MLB The Show Could Receive Mobile Version, Based on Job Listing
Details featured in a job listing for developer San Diego Studio seem to suggest MLB The Show may one day launch across mobile platforms. The annual baseball sim has enjoyed quite the week, since Sony unveiled MLB The Show 2022 on Monday. In addition to showing off gameplay, the publisher also announced Angels star Shohei Ohtani as the cover athlete and confirmed releases for PlayStation, Nintendo, and Xbox hardware.
Interestingly, MLB The Show's nascent multiplatform efforts date back to late 2019, when the MLB confirmed that Sony would begin launching the usually PlayStation-exclusive baseball sim on other consoles. This announcement finally bore fruit in early 2021, upon the rollout of MLB The Show 21 on Xbox consoles and Xbox Game Pass. Given Sony's increasing interest in multiplatform endeavors, evidenced in a slate of PS4 exclusives recently hitting PC, it should come as no surprise that the mobile market has attracted Playstation's attention.
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As spotted by Push Square, developer San Diego Studio's official Twitter account shared a link to a new job listing for the MLB The Show team. The studio specifically has its sights set on a Mobile Graphics Expert, someone with several years of experience who would fit well on the Senior Engineering crew. According to the Senior Mobile Programmer posting on <a href=«https://boards.greenhouse.io/sonyinteractiveentertainmentglobal/jobs/4241724004?gh_src=» https: screenrant.com target="_blank" rel=«noopener noreferrer»>Greenhouse Boards
, the San Diego-based group most notably needs help with developing a "mobile codebase and tools." A passion for baseball is listed as a plus, implying MLB The Show could
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