Comparing Playstation's launch lineups
Sony revealed and then launched six video games consoles over the course of two decades. Several of them totally unsuccessful, several of them became popular. And one regarding the most crucial component that rule the success of an innovative platform, is its launch lineup. Let's just review Sony's launch lineups.
Playstation
The earliest Playstation was released on 9th September, 1995. PS One didn't have a big launch lineup, yet certainly we can easily discover many pearls, that would start to sparkle some time right after (we are plainly mentioning Rayman).
| Game | Publisher |
|---|---|
| Battle Arena Toshinden | Sony |
| ESPN Extreme Games | Sony |
| Jumping Flash! | Sony |
| Kileak: The DNA Imperative | Sony |
| NBA Jam: Tournament Edition | Acclaim |
| Rayman | Ubisoft |
| Street Fighter: The Movie | Acclaim |
| The Raiden Project | Sony |
| Total Eclipse Turbo | Crystal Dynamics |
| Zero Divide | Time Warner Interactive |
Playstation 2
After 5 years from the previous gaming console, Sony attempted to nail it once again. And so they essentially made it. The playstation 2 is one of the most renowned games consoles of the history.
| Game | Publisher |
|---|---|
| Armored Core 2 | Agetec |
| DOA2: Hardcore | Tecmo |
| Dinasty Warriors 2 | Koei |
| ESPN International Track and Field | Konami |
| ESPN Winter X Games Snowboarding | Konami |
| Eternal Ring | Agetec |
| Evergrace | Agetec |
| Fantavision | Sony |
| Gungriffon Blaze | Working Designs |
| Kessen | EA |
| Madden NFL 2001 | EA |
| Midnight Club: Street Racing | Rockstar |
| Moto GP | Namco |
| NHL 2001 | EA |
| Orphen: Scion of Sorcery | Activision |
| Q-Ball: Biliards Master | Take Two Interactive |
| Ready To Rumble Boxing: Round 2 | Midway |
| Ridge Racer V | Namco |
| Silent Scope | Konami |
| Smuggler's Run | Rockstar |
| SSX | EA |
| Street Fighter EX3 | Capcom |
| Summoner | THQ |
| Surfing H3O | Rockstar |
| Swing Away Golf | EA |
| Tekken Tag Tournament | Namco |
| TimeSplitters | Eidos |
| Wild Wild Racing | Interplay |
| X-Squad | EA |
Playstation Portable
Within 2005 Nintendo was basically ruling the portable games consoles market, so Sony thought to enter it, featuring its first portable console, the PSP.
| Game | Publisher |
|---|---|
| Ape Escape: On The Loose | Sony |
| Darkstalkers Chroncile: The Chaos Tower | Caocom |
| Gretzky NHL | Sony |
| Lumines | Ubisoft |
| Metal Gear Acid | Konami |
| NBA | Sony |
| Need for Speed Underground: Rivals | EA |
| NFL Street 2 Unleashed | EA |
| Ridge Racer | Namco |
| Spider-man 2 | Activision |
| Tiger Woods BGA Tour | EA |
| Tony Hawks's Underground 2 Remix | Activision |
| Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade | Sony |
| Wipeout Pure | Sony |
| World Tour Soccer | Sony |
Playstation 3
The PS3 did not have the envisioned achievement when it arrived, mainly due to its high price along with poor lineup. And additionally Sony paid for this mistake. Nevertheless let's have a look at the launch lineup:
| Game | Publisher |
|---|---|
| Call of Duty 3 | Activision |
| Genji: Days of the Blade | Sony |
| Madden NFL 07 | EA |
| Marvel Ultimate Alliance | Activision |
| Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire | Namco |
| NBA 07 | Sony |
| NBA 2K7 | 2K Sports |
| Need for Speed Carbon | EA |
| NHL 2K7 | 2K Sports |
| Resistance: Fall of Man | Sony |
| Ridge Racer 7 | Capcom |
| Tiger Woods BGA Tour 07 | EA |
| Tony Hawks's Project 8 | Activision |
| Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom | Sony |
Playstation Vita
The launch lineup of PSVita back in 2012 was wonderful: we could immediately figure out a video game from the Uncharted series, and also for the homesick ones, a new Rayman.
| Game | Publisher |
|---|---|
| Army Corps of Hell | Square Enix |
| Asphalt: Injection | Ubisoft |
| Ben 10: Galactic Racing | D3 |
| Dungeon Hunter: Alliance | Ubisoft |
| Dinasty Warriors Next | Tecmo Koei |
| Escape Plan | Sony |
| F1 2011 | Codemasters |
| FIFA Soccer | EA |
| Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational | Sony |
| Hustle Kings | Sony |
| Lumines: Electronic Symphony | Ubisoft |
| ModNation Racers: Road Trip | Sony |
| Michael Jackson: The Experience | Ubisoft |
| Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus | Tecmo Koei |
| Rayman Origins | Ubisoft |
| Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zen | Namco Bandai |
| Super Stardust Delta | Sony |
| Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack | Sony |
| Touch My Katamari | Namco Bandai |
| Ultimate Marves vs. Capcom 3 | Capcom |
| Uncharted: Golden Abyss | Sony |
| Virtua Tennis 4 | SEGA |
| Wipeout 2048 | Sony |
Playstation 4
The launch lineup of the next-gen Sony's gaming console was huge, last year. We could notice a great exclusive, Killzone, as well as other multi platform games.
| Game | Publisher |
|---|---|
| Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag | Ubisoft |
| Battlefield 4 | EA |
| Blacklight: Retribution | Zombie Studios |
| Call of Duty: Ghost | Activision |
| Contrast | Focus Home |
| DC Universe Online | Sony |
| DiveKick | One True Game Studio |
| Escape Plan | Sony |
| FIFA 14 | EA |
| Flow | Sony |
| Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate | Warner Bros. |
| Just Dance 4 | Ubisoft |
| Killzone: Shadow Fall | Sony |
| Knack | Sony |
| LEGO Marvel Super Heroes | Warner Bros. |
| Madden NFL 25 | EA |
| Minecraft | Mojang |
| NBA 2K14 | 2K Sports |
| NBA Live 2014 | EA |
| Need for Speed: Rivals | EA |
| Pinball Arcade | FarSight Studios |
| Playroom | Sony |
| Putty Squad | System 3 |
| Resogun | Sony |
| Sound Shapes | Sony |
| Super Motherload | XGen Studios |
| Switch Galaxy Ultra | Atomicon |
| Tiny Brains | Spearhead Games |
| Warframe | Digital Extremes |
| War Thunder | Gaijin Entertainment |
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