shikamaru317 said:
Long term, maybe, but Sony's 2022 is definitely stronger than Microsoft's so far imo, and I say that as a huge Bethesda fan who is hyped for Starfield. Sony 2022 - Horizon Forbidden West- February 2022
- Gran Turismo 7- March 2022
- Ghostwire Tokyo (1 year exclusive)- Spring 2022 (April-June)
- Forspoken (2 year exclusive)- Spring 2022 (April-June)
- God of War Ragnarok- TBA 2022
That's 5 confirmed AAA exclusives for 2022 already. And considering Sony has nothing AAA for the 2nd half of the year except God of War, I wouldn't be surprised if they announce some other AAA for the 2nd half of 2022 at their next show, something like a From Software Souls-like exclusive or another 3rd party AAA hat like Bioshock 4 (rumored Sony hat on that, though we don't know it's release window). Xbox 2022 - STALKER 2 (3 month timed exclusive)- April 2022
- Redfall-Summer 2022 (July-September)
- Starfield- November 2022
3 AAA's confirmed, with a possibility of seeing the following 3 in 2022: - CrossFireX- Looking like it will get delayed out of 2021 even though the developers claimed it was still 2021 about a month ago
- Avowed- Was originally rumored for Holiday 2022 by the leaker who leaked it before announce, though a delay could happen, especially if MS doesn't want it too close to Starfield)
- Forza Motorsport reboot- While nothing is confirmed for this, it would stand to reason that they would want to get it out in 2022, probably September, though considering how late development began (Late 2019), considering Covid, and considering that they started completely from scratch, no re-used car models or tracks from FH7, it's also possible this skips 2022 and releases in 2023, so that they can have a larger car and track list on launch and avoid getting review bombed for not having enough content like Motorsport 5 did
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They both have a very similar output next year.
Sony 2022
- Horizon Forbidden West- February 2022
- Gran Turismo 7- March 2022
- Ghostwire Tokyo (1 year exclusive)- Spring 2022 (April-June)
- Forspoken (2 year exclusive)- Spring 2022 (April-June)
- God of War Ragnarok- TBA 2022
Xbox 2022
- STALKER 2 (3 month timed exclusive)- April 2022
- Redfall-Summer 2022 (July-September)
- Starfield- November 2022
- Forza Motorsport
- Darktide warhammer
- Grounded(Full release)
- Scorn
- Crossfire X
- As Dusk Falls
I'm sure Sony has a couple of other games we don't know about, timed or 1st party, but so could Xbox. To me, it doesn't really matter because both will have a strong output regardless if one edges the other out. Starfield has potential to be "game of the generation" and if that's the case, the rest of Xbox's lineup won't matter nearly as much in the critics eyes.