Can MLB The Show 25 be played on PC?

The most anticipated flagship video game of Major League Baseball, MLB The Show 25, will be made available on the predecided gaming consoles on March 18. The pre-orders for the game began on Feb 4 at select stores and online via the 'TheShow' website.

The game will be launched for three gaming consoles: PlayStation 5, Xbox X|S, and Nintendo Switch. Earlier editions of the game were only made available on the Sony PlayStation. Fans pre-ordering the game can expect early access by March 14.

Fans can play MLB The Show 25 interactively with their friends despite having different gaming consoles due to the game's cross-platform features. The co-op mode will allow you and your friends to create your own team and then take on the others with relative ease.

Fans have been wondering whether this will be the year the game gets released on PC or if they will have to resort to the Xbox Game Pass feature, which has been their final resort to play the game on PC over the last few years.

This year, the developers have announced that MLB The Show 25 will not be available on PC, nor will it be available on any gaming subscription platform at the time of release.

This means that the game will not be available on Xbox Game Pass, which was the sole method to play the game on PC in previous years. The announcement was made by Sony San Diego in January. The only way to play the game is to procure one of three current-generation consoles.

This will mark the first time that the cover of the video game will involve three budding superstars of the major league. The three ballplayers on the cover of MLB The Show 25 are: Pirates ace Paul Skenes, Reds speedster Elly De La Cruz, and Orioles lefty slugger Gunnar Henderson.

Global Marketing Group manager of the game Todd Liss said:

"MLB is entering this dynamic era, with electric young talent coming up to The Show and changing the way the game is played. We wanted to tell the story of this era by highlighting three of the most exciting young players in the world right now: Elly, Gunnar and Paul."

For the first time, a select few college teams, as well as metal bat,s have been included in the game. Moreover, the real-time dynamics and enhanced video graphics of the game are going to give the fans a thrilling experience while playing the game in 2025.

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Karan has been a baseball sports betting expert, analyst and content strategist at Sportskeeda since 2022. He holds a Master's degree in Sports Management from Virginia Commonwealth University, and worked with the VCU Rams baseball team as a trackman analyst. He started following the sport at 18, watching postseason on television.

Karan is a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers owing to their successful history in the sport, and their consistent performances at the highest level. He admires Mookie Betts’ on-field defensive and offensive prowess, along with his off-field charitable exploits, while Bruce Bochy is his favorite coach.

The Mets’ miraculous rally from a two-run deficit in the 1986 World Series Game 6 in the bottom of the 10th inning despite being two outs and two strikes down is his all-time favorite baseball moment.

Karan’s strengths are player profiling and technical deep dives, for which he always refers to reliable sources such as the social media handles of the best MLB analysts.

When not strategizing, he likes to read, listen to music, go for a run, and watch sit-coms.

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Edited by Dipayan Moitra