MLB The Show 25 Announced for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 February 2025 / 2,575 Views
Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer San Diego Studio have announced MLB The Show 25 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch. It will launch on March 18, while Early Access will start on March 14 for those who purchase the Digital Deluxe Edition.
The game will not be available on subscription services in 2025.
Read details on the game via PlayStation Blog below:
In 2025, MLB The Show is celebrating its monumental 20th anniversary, a milestone that honors two decades of baseball history, innovation, and unforgettable memories for baseball fans around the world. To mark this special occasion for San Diego Studio and PlayStation Studios, MLB The Show 25 proudly features not one, nor two, but three cover athletes for the first time ever — Paul Skenes, Elly De La Cruz, and Gunnar Henderson. These rising stars join a rich history of legendary cover athletes, symbolizing the future of baseball as we celebrate 20 incredible years of the franchise.
Paul Skenes’ journey began in high school and continued through college, where he cemented his status as one of the most talented young pitchers in baseball by winning a national championship before being selected as the No. 1 overall pick by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2023 MLB Draft. The following season, Skenes made his MLB debut and became the first player in MLB history to start the All-Star Game just one year after being drafted. He capped off an incredible 2024 season by earning National League Rookie of the Year honors and being named to the All-MLB First Team. His story and skillset align perfectly with Road to the Show, where you can chart your own path to greatness.
Elly De La Cruz’s meteoric rise from the minors to the majors perfectly captures the excitement of working up to a big league debut and becoming a star. Since making his Major League debut in 2023 with the Cincinnati Reds, Elly has consistently proven to be one of the most electrifying players on the field. He became one of the youngest players in MLB history to hit for the cycle and is renowned for his blazing speed on the bases and his cannon-like arm, further cementing his status as one of the league’s most promising talents. The 2024 All-Star showcases an impressive five-tool skillset and a dynamic switch-hitting approach — exactly what MLB The Show fans dream of when developing or acquiring their starting shortstop in Franchise mode.
Rounding out this triple play of talent is the 2023 American League Rookie of the Year, Gunnar Henderson. Selected 42nd overall in the 2019 MLB Draft, Gunnar quickly ascended through the Orioles’ farm system, making his MLB debut late in the 2022 season. Heading into 2023, he was named the #1 prospect on MLB’s Top 100 list. In his first full season in the majors, Gunnar became a cornerstone of the Orioles’ young core, helping lead the team to its first postseason appearance in seven years. His outstanding performance earned him AL Rookie of the Year honors and a Silver Slugger Award. Gunnar’s star continued to rise in 2024, as he was selected to start in the MLB All-Star Game and compete in the Home Run Derby. His MLB journey resonates deeply with MLB The Show fans who strive to dominate head-to-head competition in their pursuit of greatness on the diamond.
Sign up for The Scouting Report
For all the fans, make sure to sign up for the MLB The Show Scouting Report to stay updated on all the latest features, updates, and legends coming to MLB The Show 25, while unlocking amazing rewards along the way. Starting in April 2025, subscribers will receive a unique pack every month through December 2025*, packed with incredible in-game rewards. Plus, the Golden Ticket Sweepstakes will return in 2025, with winners selected every month for amazing prizes like Packs, Stubs, clothing, autographed items from Elly De La Cruz, Gunnar Henderson, and Paul Skenes, along with even more surprises we can’t wait to reveal. Don’t miss out—sign up today on theshow.com!
While you’re there, don’t forget to also set up your MLB The Show account and prepare for Opening Day. MLB The Show 25 allows you to easily move from platform to platform and keep access to your entire inventory of cards**. Head over to https://account.theshow.com/ and create your MLB The Show Account. After creating your MLB The Show account, log in with your platform account and link it to your MLB The Show account. You are all set.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Bluesky.
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Not releasing on PS4 is a sign that Sony is moving on from any more 1st part release on the last gen console.
Thats the best News! Stopping last gen is logical as it limits games. Contradictimg these facts is just dreaming. Its the same when you want to go Skiing/ Snowboarding. When you limit yourself with children, you cannot go so fast because you have to concentrate on the slowest member of the family wich are children. You cannot stand your kids on Ski while you brush away witch your Snowboard. But when only grown ups go, you can go basically in the same speed.
And NOT on gamepass.
"The game will not be available on subscription services in 2025. "
It was a Game Pass game.
Well... fuck them XD
Now that MLB The Show has an audience on Xbox thanks to Game Pass, they are getting away from day 1 Game Pass releases to increase sales.
Can anyone explain me the sense of gamepass/ esentials? I mean you pay a certain amoumt of money per month/ year to play 100 games or so, how do developers earn their money? There are enough people paying ~15$/ month for gamepass and do not buy any gmaes because renew it every month play 100s of games. 15$/month can't be enough to cover development costs. That would be like if Nintendo made a "Switch Charity Deal" putting games like MK8, SSBDX, Zelda... in a subscription service, you pay 20$/month and you can play them 24/7. But how does Nintendo earn any money if everybody just played their games like this because its cheaper?
Because it's consumer friendly. That's it. I don't understand how this has been such a hard to understand topic for so many. The majority of people aren't going to care how Nintendo makes their money. Nor should they. They're a multibillion-dollar company. Same with Sony and Microsoft. Stop caring about these corporations. Let the suits figure that shit out. This is seriously one of the biggest problems with online gaming culture these days.
Too many are so anti-Game Pass that they "care" more about the corporation than whether or not someone who wants to play a game can actually afford to pay full price. Not everyone has the financial means to do so. Gaming is a luxury and Game Pass is just ONE way to help gamers play games at a more affordable price. Just let people play games the way they can afford to play. If Game Pass crashes and burns, that's on Microsoft to sort out.
You see? I am not the only one. Give out everything for free, fuck exclusivity, waste the games for PC or multi and give it out even for (basically) free. If developers don't earn enough money they cannot afford AAA games. Nintendo is the only company that seems to undertand that! Gamepass and PC versions are tge main reason Xbox sales lack!! This is why many people including me attack PC so hard. Its like with a car. If not anyone can afford a Ferrari, just put it in the "car pass" pay 100$/month and you can drive the car as much as you like, even take it home, basically rent it. But how does Ferrari as a conpany afford all the reparations? (Equivalent to bluckbuster See? Thats where we go now. Renting not owning. But people want to own their games. Thats why radical parties across the world rise (since Covid.) If you want to take away what people own, in gaming soon there will be no support, but in real life people answer, and they answer with the election of radical forces.
It makes sense for older games that have already hit their sales potential. They get extra revenue for the developers. It absolutely does not make sense for new games that are sold at full price.
Older games i can somehow understand but i would really limit it to games like concorde or indies. But there are AAA blockbuters coming in gamepass day 1, thats the problem.
In terms of GP, MS is will to sacrifice the potential profits made to help establish a sustained revenue, although they don't seem to be concerned about how easy it is to unsubscribe.
As for 3rd party, a large sum of money from MS or Sony for day 1 on services, even if big studio or indie is hard to pass up. That Sea of Stars was on by PS+ Extra and GP, for all we know, MS and Sony paid for their development costs or as close to and so any sales after, of which there were a lot, is just profits from then on.
But decent deals need to be done to make sure a studio remains comfortable, MS want to pay as little as possible, so accept a bad deal and no one buys your game from other places suddenly you can boast 1 million players but for all we know it's barely 10k sales and whatever the sub service paid which might not even cover wages.
I don't care about the agreements between companies... if the studio agrees to include it in the Game Pass, it's because the benefits are good. Besides, Microsoft places the game with a short exclusivity or doesn't even require exclusivity, as long as it's released in the Game Pass.
It makes no sense to say that the Game Pass reduces sales when you need to have a PC or an XBox console. If you focus on the XBox console, it only represents 20% of the console market share, so it's a very small number when compared to Switch and Playstation.
Remember, I want to play! I don't care how much it sold or whether Microsoft made a profit or not... that's a job for the company's analysts.
You should care though. There's a reason MS considered getting away from gaming in general at one point. If MS loses to much money and decides to leave gaming any software library you built up digitally is gone. Your gamerscore if you care about that sort of stuff is gone. Now if you don't care about any of that your good to go.
Well, using your Nintendo example, gamepass generates around $1b a quarter, which is $4b a year. Now imagine that if as many people had an xbox as have a Switch, how much does that gamepass revenue increase by? Does it double, $8b a year? Does it triple, $12b a year?
For the year ending March 31st 2024 Nintendo’s entire revenue was around $11b. Do you see what i’m saying? It’s not quite as charitable as it first looks, the numbers do actually work once you get enough subscribers. $20 a month is $240 a year and the average Switch player doesn’t spend anywhere near $240 a year.
And thats the problem: Why do you think Xbox sales go down? Because many people think: Just get gamepass, pay 15$/month its cheaper. If a company does not make enough money, they cannot afford blockbusters! It will be the same with Sony! Esentials is what?120$/year? Why do you think Sony has to go on PC? Because PS5 has sold a lot but not enough to sell enough copies of their games to get the revenue back. Why do you think DLCs exist? Its stupid that Sony did not release the Horizon DLC Burning Shores on PS4. I am against cross gen, but excluding a platform from a DLC to a game thats already there is just crazy. I don't buy the "excuse" there was a monster wich PS4 can't handle. I am againt cross gen but thats lame. Its an excuse so people buy the PS5.
Xbox sales don’t go down because gamepass exists, it’s literally the best reason to buy a Series console.
Sony not making enough money is ridiculous, their net profit increased by 280% last quarter year on year. They will make around $3b this year and the number is going up as they get into the most profitable part of the generation. The PS5 generation has already generated more profit than the PS1 + PS2 combined(even when your adjust for inflation). I think people have no idea how profitable modern gaming is.
The games are ported to PC because they are making more money than ever, that’s how business work. If porting to PC in the past made them $100m it’s a lot less inviting than if they port now and can make $800m a year.
Games het more expensive. If i was a company with that much money i would keep it exclusive at all costs so even more people would buy my hardware. Sony themselfes said they go on PC because PS5 alone is not enough to get the revenue. Thats why its made, not because of charity reasons. The WiiU was an intense Flop! Why didn't we see Smash or MK8 on PC? Answer: Because Nintendo wants to keep its identity on all costs. And they don't betray their fans, at least not like that.
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