There should be a way to check PS2 at the same point in time as far as reviews go and maybe go as far as look at PS1 the same way, same way with SNES and NES though I highly doubt you can find those reviews online =\

Imagine that, new poster, you actually used facts unlike most of the people here. Looks to me that the PS2's numbers are better than the Wii's, and I'm willing to bet that "shovelware" increases as the install base increases. Anyway, I think the main point from the graphs that this thread is supposed to be about is that the PS3 has the most highly rated games and the Wii has the least. And yet, as little time ago as yesterday there are posters here trying to say there is too little to play on PS3. If you go by raw numbers instead of percentages, 360 probably has the most. Anyway, a lot of people have Wii's and they seem to be content, so whatever.

Newsflash: The best-selling console ALWAYS gets the most shovelware, and the worst-selling console ALWAYS gets the least.

Newsflash: the PS2 is the most successful console in history and didn't have as much shovelware as the Wii is getting.

Old news considering I quoted the stat chefsean compiled in the post above yours.

The thing is game reviews don't prove shovelware. Shovelware is based on effort, not whether the critics were pleased.

In that sense, the PS2's design made sovelware difficult until developers caught on to it. So the majority of the shovelware came later, while easier systems made shovelware more feasible sooner.

So the PS2 is not really that fair a comparison.