Cerebralbore101 on 27 June 2019
Every game console has to launch, and then pick up steam, when it comes to getting new games. Every game console eventually loses steam. I think 2020 and/or 2021 will be the slowest year/s for new console games/handheld since 1996. Why? For the longest time console and handheld launches have been set apart just enough to make it so at least one system was always hitting its stride, in terms of new games.
2000 should have been a slow year. But Dreamcast's 2000 was an insane year. I think there's 10 new games for Dreamcast that year.
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DC | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 Treyarch/Activision, 2000 |
94.86% 18 Reviews |
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DC | NFL 2K1 Visual Concepts/Sega, 2000 |
94.50% 21 Reviews |
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DC | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Treyarch/Crave, 2000 |
94.00% 16 Reviews |
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DC | Resident Evil Code: Veronica NexTech/Capcom, 2000 |
93.79% 40 Reviews |
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DC | Rayman 2: The Great Escape Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft, 2000 |
93.05% 22 Reviews |
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DC | Quake III Arena Raster/Sega, 2000 |
92.15% 38 Reviews |
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DC | Jet Grind Radio Smilebit/Sega, 2000 |
91.90% 43 Reviews |
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DC | Virtua Tennis Hitmaker/Sega, 2000 |
91.37% 33 Reviews |
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DC | Dead or Alive 2 Team Ninja/Tecmo, 2000 |
91.37% 39 Reviews |
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DC | Skies of Arcadia Overworks/Sega, 2000 |
90.59% 40 Reviews |
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DC | Crazy Taxi Hitmaker/Sega, 2000 |
90.19% 37 Reviews |
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DC | Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Capcom/Virgin Interactive, 2000 |
90.15% 29 Reviews |
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DC | NBA 2K1 Visual Concepts/Sega, 2000 |
89.69% 24 Reviews |
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DC | Test Drive Le Mans Melbourne House/Sega, 2000 |
89.50% 24 Reviews |
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DC | Shenmue Sega AM2/Sega, 2000 |
89.34% 48 Reviews |
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DC | Grandia II Game Arts, 2000 |
88.81% 31 Reviews |
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DC | MDK2 BioWare/Interplay, 2000 |
88.08% 26 Reviews |
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DC | Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Nixxes Software/Eidos Interactive, 2000 |
87.94% 26 Reviews |
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DC | Ultimate Fighting Championship Anchor/Capcom, 2000 |
87.80% 32 Reviews |
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DC | Power Stone 2 Capcom, 2000 |
86.99% 29 Reviews |
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DC | Street Fighter Alpha 3 Capcom, 2000 |
86.48% 24 Reviews |
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DC | Samba de Amigo Sonic Team/Sega, 2000 |
86.15% 26 Reviews |
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DC | F355 Challenge: Passione Rossa Sega/Acclaim, 2000 |
86.13% 30 Reviews |
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DC | ChuChu Rocket! Sonic Team/Sega, 2000 |
85.62% 34 Reviews |
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DC | Wacky Races Infogrames Sheffield/Infogrames, 2000 |
84.29% 24 Reviews |
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DC | Space Channel 5 UGA/Sega, 2000 |
84.22% 35 Reviews |
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DC | San Francisco Rush 2049 Midway, 2000 |
83.44% 25 Reviews |
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DC | Test Drive V-Rally Eden Studios/Infogrames, 2000 |
82.32% 23 Reviews |
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DC | Mr. Driller Namco, 2000 |
82.08% 12 Reviews |
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DC | NFL Blitz 2001 Avalanche Software/Midway, 2000 |
81.33% 19 Reviews |
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DC | Resident Evil 3: Nemesis Capcom, 2000 |
81.11% 19 Reviews |
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DC | Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future Appaloosa Interactive/Sega, 2000 |
81.04% 29 Reviews |
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DC | Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2 Genki, 2000 |
81.00% 27 Reviews |
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DC | Seaman Vivarium, 2000 |
80.91% 32 Reviews |
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DC | Sega GT TOSE/Sega, 2000 |
80.66% 36 Reviews |
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DC | Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Capcom, 2000 |
80.61% 16 Reviews |
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DC | Capcom vs. SNK Capcom, 2000 |
80.60% |
2006 should have seen new game releases slow down. GameCube was all but dead. Xbox was slowing down. DS and PS2 provided a lot of games to fill the gap.
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DS | New Super Mario Bros. Nintendo, 2006 |
89.07% 74 Reviews |
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DS | Elite Beat Agents iNiS/Nintendo, 2006 |
88.33% 52 Reviews |
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DS | Tetris DS Nintendo, 2006 |
87.10% 59 Reviews |
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DS | Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Konami, 2006 |
84.98% 63 Reviews |
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DS | Metroid Prime: Hunters Nintendo Software Technology/Nintendo, 2006 |
83.95% 66 Reviews |
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DS | Clubhouse Games Agenda/Nintendo, 2006 |
82.98% 32 Reviews |
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DS | Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime TOSE/Square Enix, 2006 |
82.36% 43 Reviews |
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DS | Nintendogs: Dalmatian & Friends Nintendo, 2006 |
81.31% 8 Reviews |
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DS | Yoshi's Island DS Artoon/Nintendo, 2006 |
81.15% |
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PS2 | Okami Clover Studio/Capcom, 2006 |
92.65% 73 Reviews |
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PS2 | Guitar Hero II Harmonix Music Systems/RedOctane, 2006 |
92.07% 72 Reviews |
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PS2 | Final Fantasy XII Square Enix, 2006 |
90.77% 71 Reviews |
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PS2 | World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 Konami, 2006 |
88.25% 36 Reviews |
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PS2 | Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition Capcom, 2006 |
88.00% 33 Reviews |
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PS2 | Bully Rockstar Vancouver/Rockstar Games, 2006 |
87.48% 78 Reviews |
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PS2 | NCAA Football 07 EA Sports, 2006 |
87.47% 18 Reviews |
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PS2 | Kingdom Hearts II Square Enix, 2006 |
87.46% 72 Reviews |
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PS2 | Final Fantasy XI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan Square Enix, 2006 |
87.00% 6 Reviews |
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PS2 | Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix Rockstar San Diego/Rockstar Games, 2006 |
85.57% 21 Reviews |
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PS2 | Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories Nippon Ichi Software, 2006 |
85.33% 65 Reviews |
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PS2 | LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy Traveller's Tales/LucasArts, 2006 |
85.19% 34 Reviews |
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PS2 | TOCA Race Driver 3 Codemasters, 2006 |
84.50% 31 Reviews |
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PS2 | Madden NFL 07 EA Sports, 2006 |
84.48% 24 Reviews |
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PS2 | Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft, 2006 |
84.40% 15 Reviews |
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PS2 | Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria Tri-Ace/Square Enix, 2006 |
84.35% 49 Reviews |
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PS2 | Fight Night Round 3 EA Chicago/EA Sports, 2006 |
83.61% 36 Reviews |
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PS2 | MLB 06: The Show SCEA San Diego Studios/SCEA, 2006 |
82.90% 30 Reviews |
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PS2 | Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra Monolith Soft/Namco, 2006 |
82.67% 33 Reviews |
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PS2 | Hitman: Blood Money Io Interactive/Eidos Interactive, 2006 |
82.51% 41 Reviews |
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PS2 | NBA 2K7 Visual Concepts/2K Sports, 2006 |
82.50% 12 Reviews |
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PS2 | Tomb Raider: Legend Crystal Dynamics/Eidos Interactive, 2006 |
82.22% 44 Reviews |
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PS2 | Call of Duty 3 Treyarch/Activision, 2006 |
82.17% 18 Reviews |
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PS2 | Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams Capcom, 2006 |
81.82% 53 Reviews |
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PS2 | Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Raven Software/Activision, 2006 |
81.65% 30 Reviews |
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PS2 | FIFA 07 Soccer Team Fusion/EA Sports, 2006 |
81.40% 27 Reviews |
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PS2 | Sega Genesis Collection Digital Eclipse/Sega, 2006 |
81.09% 33 Reviews |
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PS2 | Street Fighter Alpha Anthology Capcom, 2006 |
80.73% 55 Reviews |
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PS2 | OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast Sumo Digital/Sega, 2006 |
80.03% 43 Reviews |
2013 should have been a slow year, but 3DS was on fire.
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3DS | Fire Emblem: Awakening Intelligent Systems/Nintendo, 2013 |
92.52% 52 Reviews |
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3DS | The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Nintendo, 2013 |
90.55% 55 Reviews |
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3DS | Pokemon Y Game Freak/Nintendo, 2013 |
87.89% 45 Reviews |
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3DS | Pokemon X Game Freak/Nintendo, 2013 |
87.26% 45 Reviews |
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3DS | Animal Crossing: New Leaf Nintendo, 2013 |
86.93% 45 Reviews |
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3DS | Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon Next Level Games/Nintendo, 2013 |
85.86% 44 Reviews |
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3DS | Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan Atlus, 2013 |
85.00% 34 Reviews |
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3DS | Shin Megami Tensei IV Atlus, 2013 |
84.03% 37 Reviews |
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3DS | Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Monster Games Inc./Nintendo, 2013 |
83.51% 41 Reviews |
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3DS | SteamWorld Dig Image & Form, 2013 |
83.05% 20 Reviews |
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3DS | Gunman Clive Horberg Productions, 2013 |
82.91% 11 Reviews |
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3DS | Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies Capcom, 2013 |
82.43% 44 Reviews |
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3DS | Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl Atlus, 2013 |
81.39% 31 Reviews |
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3DS | Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Alphadream Corporation/Nintendo, 2013 |
80.65% 46 Reviews |
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3DS | Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Capcom, 2013 |
80.13% 15 Reviews |
But now we are going into 2020. Nintendo pretty much gave everything they had for this year, so 2020 may be a bit of a slow year for them, the same way it was slow in 2018.
There's no handhelds, or 4th console hanging around to buff up the numbers anymore.
PS4 is selling very well, but it isn't the 150 million juggernaut that was the PS2. So I doubt it will get as much 3rd party support as the PS2 got in it's final years.
