MLB The Show 21 released this week on the PS4 and PS5, and for the first time, the series is now available on Xbox platforms. However, those who want to enjoy the next-gen baseball experience might find themselves faced with a few obstacles.
Chief among the current error messages with MLB The Show 21 is the “Unhandled Server Exception” error. Players have already been making jokes on social media, forums, and the game’s subreddit – poking fun at how often they sometimes see the message.
To Sony San Diego’s credit, the developer has already taken down the MLB The Show 21 servers for maintenance. This should have improved server stability, but some are still encountering the Unhandled Server Exception error. Luckily, there are some potential ways to fix the error.
One of the main reasons that players will encounter the Unhandled Server Exception is simply because the MLB The Show 21 servers are down. Either because of maintenance or due to some unexpected error, the servers have gone down and it’s important to check the MLB The Show social media accounts to see if this is the case. Maintenance or a game-wide server error, unfortunately, cannot be fixed.
How to Fix Unhandled Server Exception Error on PS5 and More
That being said, if MLB The Show 21 players encounter the Unhandled Server Exception error and there is no maintenance and other players seem to be getting online without any issue, there are some things to try. The most obvious is simply to close and reopen the game. On PS5 and Xbox Series X, the restarting game process has been made a lot faster thanks to the internal SSDs and some finessing on the part of the developers. What once could take many minutes to do, is not a painless process thanks to next-gen consoles.
The other thing that MLB The Show 21 players can try for the Unhandled Server Exception is to disconnect and reconnect their console to sign-in services or the Internet. On both PlayStation and Xbox consoles, this requires navigating to the player’s online account (PSN or Xbox Live) and logging out. Users can also go into their network settings and reconnect their Internet there.
While these solutions have been shown to work for some MLB The Show 21 players, many will still see the connection error from time to time. This same Unhandled Server Exception Error was seen with MLB The Show 20 and usually it works itself out over time. The developers are able to respond to the errors they are seeing after a new game’s launch and stability improves.
Because MLB The Show 21 is available on Xbox Game Pass, there may have been higher than expected demand on the servers and that’s why players are seeing errors this time around. Whatever the case may be, the fact that the developers have already triggered one maintenance period and the game has only been out a day suggests they are working on things.
MLB The Show 21 is available now for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series.