MLB The Show 21 will be the first PlayStation game to come out on Xbox

At the end of 2019, it was confirmed that the future games of the famous franchise MLB The Show could potentially arrive on other platforms besides PlayStation, despite Sony developed and published the games in its own name. MLB The Show 20 was too advanced in development to make the leap to other consoles, however in the past few hours it has been confirmed that MLB The Show 21 will be launched not only for PlayStation 4 e PlayStation 5, But also for Xbox One e Xbox Series X. The Japanese giant made the announcement with a presentation trailer, confirming the release date of the game, the cover athlete Fernando “El Nino” Tatis Jr and some other details in the process. The title in question will in fact arrive on store shelves starting from the next one 20th April for all platforms, with the last-gen version on sale at 59,99 €, while the next-gen version will be a little more expensive. It has also been confirmed that MLB The Show 21 will enjoy cross-play support, along with cross-progression.

This means that there will be a real possibility to play on PlayStation with your own friends on Xbox, and not only that, because the function that will allow the transfer of your progress from platform to platform. The cross-play support MLB's The Show 21 is huge, as it means that the base amount of players featured in the game will be significantly larger than it already was when the game was only available for PlayStation consoles. The presentation trailer didn't show too much detail, so fans still can't be sure how the new title will benefit from next-generation hardware. Despite this, it seems that new information is coming soon, so the wait will most likely be short: PlayStation has confirmed that the new features of MLB The Show 21 will be presented within some special presentations called Feature Premieres: the first of these will be broadcast live on Twitch, YouTube e Facebook Live in March.

While fans of the saga will have to wait until March for more information on the game's features, more news will actually arrive this week via various announcements. Today, Sony also confirmed that MLB The Show 21 will have a Collector's Edition, which will include both current-gen and next-gen access. In the past few hours, we have compiled an interesting ranking that could be right for you, about it the games we would like to be optimized on next-gen!