Which console has the biggest gaming library in general?

I don't know about the raw numbers, but the PS2 definitely has more variety.

I don't know about the raw numbers, but the PS2 definitely has more variety.

cabose38

I enter thinking it's another of your topics and it is:P

Anyways, hard to tell, since all consoles had a lot of shovelware, could be the PS2, DS, PS1, SNES, NES...

Go to GameFAQs, and click on any system. Then where it says to 'browse all games,' click on 'All.' Then scroll down to the bottom of that page, and see how many pages there are. Using that, you should get a general sense of how many games are on that system. The X-Box 360 has 56 pages of games, which is quite a bit. The Nintendo DS has 55 pages of games, the most of any handhold console. The PS2 has 59 pages of games. As of right now, the PS2 has the biggest gaming library, but in time, that will probably change.

Id have to imagine its the PS2, unless one includes the PC of course.

personally, I own more Saturn games than I do for other systems, that and the PC make up around 1/3 of my collection.

Go to GameFAQs, and click on any system. Then where it says to 'browse all games,' click on 'All.' Then scroll down to the bottom of that page, and see how many pages there are. Using that, you should get a general sense of how many games are on that system. The X-Box 360 has 56 pages of games, which is quite a bit. The Nintendo DS has 55 pages of games, the most of any handhold console. The PS2 has 59 pages of games. As of right now, the PS2 has the biggest gaming library, but in time, that will probably change.

HallowBastion

[QUOTE="HallowBastion"]

Go to GameFAQs, and click on any system. Then where it says to 'browse all games,' click on 'All.' Then scroll down to the bottom of that page, and see how many pages there are. Using that, you should get a general sense of how many games are on that system. The X-Box 360 has 56 pages of games, which is quite a bit. The Nintendo DS has 55 pages of games, the most of any handhold console. The PS2 has 59 pages of games. As of right now, the PS2 has the biggest gaming library, but in time, that will probably change.

StatusShuffle

And StatusShuffle is a much more reliable source than GameFAQs. :roll:

[QUOTE="StatusShuffle"][QUOTE="HallowBastion"]

Go to GameFAQs, and click on any system. Then where it says to 'browse all games,' click on 'All.' Then scroll down to the bottom of that page, and see how many pages there are. Using that, you should get a general sense of how many games are on that system. The X-Box 360 has 56 pages of games, which is quite a bit. The Nintendo DS has 55 pages of games, the most of any handhold console. The PS2 has 59 pages of games. As of right now, the PS2 has the biggest gaming library, but in time, that will probably change.

Emerald_Warrior

And StatusShuffle is a much more reliable source than GameFAQs. :roll:

A quick Google of it turned up 1850 on PS2 and 929 on XBox 360.

A quick Google of it turned up 1850 on PS2 and 929 on XBox 360.

Emerald_Warrior

My google search came to PS2- Roughly 2,016 games 360- Roughly 736 full retail games

That is only possible if you include renames for different regions, and count limited and re-printed editions as separate.

This is stupid...... StatusShuffle

.......the Xbox has over 736 shooters in general and that's a knwonw fact. StatusShuffle

The PS2 has at least 2000 official releases across all reagions. I think the Wii is in second with a little over 1200.

It's gotta be the PS2.

It's been around so much longer than the 360, and they continued making games for it up until last year.

Some Gamestops still sell PS2 games and the PS2 bargin bin has freaking HUGE. I love it. I found Okage, YuYu Hakusho and Devil May Cry in that bin.

Not only does it have the biggest library, it also has the most quality and diverse library.

It's got the best of both worlds, quality and quantity.

In a way the original Playstation 3 60 & 20 Gigers have the biggest gaming library. The entire original Playstation library, The entrie Playstation 2 library, And the entire Playstation 3 library. Plus all of the PSN games library. So for a single console that can play the most games PS3 launch models cannot be equalled.

But for a single console, With only offical releases The Playstation 2 which has lasted from March 2000- Aug/Sept 2012 ? Maybe the Atari 2600 with a lifespan of 14 years and tons of games, Most of which are unoffical. Which is one of the reasons for the Videogame industry Crash of 1983.

Atari 2600 or PS2 for a single console, Phat PS3 20 & 60 Gigers for the biggest gaming library in general.

In a way the original Playstation 3 60 & 20 Gigers have the biggest gaming library. The entire original Playstation library, The entrie Playstation 2 library, And the entire Playstation 3 library. Plus all of the PSN games library. So for a single console that can play the most games PS3 launch models cannot be equalled.

But for a single console, With only offical releases The Playstation 2 which has lasted from March 2000- Aug/Sept 2012 ? Maybe the Atari 2600 with a lifespan of 14 years and tons of games, Most of which are unoffical. Which is one of the reasons for the Videogame industry Crash of 1983.

Atari 2600 or PS2 for a single console, Phat PS3 20 & 60 Gigers for the biggest gaming library in general.

Megavideogamer

[QUOTE="Megavideogamer"]

In a way the original Playstation 3 60 & 20 Gigers have the biggest gaming library. The entire original Playstation library, The entrie Playstation 2 library, And the entire Playstation 3 library. Plus all of the PSN games library. So for a single console that can play the most games PS3 launch models cannot be equalled.

But for a single console, With only offical releases The Playstation 2 which has lasted from March 2000- Aug/Sept 2012 ? Maybe the Atari 2600 with a lifespan of 14 years and tons of games, Most of which are unoffical. Which is one of the reasons for the Videogame industry Crash of 1983.

Atari 2600 or PS2 for a single console, Phat PS3 20 & 60 Gigers for the biggest gaming library in general.

Legendarycr8ter

What is wrong about his post? What part of it isn't true? You can play the entire Playstation library on an original PS3. Atari 2600 did last 14 years (1977-1991). And he did say EITHER Atari 2600 or PS2, he didn't name one or the other as the winner.

It'd be PC, but since you said consoles, nothing beats the PS2 in flat out number of games. Although now that I think about it, I have to wonder if any handheld has more games. I'd take a guess that because of the lower development costs that the GBA has more games, and I wouldn't be surprised if the DS did as well. A google search isn't helping me a whole lot right now to find that out though...

it has to be PS2 , it has the best variety , xbox 360 is almost shooters ..

PC wins by a mile.

However we are talking about consoles. The PS2 had an extensive library. I'm not sure if any other platform can match it.

Anyone want to link these numbers of which has the biggest library? Yes that includes you TC.

PC by far but then that's not exactly a console by definition.. in which case Playstation 2 takes the cake. "The PlayStation 2 is the best-selling console of all time, having reached over 150 million units sold as of January 31, 2011. This milestone was reached 11 years after the system was released in Japan on March 4, 2000. Further, Sony said at present there are 10,828 game titles available for the system and that 1.52 billion PS2 titles had been sold since launch." That's not a typo- 10,828 games comprise the PS2 library and counting. Even though the system's predecessor was released back in 2006, the PS2 is still being supported by third party developers and Sony itself. Here is the link to these impressive stats: http://asia.gamespot.com/news/150-million-ps2-units-shipped-worldwide-6298857BlendThree

There's really 10,828 games on PS2?! That sounds ridiculously high! I find it hard to believe even. But it's right there on Gamespot's website. Amazing.

[QUOTE="BlendThree"]PC by far but then that's not exactly a console by definition.. in which case Playstation 2 takes the cake. "The PlayStation 2 is the best-selling console of all time, having reached over 150 million units sold as of January 31, 2011. This milestone was reached 11 years after the system was released in Japan on March 4, 2000. Further, Sony said at present there are 10,828 game titles available for the system and that 1.52 billion PS2 titles had been sold since launch." That's not a typo- 10,828 games comprise the PS2 library and counting. Even though the system's predecessor was released back in 2006, the PS2 is still being supported by third party developers and Sony itself. Here is the link to these impressive stats: http://asia.gamespot.com/news/150-million-ps2-units-shipped-worldwide-6298857Emerald_Warrior

There's really 10,828 games on PS2?! That sounds ridiculously high! I find it hard to believe even. But it's right there on Gamespot's website. Amazing.

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

[QUOTE="BlendThree"]PC by far but then that's not exactly a console by definition.. in which case Playstation 2 takes the cake. "The PlayStation 2 is the best-selling console of all time, having reached over 150 million units sold as of January 31, 2011. This milestone was reached 11 years after the system was released in Japan on March 4, 2000. Further, Sony said at present there are 10,828 game titles available for the system and that 1.52 billion PS2 titles had been sold since launch." That's not a typo- 10,828 games comprise the PS2 library and counting. Even though the system's predecessor was released back in 2006, the PS2 is still being supported by third party developers and Sony itself. Here is the link to these impressive stats: http://asia.gamespot.com/news/150-million-ps2-units-shipped-worldwide-6298857Darkman2007

There's really 10,828 games on PS2?! That sounds ridiculously high! I find it hard to believe even. But it's right there on Gamespot's website. Amazing.

Yeah, there has got to be some of that going on to get that number. On top of that you got all the game-of-the-platinum-hits-collection type stuff and all the regional varients on those.

PS2 has the most biggest games library in the world - You should check Wikipedia :P

PS2 has the most biggest games library in the world - You should check Wikipedia :P

TheZanmato

A quick look at the official Sony and Microsoft sites give these numbers PS2 - 1809 and 360 - 1632. The 360 includes xbla and unreleased games as well. Devil-Itachi

[QUOTE="Devil-Itachi"]A quick look at the official Sony and Microsoft sites give these numbers PS2 - 1809 and 360 - 1632. The 360 includes xbla and unreleased games as well. StatusShuffle

Why does he have to provide a link. You, and you solely alone, are the only one on this thread that doesn't believe PS2 has the largest game library despite all the links and Wikipedia quotes given to you.

[QUOTE="StatusShuffle"][QUOTE="Devil-Itachi"]A quick look at the official Sony and Microsoft sites give these numbers PS2 - 1809 and 360 - 1632. The 360 includes xbla and unreleased games as well. Emerald_Warrior

Why does he have to provide a link. You, and you solely alone, are the only one on this thread that doesn't believe PS2 has the largest game library despite all the links and Wikipedia quotes given to you.

I never understood why a TC would get angry at people answering a question he asked.

Why not do some research and then make a thread?

Seems pointless to instigate an investigation only to argue with people who actually DO some investigating.

PS2: 1800+ games

http://us.playstation.com/ps2/

Xbox 360: 562 games

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Search?downloadtype=Game&page=7&pagesize=90&query=games&sortby=Title

I never understood why a TC would get angry at people answering a question he asked.

Ragnarok1051

Why not do some research and then make a thread?

Seems pointless to instigate an investigation only to argue with people who actually DO some investigating.

LordBrew

PS2: 1800+ games

http://us.playstation.com/ps2/

Xbox 360: 562 games

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Search?downloadtype=Game&page=7&pagesize=90&query=games&sortby=Title

OniStrat

[QUOTE="OniStrat"]

PS2: 1800+ games

http://us.playstation.com/ps2/

Xbox 360: 562 games

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Search?downloadtype=Game&page=7&pagesize=90&query=games&sortby=Title

StatusShuffle

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Games/All?SortBy=ReleaseDate

So, 1636 games including Arcade games, as someone already mentioned before.

[QUOTE="StatusShuffle"][QUOTE="OniStrat"]

PS2: 1800+ games

http://us.playstation.com/ps2/

Xbox 360: 562 games

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Search?downloadtype=Game&page=7&pagesize=90&query=games&sortby=Title

OniStrat

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Games/All?SortBy=ReleaseDate

So, 1636 games including Arcade games, as someone already mentioned before.

Very entertaining, TC is raging so hard, I bet his head is red like a tomato. Please don't make him angry anymore he's going to explode.

[QUOTE="OniStrat"]

[QUOTE="StatusShuffle"] I see what you did there with the MS link lol marketplace.StatusShuffle

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Games/All?SortBy=ReleaseDate

So, 1636 games including Arcade games, as someone already mentioned before.

http://us.playstation.com/ps-products/BrowseGames?&sortOrder=rDatenf&console=ps2&recordsOnPage=48&viewType=thumbview&beginsWith=Any&publisher=Any&genre=Action,Adventure,Arcade,Compilation,Educational,Extreme_Sports,Family,Fighting,Fitness,Music,Party,Puzzle,Quiz,Racing,RPG,Shooter,Sports,Strategy&esrb=early_childhood,everyone,everyone_10,teen,mature,rating_pending&page=1

I believe this settles it, although I have a feeling you'll be asking for even more proof.

[QUOTE="StatusShuffle"][QUOTE="OniStrat"]Oops, my bad. Here's another link:

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Games/All?SortBy=ReleaseDate

So, 1636 games including Arcade games, as someone already mentioned before.

OniStrat

http://us.playstation.com/ps-products/BrowseGames?&sortOrder=rDatenf&console=ps2&recordsOnPage=48&viewType=thumbview&beginsWith=Any&publisher=Any&genre=Action,Adventure,Arcade,Compilation,Educational,Extreme_Sports,Family,Fighting,Fitness,Music,Party,Puzzle,Quiz,Racing,RPG,Shooter,Sports,Strategy&esrb=early_childhood,everyone,everyone_10,teen,mature,rating_pending&page=1

I believe this settles it, although I have a feeling you'll be asking for even more proof.