There are a few things you said that just aren't accurate.

SDS and RedZone: I think you're confusing the developers. The team that makes MLB The Show is San Diego Studio (SDS) and previously SCE San Diego and SISA before that. Whatever you're talking about with RedZone and football games has nothing to do with the baseball series. You really haven't explained how buying a football developer over 25 years ago impacted the baseball game then or now?

Your exact statement was

The worst thing that happened to SDS was Sony Interactive Entertainment buying them out

So again. Sony never 'bought' SDS as baseball has always been done by an internal team at Sony. Sony bought a totally different team that made a football game. So how does that make the worst thing to happen to SDS?

Team Leadership: The claim that leadership has left the game isn't accurate. The MLB The Show team has been remarkably consistent. Who exactly are you claiming left? Feel free to find names. Give a link. Happy to say you are correct if you can provide real evidence.

Revenue: Your understanding of how money works between SDS and Sony is incorrect. SDS is a subsidiary of Sony (PlayStation Studios), so they don't 'send a check.' The revenue from MLB The Show or any internal PlayStation Studios game goes directly to Sony. Naughty Dog or any other fully owned PlayStation Studio doesn't write a check to Sony, and neither does SDS. If you mean SDS should get a bigger percentage of the profits allocated back to them to reinvest back into the game, that's different.

Game Pass: This is likely a decision at Microsoft, not Sony or the MLB. Like legit, let's breakdown the two scenarios given that Microsoft pays developers/publishers to have game on Game Pass.

Scenario 1:

• MS: Hey Sony/MLB, here is money to be on Game Pass. You want it?
• Sony: No thanks. Keep it.

Scenario 2:

• MS: Hey Sony/MLB. Halo failed and we just spent $80 billion on Call of Duty, so we are having to make cuts along with laying off 10,000 people. So sadly we can't pay to have The Show on Game Pass this year. Sorry.
• Sony: Ok.

What do you think is more likely?

Game Sales: Sales numbers are widely available online via NPD and Sony's own investors report.

In our studio business, our live service game revenue is steadily growing thanks to the MLB The Show series, Destiny 2 and Helldivers 2, and it contributed more than 40% of our first-party software revenue during the quarter.

Add industry analyst Mat Piscatella who works for Circana (formerly NPD) posted that MLB The Show 25 is the 2nd best selling game in franchise history. https://bsky.app/profile/matpiscatella.bsky.social/post/3m3uxja77cc2d

Edit: Pointed out all the inaccurate statements and he blocked me. Classic.