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The first game of the World Series is underway but why bother watching? Sony's already simulated the whole series.
Brendan Harris' groundout to end Minnesota's American League Divisional Series with New York started a 171-day clock until the christening of the Twins' new ballpark, Target Field. Sony's MLB The Show will have to have the grounds ready much sooner.
With the PlayStation 3 Slim starting to show up at Best Buys around the country, the national retailer has kicked off a plan to try and cut-down on the number of people returning a recent PS3 for the newer PS3 Slim, sourced tell Kotaku.
GameBattles and PlayStation have been working hard to enhance competitive gamers' experiences on PlayStation titles, and are proud to announce the next step in that effort! Our partnership has made possible an incredible integration between GameBattles and PlayStation Network that is kicking off with MLB '09 The Show! This will be the first of many titles that support this integration.
Jason Villa on the Playstation Blog writes:
Examiner: "Aaron Greenberg, the Group Product Manager of the Xbox 360, is showing some love to the rival of the product he works for."
"While the much anticipated price drop announcement never actually came to fruition at this year's E3, PlayStation 3 holdouts still might want to keep watch for a new bundle arriving at their local Walmart sometime this year. According to photos (via Joystiq) taken by a tipster working at the mega-retailer, you'll soon be able to pick up the 80GB model of the PS3, plus MLB 09 The Show and Quantum of Solace on Blu Ray for just $399.99 -- the standard price for the console on its own"
Sales of the two baseball games show movement in consumer perception despite exclusivity. MLB 09 The Show on the PS3 shows huge gains while MLB 2K9 for the 360 drops.
Hardware numbers were down in March 2009's NPD figures. Yet, Sony has something to smile about. PS3 was able to secure three of the top 10 software sales in March with Resident Evil 5, Killzone 2 and MLB 09 The Show.
Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) continues to deliver premium entertainment content and experiences, kicking off 2009 with the PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3) blockbuster exclusive Killzone® 2 on February 27. With more than 1 million copies sold worldwide and a truly "only on PlayStation" experience, the hit game has garnered the biggest initial success at retail of any first-party PS3 title to date, and will continue to drive incentive for hardware sales throughout the year.
MLB 09: The Show is marketed as the "most realistic baseball game" available today, but how realistic is it when compared to the real MLB season? While there is no way of knowing that until the real season is over, I used the most current rosters that are available online and simulated the MLB season on default settings to see what "the most realistic game" has to say about the '09 season, which just so happens to start this Sunday,
IGA Worldwide, the leading in-game advertising network, announced that its in-game advertising technology will be used to integrate advertising and sponsorship opportunities into MLB(R) 09 The Show(TM), the new baseball game from Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) released in early March. MLB(R) 09 The Show(TM) is the latest version in SCEA's best-selling, high-definition baseball franchise for the PLAYSTATION(R) 3 (PS3(TM)) system, and the first Blu-ray(TM) Disc title from SCEA to incorporate dynamic in-game advertising.
Gamerdeals.net writes:
At a conference call earlier this week, mega-publisher Take-Two spilled the beans on its major releases for the rest of 2009–or rather its fiscal year 2009, which runs through October 31. As publishers move what were high-profile holiday releases into earlier months in the year, the company may be the among the first to put its eggs in the third quarter, as it likely wants to end the month of October with the coffers filled.
It is refreshing to see developers give praises on the accomplishments of their peers. MLB09: The Show is definitely another testament to the Sony in house developers who are bringing to life some incredible exclusive content for PS3 users.