Sony has confirmed that MLB The Show 26 will launch on 17 March 2026 with New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge returning as cover star, but the publisher will not release a Switch 2‑optimised version at launch.

The announcement, shared alongside the cover reveal, states the game will ship on Nintendo Switch (the original Switch hardware) rather than Sony producing a version tailored for the recently arrived Switch 2. The decision leaves Switch 2 owners likely to run the existing Switch build, without specific enhancements for the newer hardware.

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The arrival of the Switch 2 has prompted several multiplatform sports releases to offer enhanced versions for the new console, narrowing the performance and feature gap with PlayStation and Xbox hardware. EA and 2K titles have already shown improved Switch 2 support. Sony's choice to stick with the Switch 1 build for MLB The Show 26 breaks from that emerging trend.

No detailed reasoning was provided in the reveal, and Sony did not specify whether a Switch 2 upgrade might follow post‑launch. The cover announcement focused on Aaron Judge, who returns to front the series for the second time, and on the series' release date.

Further details, including platform lists, editions and pre‑order information, are expected in the run‑up to the March release window. Full coverage of the announcement is available via Nintendo Life.

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