MLB 12: The Show

[Swarley]

Release: March 6th 2012 - PS3 and PS Vita

[ryne candy]

Screenshots up at ESPN.com

http://espn.go.com/espn/thelife/vggallery?page=/photo/2011/1201/vg_mlb_3_110.jpg

edit: Shows new uni's from SD, Balt, Mia, and Toronto.

[Swarley]

If they give us basically the same thing we got last year... i won't be buying.

I remember last year around release time they said this year would have an overhaul to the franchise mode.

[Leftwich]

I remember last year around release time they said this year would have an overhaul to the franchise mode.

I'll believe it when i see it. I'm not trying to compare them to EASports or anything but other than the sticks for pitching and hitting, last year was the same thing as the year before.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Online play better revert to '10 form when it was perfect.

Hitting balance better return.

Fuck the analog sticks.

[The Buddha]

Online play better revert to '10 form when it was perfect.

Hitting balance better return.

Fuck the analog sticks.

If it is....will there be a return of The Sombrero?

[ryne candy]

• 14 new umpires with all new personalities

• Fielders will close their gloves on catches

• New cleats

from OS.com

edit: posted in comments section for pictures....yes, nothing exciting.

[Leftwich]

• 14 new umpires with all new personalities

• Fielders will close their gloves on catches

• New cleats

from OS.com

I'm sold.

[Brotha2ThaNight]

If it is....will there be a return of The Sombrero?

dream the dream...I am hoping so, there is nothing better than The Sombrero when the game is playable

[dj_morton]

The biggest reason I bought a PS3 again this morning..The Show series..and GoW ofcourse.

I need to find a cheap copy of 11.

[killgod]

If it is....will there be a return of The Sombrero?

I'm retired from video game baseball, so won't be me. I also doubt online is any good, last year's mode was so fuckin bad.

It was the same quality as that fuckin LM site for Madden. Bug ridden shit lacking in just about everything.

[Warner2BruceTD]

All they need to do is give us the statistical balance of '10 with the bugs of the online leagues smoothed out, and you have a nearly perfect online experience.

Of course, I have zero faith that they can get this done.

'09 & '11 were way to unbalanced in favor of pitching. '11 would have been an awesome dead ball era game.

[spiker]

Online needs a serious fine tuning. I'd love to be in the Sombrero again but I need a good reason to buy this game. I'm still playing MLB 10 and loving it.

[Sacrafice]

I don't know. They said the different aspects of the game (Franchise, gameplay, ect, ect) was always on a 2 year cycle. 12 was supposed to be the year for franchise. I expect some good changes, but no it's not gonna feel like a new game.

I thought '11 was the best so far. Most of my online games were lag free, I thought the balance was realistic to how the real game has changed to a more of a pitching dominated league, yet I was still able to get my league average well above .300. Offline I was able to get better than expected results with the Royals hovering right about .290 - .295 on Legend. Yeah, at first it was really hard to get used to the ball movement, but after some time with the game it got really easy.

I am going to buy it either way and hope a good league pops up, but I know it's not going to work with the "same" guys here because I bet 100 bucks most everyone will still complain about the same old shit and not allow themselves to get used to any changes that are made, but rather still rely on the way the game used to be. Baseball online is the only sports game that I can enjoy anymore, yet it's the most unpopular. Freaking sucks...

[ryne candy]

Updated Blog:

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/12/08/batter-up-mlb-12-the-show-for-ps3-and-ps-vita/