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Super Mario Brothers, a launch title for the NES
A launch title is a video game that has been made available to consumers synchronously with its respective video game console, meaning they are the only available games at the time of the console's launch. Several of these titles are also typically selected to be packaged with the console. Because launch titles provide first impressions of the console's features and technical abilities, they are extremely important in the video game industry, and many launch titles have been killer apps.

Quality vs. quantity

Historically, the number of launch titles has been an important factor in deciding the success of a gaming platform. The more games available at launch, the higher the chances that players will find something that interests them. However, the same importance applies to game quality: poor quality games don't sell as well in the long term as high quality ones.

When gearing up for a major console launch, developers and publishers have a decision to make. They can release a large number of launch titles, often accompanied by the promise of more soon after launch, or they can release a few extremely strong titles, or a killer game. Whilst releasing a large number of extremely strong titles is of course preferred, this may not be practical. To balance these choices, developers will often supplement one or two strong titles with third-party or licensed titles to bolster the number of launch titles.

Launch titles

Main article: List of video game console launch titles
Here are a few popular games that debuted at launch. EGM listed[1] the 10 worst launch titles as:
  1. Night Trap (Sega CD)
  2. (PlayStation)
  3. Cybermorph (Atari Jaguar)
  4. Altered Beast (Sega Mega Drive/Genesis)
  5. (Sega CD)
  6. Army Men Advance (Game Boy Advance)
  7. Mortal Kombat Gold (Dreamcast)
  8. Donkey Kong Jr. Math (NES)
  9. Fighting Street (Turbografx CD)
  10. Perfect Dark Zero (Xbox 360)
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This is an incomplete list of launch titles for various games consoles.

Home consoles


Selected home game consoles
First generation
Magnavox Odyssey • Pong • Coleco Telstar
Second generation
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JPN July 15, 1983
USA October 18, 1985
CAN February 1986
EUR September 1, 1986[1]
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Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
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Super Mario Bros. (スーパーマリオブラザーズ
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JPN July 15, 1983
USA October 18, 1985
CAN February 1986
EUR September 1, 1986[1]
EUR/AUS 1987<ref name="eur_regions" />
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Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
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Super Mario World (スーパーマリオワールド
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JP November 21, 1990
NA August 13, 1991
EU April 11, 1992
AUS July 3, 1992

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PlayStation 2 in the original black colour]]
Manufacturer Sony Computer Entertainment
Type Video game console
Generation Sixth generation era
First available March 4, 2000
October 26, 2000
November 24, 2000
November 30, 2000
December 1, 2004
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