djbpresents9584]

It is I suck can't get homer

[@cordellboss]

It's recommended by all the top players who play mlb to play it on a monitor because of input lag and a lower millisecond response time compared to most game modes on TVs.

[@otonielb]

@@cordellboss i have a 5ms monitor and i was terrible up until today

[@MARxBLADE01]

Go to practice mode It helps a lot. Also check your difficulty as that affects hitting as well.

[@djbpresents9584]

@@MARxBLADE01 I'm on lowest can go just can't seem get my timing right

[@karl343]

I didn't even know the rules of baseball, but having lots of fun with this game. Anyone struggling, use the strike zone camera for batting. I find the analog controls are easiest to use.

[@dondavid822]

So PS5 STOMPS SX Once again, same settings, same res, no VRS on SX, 10.3 Tflops RDNA2+>>>>>>>12TFLOPS RDNA+Fake Baked in RT.

[@nickabbott319]

Lmao these comments

[@Shaker1000]

It runs at 4k on series x and 1080p on ps5 what are you talking about?

[@mackemsruleFTM]

Yeah like Sony turned round and said they're forcing us to do a SX version lets make it better, they probably don't even have an SX dev kit, most likely just ported straight over

[@dondavid822]

@@Shaker1000 4K60 on PS5, 4K40fps on SX

[@kainthetrollreaver9270]

Sony really have their claws in there fanboys. How do PS fanboys have the gall to defend Sony & PS the way they do is beyond me

[@lfcobrikom5612]

You will have to be a perpetual dummy to buy this for your ps5. You might as well stretch out your face for Sony to hand you a splendid slap!

[@ertugrulbae46]

This was low-key a Sony advertisement campaign on Microsoft Xbox

[@snqMTB]

.. especially considering that you get the game on xbox as part of the Gamepass subscription and you have to pay $ 70 + for it on Playstation

[@oror3751]

This is MLB who got pissed off by Sony

[@dadycommunity2784]

The ONLY thing I take from this is that Sonys 1st party studios are more comfortable with the PS architecture than the xboxs. I would love to see how much of the hardware is being utilised on each, eg how much CUs are actually working.

[@12gaFreedom]

Digital Foundry: "Sony's first multi-plat game" Sony games on Steam & EGS: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@shawng4886]

Played The Show back in the day and it was hella fun. Haven’t played in years though. And for $70, Sony won’t be getting too many sales out of me this gen unless the game is mind blowing good. I’m still on the fence about Returnal despite it looking REALLY interesting. That $70 though...that hurts... my next purchase will be RE Village and I can’t wait to play that!! That’s my biggest issue with Jim Ryan right now... they’re seriously charging $70 for some games. That’s insane! That’s collectors edition price and I almost never by those... I hope Jim Ryan smartens up about that price hike especially considering what Xbox is doing with Game Pass...

[@corey_massey]

And yet CoD and NBA2K21 are among the most popular games thus far into the generation. I'll buy the outrage about 70.00 games when CoD stops breaking its own records every year, or when GTA 6 release and the outcry is, " I can't believe Take Two is charging 70.00 for this game." Until that happens, people will continue to selectively pay for what they want and complain that everything else is over priced.

[@maxminy5634]

There’s enough to play on all consoles you chose with your wallet. Gamepass is great value but you’re playing what MS releases on it. I still like to choose what I play. I game share with two friends so everything I buy on psn is 1/3 the cost and it’s enough for me right now. I just beat control and still playing FF7 remake which I got on psn. Still have valhalla and immortals fenix rising to play which I picked up for $40 CAD each on sale, which translates to $13 bucks each between me and my friends.

[@juancarlosalonso5664]

New to this game, loving it on PS5

[@killernp1317]

I’m playing this right now. On Series S. I have a PS5 but I can’t justify buying the PS5 version when I have a series S and Game Pass

[@spenny2cents]

Congrats on playing the inferior version

[@lfcobrikom5612]

@@spenny2cents Yes Thanks for virtually free compared to the 70 dollar "superior" edition.

[@spenny2cents]

@@lfcobrikom5612 virtually free? Didn’t know $10/15 subscriptions worked that way. I’ll be sure to ask Netflix for my money back after all these years. That’s about $900 in the last 5 years they owe me!! Thanks for the tip (;

[@lfcobrikom5612]

@@spenny2cents You're welcome

[@elwingy]

If ps5 dropped 9-11 fps compared to xbox DF would lose their shit. Now that it is the other way around its barely worth mentioning…

[@lysandros765]

Of course. Always. Until the end of the generation...

[@enthusiasticgamer88]

Doubt they'll ever patch the Xbox version to have similar performance. Why would Sony want it to run as good on Xbox? They wouldn't.

[@riceeater79]

Not Sony's fault XSX performance isn't matching PS5's. The game is literally UNLOCKED at the same resolution across all platforms. Everything you're saying now because the RESULTS don't match your expectation is an excuse. lol at Patch....again the game is the SAME across all platforms (BTW Xbox One X out performed the PS4 Pro as expected, according to your logic that shouldn't be the case either)

[@YDINO69]

Wow! They finally got PS2 backwards compatibility working!

[@skyycam]

What? This best looking sports game next to 2K

[@lyconxero457]

Given how closely the previous gen consoles get to hitting 60 FPS it seems to me like if they'd done a dynamic 1800P resolution on the current gen consoles they could've locked to 60 FPS for the vast majority of the time, including cutscenes.

[@ForeverknightGaming]

Spoiler alert: it runs better on PS5.

[@redhunter1535]

Runs better on Xbox. It's free.

[@ForeverknightGaming]

@@redhunter1535 somebody is in denial.

[@redhunter1535]

@@ForeverknightGaming Want to see your face when you're going to push those 80$ out of your wallet. Must feel so smart.

[@ForeverknightGaming]

@@redhunter1535 well it's $70 here but I'm not a sports fan so I won't be playing this even if it was free. But seems you are mad because xbox was preforming worse than PS5 so you changed the subject to price. Kinda sad you can't just accept the facts.

[@internettrey5295]

I kinda hoped to see Rich do the prior-gen versions back compat on the new consoles, as at least from what my eyes have assumed, those frame rate drops on cutscenes are almost non-existent, even on Sharper mode.

[@ctestdummy83]

You're the first person on the the internet I've seen talk about this and yes sir you are absolutely correct