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[jmizzal]

How does these launch game line-ups compare to other launches?

WiiU
Assassin’s Creed III - Ubisoft
Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition - Warner Bros. Interactive
Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Activision
Darksiders II - THQ
Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two - Disney Interactive
FIFA Soccer 13- EA Sports
ESPN Sports Connection -Ubisoft
Game Party Champions - Warner Bros. Interactive
Just Dance 4 - Ubisoft
Madden NFL 13 - EA
Mass Effect 3 - EA
NBA 2K13 - 2K Sports
New Super Mario Bros. U - Nintendo
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge - Nintendo
Nintendo Land - Nintendo
Rabbids Land - Ubisoft
Scribblenauts Unlimited Warner Bros. Interactive
Sing Party - Nintendo
Skylanders Giants - Activision
Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed - SEGA
Tank! Tank! Tank! - Namco Bandai
Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition - Namco Bandai
Transformers - Prime 2K
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013 - Ubisoft
Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper - Tecmo Koei
Wipeout: The Game 3 - Activision
ZombiU - Ubisoft

PS4
NBA 2K14 (Visual Concepts, 2K Sports)
Call of Duty: Ghosts (Infinity Ward, Activision)
Skylanders Swap Force (Vicarious Visions, Activision)
Need for Speed: Rivals (Ghost Games/Criterion Games, EA)
Battlefield 4 (EA DICE, EA)
Madden 25 (EA Tiburon, EA)
FIFA 14 (EA Canada, EA)
NBA Live 14 (EA Tiburon, EA)
Killzone: Shadown Fall (Guerilla Games, Sony)
Driveclub (Evolution Studios, Sony)
Knack (SCE Japan, Sony)
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (Ubisoft, Ubisoft)
Watch Dogs (Ubisoft, Ubisoft)
Just Dance 2014 (Ubisoft, Ubisoft)
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (TT Games, Warner Bros. Interactive)

Xbox one
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - Ubisoft
Battlefield 4 - EA/DICE
Call of Duty: Ghosts - Activision
Dead Rising 3 - Capcom
FIFA 14 - EA Sports
Fighter Within - Ubisoft
Forza Motorsport 5 - Turn 10
Just Dance 2014 - Ubisoft
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes - TT Games
Madden NFL 25 - EA Sports
NBA 2K14 - 2K
NBA Live 14 - EA Sports
Need for Speed: Rivals - EA
Ryse: Son of Rome - Crytek
Skylanders: Swap Force - Activision
Watch Dogs - Ubisoft
Zoo Tycoon - Frontier Developments
Zumba Fitness: World Party - Majesco

 

[OnPoint]

Depends on your metric. The N64 launched with 2 games but Mario 64 was one of them.

 

[Iacobellis]

360 still had a stellar launch.

 

[shinobi602]

I think the PS4 and Xbone have pretty damn good lineups.

Not sure why you decided to only focus on physical releases though, each have some pretty solid digital titles.

 

[Fandangox]

Wii U looks good on paper, but it was the worst one since most of those games were already available on cheaper hardware.

PS4 has a similar situation but pretty much all of the launch titles are coming on times, plus the F2P games. And the Two exclusives too.

Xbone has Dead Rising 3 and I think the FIFA move was a good idea.

 

[Chuck Norris]

How does Xbox One have a launch lineup when it doesn't have a launch date?

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

3rd parties should get together and make a console

 

[SenjutsuSage]

Good list, but all first party games should be at the top of each respective list. More organized that way. Also, is Kinect Sports Rivals not a physical release?

 

[katsubento]

Decent launches.

The Dreamcast and Vita had the strongest launch lineups.

 

[Anth0ny]

they're all horrible

 

[Syphon Filter]

Does it matter when you can download those day 1.i dont think it will be separated like this last gen.xbla and psn will be no more and games will be games.

 

[famousmortimer]

Very strong launches. Nothing that will define an entire gen like Mario 64 did... but solid games top to bottom. Or top to middle, atleast.


Definitely the best playstation launch. The ps1 and ps2 were weak.

 

[Phire Phox]

I think the Xbox One's Launch lineup rivals the Dreamcast for best launch line-up ever. A diverse line-up with many great games.

 

[Tripolygon]

How does Xbox One have a launch lineup when it doesn't have a launch date?

Because the launch line up is what it releases with when they announce the launch date

 

[Gorillaz]

Depends on your metric. The N64 launched with 2 games but Mario 64 was one of them.

Pretty good first post tbh. Forgot about N64 lineup

 

[flippedb]

3rd parties should get together and make a console

It's called PC

 

[Infernal Monkey]

Original IPs across all three systems

ESPN Sports Connection
Nintendoland
ZombiU
Driveclub
Knack
Watch Dogs
Fighter Within
Ryse: Son of Rome

Yikes.

 

[Syphon Filter]

I think the Xbox One's Launch lineup rivals the Dreamcast for best launch line-up ever. A diverse line-up with many great games.

xbox and xbox 360 have better launch titles.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

It's called PC

Cant get madden on pc lol

 

[BakedYams]

In before the Nintendo hate train

Spoiler

sarcasm

 

[Fedelias]

Original IPs across all three systems

ESPN Sports Connection
ZombiU
Driveclub
Knack
Watch Dogs
Fighter Within
Ryse: Son of Rome

Yikes.

Oh my...

 

[Pagusas]

Decent launches.

The Dreamcast and Vita had the strongest launch lineups.

Vita? How do you figure?

 

[NinjamicWZ]

It's called PC

What are the launch games?

 

[bobbytkc]

Why only physical releases?

 

[Syphon Filter]

Oh my...

What are the launch games?

half life 3 ; )

 

[FluxWaveZ]

It's disingenuous to only consider physical releases when it comes to the perceived quality of a modern system's launch lineup.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

xbox and xbox 360 have better launch titles.

Disagree on both counts, but a huge hell no on the 360 launch being better.

I literally bought every game that I felt was worth having during the 360 launch. Literally everything. There's no way that lineup looks even half as exciting and packed with potential as the Xbox One lineup does.

Why only physical releases?

Yea, no Killer Instinct is a bit of a slap in the face, as is no Crimson Dragon.

 

[jmizzal]

I think the PS4 and Xbone have pretty damn good lineups.

Not sure why you decided to only focus on physical releases though, each have some pretty solid digital titles.

Most consoles in the past only had physical releases at launch thats why

 

[JordanLMiller]

Pretty bad in all cases.

 

[Fandangox]

What are the launch games?

Minesweeper.

 

[Chamber]

Best Wii U launch game was digital only (Nano Assault). Wouldn't be surprised if Resogun is the best PS4 game either.

 

[Byronic Hero]

All of them are pretty meh. That's why have/will not buy a new console day 1. Gotta give it time to find it's footing before jumping in.

 

[pharmboy044]

Original IPs across all three systems

ESPN Sports Connection
Nintendoland
ZombiU
Driveclub
Knack
Watch Dogs
Fighter Within
Ryse: Son of Rome

Yikes.

Retail sure but this gen more then ever you'll see new and unique IP on the digital side.

 

[DMczaf]

U.S. launch: September 9, 1999
Sonic Adventure
AeroWings
AirForce Delta
Blue Stinger
Expendable
Flag to Flag
The House of the Dead 2
Hydro Thunder
Monaco Grand Prix
Mortal Kombat Gold
NFL 2K
NFL Blitz 2000
Pen Pen TriIcelon
Power Stone
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
Soulcalibur
TNN Motorsports Hardcore Heat
Tokyo Xtreme Racer
TrickStyle

 

[famousmortimer]

Original IPs across all three systems

ESPN Sports Connection
Nintendoland
ZombiU
Driveclub
Knack
Watch Dogs
Fighter Within
Ryse: Son of Rome

Yikes.

Which gen had a better lineup than thus of exclusives?


Launches tend to have shitty games, exclusive or not.

 

[catmincer]

Dreamcast was awesome

* beside especially good stuff

Sonic Adventure *
AeroWings
AirForce Delta
Blue Stinger
Expendable
Flag to Flag
The House of the Dead 2 *
Hydro Thunder *
Monaco Grand Prix
Mortal Kombat Gold
NFL 2K
NFL Blitz 2000
Pen Pen TriIcelon
Power Stone *
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
Soulcalibur *
TNN Motorsports Hardcore Heat
Tokyo Xtreme Racer *
TrickStyle

 

[StreetsAhead]

Wii U list is missing Funky Barn.

I'm serious.

 

[qizah]

A lot of big named titles in all 3 of those line ups, but barely any exclusive content that makes the console purchase an absolute must in my opinion.

Most of those games can be found on a PC.

The only exclusive game from that list that I'm interested in is New Super Mario Bros. U and it was fantastic, but that's also hardly enough reason to buy a Wii U. PS4 and Xbox One need more exclusive content that catches my attention to sway me to pick up their console over a PC, because right now I'm leaning towards a gaming PC.

 

[Mileena]

they're all horrible

nailed it

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

Decent launches.

The Dreamcast and Vita had the strongest launch lineups.

Correct.

 

[shouamabane]

I love Dreamcast, but it's original Japanese launch lineup was this:

Pen Pen TriIcelon
Godzilla Generations
July
Virtua Fighter 3tb

 

[Regiruler]

Wait, titanfall isn't launch?

 

[RdN]

I wish MS had saved Halo 4 for the Xbox One launch. Can you imagine?

 

[Nebula]

So much franchise fatigue next gen.

 

[ethomaz]

Are these PS4 launch games right? ResoGun is a launch game I guess.

 

[ufo8mycat]

Holy crap thats more then enough launch games

NBA Live is back? LOL
That game is going to be.....interesting

 

[qko]

Are these PS4 launch games right? ResoGun is a launch game I guess.

The list is the physical retail list.

 

[dripdripsplash]

Sorry if i'm being stupid here but is this launch day line up ? Can I buy these games at the same day the PS/XOne is released ?

 

[jmizzal]

Sorry if i'm being stupid here but is this launch day line up ? Can I buy these games at the same day the PS/XOne is released ?

Yes these are launch day

 

[Ricerocket]

Difference with Wii U and PS4/X1 is that Wii U launch games are all old games.

But the PS4/X1, while they're new games, still don't look at all that interesting. Will wait for 2014, specifically Feb for PS4 because Infamous Second Son looks really interesting.

Ubisoft is king of 3rd party next gen though, have to say they are pushing out really good stuff.