Sony’s critically acclaimedMLB The Showseries is making its way to the company’s shiny new handheld, the PlayStation Vita, this year. The PS3 version ofMLB 12 The Showcosts $60, as usual, and Sony is charging $40 for the retail game on Vita. But if you’re looking to pick up both versions, you may save $20 at the retailer of your choice and get them together for $80.
I’ve playedMLB 12on both PS3 and Vita, and the handheld version is impressive in its faithfulness to the console experience. Plus, there’s an incentive to buy it on both platforms: cross-platform cloud-saving functionality.MLB 12lets you save your Franchise, Season, or Road to the Show play-through to the cloud on the PS3, and then load that save game on your Vita (or vice versa). The catch is that your Vita must be on Wi-Fi; the feature won’t work over a 3G connection.
Amazon,Best Buy, andGameStop, among other retailers, have already made the offer available online for pre-order. Note that the deal is only available for boxed copies of both games — you won’t get the same discount if you buy the Vita version ofMLB 12from the PlayStation Store. Let’s hope that we see similar deals for future games that launch on both PS3 and Vita, such asWarrior’s Lair(néeRuin).
MLB 12 The Showis out tomorrow, March 6.
Pick Up MLB 12 The Show on PS3 and PS Vita, Save $20[PlayStation Blog]
