2022 List Wars, who has the strongest 2022 lineup?

[LudicrousSpeed]

PotentHerbs said:

LudicrousSpeed said:

Oh, sure, all platform holders have bundles. But unless Nintendo had a widely available bundle for multiple holidays that included something like MK8D, Zelda, and Splatoon 2 all bundled for free, what’s your point? 

Again, Nintendo games are just on another level when it comes to selling power.

My point is, Sony doesn't "heavily" bundle titles any more than other platform holders, & God of War didn't need to be bundled heavily to sell over 20+ Million lifetime. 

Also, the only Nintendo franchise that is on another level compared to Sony first party is the Mario IP, which has no releases in 2022, making it a non factor in this discussion. 

Yea they do, particularly more than Nintendo, who rarely has bundles (and as someone else pointed out, when they do bundle, the price typically includes the game). And we don’t know what GoW sales would have been had it not been included in that insane bundle over multiple holiday seasons (months of sales each year). That added millions and millions to its sales.

And no Mario isn’t the only IP, Zelda is too. Case in point, Zelda came out four years ago and is still launch MSRP (though it does have sale prices from time to time like any other game). GoW came out in 2018 and is $16 brand new. If Sony could still be selling it for full price, they would be.