Ok let's see here.
This is a deal made with MS and the MLB, I don't think Sony was involved or Jim Ryan was involved here, I'm talking the gamepass deal....Yet, I see the writing on the wall. If the MLB wanted the franchise to go multiplatform, nothing wrong with that, but they forget who is developing the game.....
I think Sony already has San Diego pegged for a bigger franchise, this may be San Diego's last year developing MLB The Show, so who is going to take over and make top quality baseball games anymore? San Diego is a very talented group.....It's about time to give them something that can win GOTY's and graphics crowns. People sleep on them, but should realize that San Diego is a technical monster with graphics just like any of Sony's bigger studios, more people need to see that with a franchise that penetrates beyond a baseball game.....In the here and now though, I can see Sony raking in money from DLC and Store cuts from the MS store, so they are still benefitting......It's also not impossible for Sony to put the game up as a PSPLUS game at launch too....