Monday, December 9, 2019

Sony announces first-ever plan to publish games on non-PlayStation consoles

Today's announcement could really use some console logos, because we have no idea which consoles to expect <em>MLB The Show</em> on starting in 2021. But it won't just be PlayStation-branded ones.

Enlarge / Today's announcement could really use some console logos, because we have no idea which consoles to expect MLB The Show on starting in 2021. But it won't just be PlayStation-branded ones. (credit: MLB / Sony)

A Monday night announcement about Sony's long-running baseball sim series MLB The Show included a clause we've yet to see attached to a PlayStation series announcement: plans to launch on other consoles.

Sony and Major League Baseball issued a joint statement on Monday night confirming that their shared license for the series MLB The Show will persist for an indeterminate amount of time. This also included a pledge that the series will appear on "additional console platforms beyond PlayStation platforms as early as 2021."

The gazillion-dollar question, of course, is which other console platforms we might expect the series to launch on. Neither Sony nor MLB had any answers to that question as of press time. Sony also didn't hint to doing the same thing for any other current PlayStation-exclusive series.

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