First Look at MLB 09: The Show

After last years 2k flop, I will be very tempted to get a PS3 this year unless 2k really exceeds expectations.

After last years 2k flop, I will be very tempted to get a PS3 this year unless 2k really exceeds expectations.

Pasta you are slippin big time! Where is my Madden rosters update? I better have it by 11:00pm EST or else!

When Madden are you going to give me a boost in attributes? I played better than any QB over a 3 week stretch and I can't get a single bump. You have T.Choice for Dallas who had 1 decent aiight game and he got a boost why? Q.Mikell is having the best statisical year of any safety but you don't show him any love either. I think the Madden team really has a gripe over the Eagles and love dem some cowgirls. TO still dropping passes their line sucks and Roy E. Williams looks like the worse WR in sports (why does he still have a 90's rating?). Do what's right Madden and give me and my teamates the bump they deserve!

Sincerley #5

Thank god i bought a ps3, mlb 09 is gonna be AWESOME. I also hope 2k really improves there product so i can have two great baseball games, but if this game plays and looks good as it sounds, then this game is all i'll need.

@ Cabrillo24…My statement in regards to the challenge of emulating baseball. The reason baseball is tough to emulate is due to the millions of little things that can impact statistics. In football, a one yard rush is one yard. In baseball, there are tons of ways to get a hit. That hit variety along with a game keeping batting averages on the realistic side is difficult to create.

The Show is the best at having realistic stats, even for users. Although the user stats may be a tad high, hitting .400 with hitters is difficult to accomplish, if not impossible.

From an animation standpoint, I also disagree that baseball would be easier since players go left, right, at angles, dive, jump, adjust to bad hops, etc. Sony has done an awesome job in making The Show ultra-realistic in just the way the game looks and they way the players move. The nuances of each player (Ichiro's hitting routine, Pudge's routine while at the plate, Bonderman's reaction to pitches, etc.) is awesome….

This game was the only reason I bought a PS3.

This sounds outstanding!!!! So why cant we get this kind of innovation and depth in a football game??? Instead we get a whole lot of hyped up BS!!!! I hate EA. MLB 09 sounds amazing, hopefully it will be.

oh man these graphics are sparkling! if i was watching a real game and this id be questioned on which one isnt real! one thing is they should have had practice jerseys when practicing. i really wish i had a ps3 now!

I'm buying a PS3 just to have this game!

as well as Little Big Planet

Ive played alot of xbox as well, and ilke i said, if you like sports gaming, go with the ps3, if you love halo, stick with the 360. Ive played sports titles on both and they seem to be a bit better on the ps3 the last year. But to someone who loves halo and that series, will argue. Either way you cant lose, but if you want a great baseball game, your better off buying the ps3 and getting the blu-ray.

Try being on your honeymoon in fla when this game comes out, yet the wife giving me permission to bring my ps3 down and get it and play it, altho very small incrimates, what a wife huh??

it all could be matter of opinion, but maybe CRISPER would be the better choice of words. I absolutely think oppo of what afroman said. In my opinion they may play the same, but i think ps3 sports titles are smoother and crisper. But its just a matter of opinion i guess, and i dont own a xbox so i cant speak for a ton of titles, but ive player, the same titles, on fight night, madden, ncaa, mlb2k7, and thats my opinion.

PS3 Madden is Terrible online…Same 4 NBA Live…I love my Ps3 but there is no way I would try and tell someone Ps3's free online is better than LIVE…The games look the same but thsts about where the comparison stops for cross platform games…The 360 is the LEAD console so the games on both feel and play better on the 360>>>IMO

In fact its almost a ghost town on the Ps3…The lack of quick effective communication and the state of cross platform games has all my dual system owning friends playing far more on the 360…The Ps3's only advantage thus far is THE SHOW and Blu Ray…After that there is no real reason IMO to have a Ps3…I live its interface etc but just like the 1st Xbox got shortchanged…Sop goes the Ps3

"Online
Not only will the game support Online Season Leagues with fully functional drafts, Sony has also added flex scheduling so gamers can jump ahead and play games out of order depending on which opponents are online. Up to 30 teams can participate and the mode includes full stat tracking and customization down to number of teams and games in the schedule.

There is also a cool Roster Vault option where gamers can create their own custom rosters and upload them online for other gamers to use."

This online news is unbelievable (full stat tracking, flex scheduling, etc) but not if the lag continues tom persist….Great news though

I own both systems and in regards to online nothing beats XBox Live. PSN is brutal. The Home beta is interesting but I am not sure if Sony wants to you to spend more time wandering around a virtual town or playing its games….Confusing.

My getting hyped up every year only to be bitter that I don’t own a ps3 and the show has come to an end. As a hardcore MVP 05 fan this game so far has me on that same cloud I was on back when I was playing mvp.

For any hardcore MLB the show fans: how are online servers for this game in previous years?

I really hope to be able to play any teams schedule in franchise mode, rather than just the 2 teams that 08 allowed us.

will there be any HR derby Pasta???

Best game ever!

man i thought that was a real life picture an also will it be on 360
i want this game more than any game ive ever wanted and i dont have ps3 this sucks