MLB The Show 25 is making some big changes for 2025. Sony’s annual baseball franchise revealed this week that it won’t be coming to Xbox Game Pass this year and it’s also ditching Sony’s last-gen console, though it’s still coming to Nintendo Switch.

For the first time in several years, MLB The Show 25 players will not be getting a rough deal when they play on PS5. The series has been included at no extra cost with Xbox Game Pass for a while, a notable inclusion considering it’s developed by Sony subsidiary San Diego Studio. But that won’t be the case this time.

San Diego Studio has pulled back the curtains on MLB The Show 25, the latest installment in its baseball sim series. This year’s game will be the first to skip last-gen consoles (PS4, Xbox One) and is due out on March 18.

Sony Santa Monica has announced that MLB The Show 25 will launch on March 18 for PS5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series X|S. Unlike the previous three entries, MLB The Show 25 will not be on Xbox Game Pass at launch.

Sony has revealed that the next instalment of its flagship sports title, MLB The Show 25, will be coming to PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series on March 18. This will be the first game since the launch of the ninth generation of consoles to leave the previous generation versions behind.

The lone Sony-developed franchise on Xbox Game Pass will no longer be launching on the service day-one, it has been revealed.

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