Forget Next-gen, the PS2/DS/PSP Will Dominate This Holiday Season

I kind of got this idea from CriscoKidd in the "What are you playing right now" thread.

Even though the 360 is getting some great games, and both the Wii and PS3 will be launching with some interesting titles, the PS2, DS, and PSP are where the real fun will be at this holiday season (according to Gamespot and their weekly new releases page). Check out these titles:

DS:
Konductra
Star Fox Command
Mario Hoops 3 on 3
Harvest Moon DS
Mega Man ZX
Contact
Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
Pokemon Blue
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2
Touch Detective
Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends
Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam
Star Trek: Tactical Assault
The Sims 2: Pets
Final Fantasy III
Lunar Knights
Children of Mana
Yoshi’s Island 2
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Kirby Squeak Squad
Custom Robo Arena
Gunpey

PSP:
Mercury Meltdown
LocoRoco
Guilty Gear Judgment
Ultimate Ghosts ‘n Goblins
Bounty Hounds
Star Trek: Tactical Assault
Bomberman
Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception
WTF
Metal Slug Anthology
Power Stone Collection
Gangs of London
Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony
Tales of Eternia (WOW…this one is finally coming to America I guess…took them long enough).
Mortal Kombat: Unchained
GTA: Vice City Stories
Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded
Killzone: Liberation
Every Extend Extra
Lumines 2
SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 2
Dungeons & Dragons Tactics
HOT PXL
Silen Hill: Origins
Gunpey
Sega Genesis Collection
Earthworm Jim
Medal of Honor Heroes
Plus this, which just got revealed:
EA Replay (Road Rash, Mutant League Football, Wing Commander, Ultima, and more).

PS2:
Disgaea 2
Xenosaga Episode 3
The Red Star
Yakuza
Rule of Rose
Okami
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Also on Xbox and eventually the Wii (not this year though IIRC).
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
God Hand
Destroy All Humans 2 Also on Xbox.
Lumines Plus
Guitar Hero 2
Final Fantasy XII
Bully
SOCOM: Combined Assault
Tales of the Abyss
Sega Genesis Collection

I tried to keep these to titles that were more or less exclusive to those platforms. Of course, you'll also have Madden 07, NBA 2K7 (or NBA Live 07), Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, NFS: Carbon, Splinter Cell, Phantasy Star Universe, Lego Star Wars, WWE vs SD 2007, and a bunch of other titles. Plus, there's also Zelda for the Gamecube, which could quite possibly end up being the best game this generation.

This lineup, along with some titles in early 07 (God of War 2, Zelda DS, etc.), should keep us non-early adopters occupied for a while until we finally decide to buy a new console...assuming handhelds are OK, although the PS2 (and Xbox/GC to a lesser degree due to multiplatform games) may have enough to offer by itself. Heck, Zelda and/or FF12 will be enough for most I imagine.

 

It has been rumored, although not confirmed. I think Obsidian is busy finishing up Neverwinter Nights 2. After that, they may start going full steam ahead with KOTOR 3 (assuming that is their next project).

 

KOTOR isn't on the PS2, just the Xbox and PC. KOTOR 3 might be on both the 360 and PS3, but that's about as close as you can get to having KOTOR on a Playstation console.

I think the only other decent SW games lately were/are the Lego Star Wars games. I never played them myself, but that's the only other option I can think of off the top of my head.

 

Note that I think I listed the wrong name for the game. I think the name of the game was changed to Metal Slug Anthology, but Gamespot kept the Metal Slug Collection page up too, which led me to put that one up first without thinking about it.

Here's the MSA page:
http://www.gamespot.com/psp/action/metalsluganthology/index.html

I also added MOH to the list for the PSP. Either Gamespot added that to the PSP list recently, or I missed it yesterday.