COVID hit the lineup pretty hard but next year looks bomb.

Gonna have to agree with a lot of people here. Slow year but with stuff like Ratchet and Clank and a few other games, compared to the PS4 first year, this isnt so bad

Yes absolutely. I think buying a PS5 at this price is not wise. Wait a year when offers start flying with a more mature software line-up. Right now besides Ratchet, it's just a juiced up PS4. That said, Sony are rarely known for having strong line-ups first year of release, although the PS5's is particularly weak.

It was probably the best release library wise from Playstation, so it is hard to say it is their worst year in a decade. But yes it could have been better without all the delays.

Only 2 of those games are from Sony.

PS2 launch was early March 2000.

GTA3 released late October 2001, so almost 20 months after launch.
MGS2 released mid November 2001, so over 20 months after launch.
GT3 released late April 2001, so almost 13 months after launch.
DMC released mid late August 2001, so almost 18 months after launch.
FF X released mid July 2001, so over 16 months after launch.
Twisted Metal Black released mid June 2001, so over 15 months after launch.
ICO released late September 2001, so almost 19 months after launch.
Silent Hill released late September 2001, so almost 19 months after launch.

None of them was a first year game (GT3 comes closest).

But if it makes you happy: just imagine PS5 was launched in your region this summer instead of November... then you can count every game until next summer as "first year game".

well... There is Covid. that realy pushed things... Also, if we talking about 1st year and "only Sony made games", you can include DS Remake, Miles Morales ( Perhaps you can include Tsushima as crossgen, maybe? Last of Us 2 is Ps4, kinda unfair to include it on "PS5 first year").
Still, for a first year and considering "only Sony made games", solid year.

Over here, it didn't launch until the end of October, so for me (and everyone else outside of Japan), all those games were first year. It was truly amazing. 

I was referring to calendar year releases by Sony (for all its consoles) vs past 12 months or first year of a console launch.

We're talking about 2021 and not remakes at that. So DS, Tsushima, and Death Stranding don't count. Tsushima is in no way cross-gen. And it's not a solid year in any way. Tell me a game for September, August and October? And even if you include everything, it's not a solid 14 months(more than a year if you count everything). For the first year, the only actually big game was Ratchet and Clank. I don't see any universe in which this year was "solid" for Sony. Xbox doesn't have the best year either but at least they can cap it off with Halo Infinite which is like a half a decade type of game.