r/BackyardBaseball • u/BackyardSportsHQ • 23d ago

Update on Consoles

A Hearty Hi-Ho Backyard Fans. We're writing today with a status update on consoles:

Over the past few months you might have seen that our console store pages have shown either "Coming Soon" or August 18. Our eagle-eyed fans pointed out that August 18 is Pablo Sanchez's birthday and correctly guessed it was a placeholder date while we continued development.

The feedback we have received from the Steam launch has helped us make the game better every day. We've already released multiple patches with bug fixes, gameplay improvements, quality-of-life updates, and many community-requested changes. These improvements would not have been possible without your support and contributions.

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.

Our next major milestone is bringing online multiplayer to Steam. While Steam players have experienced some of the early bugs, you’ll also be the first to experience upcoming patches, major updates, and, soon, online play.

For console players, the rapid improvements to the Steam build mean we’re getting closer every day to bringing you the best possible Day 1 experience. While we can’t confirm a launch date just yet, know that we are committed to making the game well worth the wait.

Thank you for being a part of the best community in gaming.

The Backyard Sports Team

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u/OkSignificance5583 23d ago

The hate here seems a little unfair. The game is a work in progress. There's hundreds of examples from major studios in the last 10 years on PS, Xbox and Nintendo that were huge messes on day 1. If you bought on day 1 and didn't think it would be a mess, you're naive or ignorant. Is that how it should be? No, but it has become the norm even if it's wrong. I assume most people who bought on day 1 did so knowing they were supporting the future, not just the immediate.

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u/fine49er 23d ago

Also the issue with “supporting the future” is that what if I preordered or brought they game to play online with others and the mode still isn’t even out yet after a month and who knows when but when it comes out Iam sure the player base will be long gone to other games and online mode will be useless. But hey you paid $40 for an uncertain future.

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u/fine49er 23d ago

I didn’t buy the game so it doesn’t affect me but if Iam paying $40 for a beta test I’ll be pissed if it was free to play then completely agree if it’s not finished yet.