PS3 confirmed launch titles

[Lazybones]

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/44338

SCEA Launch Titles
Resistance: Fall of Man
NBA 07
Genji: Days of the Blade

Third Party Publisher Titles
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
Call of Duty 3
EA Sports Fight Night Round 3
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
F.E.A.R.
Full Auto 2: Battlelines
Madden NFL 07
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Mobile Suit Gundam: CROSSFIRE
NBA 2K7
Need For Speed Carbon
NHL 2K7
RIDGE RACER 7
Sonic the Hedgehog
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
Tony Hawk's Project 8
Untold Legends Dark Kingdom

Now the funny part.

The one thing that i don't really see mentioned here is that just about all these games have already been either done or almost done because of the 360. If you take out most of the games that have already been launched on the 360 that they are just adding a few small tweaks to, this would have been the smallest launch ever

Games that were already done for the 360:
NBA 07
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
EA Sports Fight Night Round 3
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
F.E.A.R.
Full Auto 2: Battlelines
Madden NFL 07
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
NBA 2K7
NHL 2K7
RIDGE RACER 7
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07

Basically the PS3 has 2 real launch titles.. To me that blows

[Tom]

Didn't the Cube or N64 have like one or two launch titles? The only game you could get came with the thing afaicr.

[Mr. Analog]

When the PS1 came out there were only a few titles, a year later when FFVII came out everyone had to buy one

Sony, like anyone else, needs a killer app FTW.

[Lazybones]

Didn't the Cube or N64 have like one or two launch titles? The only game you could get came with the thing afaicr.

Bad examples.. The N64 and the Cube did very poor in there markets compared to other consoles.

Wiki Launch Titles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch_title

US launch: September 29, 1996

    * Super Mario 64
    * Pilotwings 64

Mario 64 was a must have title.

Sony PlayStation

US launch: September 9, 1995

    * Battle Arena Toshinden
    * ESPN Extreme Games
    * Kileak - The DNA Imperative
    * NBA JAM Tournament Edition
    * Raiden Project
    * Rayman
    * Ridge Racer
    * Street Fighter:The Movie
    * Twisted Metal
    * Warhawk
    * Power Serve 3D Tennis
    * Total Eclipse Turbo

Ridge Racer and Twisted Metal where really good games
ESPN Extreme Games was fun too.

Nintendo GameCube

Japanese launch: September 14, 2001

    * Luigi's Mansion
    * Wave Race: Blue Storm
    * Super Monkey Ball

US launch: November 18, 2001

    * All-Star Baseball 2002
    * Batman Vengeance
    * Crazy Taxi
    * Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2
    * Disney's Tarzan Untamed
    * Luigi's Mansion
    * Madden NFL 2002
    * NHL Hitz 20-02
    * Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
    * Super Monkey Ball
    * Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
    * Wave Race: Blue Storm

The cube had a weak lineup, and as a console it was dead last in popularity for its entire generation.

The 360 has good titles out now, despite a weak launch, however it launched with no other competition so that didn't hurt it. There are severl BIG titles about to hit for the 360 near the ps3 launch and probably before ps3 production gets out of the shortage phase. The Wii's launch lineup includes a Zelda game so that is a must have title, not to mention the Wii is both cheap and offers something unique in terms of gameplay and control.

The PS3 is going to have a slow and rocky start.. however once Metal Gear hits, it has a good chance of catching up or taking the lead.

[Tom]

The N64 and the Cube did very poor in there markets compared to other consoles.

Might have something to do with the lack of a number of decent games?

[Lazybones]

OK so now we can compaire it to the 360 launch as shack news did a full list for each as well as which platforms each game was released for

PlayStation 3 Launch Lineup Release List

Call of Duty 3 (Treyarch | PS3; also PS2, Xbox, X360, last week; PSP TBA)
Genji: Days of the Blade (Game Republic | PS3)
Madden NFL 07 (EA Tiburon | PS3; also PS2, Xbox, GCN, X360, NDS, PSP, GBA, PC in Aug. '06)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (Raven PS3; also PS2, Xbox, X360, GBA, PC last month; Wii next week)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire (BEC | PS3; also X360 TBA)
NBA 07 (SCE San Diego | PS3; also PS2, PSP in Sep. '06)
NBA 2K7 (Virtual Concepts | PS3; also PS2, Xbox, X360 in Sep. '06)
Need for Speed Carbon (EA Black Box | PS3; also PS2, Xbox, GCN, X360, NDS, PSP, GBA, PC in Oct. '06; Wii next week)
NHL 2K7 (Visual Concepts | PS3; also Xbox, X360 in Sep. '06; PS2 in Oct. '06)
Resistance: Fall of Man (Insomniac | PS3)
Riiiiidge Racer 7 (Namco | PS3)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 (EA Redwood Shores | PS3; also PS2, Xbox, X360, PSP, PC in Oct. '06)
Tony Hawk's Project 8 (Neversoft | PS3; also PS2, Xbox, X360 this month; PSP TBA)
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom (Sony Online Ent. | PS3)

Xbox 360 Launch List

Amped 3 (Indie Built | Tue. | X360)
Call of Duty 2 (Infinity Ward | Tue. | X360, also PC in Oct. '05)
Condemned: Criminal Origins (Monolith | Tue. | X360, also PC in 2006)
FIFA 06 (EA Canada | Tue. | X360, also PS2, Xbox, GCN, DS, PSP, PC in Oct. '05)
Gun (Neversoft | Tue. | X360, also PS2, Xbox, GCN, PC two weeks ago, PSP TBA)
Kameo: Elements of Power (Rare | Tue. | X360)
Madden NFL 06 (EA Tiburon | Tue. | X360, also PS2, Xbox, GCN, DS, GBA, PC in Aug. '05, PSP in Sep. '05)
NBA 2K6 (Visual Concepts | Tue. | X360, also PS2, Xbox in Sep. '05)
NBA Live 06 (EA Sports | Tue. | X360, also PS2, Xbox, GCN, PC in Sep. '05, PSP in Oct. '05)
Need for Speed Most Wanted (EA Canada | Tue. | X360, also PS2, Xbox, GCN, DS, PSP, GBA, PC)
NHL 2K6 (Visual Concepts | Tue. | X360, also PS2, Xbox in Sep. '05)
Perfect Dark Zero (Rare | Tue. | X360)
Peter Jackson's King Kong (Ubisoft Montreal | Tue. | X360, also PS2, Xbox, GCN, DS, PSP, PC this week, PS3 TBA)
Project Gotham Racing 3 (Bizarre Creations | Tue. | X360)
Quake 4 (Raven | Tue. | X360, also PC in Oct. '05)
Ridge Racer 6 (Namco | Tue. | X360)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 (EA Sports | Tue. | X360, also PS2, Xbox, GCN, PC in Sep. '05)
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (Neversoft | Tue. | X360, also PS2, Xbox, GCN in Oct. '05)]Amped 3 (Indie Built | Tue. | X360)
Call of Duty 2 (Infinity Ward | Tue. | X360, also PC in Oct. '05)
Condemned: Criminal Origins (Monolith | Tue. | X360, also PC in 2006)
FIFA 06 (EA Canada | Tue. | X360, also PS2, Xbox, GCN, DS, PSP, PC in Oct. '05)
Gun (Neversoft | Tue. | X360, also PS2, Xbox, GCN, PC two weeks ago, PSP TBA)
Kameo: Elements of Power (Rare | Tue. | X360)
Madden NFL 06 (EA Tiburon | Tue. | X360, also PS2, Xbox, GCN, DS, GBA, PC in Aug. '05, PSP in Sep. '05)
NBA 2K6 (Visual Concepts | Tue. | X360, also PS2, Xbox in Sep. '05)
NBA Live 06 (EA Sports | Tue. | X360, also PS2, Xbox, GCN, PC in Sep. '05, PSP in Oct. '05)
Need for Speed Most Wanted (EA Canada | Tue. | X360, also PS2, Xbox, GCN, DS, PSP, GBA, PC)
NHL 2K6 (Visual Concepts | Tue. | X360, also PS2, Xbox in Sep. '05)
Perfect Dark Zero (Rare | Tue. | X360)
Peter Jackson's King Kong (Ubisoft Montreal | Tue. | X360, also PS2, Xbox, GCN, DS, PSP, PC this week, PS3 TBA)
Project Gotham Racing 3 (Bizarre Creations | Tue. | X360)
Quake 4 (Raven | Tue. | X360, also PC in Oct. '05)
Ridge Racer 6 (Namco | Tue. | X360)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 (EA Sports | Tue. | X360, also PS2, Xbox, GCN, PC in Sep. '05)
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (Neversoft | Tue. | X360, also PS2, Xbox, GCN in Oct. '05)