I agree. All the launch titles look stupid to me. I mean, MS launched the Xbox with Halo!!
I think they rushed the launch to much. I know everyone is excited about it, but in there rush to launch it for the holidays, I think they dropped the ball on a lot of other things...like games...rushing the devs..etc.
I think a launch NEXT XMAS would have been better for everything...and Sony might have followed suit, instead of rushing also to compete with MS. Plus they could have launched with Halo 3 and dominated the market.
Personally I am waiting for a new Ninja Gaiden. Ninja Gaiden still looks better to me then most of the screens I have seen for 360 games. I have seen Call of Duty 2 at Wally world, I think Ninja Gaiden looks the same if not better.
I guess for me there is no reason to pre-order OR "beat the rush" for a system with games that just don't interest me. I didn't snag an xbox until summer of 2002, and actually it was Halo that turned me to xbox, if not for that game I might be posting on a PS3 forum about now