Players and stadiums in previous versions have been so realistic that many remarks have been made to the effect that the game was close to photo-realistic . Polygon count will be dramatically increased, giving believable life to the player models and stadiums. A good example of the difference between the Playstation 2 incarnation and ASB games of the past is that there will be more polygons in the player model's head alone than was used to create entire stadiums in previous years. Sound will also see a major upgrade due to the vast amount of space available on the Playstation 2 platform. Environmental sound ranging from a multitude of crowd reactions to vendor calls will also help suspend the user's belief that he is in an actual stadium.
Baseball is a game that is extremely statistic laden.
Extensive statistic tracking is one of the qualities that can make or break a baseball title. The expanded size of the Playstation 2 memory card will enable ASB to save a larger amount of data which will in turn provide the user with unprecedented statistical tracking. Entire legal statement.