Baseball season has formally begun: It’s opening day for Main League Baseball. MLB The Present 24, which was launched on March 15, celebrated the milestone with an replace that went dwell Thursday morning. It’s, uh, not going effectively. Folks on social media and in boards are reporting main points that make the sport unplayable — like frequent crashing and freezing. After which there’s the bugs which might be simply downright foolish, like one notably humorous one which’s inflicting some gamers to have huge heads and little our bodies.
An MLB The Present consultant posted from the sport’s X (previously Twitter) account on Thursday, noting that the developer is “conscious of the present points and dealing to get them resolved.”
We’re conscious of the present points and dealing to get them resolved. Thanks in your endurance.
— MLB The Present (@MLBTheShow) March 28, 2024
Lots of the issues appear to be with the Diamond Dynasty characteristic, which is mainly the baseball model of EA Sports activities FC’s Final Group, the place you acquire gamers through playing cards to create a crew. There are completely different modes inside Diamond Dynasty, together with ranked multiplayer and single-player mini seasons.
The sport’s had its fair proportion of points since launch — notably on the Nintendo Swap — however the newest replace appears to have triggered much more issues. For lots of gamers, MLB The Present 24 appears to be like much more like Yard Baseball or Tremendous Mega Baseball than anything.
There’s lots of people posting about their gamers having small our bodies with outsized heads, however others say baseball gamers could be gigantic, too.
One other huge drawback is how faces are being generated. Take these screenshots of Boston Crimson Sox pitcher Josh Winckowski, Boston Crimson Sox infielder Emmanuel Valdez, and Tampa Bay Rays third baseman James Mead as examples: Yikes!
The MLB The Present subreddit is crammed with individuals experiencing related points. Sony hasn’t introduced a timeline for the repair, however gamerjive has reached out to the corporate for extra info.
MLB The Present 24 was launched on March 15 for Nintendo Swap, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Collection X. Final yr, MLB The Present 23 was heralded for its story mode centered on baseball’s Negro Leagues; this yr, it’s obtained a brand new profession mode devoted to ladies in baseball: Highway to Present: Ladies Pave Their Manner.
