MLB: The Show


MLB: The Show is an American baseball video game series created and developed by San Diego Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The series has received critical and commercial acclaim, and since 2014 has been the sole Major League Baseball simulation video game on the market for consoles.
The series debuted in 2006 with MLB 06: The Show for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable, following the MLB series from 989 Sports. There has been a new release in the series every year since 2006.
The series was released on PlayStation 2 from 2006's MLB 06: The Show through 2011's MLB 11: The Show and was available on the PlayStation 3 from MLB 07: The Show through MLB The Show 16. Portable versions of the series for either the PlayStation Portable or PlayStation Vita accompanied every entry from MLB 06: The Show through MLB 15: The Show. The series started releasing on the PlayStation 4 with MLB 14: The Show.
After over two decades of exclusivity with PlayStation consoles, MLB: The Show ceased to be released only on PlayStation, and started to be released on other consoles by MLB Advanced Media, though the edition of the game at the time—MLB The Show 20—was a PlayStation 4 exclusive. MLB The Show 21 is the first title in the series to feature on the Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S; MLB The Show 22 is the first game of the series to be on a Nintendo console, released on the Nintendo Switch.

Gameplay

Gameplay simulates a game of professional baseball, with the player controlling an entire team, a team's manager, or a select player. The player may take control of one of 30 Major League Baseball teams in any game mode and also is able to chose from 6 special team including NL and AL all star teams. and use that team in gameplay. The Series has variable game modes in which a player takes control of a team for a single game, one season, or a franchise.
The online gameplay mode Diamond Dynasty allows users to create teams through collecting cards of current players and MLB legends. Players take their teams into various online matches to earn rewards to continue upgrading their team.
The offline gameplay mode Road to the Show allows users to take control of their own ballplayer on their journey through high school, college, the minor leagues, and on to the MLB. Players earn upgrade tokens and equipment packages to level up their player.

Predecessors from 989 Sports

Games

Special Edition covers

International covers

GameStarTeam
MLB 06: The ShowChan Ho ParkSan Diego Padres
MLB 14: The ShowShin-Soo ChooTexas Rangers
MLB 15: The ShowShin-Soo ChooTexas Rangers
MLB The Show 16Jung-ho KangPittsburgh Pirates
MLB The Show 17Hyun-soo KimBaltimore Orioles

Commentators

Reception and sales

YearGameSales
1997MLB '98
1998MLB '992.52 million
1999MLB 2000
2000MLB 2001
2001MLB 2002
2002MLB 2003
2003MLB 2004660,000
2004MLB 2005900,000
2005MLB 2006400,000
2006MLB 06: The Show940,000, 350,000
2007MLB 07: The Show930,000, 280,000, 280,000
2008MLB 08: The Show420,000, 700,000, 330,000
2009MLB 09: The Show330,000, 720,000, 270,000
2010MLB 10: The Show410,000, 730,000, 210,000
2011MLB 11: The Show130,000, 590,000, 180,000
2012MLB 12: The Show930,000, 200,000
2013MLB 13: The Show840,000, 150,000
2014MLB 14: The Show430,000, 730,000, 120,000
2015MLB 15: The Show400,000, 1.01 million, 40,000
2016MLB The Show 16380,000, 960,000
2017MLB The Show 171.16 million
2018MLB The Show 181.06 million
2019MLB The Show 192.52 million
2020MLB The Show 20
2021MLB The Show 212 million
2022MLB The Show 22
2023MLB The Show 23
2024MLB The Show 24
2025MLB The Show 25
Total14.03 million-