It's a big year in the world of sports video games, and specifically for baseball games, as PlayStation Studios is bringing its MLB The Show series to Xbox for the first time ever. This opens up the franchise to another audience, and it's also fascinating from an industry perspective as a former PlayStation-exclusive series goes multiplatform.
Ahead of the release of MLB The Show 21 in April, GameSpot caught up with PlayStation Studios' Ramone Russell, the product development communications and brand strategist head for The Show series. In our wide-ranging conversation, Russell briefly touched on the deal to bring MLB The Show to Xbox, saying he's excited to bring The Show to a new group of players. To that end, he also shared that MLB The Show 21 will have new and improved onboarding tutorials to help Xbox fans get up to speed with the basics of the game.
Our conversation also touched on the difficulty of not only making MLB The Show 21 for four platforms--PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X--but also making it during the pandemic. Russell told us about some of the new mechanics in MLB The Show 21, including its new pre-set playstyles and Pinpoint Pitching, which is aimed at hardcore fans who want a real challenge.
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