San Diego Studio and Sony Interactive Entertainment have recently come up with a Major League Baseball title called ‘MLB The Show 22’, the latest edition. The game is currently available for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch platforms. However, many players are experiencing MLB The Show 22 Stuttering, Lags, or Freezing on Xbox Series X and S consoles.
If you’re also one of the victims of such an issue, you can follow this troubleshooting guide completely to fix it. Due to the lagging and stuttering issues, the game might go through other gameplay problems like frame drops, slow response or input timing, etc. It’ll narrow down the gaming experience in several ways, even on the gaming consoles, which is unexpected. Well, you can try fixing it out quite easily.
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Fix: MLB The Show 22 Stuttering, Lags, or Freezing on Xbox Series X and S
If, in case, you’re using an Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S gaming console, you can perform the following workarounds one by one until the problem gets resolved. So, without further ado, let’s get into it.
1. Check System Updates
It’s recommended to check for system updates on the PlayStation or Xbox console before getting into any other workarounds. Sometimes an outdated system build can cause several issues. To do so:
- Press the Home button on the Xbox console to open the Dashboard menu.
- Now, select Settings from the bottom of the menu > Select All Settings.
- Choose to System > Select Updates.
- Select Update Console (if available) > Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the update process.
- Once done, make sure to restart the console to apply changes.
2. Update MLB The Show 22 on Xbox Series X|S
We’ll also recommend you update the game version to the latest patch so that you can get optimized gaming performance on the Xbox Series X|S console.
- Go to the My Games and Apps section of your Dashboard menu.
- Select Manage > Go to Updates.
- If your MLB The Show 22 game has any available update, it’ll appear in this menu.
- Choose to begin the patch by heading over to the MLB The Show 22 game > Press the A button on the controller.
Note: It’s worth recommending that you go to the Settings page > Choose to Systems > Select Updates to automatically update your game whenever the console is connected to the internet.
3. Power Cycle your Xbox Series X|S
Xbox Series X|S console users might also need to perform a power cycle on the console. To do this, power off the console > Unplug the power cable > Wait for 30 seconds and then plug back the power cable in > Turn on the console and check whether the problem is fixed or not.
4. Reinstall the Game
You can also try uninstalling the MLB The Show 22 game and then reinstall it on the Xbox Series X|S console so that you won’t face any further problems with the installed game files.
- Press the Xbox button on the controller to open the Guide menu.
- Select My Games and Apps > Hit See all > Choose to Games.
- Then select the Ready to install tab > Select Queue.
- Select the MLB The Show 22 game that you’re trying to reinstall.
- Now, press the Menu button on your controller.
- Select Manage game & add-ons or Manage app.
- Choose MLB The Show 22 > Select Uninstall all.
- Make sure to select Uninstall all to confirm the task.
- Wait for the uninstallation process to complete.
- Reboot the system to apply changes.
- Then press the Xbox button on the controller to open the Guide menu again.
- Hit My Games, and Apps > Select See all > Go to Games.
- Select the Ready to install tab > Hit Install for MLB The Show 22.
- Wait for the installation process and then restart the console.
5. Reset the Console
If none of the methods worked for you, then reset the console to clear out system glitches or cache data issues.
- Press the Xbox button on the controller to open the Guide menu.
- Select Profile & system > Go to Settings > Select System.
- Go to Console info > Select Reset console.
- You’ll get a prompt like Reset your console?
- Here you should select Reset and remove everything. [This will delete all user data, including accounts, saved games, settings, all installed apps & games, etc.]
- Although you can choose to Reset and keep my games & apps, it may not gonna resolve the issue in most cases.
- After you select the option, your Xbox console starts deleting and resetting the system to the factory default settings.
- Wait for the process to get completed, then reboot the console.
That’s it, guys. We assume this guide was helpful to you. For further queries, you can comment below.