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The news that MLB The Show 21 would not only cease to be a PlayStation exclusive but also launch on day one on Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass certainly raised a few eyebrows, particularly as the developer is none other than Sony's own San Diego studio.

If you guessed that wasn't really up to Sony but rather the license holder Major League Baseball, a statement relayed to Inverse from a Sony spokesperson confirmed as much.