I doubt 1% of the players actually pause the game, go into replay mode, and look for signs of life in the vast reaches of space, or study the retrograde motion/phase shift of the visible planets between the 1st and 9th inningsвЂ¦ I think SD would do better to focus more on baseball features, and expanding what they have baseball-wiseвЂ¦ rather than working on simulating a model of the entire solar system.

That being said, I have a hard time getting extremely excited, about finally being able to see every individual blade of grass on the fieldвЂ¦ Or that the stars and constellations are correct for the current location/time of year. Sadly this is reflected inВ diminishing returns on new features year-to-year. That being said вЂ“ since the game is so great вЂ“ and has been for the last 4 years вЂ“ it is getting extremely hard to make really amazing вЂњgame-changingвЂќ alterations to an already great-playing baseball game. I really enjoyed seeing exactly what changes they were making вЂ“ via podcasts and dev diaries, released on YouTube, throughout the year. SD studios actually cares about creating their game every year, and this is reflected in their transparency throughout its development. Of all the developers today in the sports video-games sphere, I would put San Diego Studios as second, to only 2K, as far as quality of games, realism, and caring about their customerвЂ™s satisfaction.

In most industries a near-monopoly can lead to lowered standards, and less pressure to improve year to year, and unfortunately, the developers of most sports video games, have seemed to adopt an вЂњif it ainвЂ™t broke, donвЂ™t fix itвЂќ mentality. It definitely helps, that it is also the ONLY triple A Baseball title left standing, in the world of virtual baseball. MLB The Show 17, from San Diego Studios, is by far the best baseball game for next generation video-game systems.

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