Killzone 2 exceeds 1 million copies sold

On retail shelves for just about 2 weeks, the PS3 exclusive has now sold over 1 million copies. On the opening weekend, Killzone 2 went on to sell about 700,000 copies in North America and Europe. Over the course of the next week, it went on to sell another 300,000 copies, which represents a drop off of about 50% - a pretty decent showing considering the title was launched in a non-holiday period. In total, the game has sold about 1.05 million copies thus far.

[TheColbertinator]

Vgchartz? lol never mind.KZ2 maybe only sold 500,000 or 2 million.I can never tell with Vgchartz bogus numbers

[Mikerra17]

they are always wrong

[Perception1]

And where are their sources coming from?

[DarthTigra]

Vgchartz lol

[Mr_Bun]

I don't know how many copies were sold...but I do know that it is an extremely addicting game that has taken all of my free time since Feb 27th!

[Perception1]

Lol we'll see how they ACTUALLY did today, in the U.S anyway. It's NPD today right?

[mugoldeneagle03]

"teh PS3 is where console exclusives go to die!"

Good news. This is one of the few times I've actually been excited to check out NPD's. Anyone know when they'll hit?

Killzone 2 - FTMFW

[whoelse]

About 2 weeks before release, SCEE announced that 1.1 million pre-orders had been taken in Europe.

[joydestroy]

c'mon, give 'em credit, seriously.
we all know it has sold at least 1mil copies.

EDIT: does it really matter if it's VGChartz or NPD for this story if we know this is factual information anyway? this is just plain common sense. it's like saying school buses are yellow. i don't think a real source is needed since there is no exact amount of copies sold being discussed.

[DixieNormS]

just in the UK posts. Bullshot.

[soxfan2005]

So, if NPD reports roughly the same numbers as VGChartz, that will end the talk about VGChartz being unreliable and making up numbers, right? Somehow, I doubt it.

Funny how this article was approved, very quickly I might add, using VGChartz numbers, while there an article on the "pending" page titled "America's sales for week ending March 7", which also uses VGChartz numbers. That article has been reported as "spam" and "unreliable" by numerous PS3 fanboys, and has yet to be approved. Take a look at the list. I guess VGChartz is reliable when they report something pro-Sony, and "fake" at all other times.

BTW - I don't doubt that Killzone 2 has sold over a million copies. But we either quote VGChartz or we don't - the double standard and hypocrisy on this site is staggering.

EDIT @ Perception - It wasn't aimed at you - just a general observation.

[Perception1]

I am giving them credit, I actually think they did more than that. If that comment was directed at me anyway.

[Aquanox]

NPD numbers have been pushed back to March 19th.

We'll have to wait a little longer for NPD KZ2 Edition.

As for these numbers, I'd be disappointed if they were true. It would mean that Killzone 2 is selling at half the pace Metal Gear Solid 4 and Gears of War 2 did. Good for virtually any other title, but not for one of the most hyped of this generation.

[jrsenkbe]

Killzone came out on the 27th in the US and there are only 28 days in February. The sales numbers for Killzone this month will really only represent day 1 sales. We will need to wait until March to see the overall sales of the game and how many units it moved.

Great game, almost lost my PS3 and HDTV to a flood, damn water!! Be up and running again tonight.

[Doppy]

This is a shame 1 million is really good, but this game should have sold a lot more. Killzone 2 is a amazing game, and yet it's sharing the fate of all other PS3 exclusives. Go out and buy the game, and stop sitting there waiting until it gets a price drop.

[Perception1]

It does matter, I actually think it might have sold more, and I want real info which comes tonight, not guesses and estimates.

[table]

there was nothing official about that 1.1m pre-order in europe, it was just a rumour. I dunno why people around here hate VGC despite the fact they are usually pretty close with their figures. The game deserves to be selling MGS4 numbers though.

[Ryo-Hazuki]

NPD is only going to show Killzone 2's sales for the first 2 days....so dont be surprised when you see 300,000 or something along those lines

[Real Gambler]

It's a great game! If you like shooters, it's a must in your library.

[Mindboggle]

Look here http://www.guardian.co.uk/t... this is official and shows the Killzone 2 was over 1.1 million pre-orders just in europe, so we still have in shop sales to count. This means that we already know its over 1 million, and this article doesnt mention pre-orders and is just america street sales.

I think if we add some numbers together I think the total number sold should be around 2-2.5 million. If not i will be very suprised. Lets not forget this game is still selling well, its still in the top 3 on amazon and play so its going to sell loads.

[Karum]

There were never any "1 million prerorders in the UK alone" posts.

There were posts saying there were 1.1m in Europe but people assumed it was only Europe because SCEE said it. Personally I think they meant worldwide.

[TheExecutive]

ok well, NPD will only show 2 days worth of data for KZ2. I cant wait for the fanboys to call it a failure ignoring the fact that it was only out for 2 days in Feb.

Everyone will have to wait until April 15th to see how KZ2 is really doing in N.A.

Oh and VGCharts is always wrong; 360,ps3,wii. It really doesnt matter. I bet these numbers are lower than the actual figures but we will never really know and to be honest who gives a sh*t? The game is great fun, its going to be plenty successful, and tell you the truth thats all that matters.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

NPD is just america.

And PR, as much as they can manipulate the truth, they can't outright lie their numbers, so if SCEE told 1.1 million pre-orders, they better be talking the truth or some stockholders can go mad... Not good when they go mad, people can sue for anything nowadays.

[Danja]

pretty good figures .. im sure Sony and GG are happy with these numbers , the servers are full 24/7 ....

[pixelsword]

I'm never clear about that.

[edgeofblade]

You know, this game is good, but for those who, no matter what it sells, think it should be selling more, be happy with these sales. Ultimately, the game will get the credit it deserves.

[shadowfox]

surprised 2nd week sales are so high... wonder how long it will manage to chart for? good job guerilla and sony!

[KingME]

It should have sold over a million on the release day. IMO

[Johnny Rotten]

According to the leaderboards they have 600,000 people who played online so far.
http://www.killzone.com/kz/...

[solidsnakus]

its already sold over a mil then m you always have to add on like 40% for all the offliners

[Aquanox]

I think the duplicated accounts factor could be inflating these numbers a bit.

[Lich120]

Well Im one person who has beaten the single player and hasn't taken it online yet. So if I haven't yet Im sure theres a decent amount who haven't yet.

[DaKid]

if you add on 40% like you say that means there are 600000*1.40= 840000, and I am sure there are more then that. I am just giveing you a hard time.

I am sure this game has sold great, I love the game. It truely deservse to do well.

[Mindboggle]

Use your common sense dude, why would 1 person play online with different accounts ? It doesnt make any sense, you will lose stats, trophys etc

[Storm23]

I have no idea what Killzone 2 sold. I hope a lot. I am in love with the game.

But SolidSnakus is right. He saying it sold 1 mil copies at least because...

60% of the people who bought it went online= 600,000

400,000 didn't because 40% of 1 mil = 400,000.

You are putting 40% to the 600,000 people online, not the total sold. Get it? Anyway, no problem.

[Ju]

@Johnny. Haven't looked at that website yet, but man, they track everything there! You can even replay each match! That's crazy.

[PirateThom]

While I don't trust VGChartz numbers,I'd like to think it did at the very least a million.

It's a very fun, addictive game and I hope as many people as possible check it out.

[Omega4]

That not very impressive considering those so caleed preorders and the huge amounts of hype

[iHEARTboobs]

Killzone 2!

[kevnb]

but it isnt really like Halo except that its also a shooter.

[Omega4]

So why is no one buying it like Halo3?

Seems to me that your opinion of it is in the minority when compared to gamers around the world

[bviperz]

Sale numbers doesn't tell you the 'why' of anything. Judging a game by sale numbers is ignorant.

[gamesmaster]

omega why are you even here? please remind me because nothing you say is very contructive. ever. i bet you dont even own killzone2. why is it you have to put a negative spin on everything. you're as bad as the ps3 fanboys you hate.

[joydestroy]

uh, i didn't buy Halo 3 but i bought KZ2.
so by your statement, if i had bought KZ2 like i did Halo 3, then i wouldn't own either.

[n4gno]

...considering it's the best console fps.

[Boink]

"Sale numbers doesn't tell you the 'why' of anything. Judging a game by sale numbers is ignorant. "

I hate to break it to you, but I think the developers and sony will measure the success of the game by the amount it sells. They could give less of a cr*p if it gets 10/10 from every reviewer on the planet, if it doesn't post big sales numbers, then it's a failure.

I don't think it will be a failure as this is a great game, but to say it's ignorant to measure it's success by it's sales is ignorant is...well just ignorant.

[UnwanteDreamz]

You are both talking about sperate things. You are talking about commercial success and he is talking about quality. He is right and so are you. Sales tell you how much of a commercial success something is but not how good it is. If sales told you how good a game was then Wii Fit would be the best game this gen and imo saying anything to support that arguement is ignorant.

BTW Omega you are a troll.

[Mutley416]

Most of the KZ2 hype was online...offline gamers are just getting a TV spot Ad recently...This game is made to be played online-

[timmyrulz]

Not bad, nearly as much as the gta4 dlc

[zoneofenders]

VG chartz.......
do i need to say more?

[SpitFireAce85]

But i think RE5 will beat those numbers 319K japan so far
it should sell another 500k in the US(PS3only) and europe
at least another 350k thats in a 2 week period like KZ2.

[iHEARTboobs]

Yeah, I think RE5 is going to put up pretty big numbers. Sucks that I didn't really like the demo though.

[nycredude]

And.... so? RE5 will still be a crap game made to take advantage of the RE name with last gen controls and no horror in it.

@Omega4 wah wah wah you cry a lot in ps3 threads for someone who hates it so much.

[kevnb]

Killzone isnt exactly a household name yet, but word of mouth will spread and we have a huge hit.

[Covenant]

Wait for the NPD.

But a million sounds about right. Pretty solid.

[BigPete7978]

When does the NPD come out again?

[Johnny Rotten]

The NDP comes out around 6:00 est tonight but keep in mind that's for February which has 28 days and the game was released on the 27th.

[Nineball2112]

NPD doesn't come out for another week for February.

http://news.vgchartz.com/ne...
NPD will release USA videogame hardware and software sales figures for the four weeks ending February 28 on March 19 at about 6:30 PM EST. As commenters below have noted, the NPD data has apparently been delayed a week from its original March 12 due date. Vgchartz data for the same period, covering the Americas is already available allowing VGC to estimate what NPD will report for its USA data.

[Dimitri]

What about the alone pre-orders of 1.1m just in Europe ??
Remember that STORY ??

When are official number coming out ?

[TheMART]

That number might have been false, or a lot of pre order cancellations.

You never know. Curious if it'll sell like Gears 2, that had 3 mln. copies sold in 4 weeks (Gears 1 did 3 mln. copies in 10 weeks).

[trancefreak]

@ Mart Who gives sh1t about your killzone 2 negative sales spin and your bragging/boasting xbox game sales. We dont care what you think.

[NegativeCreep427]

I mean seriously, with how highly the Xbot Butt-Buddies tout the sales numbers of certain Xbox 360 titles (those titles being only Halo 3 and Gears of War. Is that all the Xbox 360's got?) you would think they all go out to celebrate everytime they surf the Net and hear some news of "superior" Xbox 360 software sales.

They all do go out to celebrate...at Chuck E. Cheese's!

[Man_of_the_year]

"Who gives sh1t about your killzone 2 negative sales'

How about the developers and possible future developers wanting to estimate how games sell on the PS3 system and if it is economically feesable to see a return on investments...if KZ2, one of the BIGGEST PS3 titles can't seem to break any hardcore numbers...then why would a 3rd party Dev develope a game for it?

[aggh im on fire]

I remember just before Halo3 came out and there was talk of over 5million pre-orders for day one. It sold just over 3million so i wouldn't read to much into pre-order numbers.

[aggh im on fire]

Good number although i actually expected more than this day one after all the hype.
Either way good sales for a good game.

[Gun_Senshi]

It exceeded 1mil 1st day -.-

[Topshelfcheese]

Didn't Europe have over 1million pre-order alone?

[Reno17]

I know it's off topic, but when do NPD numbers usually come out?

Edit: Sorry, my question was already answered

[predator]

what did Halo 3 and gears if war do in the same time frame?

[jhani]

I mean either the figures are wrong or kz2 flopped in the sense that it didn't sell to those numbers we all were hoping for!

[cmacdonald]

1 million in two weeks is a flop?

[BGDad]

Im glad for them its an frigin awesome game. Actually screw this site im going to play. later

[cmacdonald]

They should start advertising soon.

[bermcg]

VGChartz? Meh.

[ThatCanadianGuy]

What's up with this PS3centre site? If there not writing something bad about PS3 their using VGchartz as their source of info..

Something strange about that site..

[likedamaster]

Well, you can blame Sony for not releasing the numbers, they have 'em.

Anyhow, congrats to GG and Sony on their million sold.

[heyheyhey]

VGCHARTZ!!!!!!!

seriously, i facepalm any site that quotes Vgchartz... it's so fvcking annoying, VGchartz numbers are always WAAAAY off the mark

[Kain81]

-- I am agreed with ya

[Hyrius]

VGChartz numbers, lol ...

[Solotov]

that's not that many...especially considering how much it cost to make the game

[GiantEnemyCrab]

For a game that has been hyped and talked about for 3 years the numbers seem low but it's VGChartz.

Still, that is a solid number and I know KZ2 is going to do very well in NA. I still am wondering about the 1 million pre-orders number for Europe that Sony talked about. If that's the case then something isn't adding up or a lot of people didn't pick up their pre-order.
It would seem rather pathetic and desperate for Sony to make up that number.

[Spike47]

I hate the fact that most fanboys here and I won't specify which group(they know who they are) are always concerned about bashing a PS3 exclusive when the sales show up. Sales do not equal quality, I would rather have an AAA game in my hands rather than a mediocre game that everyone else seems to have.

[Daoshai]

I only disagree with you because I think a game sales must count for something. I am enjoying killzone 2 and I think GG does a fine job making games and BECAUSE of that I want it to sell well so they continue to make games.

The economy is crazy right now and you see companies dropping like flies, so yes if I like a game I want others to have it as well, just so more AAA games can end up in my hands.

[gameplayer]

I have to disagree... to craft a game that achieves a certain level of quality takes a lot of money to pay for the people to put in all that time and work. If a company doesn't get returns on that money then next time they won't put in the same amount of money and so the quality will go down. Sales are extremely important to quality.

I also have to disagree with you on the marketing of Killzone 2. Killzone 2 has been featured in the last three Sony E3 keynote speeches including the Playstation 3 unveiling itself which is arguably the ONLY gaming media events that is covered in the general media throughout the world. If you own a Playstation 3 and you haven't heard of Killzone 2 then you must be a home theater guy that uses the ps3 as a blu-ray player and doesn't play games. I mean, there were killzone 2 pamphlets in my ps3 box when I bought it for crying out loud! If a ps3 owner asks "what's killzone 2?" then I don't know what to say! Does he know the ps3 he just bought is a gaming console!?

GP

[Spike47]

Disagrees? That only shows how ignorant you idiots are. Killzone 2 has probably done well and is a good game no matter what.

[Pootie Tang]

I agree, it's not the game, it's SONY not telling people of its existence lol
I mean look how MS hypes their products, look at HAlO WARS--they can sell anything!
Sony has a huge opportunity to do something with KZ2, i don't get their logic at all

[smurfie4]

VG chartz? lol

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

I still keep bouncing on and off of the Campaign... My ISA ship is under attack the last time I played and Garza... well yeahhh! lol.

But I personally am NOT a fan of the online at all, the mash up 1 and only game mode isn't my cup of tea. Great game tho! glad I bought it!

PSN = SeanKWD

Now back to Mad World!!!

[Jerk120]

Only a mil? Damn does Suckzone 2 suck.

[cmrbe]

Wii sports is the greatest game ever this gen.

You really are a smart cookie.

[TheOutsider]

Oh Oh It's the bi**h a$$ fa*et again! Listen you bot just leave and kill yourself with your piece of $hit system!Do the world a favor you c**k sucker! WHAT? WHAT? thats what i thought BI**H!! To AFRAID TO RESPOND TO MY LAST COMMENTS? YOU WUSS JUST LIKE YOUR OTHER BI**H A$$ BOTS!! HA HA HA !Bring it! F**ker!!

[Bits-N-Kibbles]

Thank god they both only have 1 bubble.

[souljah]

phackin prick, tell ur momma to bring back my money.goddamn it.u all phackin crazy up in that familly.

[The Holy Trinity]

It always hard to tell these numbers this early, so you can just wait it out a bit. But the numbers quoted here are for the two weeks it has been out, not just February.

Regardless the game is doing pretty well, if you consider that LBP and R2 both had respectively weaker numbers, and that was around the holiday season.

Its not Gears numbers, but I dont think anyone honestly expected that. I think this and Halo Wars will be about even more or less for the first couple of weeks. WIll be interesting to see which has the legs...

[cmrbe]

Sorry but numbers from VG Crap is just crap.

Either way. I am pretty sure it has sold over a million already world wide which is extremely good for a PS game.

1 million sold means at most 60 million revenue which is great for Sony and GG. On top of this Sony now has the KZ2 engine exclusive to the PS3.

[cmrbe]

read before you post.

I said AT MOST 60 MILLION REVENUE!!. Not profit. KZ2 in it lifetime will sell at least 4 million copies. So if they profit $25 that means they will get at least 100 million which covers the cost of dev KZ2 game and engine 3 folds.

This is what most people seem to not understand. A game dosen't need to sell millions on launch day to be considered sucesfull.

[GoldenBoy]

You and your N4G buddies clearly have no factual evidence to state that the margins are so low on what is essentially a software sale. Most major corporations such as IBM and Microsoft can see 80% gross margins on software sales at retail. I would think that it is very safe to say that Sony (and Microsoft on their games) see easily $40 on a $60 game and maybe even more considering the piece that retailers get is razor thin (probably $5 or less on new games). At that rate only 1.5 million copies would have to be sold to hit the $60 million development figure (if that is accurate). This is why so many games that sell 0.5 million lifetime get sequels because the margins are so good.

Further, you don't know much about accounting and what Sony may have been trying to do with the game. A lot of effort went into developing tools that could be used on other Sony exclusives and/or shared with other developers. Costs on R&D can be capitalized as it will generate a revenue stream across many titles (this depends on the accounting rules in the reporting region but considering US GAAP and IFRS this is feasible) so the actual attributable costs may be substantially less.

In essence what I am trying to say is don't play the numbers game because neither of us know the true story. What you should be doing is congratulating Guerilla and Sony for releasing a quality title that has sold well so far and give you hope that it continues to sell well so that Sony, Microsoft and others will try to raise the bar further in the future.

[GoldenBoy]

No I don't think they take home more than 20 pounds which would put it at 2/3 of retail price (based on 30 pounds). But that is exactly my point so thanks for proving it. 2/3 of retail price of $60 is $40 which is much higher than the $20-$25 you are basing your 2-2.5 million sales figure on. Just to complete the analysis in the US taxes are added onto the retail price so a $60 price tag does not include taxes like in the UK which based on your analysis would make the $40 amount I assumed even more realistic. Thanks for supporting my analysis and for agreeing that 1 million in sales puts Killzone 2 so much closer to break-even (assuming $60 million dev cost) than the out of thin air figures you used.

Just to let you know I am hoping Bungie does a kick ass job on ODST and shows us how good a Halo game can look and play and I don't even like Halo. I hope you can enjoy Killzone 2 as much as over 1 million satisfied PS3 owners are currently.

[cmrbe]

you really don't get it don't you?. Where did i ever said that Sony and GG are getting 60 million with 1 million sold?.

I said 60 million revenue Max, AT MOST!!. Geez, do you understand?.

[GoldenBoy]

I haven't taken any of your bubbles...I don't like doing that and neither of us are acting too fanboyish so a bubble war is not warranted. I accept your analysis and cannot completely refute it because I don't have insider financial information either. I just don't think a $25 per game business model is sustainable and so many games sell so few copies. If you look at the sales charts only a small percentage (other than nintendo games) sell like crazy and that would lead me to believe that using your figure we would be seeing so many more failed studios (more than we are seeing now).

And about GTAIV you know I think they made more money than that.

Good debate just wish we could look at some of their financials so we could put the financial dispute to bed and just concentrate on the games. BTW...Killzone 2 is really, really good...I never even asked if you have played it. See how crazy this crap is?

[JaPo]

I'd have thought it was more than that!

Although, to be fair, there's only one or two thousand UK players online at any one time.

It didn't manage to penetrate the general public psyche like others did. Still, I'm betting about 2 million come NPD.

[N4Garbage]

Don't know what to say.

Even if VGchartz are DEAD wrong how much more off could they be?

Only 1 person to blame here and that is Sonys' Freshman year style Marketing.

And if the Ps3 attracts a more mature crowd how can they be so god damn uninformed and not know about this game....

Baffles me!!

If an FPS can't blockbuster the sales what will???

[BMS84]

Sony will soon release KZ2 numbers, but if it's true 1 million in less than 2 weeks is also good.

[patronnessy]

People are missing out on such a great game.

[Slinger420]

Killzone 2 will sell over 5 million in it's lifetime easily

[Avenged Sevenfold]

Impressive. I sense a new Call of Duty 4 here. The sales will be generated through word of mouth.

[JustinSaneV2]

It was wise not to mention VGChartz in the description...

[BADBOYEK4]

If this games was on the 360 it would have sold at least 2 million on release day.This is a shame SONY biggest games of the year will struggle to sale 2 million and the developers will not make their money back.

[GarandShooter]

Care to post factual information regarding costs, profit generated, contractual agreements, etc., you know, real financial information?

You do realize that publishers, in this case Sony, bear a lot of the cost of development up front and earn it back from sales?

[Premonition]

I dont think NPD will show KZ2 sales figures for all the people saying wait for today, since I think NPD stops taking in figures early 20's of the month and Killzone 2 was released the day before the last day of Feb, so I think we will see the fitures in March NPD.

[NateNater]

I thought there were at least 1.1 million pre-orders in Europe alone. How could it have sold less so far if the pre-orders had alread exceeded that amount? I think this article is a bit off.

[GarandShooter]

The pre-order number is likely the number of units ordered by retailers to have available for sale, not the number of gamers who pre-ordered the game through various retail outlets.

[Mitch_Cumstein]

What was being thrown around by The Sony Defense Force? Something like 1.5 million to 2.5 million preorders in Europe alone? Yeah, try again.

[GarandShooter]

Use your head. Do you think there is a system in place that counts the number of gamers who pre-ordered the game from retailers? A unified system that covers the many retailers in the many countries of Europe?

Or is your intelligence and understanding as poor as your trolling ability?

[PirateThom]

Yeah, this 1 million is based on VGChartz, so it's not reliable.

[PSGamingInc]

To be fair Garand, N4G.com along with several other gaming sites reported that a representative of Sony claimed Killzone2 preorders to be at 2 million in Europe alone. I believe that rep was David Reeves but don't quote me on that.

I don't think it hurt KZ2 too much. But, surprisingly a lot of my PSN friends opted not to purchase Killzone 2, because of the frustrating controls.

Yeah, I think they are fools, but what can you do you know? Killzone 2 is a phenomenal game. Yes, the controls are pretty bad, but I bet they patch it soon, because of all the complaints. I know my friends that opted out would probably go back and purchase KZ2, but they are all pretty adament about not buying it with the, as they say "busted controls". I think they are crazy...lol

With that said, I think we know the problem here. Another David Reeves statement that is completely ludicrous. I love Sony and my PS3 to death, but that Reeves character has gots to go.

[PirateThom]

Just got word from my source. Killzone 2 won't factor into NPD this month. We'll await to see if this is true. 15 minutes.

[PirateThom]

Bah, they numbers aren't being released until the 19th now.

[ForROME]

I love shooters and I dont know why, but I wasnt feeling KZ2 when i sat down and played it, it just didnt seem anything special to me, even the graphics didnt wow me........

I think its too dark needs more color more liveleness to it for me......

[Condemnedman]

I feel the same way , I didn't get over excited about the graphics(very dark and muddy) and the gameplay while solid never once made me go wow. and when turning around it had horrible sway to it . I not trying to say this game is crap but for me it didn't do it if your only interested in single player rent it you could have it done in a day

[Pootie Tang]

as of right no--- 599,555 ppl have played online, so i'd say 1 million total is prob fairly accurate

Right now I'm in a massive tie for 55393 place lol.

[OOG]

yeah thats not exactly a lot of people online... so I agree the numbers are prob not far of as well.

[dcbronco]

This was a game that took over 4 years to develop. It cost close to $60 million to make. 1 million in two weeks is bull----. Halo did that in a few hours. It doesn't matter how much the critics like it or the fans, if it doesn't get bought, it's a failure. And Sony can't afford anymore failure. Watch the Sony stock price if the real numbers are really that low. This is business, not fanboy wonderland. This was their last big chance this generation. A morons like HHG can blow all the smoke they want, reality always rules. Those are terrible numbers. It's another Sony produced game that will lose money.

[Pootie Tang]

I agree, a million is good, but certainly it doesn't make it the system seller they had hoped for, it looks like it's right on target with COD:WAW. I think it's just because the fps market is so flooded right now with multi player games.

I think the PS3 system seller is GOD OF WAR 3 - the only other game I'm more pumped for is BIOSHOCK 2 but GOW3 if it makes it by holiday time along with a price drop that I believe is when Sony will start taking over

[HarukoHex]

ps3 system seller

Resistence. no wait. MGS4 no wait resistence 2, no wait little big planet, no wait, killzone 2, no wait god of war 3, no wait GT5, no wait. no. no. no. no. see were im going with this. =^.^=

[dcbronco]

Unfortunately, I think Sony needs to just except third place and mediocre sales. No PS3 title is going to change the weak sales. So many were supposed to. The PS3 is DOA from the standpoint of Sony being the powerhouse in gaming. That is a thing of the past. They should just reload and wait for the next generation to try again. Even if they finally catch up in install base with the 360, it will be financially moot. The Gaming division will be a part of Electronics and it will have lost billions with no hope of recouping any of it. The next generation starts in two years, three at the most. For all intents and purposes this gen is over for Sony.

[OOG]

actually Halo sold more then 1 million in customer pre orders alone....

But this isnt Halo... so you cant have halo expectations...

Sony should have started advertising earlier tho, I have met way to many people who ive seen buying games at the video store etc... and id recommend Killzone and they wouldnt even know what it was.

[Pootie Tang]

http://www.killzone.com/kz/...

sorry that link i had, i dunno guys a million isn't bad but some ppl saying 2 million and 1 million plus preorders -if so u'd think with PSN being free alot more ppl would have at least logged on to multi once to add to the total
if there's 600,000 played online, 1 million seems accurate

[bviperz]

actual numbers. What I do care about is they make enough of a profit to help motivate them in creating Killzone 3. That and they maintain good relations with Sony.

[PirateThom]

Well, they're owned by Sony, so they don't have much of a choice. :P

[gaylanleigh]

I totally predicted that killzone would receive 700000 sells by its 1st week, like no joke, i fricken awesome

[GlibGamer]

Wait...

When did sales #'s matter again? Why do I see people scream "It's all about the game, not the sales!" then turn around and start defending sales #'s in another article? Ugh.

Can we just wait for the official sources to give us solid #'s before we start spinning stories like mad?

[gaylanleigh]

and made the prediction 2 years ago when the 1st gameplay trailer came out

[chidori666]

i cant wait the numbers of sony!!!!!

VGCHRATS: GARBAGE!

kill zone 2 you reached 2.0 millions of copies imo.

[DNAgent]

I know they sold enough to make a profit. I'm sure there will be a Killzone 3 so sales are nothing to worry about.

[lord_of_balrogs]

60 million budget for KZ2 and then an unknown amount in advertising and a loss for including the game free with bundles.

1 million x $60 per game = 60 million.

They still haven't hit the revenue necessary to cover all the expenses which include marketing and development.

[DeathMetal]

God you ps3 fanboys are funny, the game is not that great. The graphics are good, ( no where near crysis as some of you think, but the multiplayer is weak,don't even get me started on the controls. only one mode for MP and the Sp is linear and boring. I love how everyone thinks this is innovative, when it is just a generic shooter. All the enemies look the same and they use a ton of motion blur to cover up the low res textures. The colors are boring and so is the art direction. How many run down space cities do we need. Sorry Ps3 fans you killer app is weak and the sales show it. Hell crysis sold more than this and you needed a beefy computer when that came out lol!

[n4gno]

Poor xbotx, it's hard for you, you can't play the best fps in town.

[GlibGamer]

Have you played the game, or are you feeding off of other trolls statements?

[Ps_alm3k]

your a looser i got...

[DeathMetal]

What does that mean? and loser is spelled with one o genius.

[GlibGamer]

You shouldn't start a sentence with "and." Even if you were to do so, why didn't you capitalize it? Don't criticize others if you don't have your own crap locked up neat and tight.

[commodore64]

I was expecting a lot more sales so far for this game.

It is already down 50% in the second week!

That would imply a further 50% drop off from the intitial 50% in the third week. (25% of week1)

and in the fourth week.... and so on....you get the picture.

I really was expecting better sales for KZ2.

[silverchode]

sounds about right

[HarukoHex]

1 mill pre-orders in euro alone and world wide its makes 1 mil in 3 weeks. can you say best selling ps3 game. but can you also say worst selling big budget game of this gen. H3 had lower budget and still made way more sells in 1st week. and that games a flop. ROFL.

[Pacman15]

Damn! I still haven't got my hands on that game! It looks so good!

[Xbots play games]

The magnitude of the hype far outweighed the end result of the sales. How many internet press and fan-blogger outlets declared this as the 'True Halo Killer'.

Every member of N4G.com knows what it was like the 2 months leading to this games release. All of those generous reviews, the superbowl ad rumor, and the midnight launch controvery, all added a fire to the release of this game.

But, even with K2 selling a 'pretty decent' one million copies in two weeks, it doesnt even come close to the Xbox and Sony big dogs of the past. Let's face it..Killzone 2 is as big as it gets for Sony. In fact, you may see Sony make a positive statement as to how they feel the game is a complete success. If the game has the 'legs' to keep steady numbers throughout the year. It could end up pushing 3 mil in 09'. But, if the numbers start to fade to black, then you will also see another Sony marketing backlash from the internet.

If you look at the other games leading up to K2, you have to admit that this game was supposed to do big numbers out of the starting block. Gears of War 2 sold 2 million it's first weekend..3 million (1 month)..4 million+ (2 months). Even DLC from Grand theft auto are already at a million strong.

But truthfully speaking..If people who own a system don't buy the biggest game on it, then there is no one to blame but the people. Guerilla Games and Sony should not be the recipient of any hate. At the end of the day, if word of mouth is positive outside of the internet, then K2 still jump up to the top 5 all-time sales for Sony. No other Sony game at this point deserves it more than K2.

[Pootie Tang]

Great write up, certainly everyone expected big things for this but it never took off as it should have. It is a great game but even with all the great reviews it -the PS3 majority doesn't seem to want to buy it

There are just over 600,000 who've logged online- but having just played online a few mins ago- I wonder where everyone is???
I log onto the US region and there are about 10 full games, and then thy drop off from there? It's weird as hell, you'd expect to be in packed games all the time, and 8 o'clock(my time) should be prime playing time, so I have been surprised over the last few days where everybody went lol??? This is not a good sign
I have a feeling alot of FPS fans on PS3 are waiting for CODMW2 to come out

[N4Sony]

To 1.1 million pre-orders?

lol@ Sony. Great game, I enjoy it, but this is no Gears/Halo sales force.

[n4gno]

So what ? ps3 players are not simples sheeps who buy every games shown on tv, day one, even when they are bad, like americans 360 child.

it's a little soon to talk about sells, don't you think ? "lbp failed" with 2 millions, remember that ?

[Makidian]

Pre-order sales don't fall in with actual sell through numbers, so these are actual sold umbers not incl, the pre-orders so pretty good numbers for it's first two weeks. I am sure that Sony will come out with official numbers at the end of the month that includes everything, 2.5-3 million in the first month total wouldn't be completely unexpected. And I mean that on a global level

[SonyRulz]

This is considered good, for a PS3 exclusive....but the same #s for Halo 3, Gears or Gears 2 would have meant they "flopped". Interesting that. :O

[PS360dagreatest]

has been out for 1 1/2 weeks so if the VGC data is rite "which it isnt", those are very good sales.

Also those 1.1 million Pre-orders were from the customers that how they could get that data so "iam not sure what to think.

[spike]

Great game. On the final level right now. Finally tried the multiplayer and its great. Im the kind of guy who likes to finish the campaign first then go into multiplayer, but coulnt wait.

[Guardian Hope]

Killzone 2 is the Playstation 3 flagship title, and has sold only +/- 1.05 Million in it's short time being out. After being hyped up as the greatest game of all time by this site, these are actually the most pathetic numbers I've seen for a quote unquote flagship. Talk about KZ2 being the Halo killer, taking the COD4 crown, what a joke.

I can see disagrees coming by the tens due to the lack of common sense found on this site, but KZ2's sales are as astonishing as LittleBigPlanet - I'm sure we will hear the excuses too, and then what seems to be the favorite line of people on this site: don't look at sales number. Sales mean a lot, such as meaning more people will have the game so I won't have to ask if anyone has a game, I will get invited. I don't think I will see 47 invites in a row on a single day for one game like I did with Halo 3 on launch day, or the 23 invites on GTAIV launch.

KZ2, a fun game, a stunning visual powerhouse, an overhyped joke.

[PS360dagreatest]

the 1.1 million pre-orders, pre-orded means that the game has been pre paid already and shipment orders are for the retail stores, so there is a difference.

These sales are wrong in that retrospective

[Neo604]

they said 1.1mil reserve.

[Condemnedman]

Is it me but why is the game so short ???? only took me over 6 hour to complete! for a game which has taken 4 years to complete ? no wonder it was selling for 29.99 most places . I know there is the multi player side but what if you not interested in that ?

[JaPo]

I took me about five and a half hours.

That's ridiculous, to be honest. I don't think I've ever played an FPS so short.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

WOW! thats... alot... er... uh... got ourselves a Halo killer here :)

[be_wrong]

errr does this count the 1million preorders in europe

[Smkt]

shame really.. the way that everyone was yapping on about it made me think that it would do 2mil first day.. but oh well.. ps3 fanboys just like to talk about games.. not actually buy them..

[OldParr]

WHO CARES???!!!! i cant believe u guys waste time on this BS. did u invest to get a profit from this game?? NO!!! then whats the big deal???

[redwin]

I have both the 360 and the PS3 and I have several games for both. Honestly, Killzone is technologically inferior to Gears but superior to Helo3. The back ground of Killzone2 are reminiscent of Rainbow6 on the original xbox. We can't tell PS3 honchos a lie by telling them that Killzone2 is better than gears2 because ti will lower the bar and the next wave of games won't show improvement.

[redsquad]

Wow, people actively celebrating because a game in which they have no interest and no intention of buying is deemed a 'failure' in their own sad little universe...

We have some tragic, self-important 'individuals' here (and I use the term 'individual' with caution, as they all seem to be falling under the spell of the droning hive-mind that is 'fanboyism - something they pretend to find so tasteless and beneath them in other circumstances)

[OOG]

ah well it released at a smart time at least... it has all year to sell b4 the other big FPS games roll out for the holidays.. so it may be a slow burn... since they dont have too much competition rolling through for a while.

[7h3ultim8p00]

So we're not calling "VGchartz lol" on this one eh PS3 fanboys? Double Standards.

Either way, I hope KZ2 does some good numbers come NPD day. It should sell well over 1 million copies going by pre-orders and whatnot.