Considering MLB The Show is now cross-platform, that’s understandable. That said, MLB The Show 21 does very little with the actual PS5 controller. Load times, controller feedback, and audio improvements deserve applause for enhancing the total experience. Visual details aside, next-gen versions have some great quality of life enhancements.
MLB The Show 21 runs at a locked 60 FPS in 4K on both the PS5 and Xbox Series X. The detail is definitely there, as gamers can pick out where strands of hair separate, but the faces feel unnatural to view. However, the latter two models fall straight into uncanny valley territory, despite well-done lighting. As expected, the baseball players look best out of the models, followed by sideline reporters and fans. Likewise, on Series X, character models look fine at best. Even so, character models in NBA 2K21 look significantly better than those in MLB The Show 21. These make the next-gen version seem more…next-gen. It is not what NBA 2K21 did with their upgrade, yet there are enhancements to fabric, hair, dirt, and grass assets.
MLB The Show 21 on the PS5 can often feel like the same game as the PS4 Pro with added resolution enhancements and lighting.Īlthough, if you look closer, you will notice some improved textures. The HDR is fantastic quality, the lighting has been slightly improved over the PS4 Pro version. There are no visual settings in the menu of the PS5 version. With the PS5 version of MLB The Show 21, the game runs at a locked 60 FPS in 4K with HDR. Yet for the most part, the game’s performance is fairly stable. On the PS4 Pro, the game’s default settings allow for 60 FPS with minor dips to a 55 FPS floor.
The difference is a native 1080P resolution and a checkerboard 4K resolution, albeit in exchange for stable frame rate. On the PS4 Pro, there are still options to favor “sharpness” over “performance,” and an option to play with HDR. When it comes to resolution, the PS4 Pro version only looks dated while side by side with its next-gen counterpart. Granted, the Xbox One’s file size is more related to cut features, like stadium creation.Īs a sidenote: last-gen and next-gen versions for each platform are sold separately unless you buy either of the Jackie Robinson editions. On the Xbox side, the next-gen version uses 72.5 GB, while the Xbox One version is 45.4 GB. Players can take it as a great sign of the PS5’s improved compression, especially since the latter’s version has higher-resolution assets. The PS4 Pro version of the game weighs in at exactly 72.0 GB after the version 1.01 day one patch, while the PS5 version takes up 61.06 GB. Here’s when Sony San Diego gets to show how they spent the last year getting the beloved baseball series up and running on new hardware. We have run MLB The Show 21 through its paces on the PS4 Pro, PS5, and Xbox Series X to see how the next-gen consoles evolve the game. Further, this game arrives on Xbox Game Pass on the aforementioned date. MLB The Show 21 officially launches on April 20th for Baseball fans on PS4, PS5, and now Xbox consoles.