For the first time since Xbox 360, MLB The Show has come to Xbox. MLB The Show is by far the best virtual baseball game to ever hit the gaming world. The realistic teams and identical players from the real Major League Baseball (MLB) make The Show dominate the baseball gaming industry.
MLB The Show released on April 20th of 2021. From personal experience, the new game releases have been subpar, and the most popular games, NBA2k, Fortnite, Call of Duty, etc. have been really drawn out and boring. When MLB The Show 21 was released, it brought a new community of people to the gaming community. The Show also brought new life to Xbox and games. Originally, people with a PlayStation were the only people that could play MLB The Show, so when The Show got released for Xbox, Xbox players went crazy. The Show has been said to carry 2021 in the gaming realm. So far, The Show has lived up to its hype.
A key contribution to the spike of players playing The Show comes from the expansion on a new console. On the Xbox, game pass starts for a dollar the first few months, and then you have to pay fifteen dollars a month after that. Game Pass is how you play games online with your friends. The only difference between Game Pass and Xbox Live is that game pass provides free games that are picked by Xbox. MLB The Show 21 was one of the free games. Game sharing is a way to share games with your friends. I do this with one of my friends, and I got The Show through game sharing. My friend got The Show from Game Pass. He will cancel his subscription after the first month and will still have the games he downloaded. Since he will keep his games, I will get to keep mine too.
From roster updates to stadium creations, MLB is always bettering their game year by year. If I had to rate the game, I would rate it as a 9.5 out 10. The Show has been the most fun I have ever had playing a video game. It is easy to understand, and the game rewards good players for being skillful. I am pretty good at the game because I have played it before so everything is natural to me when I play on Xbox. I have many friends that I play MLB The Show 21 with. Dylan Grewell, a friend of mine that I frequently play with, was asked “ How would you rank MLB The Show 21 on a scale of 1-10, and what are your thoughts on the game so far ?”. He responded with, “ 8/10, it is a good game with lots of game modes. It is easy to figure out and play. It has an easy way to get a diamond dynasty (fantasy league) team. The cons are it takes a while to play the game. The servers are terrible and there are a lot of bugs that need to be fixed. Overall, it’s a good game,”.
The new release of MLB The Show 21 will go down as one of the greatest video games and video games releases of all time. The new popular updated rosters and easy to play nature of MLB The Show brings in a new crowd to the world of MLB and gaming.