Prologue, Sony's strategy
Sony's recent strategy changes have been quite big, and first-party games such as God of War, Horizon, and Uncharted have landed on PCs. Making a wave of fast money also makes PS fans worry about whether Sony will give up monopoly and turn to multi-platform?
Although the reputation of fans has declined, Sony has made real money, and last year's $24.9 billion in game revenue made Sony feel encouraged. The positive reviews of its own games on the PC platform have also strengthened its multi-platform confidence.
Affected by the new policy, this year's exclusive game was further liberalized, and it was actually launched on the whole platform, 21 has landed on XGP, and this time 22 simply carry NS.
It's the National Game of the United States, Major League Baseball 22!
This game is a professional baseball sports game developed by Sony's first party "Santiago Studios", which is very popular among baseball fans, and has been the exclusive work of the PS platform for more than a decade, benefiting from Sony's open policy, NS and XBOX consoles have the privilege of being able to play this game.
Major League Baseball 22 (MLB22)
Game Type: Sports
Selling date: 2022-04-05
Production and distribution: San Diego Studio/SIE
Game Language: Chinese
First, baseball is the national ball of the United States and Japan
What is the biggest and biggest similarity between the United States and Japan?
That's right, their national balls are all sticks. Although American basketball and football are very developed, its real national ball is "baseball". Japan is the same, not only has a perfect professional league like the United States, but also has a very high degree of public recognition and enthusiasm. Sony's choice of this combination to launch a game is quite flattering, and the game is very popular in Japan and the United States.
MLB is a very professional league with 30 teams participating. Divided into two major regions of the National League and the United States League, there are also regular season and playoffs, and the two teams with the highest points in the end compete for the championship. Similar to the format of mlika basketball, players enjoy the same treatment and fame as stars, and becoming a mlug star is the dream of many children.
The spokesperson for "Major League Baseball 22" invited Shohei Ohtani of Japan from the Los Angeles Angels, who only joined MLB in 2018, but became the best newcomer that year with his extremely fast ball speed and "pitch double repair" characteristics, and won the MVP honor in 2021.
2. Introduction to the game
The gameplay is no different from the real rules, and I will not introduce them here (in fact, I do not understand). The players' movements are captured by real people, which is highly professional. The way to pitch is to draw a straight line or circle with a joystick, just like a rubbing move, to throw a straight ball or a curved ball to get a home run, and the playability is still very high.
The game modes mainly include quick match mode and alliance mode, which support two-player play. In league mode, players can experience the fun of running a team. From the lower leagues, by recruiting real players, forming your own team, step by step to the top of the league championship, full of achievement.
The NS version of the game also supports cross-platform online and custom player features, where players can set up unique teams to play against friends.
For Chinese players, due to the popularity of baseball, not many people like this sport. Judging from the avid pursuit of baseball fans, the sport is still very attractive. Playing games allows you and your family to experience baseball, maybe you will be interested, become a fan, and embark on the road to superstardom.
No liability scoring
Third, the way out of the exclusive game
With a few more words, for Sony, the cross-platform strategy may yield higher benefits. But PS fans still hope that the Sony platform can monopolize the game, and at present, under the strength of XGP and NS, this is also a helpless choice. Sony executives hope to be exclusive for a limited time, and then cut leeks across platforms to both satisfy fans and gain revenue. Nowadays, from the perspective of effect, it is not good on both sides: fans fall lonely and scold the street, and users of other platforms are happy.
In the long run, Sony's core fans will gradually decrease, which is not a good thing for the development of the PS5.
Of course, we are just ordinary players, and we can't control the developer's strategy. No matter what platform, as long as the game is fun, we like it.