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}}'''''R.B.I. Baseball 14''''' is the first in a new series of ''R.B.I. Baseball'' titles, published by MLB Advanced Media to revive the series that had been dormant since ''[[R.B.I. Baseball '95]]''.   
}}'''''R.B.I. Baseball 14''''' is the first in a new series of ''[[R.B.I. Baseball (series)|R.B.I. Baseball]]'' titles, published by MLB Advanced Media to revive the series that had been dormant since ''[[R.B.I. Baseball '95]]''.   


After the final 2K Sports baseball game was released in 2013, the PlayStation-exclusive ''MLB The Show'' series found itself as the last major MLB-licensed video game series. MLB Advanced Media (the company that runs Major League Baseball’s website and streaming services) launched a reboot of the ''R.B.I. Baseball'' series to make sure the Xbox wasn’t entirely shut out of MLB-licensed baseball video games.  
After the final 2K Sports baseball game was released in 2013, the PlayStation-exclusive ''MLB The Show'' series found itself as the last major MLB-licensed video game series. MLB Advanced Media (the company that runs Major League Baseball’s website and streaming services) launched a reboot of the ''R.B.I. Baseball'' series to make sure the Xbox wasn’t entirely shut out of MLB-licensed baseball video games.  
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The graphical style is slightly cartoon-ish realism. Player likenesses are limited to only skin tones and choosing from one of a few body types to represent each player.  
The graphical style is slightly cartoon-ish realism. Player likenesses are limited to only skin tones and choosing from one of a few body types to represent each player.  


''R.B.I. Baseball 14'', along with all the later games in the series, has been delisted from sale on all official digital storefronts, as part of MLB’s 2021 partnership agreement with Sony and San Diego Studio. Once MLB earned publishing rights for ''MLB The Show'' on Xbox consoles, they delisted their competing baseball game series. For the digital-release-only ''R.B.I. Baseball 14'' and ''15'', this means the only available legitimate copies of the game had to be purchased before the 2021 delisting.
''R.B.I. Baseball 14'', along with all the later games in the series, has been delisted from sale on all official digital storefronts, as part of MLB’s 2021 partnership agreement with Sony and San Diego Studio. Once MLB earned publishing rights for ''MLB The Show'' on Xbox consoles, they delisted their competing baseball game series. For the digital-release-only ''R.B.I. Baseball 14'' and ''15'', this means the only available copies of the game had to be purchased before the 2021 delisting.


== Little Details ==
== Little Details ==