MLB 15 The Show Is Bringing You Year-to-Year Saves

It was always the big paradox. Whenever a new rendition of a sports game came out you had two choices: upgrade and get all the new graphics and features, or stay the course with your current version and continue to build on the sports empire you had created. Well, luckily, MLB 15 The Show is making it so you don’t have to make such harrowing choices. Finally, FINALLY, you will be able to carry over your progress from the previous version of the game to the next.

According to both the official trailer and the list of new features over at GamesStop, if you have given your blood and sweat to crafting an unbeatable juggernaut team or your perfect Steve Nebraska-type player on MLB 14, you can take that progress with you if you procure MLB 15. It’s not 100% clear how the Franchise or Road to the Show game saves will be transferred — I suspect an Internet connection will need to be involved — but the mere fact that it’s being mentioned should cause fans of the game great relief.

This feature would be welcome in any sports game, but even more so in a baseball offering. The seasons are so long and the process to get created players to the majors is so exhaustive that it always brought me a tinge of heartache to leave a game behind for a shiny new one. The prospect of trying all over again always brought some excitement, but I found myself wondering whatever happened to the lefty knuckleballer I made or the unstoppable Mets team I curated just a few years back. This new feature will be celebrated a great deal in my living room, certainly.

You can check out the other new features — including some sort of radio show implementation — at the GameStop link above. The game is set to be released (friendly reminder: PlayStation systems only) on March 31st.

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