MLB The Show cover
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Would you rather have one player as the cover athlete or the previous season's WS winners?
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One player.
Using the Angels/Ohtani as an example.
I love watching Ohtani, I'm a big fan of his and he is easy to root for. I have no such attachments to the Angels as a whole and would feel nothing if I saw them on the cover. Most people outside of Braves fans would feel no attachment seeing the team on the cover, but seeing Acuna, who a lot of people love would bring out more positive emotion
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For me they could skip the cover athlete all together. They could put a Bat, ball and glove on the cover and I would be fine. They could show a stadium on the cover and I would be fine.
Seeing as how all the sports games do cover athletes I assume there is some data to show that it sells more units with athletes.
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If they were to create a player-specific program for Cover Guy (like 2017), then who Cover Guy was would matter. If not…
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For all we know it could be Jeter, that would definitely make people buy 2022. That's if Jeter is added next year and I do understand that is a big if.
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I could care less about the cover athlete but when they announced they would donate to the Jackie Robinson foundation for every deluxe edition sold, I preordered right away and got the tin box with Jackie on it. Unless they are going to give away a 99 for the cover player (like they did with Judge) or donate to a good charity, it doesn’t matter to me.
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