Killzone 2 May Struggle

This article is not, in any way, bashing Killzone 2's quality or potential epic status as a game. There is no question that Killzone 2 will be one of the biggest releases this generation has seen thus far. Given the trend of media geared toward negative PS3 news, it will be easy to connect Killzone 2's sales as a measurement to its quality. As most gamers know, sales and quality are not completely related to each other. Killzone 2 is another high quality title. However, there is evidence that Killzone 2 will struggle in sales. Here's why.

[Alcaponeyou]

I played the Resistance 2 beta and enjoyed it but didn't buy the game.
Killzone 2 on the other hand, I already pre-ordered it without being in the beta.

[lociefer]

well u no , n4g would never allow too many positive ps3 news , some1 has to bring smthin up to make fanboys happy , sales/lack of games/ps3 is dying . etc

[Agent VX]

OK, so the dude makes a couple of valid points about North Americans historically liking shooters more than Japanese and Europeans, smaller user base in North America, and the possibility that KZ2 "Might" struggle to sell awesome figures. And now all of a sudden it has to be turned into some PS3 bashing???

Come on folks, he makes some "Possible" valid points and I agree with his assessment. And KZ2 better sell 4 million plus or this title flops. This is Sony's last hope until GT 5 and GOW 3. It better sell fantastic.

[Blaze929]

Same, i played the R2 beta but just never got around to buying the game and dont think I ever will. As for Killzone 2, this is an obvious article just to get hits. Will it struggle with sales? Who knows, none of us are physic

[Jamegohanssj5]

Sony really needs to starts advertising now. The only game they did good advertising with was MGS4. I saw commercials starting from the last week of May all the way until like October.

TGSI

[lociefer]

*And KZ2 better sell 4 million plus or this title flops. This is Sony's last hope until GT 5 and GOW 3* thts the kinda fanboy behaviour i was talkin about, thnx for makin it easier

[Karum]

"And KZ2 better sell 4 million plus or this title flops."

You're an idiot. I've already -bubbled you once today or I'd do it again just for this dumb comment.

In fact for the first time I was tempted to make another account just to -bubble you some more but I won't bother, they'll disappear soon enough.

[Anon1974]

It's a simple fact that the PS3 is selling faster than the 360 did, and by quite a bit. 17 million by it's 2 year anniversary when the 360 only did 13 million. Obviously consumers get it.

That being said, I've said many times before that anyone expecting stellar Killzone 2 numbers is setting themselves up for disappointment. That's not how the PS3 works and sales figures show PS3 owners have more varied tastes. Killzone 2 will do just fine. By contrast the 360 has some 13 million users across the US, and the US love their first person shooters. The PS3 has 7 million US users, the other 12 million console owners live in Europe and Japan and, quite frankly, they game differently.

I expect Killzone 2 to be amazing, but don't expect it to do much better than Resistance 2 out of the gate. And there's nothing wrong with that. Hopefully this will make America turn it's head and realize they don't have to deal with shoddy hardware to get their shooter fix.

[MasFlowKiller]

This article has some valid points but here are some better point

Killzone 2 #1 Pre-Order on Play.com
http://n4g.com/ps3/News-265...

PS3 exclusive Killzone 2 hits #2 on Amazon's pre-order list
http://n4g.com/ps3/News-265...

and the fact that i been to over 7 gamespot and cant seen to find one single demo code

[ChampIDC]

Well, if the hype flying around this site is any indication, I think the game will be just fine. I don't believe I've seen this many articles about a single game ever. Thinking of that subject, if somebody can recall a game that got more online media attention, please, let me know. I'm really curious now that I thought of that. The closest I can think of would be maybe Halo 3, and I don't think it tops it.

[callahan09]

Agent VX, don't be silly. Anybody who says that a game needs to sell 4 million to not be a flop is just being ridiculous. 4 million is what a game needs to sell in order to be considered EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL, not "not a flop." Look, PS2 has over 120 million units out in the wild, and do you know how many copies a game needs to sell to make the Greatest Hits list? 400,000. That is considered a very successful game. So why does Killzone 2 need to sell 10 times that, on a system with less than 1/5th of the installed base, in order to be considered "not a flop"?

And anybody who thinks that Killzone 2 will only sell well in America is in for a surprise. It will do very, very well in Europe.

The game is topping the charts of GameStop, Amazon, and plenty of other online retailers, American and European alike. If that's not evidence that people are excited to give up their money to play this game, then I don't know what else to say.

[Anon1974]

Do you have any idea how rare it is for any game to break the 1 million mark, let alone 4 million? Agent VX is simply being unrealistic. So far even on the 360, which most consider a success, only 5% of games ever broke the 2 million mark.

[QuackPot]

And getting the tin case as well. Hoorah.

Never played the Beta but seen enough gameplay to conclude KZ2 rock....mainly the MP. And if they bring in a patch for MP vehicles then I may finally said Goodbye to my fav MP, Warhawk.

Sales will be good not spectacular due to the type of game it is AND the pickiness and diverse tastes of the Ps3 user base - not full on hardcore shooter fans like the 360.

I just hope GG/Sony make a decent profit from it so that they'll bring us KZ3....which will be a masterpiece seeing that KZ2 improved exponentially over KZ1.

[Lifendz]

It just went gold, it's number 2 on Amazon's preorder game chart, number one on play.com and Gamestop, and yet it might struggle? Oh puh leeze. The damage control is in full effect and the game is still a month away!

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

Agent VX is making a reasonable point, yet he get so many disagrees from Sony fanboys. Sony hasn't proven to me that it will sell FPS games and if anything Resistance 2 sales proved the opposite.

I will be buying KillZone 2, but I'm not delusional and frankly it doesn't really matter. I own all three consoles....

[Mozilla89]

I don't expect this to sell a million in a week. But I do expect it to get there much faster than R2 or LBP, maybe even MGS4. For some reason PS3 owners tend to buy games later and not on day 1. However if there is any game that could cause many PS3 gamers to buy it week 1, its Killzone.

[jetlian]

ps2 games only needed 400,000 to make greatest hits but you also have to take account that games last gen didn't cost over 10 million to make!! let alone 60 million. the 4 million is a little steep tho

[jammy_70]

2 on amazon and 1 on play.com

its selling bette than that crappy new halo for christ sake!!!

so its doing well so far

[godofthunder10]

I agree killzone 2 looks like it will be a great game.If it was on the 360 i would buy it.This article have things in it that's isn't true.He didn't come right out and say it but he'a trying to say that the ps3 gets more negative news then the 360 and that is why the sales are low.The fact is that it's the opposite way.On every news chanel,electronoc magazines,and online had a report about how the 360 isn't dependable and how people was sending them back.On the other hand the ps3 NEVER had a negative report in the news.The fact is that the 360 had the hardware negative news and the ps3 never had any.The only bad news i ever seen or read about the ps3 was how much money sony is looseing on the ps3 and that was it.I'm also tired of hearing the reason the ps3 system and games isn't selling is because sony doesn't advertise good enough.The fact is that sony advertise just as much as microsoft.When LBP first came out it was on the cover of every game magazine and i've seen more comercials for it then any 360 games.The reason that LBP wasn't a big of a hit like sony hoped was because it's a childs game.I admit i would buy R 1&2 and KZ2 if they were on the 360.I would never buy a childish game like LBP even if it was a 360 exclusives,if it was i would say the same thing about it because it's the truth.If it was on the wii it would have been one of the biggest sellers of the year.The fact is that every one that ever played a game on a system heard of the ps.They also know what games are out.I don't have a ps3 and i'm not planeing on buying one but i know every game that's coming out on the ps3.When a person go buy a game 99% of the time they look at every game that on every system to see what they have.I also seen just as many comercials on tv as i've seen 360 comercials.The fact is that i'm tired of hearing every ps3 fanboys and 360 fanboys make excuses for the systems they have.They make excuses when a game doesn't sell a lot it's because of advertiseing or some other stupid escuse.The fact is that things are changing.The ps never had any competition till the xbox came out.people never had a choice they had to buy a ps if they wanted to play games for grownups.The ps will never dominate the game market any more because they finaly found a company that stuck with their hardware untill it started makeing a profit,Microsoft stuck with the xbox untill it started makeing a profit on the 360 this year.A lot of people are buying the 360 because they like it a lot more then the ps3 and that's a fact.It's not because they are to poor to buy a ps3 like 1 stupid ps3 fanboy said.I bought a 360 and i know other people that bought the elite 360 and they could have bought a ps3 but they didn't.Just because a person buy a 360 it isn't because they are to poor it's because they like the 360 more.Hell if the 360 was higher then the ps3 i would still buy the 360.I know that ps3 fans would still buy the ps3 if it was cheaper.I had 1 friend that bought a ps3 but when he played gears or war 2 and fable 2 he bought the ps3 back to wallmart and got a 360.

Its bias people like him that try to make it look like the ps3 get the negative news then the 360 and that is why the 360 is selling more then the ps3.the fact is that the 360 is still outselling the ps3 even when it has all the negative news.Ps3 fanboys(not fans)should stop saying the reason that the 360 is selling is because people that bought the 360 are to poor to buy a ps3.The fact is that not every one like the ps3 more then the 360.I think that the ps3 is a good system but i personaly like the 360 a lot more.I like xbox live more and it has just about the same games + the exclusives are better to me.I'm not saying that the exclusive are better and it's a fact.The fact is that exclusives are better to some people on the 360 and some on the ps3.

[xwabbit]

lol i didn't buy Resistance 2 for the single player. The multi-player is freaking awesome and i though it would lag cus it had 60 players online but wow :/ i was rlly proven wrong. Buy Resistance 2 for the multi-player, its freaking awesome and addictive! But in killzone 2 i will OBVIOUSLY play the single player.

[Kain81]

My people, sons and daughters of Sony. This much I vow.The history of this console generation will be written in blood.By crushing the fanboys of our enemy. By releasing the best game in the genre they thought to use against us.. we are fighting for our consoles very existence.But if there are those who want to deny us enjoyment. Refuse us our rightful place in this console generation. Then we will unleash such a terribly awesome FPS that generations of xbros yet unborn will cry out in anguish!

-break-

The enemy may shatter our sales but they can not break our spirit. Even now they advance on our metacritic gamesections to troll by force what they cannot claim by right. They cannot imagine what awaits them.WE WILL SMITE THE XBROS WITH THIS GAME.Though they sweep over our forums like the trolls of summer vacation. Never again will we be trolled by them; Never again endure their jealousy; Never again endure their lies and oppression. We will enjoy ourselves for hours without caring; playing as one hand, one heart, one soul. We will shatter their dreams and haunt their nightmares. Drenching our ancestors PS2's with their blood.And as our last breath tears at their lungs; as they try to rise again from the ruins of their RROD:ed consoles......they will know, Killzone 2 belongs to the Playstation 3.

[Blademask]

so perfect for the role. imdb em if ya don't know who he is.

[DARK WITNESS]

lololololololololo...

wow, some people really do take this fanboy war to another level !

[Snow]

Give that man bubbles ! Alot of effort went into that.
I've watched that Killzone 2 intro at least 20 times now.

So i too know it word for word.It was very clever how you did that :P

[Bob Dole]

That was deep man... Bob Dole thinks you should pass him the doobie.

[ultimolu]

That...rocked.

[Helghast Slayer]

That was legendary man lol.

[OrganicMachine]

not this again.. haha

incase you n00bz and hothedz didn't know.. he took Visari (Killzone 2's version of hitler) speech and modified it..

it's just a joke and a very funny one.. I laugh because this is how fanboys act behind their keyboards..

[Lombax]

but hey,
pass that doobie this way!

[laaakokaracha]

Yes We CAN!

[Woof]

http://www.ps3za.co.za/foru...

[ACEMANWISE]

Killzone 2 isn't exactly another basic shooter. I think it will defy the odds but the author has a point.

[rogimusprime]

how is this even news. we all know the game is going to sell well. recession or not. I am going to get this game. I have both xbox and PS3 and not really a fanboy, just love good games. This game is going to be bad@$$...but this hype is just getting ridiculous.

[bmatthews]

KZ2 topping Play.com pre-order sales and attaining a huge #2 in Amazon top pre-ordered games list says no.

[ACEMANWISE]

I've seen big titles on PS3 hit #1 on Amazon before. It doesn't necessarily mean it won't struggle.

[smurfie4]

People seem to forget that there is a world outside of USA. I can admit that I'm a little skeptical regarding the advertising but its not exactly february yet. The marketing team may have some surpises up their sleeve but we will have to see.

[Mr_Zkaar]

Way too much focus on the US by allot of people including Sony, like the EU is f*ck all. If you look at the hard facts, the 360 is loosing it's grip in the EU compared to PS3 and well Japan, it's game over for Xbox.

Kilzone 2 will sell very well, it's one of those monumental moments in gaming history, Killzone 2 is truly next-gen and PS3 Owners will want a piece of that, i know i will..

[interrergator]

they said they were gona advertise it so

[ACEMANWISE]

The biggest way to improve their odds is a price drop 2 weeks prior with a lot of advertising.

[RememberThe357]

HAHAHA! I highly doubt that thats going to happen. But wouldn't that be awesome!

[Mr_Zkaar]

That's why it's sitting pretty at the top of the pre-order charts for Gamestop and Amazon.com. I think you focus far too much on the US, the PS3 is massive in Europe and Japan.

I am in no doubt Killzone 2 will sell really well, it's a game like no other on the PS3, and PS3 owners would want this game in their collection.

[Jerk120]

A game like no other? You see, that's where you're wrong.

I'm sure there are many other mediocre FPS' out there and I'm sure alot of them surpass Killzone 2.

[bujasem_89]

the struggle ow yea yea i mean just top preorder choice at amazon right now and everybody is goin crazy for it ow wat a hard time for kl2 yea it is definitly going to fail and its definitly not goingto kick the 360 in the nuts no

[Jerk120]

I must've missed when MGS4 kicked 360 in the nuts.. or Resistance 2.. or LBP.

Wait, I didn't miss that part it just never happened.

[solidt12]

The Helghast will reign supreme in the US.

[bmatthews]

the Killzone 2 EU bundle is £299.99, and comes with the game and an 80gig PS3

£299.99 is the same price you would pay for an 80 gig PS3 without Killzone 2...so that should attract some buyers, don't you think?

[ChampIDC]

If I had the money for it, it would definitley be the time to buy for me. Can't lose with a deal like that.

[badkolo]

the game will do as well as mgs4, there is no way it will do R2 numbers but i dont expect it to do gears numbers or halo numbers, not that it should or cant. Its a fps, and thats not what is known with the ps3.

But i do expect good numbers, its one of those games that has the hype behind it and it delivered but times are tough, its in a genre that can only go so far on the ps3. Plus unless sony starts to go ad crazy that alone will hurt the sales.

[ChampIDC]

I think there's a chance it could match Gears numbers, but I don't think it's going to top Halo 3. Advertising is key here. It'll sell well in its own right, though. Times like this make me wish I had a PS3 =(

[lociefer]

w/e

[solidt12]

How Many people in the US has bought more than one 360 vs PS3 users?

I would think alot so the install base more than likely is a little inflated for the 360 in the US.

[badkolo]

Listen, its not going to help knit picking sales of each console, what you should be concerned with is getting people to stop bickering and truly support the ps3, if killzone 2 doesnt sell well who will you blame. I play my 360 more but i bet you ill have killzone 2 before many others who sit here and bicker.

Everyone needs to go buy it, just pushing your love for a game is great but that doesnt do much if when the games arrive you dont go out and buy it, look at LBP, nothing but positive reviews, nothing but praise form everyone, nothing but love from all on this site and many others yet when it dropped it didnt sell well. go buy the game

[ChampIDC]

Badkolo, why don't you have more bubbles? That's the kind of attitude everyone should have. Support your games, love your games, and for God's sake, stop bickering about games! Just play and enjoy your games like a gamer should instead of comparing them to everything else.

[Sibs]

I'm not bashing the ps3 or anything, but I'm guessing right around the same number of people that bought extra 360s bought a ps3 just for the whole "best (and cheapest for a chunk of time) blu-ray player by far" feature...

[ChampIDC]

Yeah Sibs, I just typed that down below, looked up, and saw that you said the same thing right before me. I wonder how often that's happening and how big of a chunk of the sales end up like that. It's a shame to see that happen to a great gaming platform, but at least it's another console sold I suppose.

[badkolo]

oh and trust me i truly wish with all my heart that everyone goes out and buys it and systems get sold, the devs worked for many years on this and it would be a shame if it didnt sell well, so dont pulla lbp or a r2 and actually go buy killzone2, that will help the system in the long run.

[cyclindk]

Sarcasm much?! I agree with your statement I was just jesting with you... I don't really care about sales or anything anymore, I just wanna play my games!

[cyclindk]

Yeah, it will struggle... struggle to sell POORLY!!! HAHAAHHAHAH!!!

Away with you! Doubter!

[badkolo]

Doubter, cmon, lets not act childish, read my post above.

R2 didnt sell well but scored well, why didnt you guys go buy it, why didnt the masses, same with lbp, im not saying they sold horribly but they didnt do really well. Im saying dont let that happen with killzone 2, as someone mentioned above, its still ealry and im very certain sony will do tv ads and other ads like crazy in the next upcoming weeks.

It looks and feels like its a hit, theres no excuses, some might say lbp isnt for everyone, well neither is fps, resistance is a fps but didnt sell well, killzone 2 is a fps, now that needs to sell well, there will be damage for the ps3 if killzone 2 doesnt do well.

GO BUY THE GAME. I own every hit for the ps3 yet i am a xbox guy,that says alot. I buy them becuase i support gaming, but we cant do it alone, sony needs to advertise more.

to the guy under me, yeah if sony pulls out the guns and offers a pricedrop with killzone2's arrival and goes ad crazy then the sales will surge and thats a good thing.

[ChampIDC]

Yeah, these good games coming out for the PS3 aren't doing nearly as well as they could. LBP and R2 could have sold so many more units. No, they deserve to sell more units. It's a shame to see such good games not meet their potential. KZ2 definitley needs the advertising so it doesn't end up having the same fate as other great PS3 games.

Makes me wonder, though. With these good games not selling as well as they could, how many people are just buying a PS3, maybe 1 or 2 games, and just using it at a Blu-ray player? Maybe that's part of the problem.

[dawq112]

theres 20 million ps3 owners out. and EVERY ps3 owner SHOULD buy this game

so this game will sell 20 million copies. :D

[I_am_rushin]

If you think that than you are an IDIOT! First of all, some people like me just aren't interested in the FPS genre. Second, the game is rated M preventing some people from buying it. Third, some people only use their PS3 for Blu-ray.

If you think that it will sell over 2 million you are deluding yourself.

Why should it even matter how much it sells if you like it?

[Snake Raiser]

OMG. Do you know what sarcasm is?

About the Article: I don't think it will struggle.
You see, with every other big PS3 game ever (except MGS4) the games have either come early in the consoles life (uncharted) or they have come at the same time as other big games, so our hype was not in tandem.
If the game lets you pick BIG BOSS as a squad member or something it will be the best FPS ever.

[dirtrider]

because most here remember what a turd the first killzone was. killzone doesn't have an installed base like halo or many other franchises had when they released the second game in it. just like resistance 2, it will be up to europe to produce any real sells for this game.

[IzKyD1331]

no

[Maxned]

Wow your argument really changed my mind. -.-

[twoface]

If Sony can't have a permanent price cut at present, then maybe they should consider a campaign promotion. $50 price cut + bundle for period of 1-2 months during KZ2 release.

Rinse and repeat for major releases like GOW3, and they should get some good console sales from there.

In the long run, increasing the install base can only do good to their games sales, which is where the profits come in (not to mention blu-ray and other sales).

Oh yea, and advertise like crazy whenever they have these campaigns coming up. People like a bargain always.

Edit : Meant as a reply to Agent VX's plea for price cut.

[ACEMANWISE]

That's actually a great idea. It would help increase their install base and spread word of mouth about the sale. Also, they should release Killzone 2 PS3 bundles 2 weeks before the game comes out. Good idea. Agree and added a plus.

[SSCOOLCHEA]

only because its a sony exclusive......Visari will not let this happen

from his own words """" WE WILL KRUSH EM "

[ymbsittend]

I like how the author has to apologize in advance, otherwise they would eat him alive. From now on articles should have a disclaimer: "This commentary is in no way harmful or disrespects Killzone 2, however may I humbly point out the fact that...blah blah blah."

[arika]

at play.com right now it's number 1 and on amazon it's number 2 most pre-ordered game, so yeah right it's going to struggle.... NOT!

[bviperz]

I see is the online servers on the first day (maybe even throughout the week). I just hope I get on a server with low latency.

[Magic_The_Celt]

Lmao this article on top of the

Killzone 1 #1 on play.com
Killzone 2 #2 on amazon.com

[mll09]

First day online server struggle seems highly possible considering how many PS3 fans are pre-ordering and raving bout this game.

[Jeremy Clarkson]

I can see people getting Killzone 2 for the graphics alone, even if they aren't an FPS fan.

[jay2]

What is it with these perfectic people. Reported as spam.

[sak500]

I'm sure MGS4 was the biggest hyped game for this gen consoles inline with Halo3. we all saw how it turned out. There were millions of screaming fanboys who had played its prequels before and were dying to buy the console just to play it. Hmmmm around less than gears2 sales all across? So what about the next biggest hyped game on ps3 kz2? Kz1 was a mediocre title and no fan following. You'd think it would surpass mgs4 in total software and forced hardware sales due to being bundled? I believe it will struggle to reach 1 million world wide. We all know these 30 odd sony lovers dont buy games and just have 20 accounts each on n4g.

Edit: @^^^^^

So what is your comment about? MGS4 selling in 6 months or gears2 outselling it in 1 1/2 months?

[rhood022]

Except that MGS 4 passed 4 million sales in Nov. 2008 sales while Gears 2 just passed 4 million this month.

So..who's outselling what now?

[arika]

correction halo3 and gta4 was the most hyped games of all time and a lot of people bought into that hype but the problem was those games did not deserve the hype, because both games was way overrated and about mgs4 it might be the most hyped ps3 game( this game deserve every ounce of hype given to it) but it worked, it is probably now the best selling ps3 game of all time. and now comes KILLZONE 2! one thing i could say about this game is if sony does not hype this game i will be so mad at them i would sell my 60 gig ps3 on ebay! yeah right joke! lol! this game deserves all the hype even probably more than(dare i say it) MGS4 yup you heard it right. that is how good this game is going to be. BELIEVE IT!

[sak500]

We all know droids dont buy games they create more accounts on n4g.

Edit: @ali above. We'll see when it wont even reach million till end of the year.

[macalatus]

@sak500,

And this is like your um, 25th account? lol

[Magic_The_Celt]

Hmm.. well lets see, LittleBigPlanet, a barely advertised unique new IP with a non-existant genre reached 1.2 million in what? a month? or two?

so somehow, i think this highly hyped game with a genre (FPS) aimed at so many people and graphic whores alike is going to reach a million in a month easy

so its Febuary 27th right? i predict it will have reached 1 Million by the time march is over

[solidjun5]

people who create multiple accounts don't play games?

so you and pp and firstknight and nasim don't play games? Keep mouthing nonsense as usual sak.

[Blackcanary]

Maybe we should all send Sony an Email asking them why haven't they started to advertise Killzone 2 u like like how Microsoft soft when crazy when it came to Halo 3.

O and USA is not the all ends when it comes to a game saleing well.
To the point that the PS3 is doing better in the UK than the 360 is.
Killzone 2 will sale just fine and very well in the UK.

[ballsofsteel]

a lot of his point are true however the main focus is on sony and how well they can advertise cause MS has shown time and time again that advertising can lead to big sales Gears 1 is a great example because it was a new IP not known outside the core xbox base but because of great advertising it sold over 3 millions copies and because of that it laid the groundwork for gears 2

[Pleth]

Sony doesn't need to beef of marketing. Just look at all the "news" coming in on internet feeds relating to KZ2. Anyone who who knows what a D-Pad is knows about KZ2. The game is finished, it's in preshipping status and a gazillion people are going to play it. Then, another game will be coming out and in a few months and only those diehard fans will still be playing it. Heavy Rain, GOW3, GT5 are all going to be blockbusters as well. It's not like the gaming community needs one game to be the second coming. One game is not going to be the be all to end all. It's about experiencing a game for a while, letting it run your life then moving on to the next one.

[Mighty Healthy]

Agree and disagree here, they don't really need to advertise the game in the internet as you said, the game play videos basically advertises itself but there is people who don't follow games news and such that need to be reminded this game exist and you need to buy it lol.

[BMS84]

I bet someone behind Micosoft wrote the article.. lol

[Bell Boy]

Sales, Sales Sales.... Is this an investors site?

Look if your main genre of choice is FPS Killzone is looking like it will provide you with an awesome experience if you prefer platformers then it may not be the game for you.

The Playstation brand for me represents diversity so there is NO 1 GAME TO RULE THEM ALL. PS3 is again showing Sony is determined to be just as diverse, come February I will own games as diverse as Killzone 2 and LBP and guess what my gaming experience is richer for it.

As for all you Sales watchers on here I trust you have a rich and fulfilling year. Should be easy to track those XBOX exclusives....how many are there about 4...lol

[godkiller]

Just quick note,was reading xbot mag today,and it said"this is the first game that pushes the bounderies,and something the xbox cannot do.the ps3 is finally starting to do games that the xbox cannot handle.AND THAT GAME IS KILLZONE2.

ps the magazine was called games tm,one the bigest microsoft buttkissers going,wait till they see gow3.ps3and beyond................

[ACEMANWISE]

In a way I feel that Metal Gear Solid 4 was around to prove Blu-Ray was needed. It proved it well. But what about tomorrow? Where are the rest of the Blu-Ray filled games? Did MGS4 set a bar that no one would follow?

Killzone 2 will prove PS3's graphical power. But what about tomorrow? Did Killzone 2 set a bar that no one would follow?

Games like MGS4 and Killzone 2 should be standard after their release. Don't just prove the doubts wrong, standardize them.

[ihatesouljaboy]

IT WILL BE BETTER THEN GEARS HALO RESISTANCE

[gnothe1]

I'm waiting on gamestop to send me my demo code, I cant wait!! an no there's alot of people who still dont know what KZ2 is. I was at work Monday an me an a co worker was talking about games, he has a 360 an him an his brother share a PS3. I asked him was he buying KZ2 the day it comes out, he looked at me a said what is KILLZONE!! are you serious!! I then pointed him to gametrailers an let him watch a few videos. after that he stated HELL YEAH!! I GOTTA HAVE THAT!! I wonder how many other people who don't know what that game is or how good it looks!!

[ACEMANWISE]

Still people don't know what Resistance 2 is. Understand that this generation of gamers don't know much about gaming. It's mostly casual and 101 gamers now.

[pangitkqb]

that Killzone 2 will sell quite well. I'm not saying 5.5 million in the first year at all, but I would not be surprised if it hit 3.0 million + in that time frame, simply because the majority of PS3 owners in the world know of the game because it has been in production for almost four years.

That doesn't mean all of them are interested by any means, but many will be. I say that because the PS3, as the most expensive (overpriced?) system, is usually only purchased by serious gamers. The Wii, with its motion-control gimmick, appeals to causal gamers. The 360, with many hard-core fans, is also now becoming viable to the more casual market because of its $199 dollar price tag.

My only point is that the PS3, with its hefty cost, is the system with the least "casual" appeal, meaning it has the smallest percentage of casual gamers. Look at the best selling PS3 titles: Resistance: Fall of Man, MGS4, GTAIV, Motorstorm, COD4, Assassins Creed. Every one of these titles is hard core, and every one has sold more than 3 million copies.

Killzone, as arguably the most "hard-core" game to appear on the PS3 yet, will have massive appeal to the hardcore market, which is by far the largest percentage of PS3 owners. It simply makes sense that a large percentage of "Hard-core" PS3 owners will flock to the biggest hard-core game launch for months to come.

[tonywood]

It doesn't matter how much hate K2 generates, the fact of the matter is that this is the DEFINITIVE GAME FOR THE PS3. I was one of the idiots who bought a 360 on day one. Guess what, just like everybody else, all I played was Call of Duty 2 and Halo 2 on it because there were no good games to pay 60 bucks on.

The only reason 360's started to sell was because of their savior...Gears Of War. Killzone 2 is not the PS3 savior as it was selling well, (20 million, even with the highest price tag and MGS4 as its original AAA-blockbuster game) with it's blu-ray and quality exclusive. (Batman: The Dark Knight sold over 1.1 million on blu-ray.) K2 will push PS3's out the door...before the $299 price tag hits the streets. WHICH IS WHY MS HAS PLACED HALO RECON, WARS, AND THE GTA4 DLC STUFF AROUND THE K2 RELEASE DATE.

[Andras84]

#1 on play.com pre-order
#2 on amazon.com pre-order.

Whoever wrote this has no idea what they are talking about.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Don't forget #1 on Gamestop.com and Gamestop stores in general...

[XPC HARDonE]

go to vgchartz.com

MGS4 sold 3 million something worldwide. MGS4 was the flagship exclusive for sony. It was still outsold by Gears of War 2. Killzone 2 will not sell more than MGS4, sorry Sony fans. Price cut may help, but at the end of the day the game will do nothing to pull the PS# out of third place this generation.

[zainkool]

I hope it sells extremely well, but no matter what I'm still buying the game.

[pshizle]

Bluray

and second because of a game called...

KILLZONE2

and by the way the intro looks epic.

[ActionBastard]

Simply put...it won't struggle.

[qshooterp]

The author of this article may have a small penis haha

[Mr_Luke]

It will struggle? That's why in Amazon is in the second place as preorders already? More than RE5, Halo Wars and others, there's the article here on N4G.
Let the game come out and THEN we could say "wow, sold a lot!!" or " it could sell better".
But i really hope that Sony wakes up at least with this huge game...

[xg-ei8ht]

Vgchartz has these games listed as this.(i know they are not complete etc)

MGS4

Region Japan America Others Total
Total Sales 0.66m 1.53m 1.62m 3.81m

COD4

Region Japan America Others Total
Total Sales 0.13m 2.05m 1.79m 3.97m

I think KILLZONE 2 will outsell both these titles.

Think about 6million.

If people like shooters as much as it appears, why wouldn't you want to play the best shooter of all.

[XPC HARDonE]

mgs4 - 3.8 million since june 08

Gears of war 2 - 4 million something since Nov 08

Killzone will not sell more than MGS4, since MGS4 game attracted a wider gaming audience than killzone will have.

[yeswecan84]

a bullsh*t article...lol

[Neo604]

doesn't matter cause I'll enjoy the true next-gen graphic.

[dredgewalker]

Im sure Killzone 2 will sell very well in NA and Europe, except Japan. Japan is the only country in Asia that still hasnt accepted the FPS genre and i am very baffled by this attitude since almost every Asian country plays FPS like mad and joins in tournaments. Since i first saw Killzone 2 i was already entranced by the graphics and upon hearing that the AI and story was good ive already pledged my allegiance to GG and is a new fan of the series (also pre-ordered). The haters may bash this game any which way they like but its their loss not mine. I havent been this excited for a game in a long time plus if i add the fact that Uncharted 2, God of War 3 and many other known games are just months away from release i can definitely say 2009 will become a vintage year for awesome games. I wouldnt mind if anyone would hit the disagree button cause im too busy fantasizing about Killzone 2

[percephone]

Most FPS sell like 100k LTD in Japan. Halo 3 is about there and Resistance 2 in not far behind. We'll see about KZ2.

[spacetoilet]

Need hits B!TCHES?

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

I don't understand it.

Killzone 2 is the most pre-ordered game since Halo 3 and Gamestop hasn't gotten a midnight release confirmed? They will confirm it soon though...I'm sure.

[prof16440]

No one buys games on the ps3, resistance 2's sales were rubbish 4 an exclusive shooter, lbp could have done better and v.c could have done better. so my only worry is that kz2 will not sell that well b'cos 4 some reason ps3 owners dont buy games and sony doesn't advertise

[peeps]

i agree with most of that article. think the game will be great, a decent ammount will buy it but its not exactly going to be record breaking figures. fanboys on here will defend/ bash the sales but really the real gamers will enjoy it for being a great game regardless of how well it sells.

it would be nice to see high sales but only because more sales means more devs may be convinced to make ps3 exclusives, better competition is better games all round for all consoles. Other than that though i'm just really looking forward to getting my hands on it :)

[RedVsBlue]

The only place I can see it struggling is in the U.S.

[MasterOne]

You first start by saying you are not trying to bash K2. Then go on with LBP not being a success when it has sold over a million copies. The Xbox fanbabies are funny. The PS3 has sustained a pretty good sales growth. This with the highest price tag of all of the consoles.

[XPC HARDonE]

no game can change that only price drop will. killzone will be cool, but it will sell less than MGS4 which sold less than Gears of War 2, which equals third place for sony. I'm talking worldwide sales here, check vgchartz.com. i'm sure gamers dont care about this but sony shareholders sure do.

[Meryl]

yeh LBP has nearly sold 2 million now, heh not such a flop afterall huh, u ms freaks never understand that we don't all go out and buy the same game on day 1, that is the diversity that ps3 provides with such a huge choice during christmas this year we was all pushed hard as to which game we would buy, i choose lbp and r2 respectively as could not afford the likes of dead space cod-waw and so on.

[XPC HARDonE]

the video game industry is not about selling consoles or games apparently,

mgs4, 3 million something since june 08. gears of war 2, 4 million something since nov 08.

what are ps3 owners waiting for a price drop on their games because the console was so expensive

fail

[lh_swe]

I have no doubt that this title will do as well as mgs4 if not better.

[SlaughterMeister]

"Resistance 2 was a high quality, innovative title."

WRONG! Resistance 2 was generic and boring. The graphical ABILITY of the engine is great, but poorly used. The AI is pathetic, and by pathetic I mean F-ING PATHETIC! The story was generic and cliche, the weapons were overrated (and poorly balanced) and the acting was very badly done. Resistance 2 sucks, it is a very bad game. (Which is too bad, because the Ratchet and Clank series is very fun!)

Adding more people to a multiplayer mode doesn't make it inventive. It's still the same old crap except now in deathmatch you die faster! Yipee!

"LittleBigPlanet too was regarded as the top pick for selling PS3 consoles last year. However, neither title spiked the charts and most have wondered why."

Maybe because LBP is at heart just a side-scrolling platformer and no amount of customization options will EVER convince the majority of people to pay full price for it? Sony should have licensed LBP as their free social-network instead of Home. Add in chat capabilities, tons of minigames, and a whole whack of downloabables and you've got a great thing. Instead we get a rip-off of Second Life and a platformer that (I'm sorry) doesn't live up to its predecessors. (Here's looking at you Mario, Sonic, and Crash!)

All this being said, I haven't played Killzone 2 yet, but it looks amazing. It looks very fun and very innovative. I'm looking forward to it, but I'm not expecting it to be the Second Coming in video-game form either.

[NexGen76]

Dude stop being a bot because this game will reach 1 million on launch day.I wish people would start having issues with games & not systems because games make systems.

[Bits-N-Kibbles]

with the negative Killzone 2 articles?

Seriously...

[tatsujin]

LMAO AT THIS ARTICLE, LMAO!!!!!!

K2 is sitting ontop of every effing game out there in all stores, except Amazon.com (Mario's beating it, and its a freaking Wii game).

Where is R5? Where is Halo Wars? Where is Street Fighter IV? They're all sitting BELOW IT.

I went to Gamestop and I had a small arguement with the manager, she stated that I needed to pre-order K2 in order to get the DEMO code. Guess what? They were running SHORT on those DEMO codes and it wasn't ONLY her store. There was about 5 different stores and most ran out! I pre-ordered mine more than a year and a half ago and I got my DEMO code.

Dude, you are out of your effing ass. These articles are STUPID. And for the record ... the PS3 is beyond 17.5 probably even 18 million units sold WORLDWIDE.

[free3sixty]

Its sad that SOny has to put every exclusiv in a bundle to reach good sales. I mean KZ2 bundle already confirmed.

I think without all the bundles we would see how ps3 owners really buy games.. SONYS GAMES.

[James Vanderbeek]

is my friends and i will be buying this game on day one.. And thats a FACT

[xg-ei8ht]

LBP is on it's way to 3million, doing nicely i might add.

Free Maps are getting better and better, more people learning the tools etc.

Awesome game.