Is MLB the show coming to PC?

Is 'MLB The Show 22' available for PC?

Unfortunately, while the franchise is finally expanding beyond being a PlayStation exclusive, the game has yet to make its way to PC. MLB The Show 22 is available for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch.

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It's currently unclear why the developers didn't make the leap to include the game on PC, and at this time there is no future release date for the game on PC. That being said, more and more console-exclusive games are being ported to the PC, so it's possible the game will eventually make its way to your desktop in the future.

The game is also available on Xbox Game Pass for those who have a subscription, meaning you don't have to pay for it as long as it's available with the subscription.

While you may not be able to play a PC version of the game, you can definitely play the game on your computer through Xbox's remote gaming option, or PlayStation's remote play. Either of these options allow for you to stream the game to play on your PC (or mobile device, if you prefer), though you'll have to own the console of choice for this to work.

The latest entry in Sony San Diego's baseball simulation series, MLB The Show 22, is not available on Steam, the widely popular digital storefront and launcher for PC gaming. This isn't a case of the game being exclusive to another marketplace, which has become commonplace with Epic Games Store hoping to compete with Steam, but is instead a symptom of MLB The Show 22 being missing from the platform entirely. The former PlayStation exclusive series has broadened its horizons recently, but has yet to make its way to PC.

Last year, with the release of The Show 21, Sony brought the series to Xbox consoles - a surprising move since the publisher has only recently begun to port its exclusive titles to PC. Earlier this year, alongside the reveal of Shohei Ohtani gracing the game's cover, it was announced that MLB The Show 22 would be coming to the Switch, another first for the series. Despite this newfound console inclusivity, The Show has yet to make the jump to PC, and there hasn't been any indication that it will.

MLB The Show 22 is launching on PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch, with crossplay enabled between every platform. There are still some differences; the main one being The Show 22's Stadium Creator mode only being available on the newest consoles - PS5 and Series X/S. Optimists would hope that the expansion of available platforms continues next year, bringing the series to PC, but there has so far been no indication that Sony has any such intentions. Unfortunately for Steam users, they won't be able to rack up the achievements that would be the equivalent of MLB The Show 22's really easy platinum trophy.

PC & Steam Aren't Priority Platforms For Sports Series

Considering MLB The Show's previous exclusive status, it's not entirely surprising to see it missing from Steam and PC in general. There is, however, a history of sports video games skipping the platform or essentially treating it as an afterthought. The officially licensed games for the National Hockey League, for instance, haven't come to PC in over a decade, with the last one being 2008's NHL 09. A similar set of circumstances surrounded Madden, which only returned to PC in 2018 after a hiatus longer than a decade.

Even recent releases of Madden and FIFA on PC are subpar, being the same as the last-gen console versions and keeping new features exclusive to the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. These three series - NHL, Madden, and FIFA - are published by Electronic Arts (not Sony, which is responsible for MLB The Show, one of the larger video game releases in April 2022), but still contribute to a larger issue of PC not getting the latest and greatest in sports video games. MBL The Show 22 isn't available on Steam and PC, but hopefully that will change with future releases.

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