MLB The Show 21: Cover athlete and Xbox release leaked

Earlier this month, Sony San Diego promised we’d get our first bit of news for MLB The Show 21 in February. Thanks to a recent GameStop leak, some of that news may have been spoiled. Reddit user bobbysq scoured GameStop’s media assets and discover two very big pieces of news.

For one, it appears MLB The Show 21 will be releasing for Xbox consoles in addition to PlayStation. The leak revealed covers for the PS4 and PS5 as well as Xbox One and Xbox Series X.

This bit was expected as Sony, Sony San Diego, MLB and MLB Players Association, previously announced that MLB The Show would expand to additional console platforms beyond PlayStation “as early as 2021.” Specific platforms were never announced, but it was presumed that Xbox would be among them.

No covers for the Nintendo Switch or PC were discovered, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the game won’t be coming to these platforms. Nintendo originally responded to last year’s announcement, which suggested that the Switch would be among the new homes for MLB The Show.

Maybe they just couldn’t find a cover or maybe a Switch version of the game will come at a later date. Given that the Switch is vastly underpowered compared to the PS5 and Xbox Series X, maybe porting it to Nintendo’s hybrid console takes a bit more work. Or maybe a port is being handled by another developer. Or maybe this year’s game simply won’t make it to Nintendo’s platform.