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Originally Posted by Irrelevant Dude
I obviously can't speak to your claim on the features themselves, since I am the one who started this topic and I don't have any recent experience with the game. The sad reality though is that there isn't much growth potential with the core management portion of the game. That is what brought most of us here many years ago, but how many more people like us are out there who are yet to be won over? How many people in their teens, 20's, and even 30's are looking to buy a traditional baseball simulation in 2023? The core game itself may have stagnated, but its audience has likely stagnated as well. Looking beyond OOTP, franchise modes get very little attention in sports gaming in general because that isn't where companies make their money. If the parent company of OOTPD is pushing for more profits, there is really only one place to go. I accept that there is probably no getting around Perfect Team being the primary focus going forward, but I guess I just hope that we continue to get small incremental improvements to the core management game without it simply becoming a forgotten relic of the game's past.
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I would argue that its objectively true that at minimum we are getting those small incremental improvements to the core management game.
In 24 alone we got two new options for trades (Hard mode, and Reputation), as well as an overhauled IAFA system that is both much much more in-depth as well as more realistic.