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[DarienA]

I've got what I think are the launch lists of the PS2, Xbox and GC this gen. Just for the heck of it I went and crunched some #'s using gamerankings and found that the overall % rating of each system's launch titles averages out to be really close 73.98%, 74.97& and 75.64%, but I want to make sure these lists are correct so could ya check em for me? In the meantime I'm going to see if I can track down a Dreamcast launch list to add.


EDIT: I've added the what I think is the DC launch list.

PS2
SSX (EA, Sports)
Madden NFL 2001 (EA, Sports)
DOA2: Hardcore (Tecmo, Fighting)
Tekken Tag Tournament (Namco, fighting)
TimeSplitters (Eidos, First-Person Shooter)
NHL 2001 (EA, Sports)
Smuggler's Run (Rockstar, Racing-Adventure)
Moto GP (Namco, Racing)
Ridge Racer V (Namco, Racing)
Kessen (EA, Adventure)
Midnight Club (Rockstar, Racing)
Swing Away (Paradise Golf in Japan) (EA, Sports)
Unreal Tournament (Infogrames, First-Person Shooter)
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 (Midway, Sports)
Armored Core 2 (Agetec, Action)
Gun Griffon Blaze (Working Designs, Action)
Dynasty Warriors 2 (Koei, Action)
FantaVision (SCEI, Puzzle)
ESPN X-Games Snowboarding (Konami, Sports)
ESPN International Track and Field (Konami, Sports)
Summoner (THQ, RPG)
Wild Wild Racing (Interplay, Racing)
Q-Ball Billiards Master (Take-Two Interactive, Simulation)
Silent Scope (Konami, Shooter)
Street Fighter EX3 (Capcom, Fighting)
X-Squad (EA, Action)
Eternal Ring (Agetec, RPG)
Orphen (Activision, RPG)
Evergrace (Agetec, RPG)


Xbox
4 X 4 EVOLUTION 2
AIRFORCE DELTA STORM
CEL DAMAGE
DARK SUMMIT
DEAD OR ALIVE 3
FUZION FRENZY
HALO
MAD DASH RACING
MADDEN 2002
NASCAR HEAT 2002
NASCAR THUNDER 2002
NFL FEVER 2002
NHL HITZ 20-02
ODDWORLD - MUNCH'S ODDYSEE
PROJECT GOTHAM RACING
SHREK
TEST DRIVE OFF ROAD - WIDE OPEN
TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER 2X
TRANSWORLD SURF


GC
Tarzan Untamed
Luigi's Mansion
Wave Race: Blue Storm
Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron 2
Super Monkey Ball
Madden NFL 2002
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
All-Star Baseball 2002
Crazy Taxi
NHL Hitz 2002
Universal Studios Theme Park Adventure


DC
Soul Calibur
NFL2K
Sonic Adventure
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
NFL Blitz 2000
Trickstyle
Aerowings
Blue Stinger
Monaco Grand Prix
Air Force Delta
TNN Hardcore Heat
Mortal Kombat Gold


This is where it gets interesting the DC has the highest average review ranking at 76%, if the above list is full. IT also has the honor of having the highest average ranking of a launch title Soul Calibur at 96.7%. The lowest? The GC with Universal Studios Theme Park Adventure at 29%.

I'll post the full list with their average review rankings once I'm sure I have everything.

 

[Diomedeskun]

Only about half of those PS2 games were available on day 1. The rest filtered in during the first month or so.

The same probably goes for a few games for the other systems, but I don't really remember.

 

[human5892]

AFAIK, your GC list appears to be correct.

 

[drohne]

i maintain that the ps2 launch lineup was pretty decent, although i didn't bother buying the system until spring. ridge racer v, tekken tag, armored core 2, dynasty warriors 2, ssx, and gun griffon blaze were all solid, playable games. nothing earthshaking, but a pretty decent spread. wasn't gradius III + IV out at launch as well?

xbox had a bunch of crap and halo. which to be fair is one of the greatest games ever made. gc had a bunch of crap and monkey ball. hang on, gc still has a bunch of crap and monkey ball.

i imported my dc shortly after it launched in japan, so i don't really remember what the us launch lineup was. i'm sure soul calibur, powerstone, and sonic adventure were there, and those were all terrific. sonic adventure hasn't aged well, though. it could've been much stronger if vf3tb and sega rally 2 had been available at launch -- as i recall, both games were delayed in the u.s.

 

[sonycowboy]

Only about half of those PS2 games were available on day 1. The rest filtered in during the first month or so.

The same probably goes for a few games for the other systems, but I don't really remember.

The PS2 lineup numbers were all shipped for launch some before - like Madden & SSX), although you're right that certain locations around the country didn't have everything day 1.

But the PS2 list is right - 29 games.

 

[DarienA]

Ok here's what each system looks like with it's a launch titles, their average reviews scores and the overall average.

PS2

SSX                          91.9
Madden NFL 2001              89.5
DOA2: Hardcore                 87
Tekken Tag Tournament          85
TimeSplitters                82.8
NHL 2001                     81.2
Smuggler's Run               79.6
Moto GP                      78.5
Ridge Racer V                78.1
Kessen                       77.4
Midnight Club                77.1
Swing Away                     77
Unreal Tournament            76.3
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 76.1
Armored Core 2               75.2
Gun Griffon Blaze              73
Dynasty Warriors 2           72.5
FantaVision                    72
ESPN X-Games Snowboarding    71.5
ESPN International Track and 71.3
Summoner                     70.3
Wild Wild Racing               69
Q-Ball Billiards Master        67
Silent Scope                   67
Street Fighter EX3             67
X-Squad                        65
Eternal Ring                   57
Orphen                         57
Evergrace                      53

29 Games, Average 73.98%


XBX

HALO                                 95.7
MADDEN 2002                          87.9
PROJECT GOTHAM RACING                87.1
DEAD OR ALIVE 3                        86
TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER 2X              84
NASCAR THUNDER 2002                  81.4
NFL FEVER 2002                         81
NHL HITZ 20-02                       80.9
NASCAR HEAT 2002                     79.4
ODDWORLD - MUNCH'S ODDYSEE           79.4
TRANSWORLD SURF                      74.3
MAD DASH RACING                        69
AIRFORCE DELTA STORM                 67.2
CEL DAMAGE                           66.9
FUZION FRENZY                          66
DARK SUMMIT                          65.8
TEST DRIVE OFF ROAD - WIDE OPEN      61.9
4 X 4 EVOLUTION 2                    59.6
SHREK                                50.9

19 Games, Average 74.97%

GC

Madden NFL 2002                          89.7
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3                 89.6
Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadro      89
Super Monkey Ball                        88.5
Wave Race: Blue Storm                      82
Luigi's Mansion                            80
NHL Hitz 2002                            79.5
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2               78.5
Crazy Taxi                               70.4
All-Star Baseball 2002                   67.1
Tarzan Untamed                           64.4
Universal Studios Theme Park Adventur      29

12 Games, Average 75.64%

DC

Soul Calibur            96.7
NFL2K                   92.5
Sonic Adventure         87.7
Power Stone             83.9
Ready 2 Rumble Boxin    83.7
Hydro Thunder             80
NFL Blitz 2000          79.5
House of the Dead II    78.9
Trickstyle              74.3
Aerowings                 72
Blue Stinger              71
Tokyo Xtreme Racer      70.8
Monaco Grand Prix       69.9
Air Force Delta         65.7
Cart - Flag to Flag     63.9
PenPen TriIcelon        63.7
TNN Hardcore Heat         62
Mortal Kombat Gold        57

18 Games, Average 75.18%

 

[TekunoRobby]

xbox had a bunch of crap and halo. which to be fair is one of the greatest games ever made. gc had a bunch of crap and monkey ball. hang on, gc still has a bunch of crap and monkey ball.

You really go out of your way in providing brilliant commentary.

 

[human5892]

Wow, take out Universal Studios Adventure and GC really kills. Even left in it still edges out over Xbox and PS2.

 

[sonycowboy]

EDIT: Ugh it looks like code works different on this board... these are all in excel how do I copy and past the spreadsheet so the columns are lined up correctly?

I'd like the answer to that as well. What I do is save the spreadsheet as formatted text (not tab delimited), open it up with a text editor and then copy and paste.

 

[distantmantra]

Wasn't Powerstone a launch title for DC? I swear I got that when it came out.

 

[Dracor]

I am pretty sure DC launched with 18 titles... I will try to find the others but off hand I think Flag to Flag and Hydro Thunder were launch titles.

 

[TekunoRobby]

So what would be an accurate launch list. Shipped within the first week or available on the first day? I'd give a little leniancy due to shipping problems and launch coordinations.

Some even consider what's released in the first month to be launch games.

 

[Dracor]

http://dreamcast.ign.com/articles/070/070101p1.html

"So, here's the final list of titles that, barring some natural disaster (or production difficulty), you'll be able to pick up on 9/9/99: Sonic Adventure, NFL 2K, The House of the Dead II, Cart - Flag to Flag (note the name change!), AeroWings, Airforce Delta, Blue Stinger, Hydro Thunder, Monaco Grand Prix, Mortal Kombat Gold, NFL Blitz 2000, PenPen TriIcelon (note the concatenation of Pen Pen to PenPen, and the capitalization for TriIcelon), Power Stone, Ready 2 Rumble, Soul Calibur, Tokyo Xtreme Racer (note the spelling of "Extreme" as "Xtreme"), TNN Motorsports HardCore Heat, and TrickStyle."