As for PS2' s 1st year it was pretty good, but was eclipsed by the games the Dreamcast had coming out. Though I will say that Tekken Tag, Ridge V, SSX, Onimusha, GT3 and Capcom vs SNK 2 were very good first year games. MGS2 and DMC at the end of the first year too.

No, now you' re being cheeky. Playstation 2 didn' t have a worldwide launch like 360, but developers worldwide did have the devkits at around the same time, which meaning that since the US launch was 7 months after the Japanese launch, western studios had an additional 7 months to craft their titles. It was released in Japan in March, the US in October and Europe a month later than that. You are British meaning that titles for your first year with the console had an extra 8 months development time.