In addition to enhanced visuals, new gameplay features, and an improved online experience, MLB 15 The Show offers a renewed focus on player emotion and personality.

For the first time ever MLB The Show will include licensed equipment from some of the most recognizable brands in baseball. Earn as you play to enhance your RTTS or Diamond Dynasty players and partner with iconic brands by bringing sponsorships to your Franchise team! (Equipment on PS3 version is not seen during gameplay.)

Users who purchased MLB 14 The Show will be able to continue their Franchise and Road to the Show progress in MLB 15 The Show with the Year-to-Year Saves feature. Saves between the two releases will be forward-compatible, meaning you don’t have to worry about starting your Franchise or Road to The Show seasons over!

With the addition of General Manager Contracts, you now have to consider Ownership Expectations when running your team, and your performance will determine the job offers that come your way. Building a championship-caliber team is more fun and dynamic than ever before, with the new Performance-based Player Progression, as well as much improved Trade and Contract logic. Partner up with Brand Sponsors, giving your broadcast elements an official sponsor and earn some extra dough to spend on your team.

Featured for the first time in MLB 15 The Show is the new Directional Hitting interface, which allows you to influence the direction of your hits in real-time while you swing. Using the L-Stick, you can attempt to influence fly balls, ground balls, pushed hits, pulled hits, or any of those in combination.

Sony partnered with the MLB Player’s Alumni Association to make a total of 30 Legends playable in MLB 15 The Show. Collect an entire MLB team, and you’ll unlock an iconic alumni player from that team. There’s one from each team, and though you’ll have to find or unlock the card to slot them into your Dynasty squad, you can simply opt in to utilizing the whole pool of Legends in your Franchise mode.

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Gameplay Improvements (PS4 & PS3 Only)

• Advanced AI logic results in outfielders taking more realistic routes to the ball
• Upgraded motion system allows for dynamic speed matching from run to catch to throw
• User controlled cut offs
• All new slide and tag system
• New speed paradigm for fielders and base runners
• Enhanced ball physics for pop ups, fly balls, and shots into the gap
• Dynamic pitch breaks: Allows for more realistic pitch recognition when batting
• Simplified Analog swing controls
• Dynamic Difficulty 2.0
• New situational base covering intelligence allows for new animations to play when a player has time or is in a hurry to get to his base.
• More than 70 new situational third out fielding animations
• New Input Type option for hitting
• We’ve separated swing input as a separate option