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2003 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Tony Hawk's Underground, Madden NFL 2004, NBA Live 2004, ESPN NBA Basketball, Saya no Uta: The Song of Saya, Final Fantasy X-2, Mario Kart: Double Dash, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Sonic Heroes, Postal 2, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, and WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain. New intellectual properties included Beyond Good & Evil, Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand, Call of Duty, Disgaea, Drakengard, Manhunt, PlanetSide, TrackMania, True Crime: Streets of LA, and Viewtiful Joe. The year's best-selling video game worldwide was Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire, the fifth time a Pokémon games was the annual worldwide top-seller (since 1998).

Legend

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Video game platforms
GBAGame Boy Advance, iQue GBAGCNGameCubePS1PlayStation 1
PS2PlayStation 2WINWindows, all versions Windows 95 and upXBXbox, Xbox Live Arcade

Hardware

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Game Boy Advance SP
Nokia N-Gage

This is a list of all game hardware released in 2003.

Nintendo released the Game Boy Advance SP, the second & declared as the definitive model of the Game Boy Advance (it's also been declared as the best entry in the Game Boy family overall). The GBA SP was the first handheld Nintendo console to have a rechargeable battery powered by an AC Adapter instead of using AA batteries.

Date System Ref.
February 14 Game Boy Advance SPJP [1]
March 23 Game Boy Advance SPNA [2]
March 28 Game Boy Advance SPPAL [3]
August 13 PlayStation 2IND [citation needed]
October 7 N-Gage [citation needed]

Discontinued

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Computer games continue to lose ground to console video games with a US sales drop of 14% in 2003.[5] Total 2003 entertainment software sales in the United States grew slightly to US$7 billion; console sales increased to $5.8 billion and computer games accounted for the remaining $1.2 billion.[6]

Video game consoles

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The dominant video game consoles in 2003 were:

Handheld game systems

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The dominant handheld systems in 2003 were:

Best-selling video games

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Best-selling video games worldwide in 2003
Game Platform Publisher Sales
Japan[7] USA Europe Worldwide
Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire GBA Nintendo 1,704,458 2,200,000+[8] 1,500,000+[9] 6,120,000[10]
Mario Kart: Double Dash GCN Nintendo 567,849 1,000,000+[11] Unknown 3,580,000[10]
Final Fantasy X-2 PS2 Square Enix 2,000,000+[12] 1,000,000[13] Unknown 3,400,000[13]
Pro Evolution Soccer 3 (World Soccer Winning Eleven 7) PS2 Konami 1,160,000[14] N/a 1,550,000[14] 2,710,000[14]
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros 3 GBA Nintendo 457,095 1,100,000+[15][8] Unknown 2,590,000[10]
Madden NFL 2004 PS2 EA Sports N/a 2,300,000+[16] Unknown 2,300,000+
Mario Party 5 GCN Nintendo 481,053 Unknown Unknown 1,640,000[10]
Enter the Matrix PS2 Infogrames 92,459[17] 1,000,000+[18] 300,000+[19][20] 1,392,459+
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker GCN Nintendo 252,064 1,100,000+[8] Unknown 1,352,064+
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City PS2 Rockstar N/a 1,000,000+[15][11] 300,000+[19][20] 1,300,000+

Japan

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Best-selling video games in Japan[7]
Rank Game Platform Publisher Genre Sales Ref
1Final Fantasy X-2PS2Square Enix Role-playing 2,000,000+ [12]
2Pocket Monsters: Ruby / Sapphire (Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire)GBAThe Pokémon Company Role-playing 1,704,458 [7]
3Shin Sangokumusou 3 (Dynasty Warriors 4)PS2Koei Hack and slash 1,178,455
4World Soccer Winning Eleven 7 (Pro Evolution Soccer 3)PS2Konami Sports 1,160,000 [14]
5Minna no Golf 4 (Everybody's Golf 4)PS2Sony Sports 875,252 [7]
6Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan HeartGBASquare Enix Role-playing 593,458
7Mobile Suit Gundam: Meguriai Sora PS2Bandai Third-person shooter 577,972
8Mario Kart: Double DashGCNNintendo Kart racing 567,849
9Made in WarioGBANintendo Party 556,806
10Dragon Ball Z (Dragon Ball Z: Budokai)PS2Bandai Fighting 543,312

United States

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Best-selling video games in the United States[15][21]
Rank Game Platform Publisher Genre Sales Ref
1Madden NFL 2004PS2EA Sports Sports 2,300,000+ [16]
2Pokémon Ruby / SapphireGBANintendo Role-playing 2,200,000+ [8]
3Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros 3GBANintendo Platformer 1,100,000+ [15][8]
4The Legend of Zelda: The Wind WakerGCNNintendo Action-adventure 1,100,000+ [8]
5Grand Theft Auto: Vice CityPS2Rockstar Games Action-adventure 1,000,000+ [15][11]
6Mario Kart: Double DashGCNNintendo Kart racing 1,000,000+ [11]
7Mario & Luigi Superstar SagaGBANintendo Role-playing1,000,000+ [15][18]
8Enter the MatrixPS2Infogrames Action-adventure 1,000,000+ [18]
9Medal of Honor: Rising SunPS2Electronic Arts First-person shooter 1,000,000+ [21][13]
10NCAA Football 2004PS2EA Sports Sports 1,000,000+ [21][13]

PAL regions

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Best-selling video games in PAL regions
Rank Australia[22] United Kingdom[19]
Game Platform Game Platform(s) Sales[20][23]
1 EyeToy: Play PS2 FIFA Football 2004 700,000+[24]
2 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City PS2 Need for Speed: Underground 700,000[24]
3 Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec PS2 Medal of Honor: Rising Sun 300,000+
4 V8 Supercars PS2 The Sims 300,000+
5 Pokémon Ruby GBA Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 300,000+
6 Pokémon Sapphire GBA Enter the Matrix 300,000+
7 Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex PS2 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 300,000+
8 Need for Speed: Underground PS2 EyeToy: Play PS2 300,000+
9 Rugby League PS2 The Simpsons: Hit & Run 300,000+
10 Enter the Matrix PS2 FIFA Football 2003 300,000+

Games with notable critical reception

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Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.

Critically acclaimed games

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2003 games and expansions scoring at least 88/100 (MC) or 87.5% (GR)[25][26]
Game Publisher Release date Platform(s) MC score GR score
Grand Theft Auto Double Pack Rockstar Games November 4, 2003 XB 96/100 94.6%
The Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition Nintendo November 17, 2003 GCN 95/100 92.17%
Championship Manager 4 Eidos Interactive March 28, 2003 WIN N/A 95%
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Rockstar Games May 12, 2003 WIN 94/100 94.39%
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic LucasArts July 15, 2003 XB 94/100 94.21%
NCAA Football 2004 EA Sports July 16, 2003 PS2 94/100 93.27%
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Nintendo October 21, 2003 GBA 94/100 92.25%
Madden NFL 2004 EA Sports August 12, 2003 PS2 94/100 91.77%
Madden NFL 2004 EA Sports August 12, 2003 GCN 94/100 91.54%
Pro Evolution Soccer 3 Konami October 17, 2003 WIN 92/100[27] 93.33%[28]
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic LucasArts November 19, 2003 WIN 93/100 93.19%
Project Gotham Racing 2 Microsoft Game Studios November 18, 2003 XB 90/100 93.16%
Pro Evolution Soccer 3 Konami August 7, 2003 PS2 93/100[27] 92.97%[28]
SSX 3 EA Sports October 20, 2003 PS2 93/100 92.28%
Soulcalibur II Namco March 27, 2003 GCN 93/100 92.23%
Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution Sega March 13, 2003 PS2 93/100 91.59%
Viewtiful Joe Capcom June 26, 2003 GCN 93/100 91.19%
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Ubisoft November 18, 2003 XB 92/100 92.67%
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Ubisoft November 18, 2003 GCN 92/100 92.12%
SSX 3 EA Sports October 20, 2003 GCN 92/100 92%
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Ubisoft November 10, 2003 PS2 92/100 91.94%
Soulcalibur II Namco March 27, 2003 XB 92/100 91.62%
Soulcalibur II Namco March 27, 2003 PS2 92/100 91.47%
SSX 3 EA Sports October 20, 2003 XB 92/100 89.93%
Madden NFL 2004 EA Sports August 12, 2003 XB 92/100 89.24%
Call of Duty Activision October 29, 2003 WIN 91/100 91.52%
NCAA Football 2004 EA Sports July 16, 2003 XB 88/100 91.33%
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Ubisoft February 19, 2003 WIN 91/100 90.16%
ESPN NFL Football Sega September 3, 2003 XB 91/100 89.27%
Madden NFL 2004 EA Sports August 12, 2003 WIN 91/100 88.4%
ESPN NFL Football Sega September 3, 2003 PS2 91/100 88.12%
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow Konami May 6, 2003 GBA 91/100 87.9%
F1 Challenge '99–'02 EA Sports June 24, 2003 WIN 91/100 85.29%
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Blizzard Entertainment July 1, 2003 WIN 88/100 90.98%
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando Sony Computer Entertainment November 11, 2003 PS2 90/100 90.64%
Tony Hawk's Underground Activision October 27, 2003 PS2 90/100 90.58%
NCAA Football 2004 EA Sports July 16, 2003 GCN 89/100 90.42%
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Nintendo November 17, 2003 GBA 90/100 90.41%
NBA Street Vol. 2 EA Sports April 29, 2003 PS2 90/100 90.16%
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising Nintendo June 24, 2003 GBA 89/100 90.16%
ESPN NHL Hockey Sega September 9, 2003 PS2 90/100 86.42%
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind – Game of the Year Edition Bethesda Softworks October 31, 2003 XB 88/100 89.9%
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 EA Sports September 22, 2003 PS2 89/100 89.78%
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 EA Sports September 22, 2003 GCN 89/100 89.54%
Burnout 2: Point of Impact Acclaim Entertainment April 9, 2003 GCN 89/100 89.43%
NBA Street Vol. 2 EA Sports April 29, 2003 GCN 88/100 89.36%
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge Microsoft Game Studios October 21, 2003 XB 88/100 89.26%
NASCAR Racing 2003 Season Sierra Entertainment February 13, 2003 WIN 89/100 89.25%
Rise of Nations Microsoft Game Studios May 20, 2003 WIN 89/100 89.17%
World Series Baseball 2K3 Sega March 10, 2003 XB 89/100 89.12%
F-Zero GX Nintendo July 25, 2003 GCN 89/100 89.03%
NBA Street Vol. 2 EA Sports April 29, 2003 XB 89/100 88.91%
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! Nintendo March 21, 2003 GBA 89/100 88.83%
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Ubisoft November 10, 2003 WIN 89/100 88.59%
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Ubisoft March 28, 2003 PS2 89/100 88.07%
Top Spin Microsoft Game Studios October 28, 2003 XB 89/100 88.05%
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 EA Sports September 22, 2003 XB 89/100 87.23%
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Ubisoft April 10, 2003 GCN 89/100 86.82%
Tony Hawk's Underground Activision October 27, 2003 GCN 89/100 86.18%
ESPN NBA Basketball Sega October 21, 2003 PS2 89/100 86.13%
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade Nintendo April 25, 2003 GBA 88/100 88.83%
Beyond Good & Evil Ubisoft December 2, 2003 XB 87/100 88.61%
Burnout 2: Point of Impact Acclaim Entertainment May 1, 2003 XB 88/100 88.55%
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Rockstar Games October 14, 2003 WIN 86/100 88.52%
Beyond Good & Evil Ubisoft December 11, 2003 GCN 87/100 88.14%
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Ubisoft October 28, 2003 XB 86/100 88.06%
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 Activision August 27, 2003 WIN 88/100 87.64%
ESPN NHL Hockey Sega September 9, 2003 XB 88/100 87.27%
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight Microsoft July 29, 2003 WIN 88/100 87.07%
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 EA Sports September 22, 2003 WIN 88/100 86.77%
NASCAR Thunder 2004 EA Sports September 16, 2003 PS2 88/100 86.72%
Jak II Sony Computer Entertainment October 14, 2003 PS2 87/100 87.93%
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance Square February 14, 2003 GBA 87/100 87.64%

Famitsu

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The following video game releases in 2002 entered Famitsu magazine's "Platinum Hall of Fame" and received Famitsu scores of at least 36 out of 40.[29]

Title Platform Developer Publisher Genre Score (out of 40)
Operator's Side (Lifeline) PS2 Sony Computer Entertainment Sony Computer Entertainment Survival horror 37
Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution PS2 Sega AM2 Sega Fighting 37
Mario & Luigi RPG (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga) GBA AlphaDream Nintendo RPG 37
Ikaruga GCN Treasure Atari Shoot 'em up 36
Shin Sangoku Musou 3 (Dynasty Warriors 3) PS2 Omega Force Koei Hack and slash 36
Castlevania: Akatsuki no Menuetto (Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow) GBA Konami Tokyo Konami Action RPG 36
Minna no GOLF Online PS2 Clap Hanz Sony Computer Entertainment Sports 36
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 10 GCN Pawapuro Production Konami Sports 36
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 10 PS2 Pawapuro Production Konami Sports 36
Bokura no Taiyou (Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand) GBA Konami Tokyo Konami Action RPG 36
World Soccer: Winning Eleven 7 (Pro Evolution Soccer 3) PS2 Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Konami Sports 36
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! GCN Nintendo EAD Nintendo Racing 36
Minna no GOLF 4 (Hot Shots Golf Fore!) PS2 Clap Hanz Sony Computer Entertainment Sports 36
Biohazard Outbreak (Resident Evil Outbreak) PS2 Capcom Production Studio 1 Capcom Survival horror 36

Critically panned games

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2003 games and expansions scoring lower than 37/100 (MC) or 37.5% (GR)[30][31]
Game Publisher Release date Platform(s) MC score GR score
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing GameMill Publishing November 20, 2003 WIN 8/100 3.83%
Navy SEALs: Weapons of Mass Destruction ValuSoft July 18, 2003 WIN 18/100 18.83%
Gods and Generals Activision March 1, 2003 WIN 19/100 25.5%[32]
Drake of the 99 Dragons Majesco November 3, 2003 XB 22/100 20.48%
Charlie's Angels Ubisoft July 8, 2003 GCN 23/100 23.74%
Pulse Racer Jaleco January 2, 2003 XB 24/100 27.75%
Batman: Dark Tomorrow Kemco March 18, 2003 XB 25/100 24.06%
Terminator 3: War of the Machines Atari November, 2003 WIN 25/100 27.67%
Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis TDK Mediactive July 23, 2003 GCN 27/100 25.1%
Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis TDK Mediactive July 30, 2003 XB 26/100 30.87%
Mucha Lucha! Mascaritas of the Lost Code Ubisoft November 18, 2003 GBA 26/100 26.08%
Charlie's Angels: Angel X Sony Online Entertainment June 20, 2003 WIN 38/100 43.07&
Stake: Fortune Fighters Metro3D, Inc. May 5, 2003 XB 26/100 31%
Ultimate Demolition Derby Global Star Software September 16, 2003 WIN 27/100 32.33%[33]
Celebrity Deathmatch Gotham Games October 14, 2003 WIN 30/100 27.42%
Batman: Dark Tomorrow Kemco March 21, 2003 GCN 29/100 27.83%
Mistmare Strategy First June 30, 2003 WIN 33/100 28.14%
Puzzle Bobble VS Taito October 6, 2003 NGE N/A 28.73%
Interstellar Trader 2 Shrapnel Games March 21, 2003 WIN 31/100 29%[34]
RoboCop Titus Interactive July 24, 2003 XB 30/100 40.75%[35]
Airport Tycoon 2 Global Star Software February 26, 2003 WIN 32/100 31%
Ring II: Twilight of Gods Global Star Software September 16, 2003 WIN 31/100 35%
Celebrity Deathmatch Gotham Games October 14, 2003 PS2 32/100 36.76%
Yu Yu Hakusho: Spirit Detective Atari December 9, 2003 GBA 33/100 39.67%
American Idol Codemasters November 7, 2003 WIN 39/100 33.17%
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Atari November 11, 2003 XB 35/100 41.06%
Fugitive Hunter: War on Terror Encore, Inc. November 18, 2003 PS2 35/100 42.71%
Celebrity Deathmatch Gotham Games October 14, 2003 XB 36/100 35.83%
MotoGP THQ November 14, 2003 NGE N/A 35.85%
Ozzy & Drix Midway Games December 16, 2003 GBA 36/100 45.6%
Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu Atari November 24, 2003 GBA 40/100 37.4%

Major events

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Date Event Ref.
February 19 Microsoft announces a deal to buy Connectix Corporation.
February 27 Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts 6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards; inducts Yu Suzuki of Sega to the AIAS Hall of Fame.
March 6–9 Game Developers Conference hosts 3rd annual Game Developers Choice Awards and Gama Network's 5th annual Independent Games Festival (IGF).
April 1 Enix Corporation and Square Co., Ltd. officially merge, forming Square Enix Co., Ltd.
April Pan European Game Information (PEGI), a European video game content rating system, comes into use.
May 7 Infogrames Entertainment, SA rebrands all its subsidiaries under the Atari brand.
May 14–16 9th annual E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) held at Los Angeles Convention Center; 6th annual Game Critics Awards for the Best of E3. [36]
May The 3DO Company announces bankruptcy and closes down its New World Computing subsidiary.
June 12 Obsidian Entertainment founded.
July 16 Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA) renamed as Entertainment Software Association (ESA).
July IEMA (Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association) hosts 4th annual Executive Summit.
August 1 Virgin Interactive is renamed to Avalon Interactive by its owner Titus Software.
August Microsoft announced ATI as the developer of the GPU for their next generation console, Project Xenon. Their previous contract with Nvidia was finished but the GPU of the Xbox continued in production.
September 12 Valve releases their game distribution software Steam out of beta.
September Silicon Dreams Studio goes defunct.
October 1 DreamWorks SKG and Tecmo announce a movie adaptation of the video game Fatal Frame has been fast-tracked with John Rogers and Steven Spielberg's involvement.
October 12–18 The 2003 World Cyber Games are held. [37][38]
October 20 Families of Aaron Hamel and Kimberly Bede, two young adults shot by teens William and Josh Buckner (who in statements to investigators claimed their actions were inspired by Grand Theft Auto III), file a US$246 million lawsuit against developer Rockstar Games, publisher Take-Two Interactive Software, retailer Walmart, and console-maker Sony Computer Entertainment America.
October 31 British Academy of Film and Television Arts announces that nominations for the 6th annual BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards will instead be split between the 1st annual BAFTA Games Awards for video game publications and (on November 24) the BAFTA Interactive Awards for multimedia technologies; ceremonies to be held in February 2004.
November Kazushige Nojima resigns from Square Enix.
December 2 The inaugural Spike Video Game Awards are held. [39]
December Interplay closes its Black Isle Studios division.
Unknown First PlayStation Portable prototype shown by Sony.
Unknown Nintendo states that its next generation console would be fully compatible with the GameCube.
Unknown Compile goes defunct.
Unknown Take-Two Interactive buys TDK Mediactive, Inc.
Unknown CNN Money reports that video games are a US$10 billion industry
Unknown Nintendo buys shares from Japanese toy and animation conglomerate Bandai making Nintendo one of Bandai's top 10 shareholders.
Unknown Data East goes defunct.

Games released in 2003

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See also

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References

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