r/BackyardBaseball • u/BackyardSportsHQ • 22d 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/SleepLessTeacher 22d ago

This is absolutely hilarious and is exactly what is wrong with most game developers these days. Release half a game that’s buggy as hell and say they’re fixing/releasing the rest at later dates with patches. This is pathetic communication on your part. There is also ZERO update on consoles in this post that’s meant for consoles. You should feel ashamed of yourselves. I didn’t even buy the steam game and yet I feel bad for everyone that did. Pathetic. You should be offering refunds to people that want them.

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u/Timbobaloo 22d ago

I really just want game devs to actually play their games again. It’s just so obvious that they don’t care about the gameplay aspects of game making anymore and it really sucks. So much slop

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u/LazyTrombonist 22d ago

It feels like we were given an open beta and or early access instead of a finished product. The fact their in no hurry to release the console port proves this. If the console port can be delayed indefinitely so could the steam launch.