Xbox delays mean 2022 is now the Nintendo Switch’s year

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Nintendo has had quite the year so far, and it’s starting to look like it’ll maintain that momentum through the end of 2022. With the company’s competitors delaying major holiday releases left and right, the runway has been cleared for Nintendo to blow past Sony and Microsoft despite doing so on a five-year-old console.

With Xbox exclusives Starfield and Redfall out of the picture, here’s what the rest of 2022 is looking like for the three big game companies. Nintendo’s clear, loaded release calendar has the company poised to dominate this holiday season.

Just in the first half of the year, Nintendo has released Pokemon Legends: Arceus, Triangle Strategy, Kirby and the Forgotten Lands, and Nintendo Switch Sports. All of these games have been positively received, so Nintendo is off to a good start already. And it seems like the second half of 2022 is going to be even better. 

Let’s take a look at the rest of Nintendo’s 2022 exclusive lineup.

Not to mention, Nintendo’s third-party support has been stellar as well. Rune Factory 5 launched exclusively on Switch in March and the upcoming Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak is a Switch console exclusive.

Even if Pokemon and Bayonetta 3 end up being delayed into 2023, Nintendo still has Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp and Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope in its back pocket to fill the fall season. If they aren’t delayed, then Nintendo’s 2022 lineup is even stronger.

Nintendo’s main competitors, comparatively, are looking rather dry this year. Just this morning, Bethesda announced that it would be delaying Starfield and Redfall to 2023. The former was set to release on November 11 and the latter sometime this summer. As a result, Xbox’s exclusives schedule seems to be barren for 2022.

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