MLB The Show Should Make The Jump To PC

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In recent years, Sony’s approach to the gaming industry has expanded beyond its traditional PlayStation console borders. The acquisition of studios like Bungie, PlayStation Productions’ expansion, and explorative ventures into mobile gaming, are all moves designed to widen the publisher’s reach beyond the PS4 and PS5. Some of its strategies haven’t been entirely voluntary ones though, as evidenced by the arrival of MLB The Show on its direct competitors' platforms.

Thanks to a mandate by MLB’s governing body in 2019, Sony’s San Diego Studio has effectively become an internally owned third-party developer. That’s because in order to keep a hold of the lucrative sports license, the publisher has to also make the franchise available to players on platforms like the Xbox Series X and Nintendo Switch. What’s curious though, is the fact that despite this agreement no MLB The Show installment has so far made its way to PC. For several reasons, that's something that Sony should be looking to fix in the future.

Sony’s Massive Investment in Bungie Was Worth It

While the idea was once thought unimaginable, Sony’s expanded gaming strategy has seen the publisher look further afield from its internal ecosystem in recent years. Arguably the biggest example of this in action is the growing list of first-party games that have been ported to PC. In relatively quick succession, games like Horizon Zero Dawn, Days Gone, and 2018's God of War, have all become available on the platform. Thanks to a leak by Nvidia, it looks highly likely that things won’t stop there either. If the leak continues to be proven accurate, PC ports of titles like Ghost of Tsushima and 2016's Ratchet and Clank are also being worked on behind the scenes.

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