U-Sony ufuna ukuthuthukisa imidlalo eminingi yesevisi ebukhoma efana I-MLB Show. Lokho kungokwesethulo sobudlelwano nabatshalizimali benkampani namuhla, njengoba kubikwe ekuqaleni VGCChronicle. I-Sony Interactive Entertainment ithe ihlela ukuthuthukisa "isipiliyoni esiholwa yisevisi" kuzo zombili izikhonkwane zayo nezinye izinkundla ezifana ne-PC neselula. Lokhu kunengqondo uma ubheka ukwanda kukaSony ekukhipheni izihloko ezifana Izinsuku Zihambe futhi Horizon kwi-PC.
Kusilayidi esikhonjiswe ngesikhathi sokwethulwa, kusho u-Sony I-MLB I-21 Show ube nesibopho "sokusetshenziswa kwemali okuphezulu kwabasebenzisi kunoma yisiphi isihloko sezemidlalo e-US PS Store" kusukela sakhululwa ngenyanga edlule. Kuyafaneleka futhi ukuphinda ukuthi yize lokho kuyimpumelelo emangazayo, akufaki nokuthi isihloko senze kahle kangakanani ku-Xbox. I-Show manje isiwuchungechunge lwe-multiplatform kusukela lapho yethulwe ku-Xbox Game Pass lapho ikhululwa.
Njengemidlalo eminingi yezemidlalo, i-The Show ivumela abadlali ukuthi bathenge amaphakethe amakhadi angahleliwe ukuze bazame ukwakha ithimba lamaphupho labadlali babo abayintandokazi. Abadlali bangasebenzisa imali engaphakathi kwegeyimu ukuthenga amaphakethe, kodwa abaningi bakhetha ukusebenzisa imali yangempela. "Sihlose ukwakha phezu kokuhlangenwe nakho kwethu okukhulayo kanye nesifiso sethu kule midlalo njengendawo yesevisi ukuze sigcwalise amandla ethu aqhubekayo ezihlokweni ezixoxwayo abalandeli be-PlayStation abazaziyo nababathandayo," kusho uJim Ryan, umongameli kanye ne-CEO yakwaSony Interactive Entertainment.
U-Ryan uphinde wathi ama-microtransactions emidlalweni yokudlala yamahhala enze ngaphezu kuka-25% wesamba esiphelele sezindleko zabathengi be-PlayStation Store phakathi nonyaka wezimali wenkampani ophele ngoMashi 2021. Leyo nombolo inyuke ngo-20% kusukela onyakeni wezimali ka-2016, lapho ama-microtransactions aqala ukusebenza. imidlalo yamahhala yokudlala ibalele u-5% wezindleko zabathengi ku-PlayStation Store.
