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Xbox shocked the gaming world when it was announced that Sony's MLB The Show would be launching day one on Xbox Game Pass three years ago, and that's actually been happening every year since. Now, the latest version of the game (which we have to stress, was created by Sony), has been turned into a custom Xbox Series S!
As usual with these custom consoles, you can't actually buy this one - instead, it's being given away in a social media competition which you can enter following the rules below. Still... this is pretty mindblowing!
The design looks pretty cool as well. It's received some very positive feedback so far, with a lot of Xbox owners and baseball fans hoping to get their hands on this custom Series S as the one lucky winner. Something to note, however, is that the outside is just a "housing case", and you're ultimately supposed to take it off before you start playing!
In terms of MLB The Show 23 itself, you can obviously play the game right now on Xbox Game Pass, and we had some good things to say in our review last week, giving the latest entry a "Great" 8/10 rating.
Liking the look of this custom Xbox Series S? Tell us down in the comments section below.
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Wouldn't recommend stepping on it however...
Looks like cardboard, how is this related to baseball? What's the connection 🤔
Looks like an Xbox packed in a FoamBox
looks like a breeze block.
If you dyed it yellow I'd believe this is a Spongebob Squarepants and the Cosmic Shake custom Series S.
WTF is a white sea sponge wrapped Xbox somehow MLB related? You'd think, white leather with red stitching. Or brown leather with laces. Or woodgrain. Or grass and dirt..... white sea sponge, though?
If I replace my PS5 side panels with Amazon box cardboard can I call it the Forza edition?
What is it? A coccyx pillow?
I might enter, I do have a bad lower back
Awesome design. Huge baseball fan here. I kinda want it even though I already have a series s that doesn't really get used.
Edit: Pretty lame that you aren't supposed to use with the case/custom design on it. Defeats the purpose for me.
I cant tell if people are joking or actually dont recognize the design. I thought the bases were an iconic part of baseball that everyone would recognize. This is pretty much an exact replica of one of the bases.
Like the idea Xbox has with this & other products (toaster/fridge) but I wouldn’t buy them though
@Somebody
Lol I totally agree. You would think the bases in BASEball are iconic and recognizable, but what do we know?
So it's a custom case, but you can't use it with the custom case.
@Somebody @Savage_Joe Since when are bases made of sponge? This looks like no base I've ever seen, unless it's a newer base design?
@NEStalgia the bases are given the rough surface as a safety concern to cut down on slipping when they are stepped on.
Ahh it's a base! Apologies I am both British and allergic to IRL sports 😅
@Savage_Joe @Somebody The only similarity is the architectural pattern "embossing." This is flat and real bases aren't, but more importantly, yes, they have a stippled/dimpled texture applied, but they are not made of open-cell foam as this appears to be. They're a smooth surface with dimpling, not a bleached Spongebob
@NEStalgia I guess I'm still not seeing the spongebob similarity.
@Somebody The material looks like a porous foam (or emulates it.) The funny thing is the normal surface of a Series S is a lot more like a base than whatever this is supposed to be. Bases are covered in what is pretty much hard plastic but with a coarse texture applied. Not a porously course one like this, cleats would just get caught in this and twist legs! Real bases are pretty smooth but with a nubby texture. And still slippery (which is good and bad.) But it has to hold up to cleats.
@NEStalgia I guess we will have to disagree on both accounts. I don't think this resembles a sponge or that the plain series s looks more like a base than this faithful reproduction.
"Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?"
"NEW YORK YAN-KEES!"
For anyone wondering what we're talking about, here's a closeup of the texture of a Jack Corbett Hollywood Base (the official bases used by MLB.)
These do not look like open celled foam like the Xbox.
@Savage_Joe Ahhhhh, I see now, they copied the made-in-China consumer bases, and not the actual MLB official bases! That
makes sense nowexplains the situation better!I see the strap design. The texture is still completely wrong, but the design makes more sense at least. See above for the actual MLB licensed bases, which is a fairly different, but more iconic design with the slight pyramid shape, no straps, and dimpled pattern.
Also those Vinyl ones this is more closely designed after have a soft polyfoam filling. The official ones are rock hard rubber clad in hard plastic (and anchored by metal shaft in to the ground to ensure they'll hurt as much as possible when slid into.)
Between our links I think everyone can figure out what the debate is about now
Y'all went real deep on this one lmao
Couldn't you have just let it be Nestalgia 😂
@Cherip-the-Ripper LOL, it's just so weird though Like, just look at those official bases....then look at the Xbox..... It's like the Sanic version of Sonic, only it's baseball bases lol
@Somebody I didn't recognise. I've never seen baseball other than in a few films...
remains still quite ugly and ordinary. 🤦♂️
Not American so I can't see what's its meant to be, just looks like polystyrene.
@Kaloudz did you read the whole article it says you have to take the base off the series S meaning its just a cover or something that looks like a baseball base....
@Savage_Joe sadly those are crap that you throw on flat ground they are NOT however a MLB base so they copied the wrong freaking base pads... also whats the point if i want to play having to now find a place to put that basepad as you cant play with it on..... so this is just a dustcover in the end....a ugly ass one at that....
That is an awesome design and one of the best special editions I’ve seen. I’m English and know what it is. I’m flabbergasted people didn’t know.
Ha.
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