PlayStation Studios and San Diego Studio’s MLB The Show 21 is launching as a day one release for Xbox Game Pass. The formerly PlayStation-exclusive first-party baseball series is becoming another feather in the cap of Microsoft’s premiere subscription service, which offers an enormous library of games for subscribers to play. Both the Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One version will be available via Game Pass on April 20th when the game releases, and Ultimate members can also play it on Android phones and tablets via Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta).
The Sony developed and published MLB The Show was revealed to be going cross-platform back at the end of 2019 when Sony Interactive Entertainment extended the MLB licensing partnership. While not explicitly stated, it was presumed at the time that the move to a multi-platform approach was part of those licensing agreements. It’s unknown if the launch on Xbox Game Pass is the result of Microsoft throwing money at it or due to a push from MLB to get the game into more Xbox players’ hands as it enters the new console ecosystem, though the Xbox Wire post announcing the Game Pass launch is written by MLB Senior Vice President of Games & VR Jamie Leece. “As we said from the beginning, this is an incredible moment for all of us and bringing the franchise to more players and baseball fans is something that we at MLB, MLB Players, Inc., and Xbox are all excited about,” Leece said.
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