Arguably no bigger set of expectations have ever faced a sports game before release than MLB The Show 21.
The annual baseball titan from developer San Diego Studio sets the expectations for itself high enough each year. But 2021 is a different beast as this is the first next-generation offering in the series.
Oh, and it's coming to Xbox, too.
What would have been a daunting task for arguably the best sports series out there thanks to the console leap is even more dramatic thanks to the sudden willingness to play ball with all. And if there's a sports series that can knock this out of the proverbial park, it's surely The Show.