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Killzone 2, MotorStorm And Resistance 2 Become Platinum

PSFocus writes: "Successful games come again sometime in the cheaper label Platinum. This means you can purchase the game for a lower price. Only the best games come to this re-released label and if you one of these games ever missed, this is a great, great, alternative. Soon there will be three new games under the Platinum label that will appear."

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Blaster_Master5366d ago

Maybe more people will buy Pacific Rift? That game is soooo damn good, I dont know how anyone who calls themselves gamer's could look at that game and not even think about buying it. Its worth buying a ps3 for.

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Sarcasm5366d ago

MS and MS:PR are excellent games. It's just that not everyone likes off-road racing.

StanLee5366d ago

What the hell?! Wasn't Killzone 2 just released in February?!

StayHigh5366d ago

Killzone 2 probably sold 1 million by now world wide sales..Resistance 2 is a fantastic game every should go pick it up..Motor Storm Sony should invest money on something else..

Blaze9295366d ago

Thats crazy, Killzone 2 was just released 6 months ago....weird to have a brand new game marked down so quickly.

Wonder how long itll take for the US to mark it as Greatest Hits. FFS, Heavenly Sword is still full retail here.

Above Awesome5366d ago

All great games, I liked Motorstorm the best out of all of them, the other games are good as well.

Do PS3 Greatest Hits boxes still have those big ugly stickers on them? I might just trade in my copy of KZ2 to have the Greatest Hits edition for the sake of it.

Sarcasm5366d ago

"Killzone 2 probably sold 1 million by now world wide sales.."

I think it's somewhere around 2.4 million. Not sure where I saw that. So nevermind.

Bnet3435366d ago

Killzone 2 already platinum? That was fast ....

gaffyh5366d ago

Games become greatest hits/platinum when they have surpassed a certain amount of sales, NOT as a reaction to slow sales. KZ2 has far surpassed 1 million units, VGChartz guesstimates put it at 1.8 million. So most likely it hit 2 million in actuality.

Above Awesome5366d ago

VGChartz is always BS, just count up the NPD and all the press releases Sony has had about Worldwide sales, you'll get a close estimate than VGChartz. I'd say 1.5-1.6 million would be a closer estimate.

If Killzone 2 reached 2 million sales then no doubt Sony will have some PR about it and putting it in the platinum hits category.

GameGambits5366d ago

This is really fast into Platinum for Killzone 2. If they really do platinum games based on sales #s, then why has Sony and GG kept us in the dark to not brag about their success? It seems a bit fishy to me.

So wow let's add this up:
New Slimmer PS3
100 dollar price cut
Killzone 2, Resistance, Motostorm, Uncharted, and MGS4 all greatest hits
inFAMOUS, Uncharted 2, Demon's Souls all this year worth buying
MAG beta next month, Uncharted 2 beta round 2 next month

Oh what's Nintendo and Microsoft doing? Hiding in the same cave as Osama Bin Laden apparently, because their reign of terror is over. :)

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Nitrowolf25366d ago

cool, i have them all but this is good for people who don't.
Sony give us HS Platinum!!

kagon015366d ago

I want KZ2 for my clan... or should I pick Motorstorm...?

ChozenWoan5366d ago

Heavenly Sword went Greatest Hits last summer... now it's getting hard to find em in stores.

Nitrowolf25366d ago

wtf why is it still 50bucks new? i see them all over the place and they are not greatist hit here????

The Hunter5366d ago

This is for Europe.. i dont know if they also goes to greatest hits..

cranium5366d ago

Heh. I think I own every game that has ever gone platinum. Some of them were even random picks :)
I'm usually extremely lucky with my random picks.

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justRonald5366d ago

@Blaster_Master

I totally agree with you! Pacific Rift is one of the best PS3 games and everyone should buy it when it's Platinum!

Wakka_5366d ago

Wow thats less than a year. Flop confirmed?

TheHater5366d ago

I guess according to your logic, ever game that sells over a million copy is a flop. Way to go f@#king retard.

kagon015366d ago (Edited 5366d ago )

What is the difference between a diaper and a XBOX360? I'll tell you honestly, There is no difference at all since both are replaceable products. Only that one is truly useful and that is the "diapers"

raztad5366d ago

If I remember correctly FFX's Wakka was not very smart. The imitator can not be better.

Unicron5366d ago

Don't be so hard on the tool, they've had sh1t to play this year.

FlipMode5366d ago

Then mass effect floped HARDER.

Pennywise5366d ago

Wakka doesn't know what it means.... Forgive him for being stupid.

Marojado5366d ago

The fact it hit a million sales after a month of retail also kind of dismisses your flop statement. If you add sales from April, May, June, July and August to that, I'm sure Killzone is doing just fine.

TheMART5366d ago (Edited 5366d ago )

No, Killzone 2 isn't doing 'fine'. The game costed 60 mln. to make, and add another 10 mln. for marketing purposes. It was also bundled with PS3's, so it didn't even 'sell' the whole 1.5 to max. 2 mln. copies out there.

Crackdown for example just broke even on 1.5 mln. sold copies and I bet that game didn't even cost half KZ2's budget. Heck, might not even hit 1/3 of that amount of money.

Thus: KZ2 isn't doing fine. Another reason to make it Platinum and drop to 30 bucks. Same as MGS4, LPB and other main PS3 IP's. Stupid I bought KZ2 at launch. Next games people will hold their purchase, thus this will have a negative effect on all gamesales on the PS3 in the future. STUPID MOVE!@

@ The Hater (below)

Well a Guerilla employee spoke without permission:

http://www.gamespot.com/pag...

http://www.psxextreme.com/p...

And his company even had some hard words with him. Thats know by everyone that read up the news by know. You are the only one not knowing it? Strange. Sony knows, Guerilla knows, the rest of the world knows. Except you.

NegativeCreep4275366d ago

"Wow thats less than a year. Flop confirmed?"

Don't you think Wakka that a title earning Platinum status in less than a year (as of this writing, less than half a year) is more of an indicator to that titles success and not its failure?

Does logic work within your favor, Wakka? Well it doesn't matter to me, I liked Auron better anyway.

TheHater5366d ago

I would like to know where you got that killzone 2 cost 60 million dollars to make and another 10 million for ad's. Oh and I would like to see you Sony employment papers because you "seem" to know more than what Sony knows.

ultimolu5366d ago

The F*g at XBox Kings and Wakka need to get a f*cking life, ya?

raztad5366d ago (Edited 5366d ago )

I guess Mart knows better than Sony how to manage their business. Funny stuff there.

@bellow

Most of "KZ2" budget was associated to the Engine, R&D. Makes a lot of sense the game itself was about the amount you state.

Marojado5366d ago (Edited 5366d ago )

http://uk.gamespot.com/news...

According to an article from Gamespot (one from after the game's release this year, not a surfergirl system wars forum post from 2008 like the one you linked) Killzone cost roughly $20million to make, and like I said, it sold a million in just over a month. Add on the sales from the following months and I stand by my statement that it's doing just fine.

I don't understand why you want so badly for this game to fail.

Darrius Cole5366d ago (Edited 5366d ago )

This is quite impressive. Suddenly, a PS3 is cheaper than an Xbox 360.

X360 - $300
Xbox Live - $50
Plug and Play kit with recharageable Battery Pack - $30
Halo 3 (or Halo:ODST they have the same Multi-player) - $60

TOTAL COST FOR A 360 1 GAME - $440

OR

PS3 - $300
Killzone 2 - $30
MGS4 - $30
Uncharted 2 - $60
1st PSN game (Flower perhaps) - $10
2nd PSN game - $10

TOTAL COST FOR A PS3 AND 5 GAMES - $440

For the cost to get up and running online on the Xbox 360, I can get up and running online with 4 or 5 more games on the PS3. Plus the PS3 system is going to last longer.

TheHater5366d ago

From the link you posted, I only see 21 million. Where do you get 60 million out of 21 million? Hell @Marojado also disproved your 60 million BS. Stop pulling out random numbers out of your ass.

DonCorneo5366d ago

one reason for making these titles platinum is sony expecting a lot of new ps3 owner after the price cut. it would be better for sony to sell these titles to them instead them buying these games second hand from gamestop

redsquad5366d ago

Oh Wakka... Wakka, Wakka, Wakka. Matey, chum, pal, what are you trying to prove? That repeating the same lie over and over makes it the truth? It's clearly worked on the people who are 'agreeing' with you, but the rest of us actually have a working brain to make our own minds up.

The concept of what constitutes a 'Platinum' game for Sony obviously eludes you. That or you're being deliberately obtuse and 'dumb - Either explanation makes you objectionable.

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PlayStation 3 Games That Desperately Need a PS5 Remaster

The PlayStation 3 may not have been the strongest generation for Sony, but there were still some diamonds in the rough that deserve a revisit as PS5 remasters.

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OtterX56d ago (Edited 56d ago )

Even if they could just remaster and put on PSVR2, some would still look great as VR titles and could do a whole lot to bolster the headset w these exclusives! I'd imagine the investment of reworking these titles into VR would be way less than building new games from the ground up, and they could be amazing experiences, and VR often makes flat games feel fresh again. The Resistance and Killzone games are particularly what I want to see!!

Rude-ro56d ago

I played killzone 3 in 3d and it really changed the game per being immersive.
In vr, that would be even more awesome.

darthv7256d ago

Funny you mention that... my son wanted to play some PS3 games in 3d on my PS tv and he was blown away by how good KZ3 was. It really was a great addition to the game. Im surprised there have not been more 3d games from that era being ported to the PSVR/VR2.

_SilverHawk_56d ago

resistance 1-3, killzone 1-3, uncharted 1-3, uncharted golden abyss, folklore, socom 4 , motorstorm, twisted metal, MAG, heavenly sword

Cacabunga56d ago

Killzone 2+3
Sly Thieves in Time
Crack in Time
God of War Ascension
Motorstorm
Modnation racer
Infamous 1+2

Profchaos56d ago (Edited 56d ago )

Killzone trilogy in VR would be amazing bonus points if they offer shadow fall.

There was a psvr1 Killzone project that supermassive was working on at one stage which wasn't up to scratch and Sony brand it back in house I was hoping we would see that on psvr2 eventually.

Personally I'd love to see some more love or acknowledgement of psvr2 from Sony in general it was a expensive headset and Sony barely acknowledge it's existence

seanpitt2356d ago

The amount of work needed to remaster these games wouldn't be beneficial on a financial and business sense.. MGS4 would probably be the best bet as it would need the least amount of work!

Iceball200056d ago

YEAAASSSSS! I miss this franchise and wanna play it so bad again.

Father__Merrin56d ago

The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer

InUrFoxHole56d ago

The resistance series is str8 trash to me. Socom 3 I would welcome. Or killzone MP.

Marcus Fenix56d ago

A Resistance reboot will be awesome

Michiel198956d ago

That's what Bungie should make, Ill keep saying it until it happens

1Victor56d ago (Edited 56d ago )

Resistance was ok but Warhawk and Starhawk was better and kept me coming back for almost a decade of fun and petty revenge on the loud mouth unskilled players 🤣
Edit I loved capture the flag dropping the pot on the flag carrier was extremely satisfying as well as transforming your plane in bot form and stumping them to death 😱

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Michiel198956d ago

Resistance was the best co-op fps I ever played after L4D2

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20 Years of Guerrilla: The Story of a PlayStation Studio

The Amsterdam-based studio reflects on its humble beginnings, beloved franchises, and growth through the years.

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SullysCigar360d ago

Up there with the top tier in the industry. Love Guerrilla Games - Horizon Burning Shores is simply STUNNING.

1Victor360d ago

Can’t wait for their next franchise

SullysCigar360d ago

Same. They nailed it with Horizon. The trouble is I also want a new Killzone! Can't I just have it all?!

jznrpg360d ago

I’m with you I want Horizon 3 , Killzone and new IPs

badz149359d ago

I have yet to play Burning Shores as I just started Forbidden West (bought at launch, just unwrapped last weekend LOL) and playing on PS5.

man...I still can't believe the graphics especially now I'm playing it on my LG OLED. that graphics and with stable performance backing it up, GG really is the master of their craft!

Vengeance1138360d ago

32.7M sales in the Horizon franchise! With 8.4M coming from Forbidden West alone! Truly a hugely successful game and franchise as a whole. Looking forward to Horizon III

Shane Kim360d ago

That's kind of a huge drop though. It's only been two games.

VersusDMC360d ago

One year after realease HZD sold 7.6 million.

https://www.noobfeed.com/ne...

So not a drop off.

Unless you're saying a HFW should have sold as much now as HZD sold in 5 years?

Vengeance1138360d ago

It's been 3 games, this includes Call of the Mountain. Also no, its a great improvement over HZD.

solideagle360d ago

lol you are comparing:

HZD: 28 February 2017 - May 2023 (6 years+)

HFW: 18 February 2022 - May 2023 (1 year+)

We will see if it surpass original number.

Phoenix76360d ago

@shane, 2 full main games, 2 DLC add ons, 1 VR spin off game, oh and a an official LEGO set.
Not too bad for an ip that's only been on market for 6 years

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REDGUM360d ago

Wow, very impressive. I didn't know the numbers were so high for Forbidden West. Still playing through it myself

thesoftware730360d ago (Edited 360d ago )

Yooo, when I first saw that Killzone 1 footage at E3, my friends my brothers and I were like, Holy shit! When it came out, it didn't look exactly like it, but we sunk so many hours into 1 & 2.

I even liked Killzone: SF, it was a spectacle to look at, and even today it looks good. I hope they make a new one. Can you imagine how that will look, and they can get some modern FPS pointers from Bungie.

blacktiger360d ago

thank you fps lover, I'm with you

talocaca360d ago

Such a wonderful studio. They deserve all their success.

The Decima Engine is absolute 🔥 I'm just mad they have abandoned Killzone.

OzzY-waZZy360d ago (Edited 360d ago )

Kinda wish they move on from Horizon tbh.

potatoseal360d ago

They are probably working on mutiple projects. One of them is Horizon 3, but another is a multiplaer game and probably somehting else.

Imalwaysright360d ago

There were rumours that they were working on a Socom reboot.

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Revisiting PS3 classic Motorstorm - The driving celebration that should never have ended

Digital Foundry : Evolution Studios' Motorstorm is one of the first, finest and most fondly remembered of launch titles for PlayStation 3. It's a release designed to answer the question posed by each new console generation: what makes a game 'next-gen'? With its robust physics engine and massive tracks, Motorstorm serves up a bold affirmative answer to this question, delivering an experience that could never have existed on prior console hardware. At the same time, the path to release was fraught with challenges that almost serve as a microcosm of the PlayStation 3 release situation itself. It was a success, however, with a trilogy of PS3 releases, plus PSP, Vita and even PS2 off-shoots.

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RaidenBlack714d ago

After Driveclub and Onrush, the dev team will now contribute to and assist with the development of the upcoming NFS.

darthv72714d ago

I would give anything to have a full compilation of the series remastered to play on PS5 with full DS support. Feeling the deformation of the tracks as you race in pacific rift or the snow laden tracks in arctic edge... that would be sweet.

MastaMold714d ago (Edited 714d ago )

Yes MotorStorm World Tour for PS5 damn it Sony make it. The Desert, Pacific Islands, The Arctic and City races.

Army_of_Darkness714d ago

Motorstorm Pacific rift was awesome! I think MotorStorm: Apocalypse was what killed the franchise due to its change of direction...

darthv72714d ago

Pacific rift is the best (IMO) but apocalypse wasnt what killed it. At least it was still somewhat of a MS game. The RC one is really a departure from the norm. None of which were bad as they were all fun in their own ways.

Army_of_Darkness714d ago

Lol! I completely forgot about the RC version.

Knushwood Butt714d ago (Edited 714d ago )

RC was a blast to play on Vita.

Apocalypse had unfortunate timing due to the 3/11 earthquake in Japan. I never got around to playing that one.

Evolution had some harsh experiences. I had Driveclub from launch and the server issues weren't that bad and certainly didn't prevent you from enjoying the game.

ABizzel1713d ago

Agree Apocalypse didn't kill it, it's just racing games in general just became less popular nearing the end of the PS360 generation as it was flooded with medicore racers and the extremely niche but enjoyable ones like Motorstorm, Blur, Spilt Second, and Forza Horizon (still going strong, but actual sales have been decent fro a racer, and often expanded by console bundles and now GamePass)

But since the PS4/XBO generation had a lack of arcade racers, it's a prime time for games like this to come back.

I've said for the longest, the additional income of PS+ Premium should be used for, Remastering, Remaking, or recreating sequels / spinoffs of classic PS franchises to launch into the service. Many PS3 games fit this mold of looking good enough that a quick remaster to 4K@60 with better texture maps would give them near PS4 quality.

Remasters: A game like Motorstorm look good enough where it can simply be remastered in 4K @ 60fps, and have better textures for mud, mountains/rock structures, and vehicles and it would hold up WELL.

Remakes: Games like Legend of Dragoon, Warhawk (could be a simple remaster also), and so many others could get remakes like FF7.

Recreates: Shorter sequels/prequels/spin-offs to other classic PS IPs like how Infamous First Light / Blood Festival (BF was a highly underrated vampire game) and Uncharted Lost Legacy. Give spin-offs to things like Heavenly Sword, The Order 1886 (1786 or 1986), Puppeteer, Tokyo Jungle, and more.

ABizzel1713d ago (Edited 713d ago )

This is also why Sone NEEDS to get PS3 emulation up and running. It gets rid of all the PS3 server farms and replaces it with software that can work on EVERY future PS console with updated coding.

At bare minimum emulation could double the resolution and framerates of all PS3 games making many of them 1440p@60fps without any real work, and a few 4k@60fps.

As for full-on remakes again updating to 4K@60fps with completely revamped textures, and an option for 1440p@60fps with global illumination can make these games shine with a new lease on life.

Also I'm still waiting on my DriveClub 1440p@60fps update 😭

ChiefofLoliPolice713d ago

Apocalypse was actually pretty good i don't think that's what killed the series. PR was the best though.

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Kurt Russell713d ago

I was late to PS3 and Pacific Rift was the first game I picked up on it... huge miss to not have one on PS4, hope it gets some love on PS5 (as well as Ridge Racer and Wipeout).

akurtz714d ago

Only driving game i enjoyed.

darkrider714d ago

Really cool franchise. It's shame it ended

RosweeSon714d ago

Never really got into it myself I remember getting it with ps3 and being a bit underwhelmed I preferred the RC version they did for vita 🙌🏻🤣

EvertonFC714d ago

Going from ps2 to ps3 was not underwhelming when I first played motorstorm, it was like nothing we'd ever seen before ?

RosweeSon714d ago (Edited 714d ago )

Each to their own didn’t like it myself. 🤷🏻‍♂️✌🏻 ;I didn’t say going from ps2/3 was underwhelming just the launch game motorstorm, bit different but hey ho.

PS3 was a slow burner for me it’s my least favourite Sony console, maybe as I had my 360 as my main at that point but yeah wasn’t impressed with first couple of years to be honest but that’s just me. Once uncharted MGS4 GT5 Last of us GTA4/5 dropped sure but launch games weren’t all that imo. Resistance was alright wasn’t as big a change as ps4 or even now ps5 for me. PS3 took out rumble and basically went HD it’s wasn’t exactly a revolutionary start. 🤷🏻‍♂️✌🏻 ;

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