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Generally favorable reviews
Based on 26 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
Developer: 989 Sports
Genre(s): Sports, Baseball
Players: 2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: April 12, 2005
Summary
Features all-new Branch Point Technology, which provides seamless fielding transitions and smooth base running; the all-new Playmaker Fielding Marker that brings together a player's attributes with the gamer's skill level in order to make the play; and the all-new Release Point Pitching with Confidence Meter, which helps determine a gamer's ability to hit spots in the strike zone. Supporting up to two players via wireless multiplayer connectivity , gamers can compete against the Artificial Intelligence or go head-to-head against another player. By providing an unmatched broadcast presentation that brings together on screen gameplay, cut scenes, animation and sound, MLB for the PSP provides an engrossing authentic baseball simulation. [SCEA]
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What The Critics Said
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GamingTrend
It is well rounded, filled with features that you wouldn’t expect in a handheld, and it is a blast to play.
Read Full Review >Next Level Gaming
Plays great and the graphics do look amazing on the small PSP screen. The fact that it also has some nice features as well as online play saves this game big time.
Read Full Review >VGPub
The pitch meter from the console version made its way to this one, and the added degree of difficulty does a good job of keeping you on your toes, especially in those tough spots, when everything moves just a little faster.
Read Full Review >Sports Gaming Network
It is the best handheld baseball game I have played. This is due in large part to the easy pickup and play nature of the game.
Read Full Review >BonusStage
More of an inside the park home run than a blast out of the park, but still, it’s the one to beat next season.
Read Full Review >GameZone
MLB may stumble a bit rounding first, but it easily makes the turn at second and barrels into third with big league-style graphics and intuitive gameplay.
Read Full Review >Da Gameboyz
For those diehard baseball fans who want to take their gaming on the road and lead their favorite team to the World Series, you can’t go wrong with MLB for the PSP.
Read Full Review >Game Chronicles
A shining example of a sports game not only working on a handheld, but actually holding its own with the big console systems.
Read Full Review >PSX Nation
It has enough gameplay modes to last a while, plus the pitching/batting mechanisms are variable enough to make the pitcher/batter duels a little bit unpredictable.
Read Full Review >eToychest
It’s nothing revolutionary, but for a launch title it serves its purpose—portable baseball befitting any plane ride or waiting room.
Read Full Review >Modojo
A nice debut for the line on the Sony PSP. It has its needs for improvements but what you get here is still a focused and thrilling game of portable baseball done right. And you can't really ask for more than that.
Read Full Review >Game Over Online
But what it does have is an extremely solid amount of gameplay supported by two well-developed offensive and defensive control schemes and an engaging amount of baseball to appease just about any sports fan.
Read Full Review >G4 TV
It's the respectable hitting that makes all the difference. With solid action at the plate, MLB becomes the best handheld baseball game on the market. That it’s also the best-looking doesn’t bother us one bit.
Read Full Review >Gamenikki
An excellent baseball experience, and it's a full $10 less than "MVP Baseball" from EA Sports. Hard to go wrong here.
Read Full Review >Operation Sports
Very close to being a revolution in portable sports gaming. The gameplay is the best I've seen in this year's baseball titles, and the graphics all but equal those of the PS2. However, a complete lack of all the features we have come to expect from a modern sports game means that apart from exhibition games, MLB just doesn't have the depth to stand on it's own.
Read Full Review >Game Informer
989 Sports has done a bang-up job bringing its flagship sports franchise to PSP. [June 2005, p.136]
Cheat Code Central
A scaled-down version of "MLB 2006" for the PS2. Some might even call it inferior and they would be right since it's missing a few modes, options and details.
GameSpy
Ad Hoc games ran particularly smooth, but the Infrastructure games had the occasional hiccup or two. In these games, lag would occasionally cause my batter to swing late (if at all).
Read Full Review >PSX Extreme
989 Studios may have had to axe some graphical nuances and memory-intensive play modes (namely the mega-deep franchise mode) from the PS2 version of MLB 2006 in order to cram it onto the PSP, but everything else was brought across relatively intact.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
The PSP game mostly has the same great gameplay, gorgeous graphics, and sublime commentary the PS2 iteration has.
Read Full Review >IGN
Does good by its PS2 brother, and that's exactly what we were looking for after being so knocked out by the comeback of the PS2 edition. It's a fast, exciting and great-looking game of baseball.
Read Full Review >PSM Magazine
You'll see random errors too frequently on routine plays. [July 2005, p.88]
Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
Great graphics...Unreliable controls. [July 2005, p.79]
Gaming Age
While I still prefer MLB’s game play, the wealth of options and visual flare that "MVP" is bringing makes Sony’s game a bit stale.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 8.6 (out of 10) based on 15 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Bobby J gave it a10:
I think this is a great game with amazing graphics and I give it a ten.
Jesse H. gave it a10:
This game is awesome!
Marko D. gave it an8:
Great graphics with decent commentary. The detail on ballparks and players is perfect for this great handheld game.
Martyn H gave it a10:
I've had my PSP for a few months now, Tiger Woods, Lumines and Wipeout have come and gone but I'm still playing MLB. This from a South African who knows as much about baseball as Americans know about cricket! The graphics are good, commentry never gets too repetitive and the load times are never too long, but the game just has that one vital ingredient that so many PSP games are missing, it's fun!!!
Kyle S. gave it a9:
Good game lacks franchise mode good gameplay.
Kipp gave it a9:
Great game, I couldn't decide between this and MVP. I am very glad I bought this game, I can't put it down. I have not played online at all so I can't comment on that. The graphics are great as well as the actual game play. It does have some bugs here and there, but they are more funny than bothersome. I highly recommend this game.
Dalton S. gave it an8:
This game is awsome playing Against the computer and it's really relastic graphics == Awesome.
