To keep things in perspective...
IIRC, I have the exact numbers somewhere, the X-Box 360 had about 6-7 games that scored 8/10 or above on Gamerankings, none above a 9. COD 2, King Kong, Need for Speed, Perfect Dark, Kameo, and I think Condemned scored above an 8.0. There was one other, but I can't recall...
For the PS3 there were, I think, one or two games to score above an 8.0. Resistance is the only one that I'm 100% on. I think COD 3 scored above 8 as well. That's about it.
As for the Wii, I think it was 3. Zelda scored above a 8, Madden was above an 8, and I believe Trauma Center was 8+ as well.
I'm working on an article about launches, and I have the figures somewhere, but when someone calls an 8.5 on a launch game "decent" that's kind of silly.
Of the last three console launches, only 1 game scored above a 9 on average. That was Twilight Princess, and that wasn't even really a launch game. COD 2 for X-Box came close. It was somewhere around 88-89 on Gamerankings. All in all, average review scores for 360 launch titles was 7.5ish and the average for the PS3 was 6.9ish and Wii was 6-7ish.
TL:DR Version is that launch titles generally suck. If the Wii U's first two launch titles are in the 8/10 range, that's a great start. Wii U's launch lineup has the potential to be, on paper, the best launch of all time. Of course, there is more to a console launch than aggregate review scores...
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