Sony held the throne for two consecutive gens, talk all the BS you want once MS achieves that kid.

seeing how it cost over 600 bucks and still sold well, i would think it is one of the best console launches so shut your mouth mooks

Microsoft - afraid of the PS3 right from the start?

Damn right they were.

I cant believe MS got away with that boat stunt in France, Sony must of been pissed

Best £450 I've spent on a launch console, my UK PS3(60Gb upgraded to 320Gb) still going strong to this very day. Same can't be said for launch 360's. Most have red ringed several times.

But they probably won't, not their type of thing.

acually the 360 had a terrible launch of games wen it came out as far as that goes...

TEH PERFECT DARK ZEROOOOO!!!!! lol.

the 360 has a 33.3% failure rate with rrod, god knows what with E74 and disc scratching is also a major issue?
now, you also said youd post forum links to individual people, there are whole websites of rrod and e74 sufferers, the 2 or so % of ps3 owners that suffer any problems, are nothing compared to an accumulated (approximate) 40% of 360 owners suffering problems.

hmmm so the ps3 launch was bad cus of the high price and cus ms felt the need to sabotage it?

I wish the ps3 had of came out with a better line up than it did, but it still sold plenty if i remember rightly, despite the cost. I know i said i wasn't gonna buy 1 at launch (cus i had a 360 anyway) but ended up buying 1 a week after launch lol

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

*Online/Netplay ready
*Demo Disk

When was the last time we had a launch like that?

Wow, PS3 should be the 1 worst launch! They had no games and even some that were PS2 graphics. Theyve definately improved now, took em long enough. 360 had some awesome launch games that blew away the competition. Kameo, Condemned, King Kong, PDZ etc. Dreamcast definately should not be on the list as they were one of the best launch systems! Comon, Ready to Rumble, Sonic and Soul Calibur which was one of the few launch games to ever get a perfect 10 were just awesome games with incredible graphics! PS2 again was a horrible launch system, the only thing it had going for it was the dvd player. The launch games once again were garbage and didnt even compare to Dreamcast graphics and games! Why did they beat thr Dreamcast when it came out? Hype and better advertisement, plain and simple. I mostly buy all my games for the PS3 these days vs the 360 for the simple fact that its quieter and more reliable. Graphics are the same on both systems.

-MoOokS- making an idiot of him self again... :D

The 360 is not only had the worst console launch, but the most failure console hardware in history with more than 33% defective hardware problems & the biggest library of flops ever, plus that most of it's exclusives are on the PC too. :D

Lol they are really pushing it with the pic and the article ...
The ps3 sold well without major powerhouse games and, if even any games at all and at an horrendous price.

And the dreamcast had a great launch , one of the fastest selling console even .
Only later topped by the ps2's success as a dvd player .

I dont understand the purpose here ... if you're going by sales , then do the job properly regardless of weither the launch line was cool or not .

And if your criteria is instead quality of the launch games and their success .. then still do the job better . In that aspect the ps2 was definitely the worst . I mean fantavision and the dvd of the matrix ? Really ?

Gonna put the Fanboy Stuff Aside
Both the Xbox and the Xbox 360
Are Joint First for the Award "Gaming's Worst Console Launches"
It Dont Get any Worse than Them two Piece's of Junk

What the hell? Sega Dreamcast had kickass launch titles:

Soul Calibur = One of the best fighting games of ALL time.
Sonic Adventure = Great sonic game, one of the best games for dreamcast.
PowerStone = One word...FUN.
House Of Dead 2 = Another fun addicting title.

Great launch. Don't trust this website, suck monkey balls. Dreamcast had a great start, but after the PS2 came, things got a little to heavy.

Tom, Dan, and Harry shouldn't be journalist. This fool names the ps3, dsi, and dreamcast as some of gaming's worst launches??? Hell even the xbox had a decent launch considering they were new to the home console race. How can you have a top 5 worst video game launches and leave out the 3D0, Atari Jaguar, or SEGA gamegear???? Clearly the Author must have started gaming in 1995.....

I kind of disagree with the DSi being on here. Nintendo made it clear that it wasn't a major release, but it did well anyway and whilst it may not have had a killer app the launch titles have been better than the updates. May be with the exception of Real Football 2009, a full DS game for 800 points is a steal if you like Football(I personally don't).

The PS3 probably had the best launch in history.

Its just that Sony was never - has yet to be - forgiven for the work harder "Let Them Eat Cake" statement they made.

The PS3 came away with Uncharted and Resistance as memorable launch titles while the 360 had none. Needed the anticipation of Halo 3 and Gears. That speaks of who had the better launch.

As far as the PS3 goes, it's only major fault was releasing a home console with a $600 luanch price.

Game wise you could just play what was good until the next good thing came out. Resistance, Motor Storm, Folklore, Ratchet and Clank, Hevenly Sword and so on.

nuff said

You said that Dreamcast launched without Sonic, kewlcat007, but then you mentioned Sonic Adventure in the launch line up.

The launch of the Gamecube is my favourite time in gaming ever and it's the only console I've ever bought on the launch date. A cute looking console with cute discs. If people thought it was childish, their loss- they have plenty of time to lose their innocence and, anyway, the Cube enjoyed being a dual personality creature- it had the Resident Evil series.

If I'd been familiar at the time that Sega had released Crazy Taxi 2 then I might have questioned spending £40 on the first Crazy Taxi game. I remember buying that on the launch so why wasn't that mentioned?

I liked the fact that the Cube didn't launch with a big Mario game- I always thought that Banjo Kazooie was better than Mario 64 anyway and, in my opinion, whilst it had some good graphics (although some looked unfinished) Super Mario Sunshine turned out to be disappointingly lacking in a variety of levels.

I found Super Monkey Ball difficult but could see the appeal to hardcore gamers. Rogue Squadron 2 looked beautiful for Star Wars fans but I couldn't count myself as one. But Luigi's Mansion was lovely- it showed off what the Cube was capable of.

The PS3 launch line up was poor- Heavenly Sword and Motorstorm are just pretty but ultimately shallow games (and Motorstorm isn't anywhere near as pretty as its CGI trailer). Motorstorm has apparently redeeemed itself with its sequel. Folklore has some very underwhelming graphics. I don't like Ratchet and Clank's sci-fi leanings- it's not a patch on Sega, Nintendo or Rare's best 3D platformers.

However the PS2 launch up was also said to be poor so a poor launch up doesn't necessarily mean poor sales in the long run.

Read the least entry on the PS3, and what Microsoft did. Thats just cheap and underhanded, and they are attacking other companies at launch. I knew they pulled some stupid stunts, but i never knew about that. What jacka***'s!

XDF to the rescue!!!

As far as failures at launch go, the 360 is the perfect example. Microsoft rushed the release of a console that they knew had a 33 percent failure rate, now I don't where that figure came from but if it is true then the launch of the 360 was the worst. Consider the effects of launching the 360 a year prior to PS3.

The RROD ruined Microsoft's reputation with many gamers and led to the rise of the Sony Fanboy Army. Microsoft lost/wasted billions of dollars on warranties and warranty extensions.

I guarantee you that without the RROD, the xbox 360 would not be as hated, and possibly would have had more games at launch had it not been rushed. Imagine if the 360 had launched with Gears of War. The sales would be enormous.

The PS3 had the best launch, I think. Not in terms of games, but sales were through the roof. People lined up for days and the consoles sold out in the United States for a while.

The Wii was also very successful, maybe more than PS3 in some ways but hardcore gamers did not go for it.

Maybe on the next Xbox release Sony should get a big bus or boat with "So you sorted the RROD?" on the side

Erm.

Why are the only consoles on there this and last generation?

There were consoles before then...And plenty of consoles with terrible launches.

guess the authors were too young to remember the 3do launch? What about the saturn surprise launch in north america? come on guys

LOL, first of all I don't think that way about any company. Sony just does it a lot less than Microsoft. Go ahead and show me 3 examples of Sony trying to talk down the competition and I'll give you 6 examples of MS doing the same to other companies.

That link you gave me can't be compared to what MS did at the PS3's launch.
Sony was also very arrogant with the PS3, and that is why they are where they are now.

You try to label PS3 fans as extremists and you fail completely.

Real talk the 360 had the worse launch. They had a year head start and the PS3 reached 15 million faster than the 360. Add the fact that they put out a system knowing that it was faulty just to get a head start. IMO the one of the worse launch ever. And they didn't have any games everyone was waiting for halo thats it.

Love the 360, hate Micro$oft.

I see why 360 and PS3 boys go at it bcause Microsoft straight clowned Sony.But I think Sony going to get tha last laugh bcause this year they have alot of games releasing that could b contenders for GOTY.

Sony knows its true, thats why were in such a hurry to get a "so called" cheaper SKU on the market.

Were any of you around in 1993? The 3D0 is by far the worst console launch. Followed CLOSELY by the Atari Jaguar.

And still going strong. There you go again mooks. Creating BS numbers of failure rates that are not even substantiated. Atleast the xbox 360's numbers are firm and true. So go play your 360 oh wait it RROD and E74ed at the same time. Well atleast you can get an arcade and play some new games that are coming out....Oh wait...Do you have any?

" until the next good game came out" did you not understand?

That type of reply would require me to turn on my pc. It's late already and im too lazy for the wait.

This post allowed me to remain signed in to the second page so i fixed it for you, happy?

You cant attack the PS3 for games anymore so they are just looking for another way of doing it and you put anti PS3 stories on your web site your going to get a hits boost.

Bah... Just as I have been scammed into buying a 1000$ piece of $h1t laptop, all the droids are "proud" that they ripped 600 holes through their wallets to buy a console which is probably considered the worst current-gen launch.

Resistance: Fall of Man, Motorstorm and Uncharted are the only decent titles you got in the first 2 years and probably the only 3 titles you got in 2 years lol.

inFlop? lol. 9/10?

Sorry, that annoyed the hell outta me in that article.

P.S. Talk about an idiotic article. The facts used were so thin and changed from console to console to make it fit the premise of the article. Next time try sticking to each arena of facts (marketing, technological advantages, software support, etc.) and not bouncing between whichever one supports your results the most.

Why no 360? It RROD when it launches/turns on.

Now that Jim Ryan is gone just need to remove Herman Hulst from his position! And maybe give Shuhei the position he deserved.

This gen hasn't been the best for games, last gen consoles are still out there and now there's been talk of the PS6 and Xbox Two for a year or so. Many games this gen will be ported to next gen and the cycle will continue. The re-release of the Neo Geo AES+, games on cartridge for £70 ($95), gaming is going back in time. Gaming has gone pricing mad with the high cost of games, consoles and controllers. The men and women at the top are clueless.

It’s always interesting to hear behind-the-scenes stories like this, especially involving veterans like Shuhei Yoshida and leadership figures like Jim Ryan. That said, there are usually multiple sides to decisions at that level. It could be less about not “listening” and more about differences in long-term vision for PlayStation. Yoshida played a huge role in shaping the brand, so whatever the reason, his impact is undeniable.

If true, and I'm inclined to believe it is, it goes to show that Sony lost their way when they became more western/didn't respect the PlayStation origin story. Andrew House and Jack Tretton did great work, but they also didn't try to fundamentally change the PlayStation DNA. Ryan oversaw the death of Japan Studio and a live service direction.

I already figured this, good lord imagine if Shuhei took over instead, would've been a platinum era 😩

I miss the first three generations of PlayStation. The way they turned PS3 around, we knew they meant business. We were all worried for a bit there around launch. Eventually from 2008 they started shifting slowly. But since Yoshida was fired, it's never been the same. Still enjoy my PS5 daily. I got a backlog dating back to PS2 lol So I'm fine but new games aren't as appealing anymore.

It seems like we were thrown on to the worst timeline possible where everything is too expensive and the wrong people were put in positions that makes the world a shitty place. We could have had Shu as the head of PS but we got the shitty alternative. Same goes for everyone in power around the world. Doesn’t matter the company or country the majority of us got the shitty picks and the world is declining like never before. I do think PS can come out of this because of their studios, talent and IP but they need someone more in touch with gamers leading things like Shu was. They’re still the best place for console gaming imo but it could be much better than it is especially without the massive live service failures. The rest of the world I have a lot less hope for right now. Hopefully the pendulum swings back towards the good ole days but I’m preparing for the worst.

There goes illuminati distraction story

So now there's certifiable proof that Ryan was in fact "fired", as opposed to when it was first announced that he "retired", in order to save face.

There's another guy who recently "retired" as CEO of another large gaming company, after doing a dismantling job as lead for well over a decade.

seems legit, the business man, fires the one who has ideas to move the business forward.

Jim Ryan is the reason why we are entering year 6 since the PS5 launch and many of us don't feel like the PS5 has gotten started as yet.

I hope going forward, we will see a return to form.