| Product Summary | | Manufacturer: Sony | | Format: PlayStation 3 | | Mfg Part#: 98180 | | UPC: 00711719818021 | | Buy.com Sku: 210601200 | | Item#: G26WFW | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 7306 | | See more in Sports | |
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| | | | Product Guides | | | | Nothing Gets You Closer. Sony Computer Entertainment's top-tier, PlayStation-exclusive baseball series hits '09 with a slew of improvements, new features and added details. Road to the Show is back once again, this time introducing interactive training to improve player abilities and performance in a variety of skill sets. Franchise Mode is also going deeper, adding items such as salary arbitration and September call-ups. Adding to the online feature set, MLB 09 The Show introduces Online Season Leagues to allow players to hold fully functional drafts and utilize a flex schedule, allowing players to play games ahead of the schedule. Users can also access a new Roster Vault to tweak player attributes, appearance, and accessories to create the ideal roster.
| | Features |  | Custom Music, Fan Yells and Chants: Using our My MLB Music feature, store all of your favorite music for play on MLB 09: The Show. Once you have your music on your PS3 hard drive, edit any of your tracks and assign a batter walk-up to all of your favorite players. Along with Custom Music, MLB 09 will also offer Custom Fan Yells and Chants. Record a yell, with your own voice, and assign it to play for the player and situation of your choice. | | Details and Subtleties: Details and subtleties play a huge role in legitimizing a game and helping you lose yourself in the suspension of disbelief. MLB 09: The Show sinks it's teeth into the details with realistic stadiums and signage, wear and tear on field, dusk to night lighting transitions, stadium Jumbotron animations and even crowd atmosphere -- reaching up for foul balls out of play and home runs in addition to crowd rivalries and weather appropriate clothing. | | Franchise Mode 2.0: Improvements include the long awaited 40-man roster! The latest Franchise Mode improvements will also offer Salary Arbitration, Waiver Transactions and September call-ups. | | Online Season Leagues: Along with improvements to the traditional Online Leagues, MLB 09 will offer major additions to Online Season Leagues! New Online Season Leagues will allow you to hold a fully functional draft and utilize a Flex Schedule, allowing players to play games ahead in the schedule. | | Road to the Show 3.0: Now includes interactive training, new settings, a new steal/lead-off system, presentations and coach interactions. Interactive training will consist of a set of mini-games designed to improve a player's ability and performance in various areas of baseball. | | Training/Practice Drills: In MLB 09 users will have the ability to choose from a number of different Training/Practice drills. The drills will be of various concentrations of the game. These drills are a perfect way to polish and improve your baseball skills in The Show! |
| Road to the Show 3.0: Fans can play offense and defense from a custom-created player's perspective. Road to the Show includes interactive training, a new steal/ lead-off system, updated presentations, and coach interactions. Interactive training consists of a set of mini-games designed to improve a player's ability and performance in various areas of baseball | | Franchise Mode 2.0: MLB 09 The show features the 40-man roster. Franchise Mode improvements also offer Salary Arbitration, Waiver Transactions, and September call-ups | | Online Season Leagues: Online Season Leagues are available, allowing players to hold fully functional drafts and utilize Flex Schedules, providing fans the opportunity to play games ahead in the schedule | | Training/Practice Drills: Players have the ability to choose from a number of different Training/Practice drills, providing players the chance to polish and improve existing skill sets | | Additional Animations: MLB 09 The Show features more than 700 new gameplay animations, more than 400 new presentation animations, and more than 150 personalized pitcher and batter animations | | Custom Music, Fan Yells and Chants: Using the My MLB Music feature, players can store their favorite music for play on MLB 09 The Show. Edit tracks to assign batter walk-up music or record your own voice and assign it to play for the player and situation of your choice | | Replays to Hard Drive via Replay Vault: Store highlight reel replays to your PS3 hard drive as a movie file, and enjoy the ability to playback clips at your leisure. Additionally, players can access an end of game replay to see the most exciting and important plays of the game | | Mascots: This year every team mascot is available, performing signature moves during each game to pump up the crowd and rally the team | | Roster Vault: Players can create the ideal roster offline by adjusting player attributes, appearance, accessories, etc. and save them. Once online, players can upload them to allow others users to download, use, and rate the roster | | Updated Fielding Control: Fielders now have more dynamic reactions and take different routes to run down hit balls. New hotshot plays are included, and depending on a player's attribute level, they can misplay balls and drop a ball too hot to handle Additionally, players can experience more realistic barehanded flips and the ability to dive with the ball in the fielder's bare hand for the putout | | Legend Mode: | | A fifth level of difficulty is now available for players seeking the ultimate challenge |
| | Tech Specs | | Manufacturer | | Sony Corporation | | Software Main Type | | Game | | Additional Information | | Players: 1-2 Max. players online: 2 | | Manufacturer Part Number | | 98180 | | Software Sub Type | | Sports Game | | Manufacturer Website Address | | www.sony.com | | Software Name | | MLB 09 The Show | | Compatibility | | Bluetooth Headset DUALSHOCK 3 Wireless Controller SIXAXIS Wireless Controller | | Features | | Road to the Show 3.0 Online Season Leagues Custom Music, Fan Yells and Chants Roster Vault (upload/download/rate) Catcher Called Games SportsConnect News2Go Make Educated Decisions With The Improved In-Game Pitcher and Batter Analysis Track Batters Throughout The Season With New Progressive Batting Performance SportsConnect Online User Tracking (SCOUT) Makes Online Matchups Easy Adaptive Pitching Intelligence (API) Pitch Command System (PCS) Online League Play Umpire Personalities Multi-Branch Fielding 3-Man Booth User Controlled Slides Rivalry Mode Game Time Decisions Progressive Broadcast SportsConnect Headline News Enhanced Career Mode Enhanced Franchise Mode Unique Stadium Ambiance Release Point Pitching The Pitching Confidence Meter Guess Pitch PlayMaker Fielding Unassisted Fielding Control Hundreds Of Personalized Animations Unprecedented Online Options Authenticity, Subtleties & Nuances | | Brand Name | | Sony | | ESRB Rating | | E (Everyone) | | Product Name | | MLB 09 The Show | | Product Type | | Software | | Platform Support | | PlayStation 3 |
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| | Entertainment Reviews |  | MLB 09 The Show for the PS3 Review By: Matt Paprocki - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 4/12/2009 7:16 PM | | Sony’s San Diego Studios can do no wrong with The Show. This is the premiere sports franchise on the PS3, and the rare case where limited competition hasn’t hindered the game at all. While lacking substantial upgrades, MLB 09 offers incredible depth and value for a die-hard baseball fan. Immediately apparent upon booting the game is the lighting engine. In fact, it’s the most apparent new feature in ’09. The visual boost is remarkable, adding a sense of depth to the graphics absent in prior games in the series. The Show has come a long way on the PS3 since the rather poor and rushed ’07 entry....read the full review |
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