Killzone 2 vs Lost Odyssey

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cool48 on 01 December 2007

eugene said:

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Lost Odyssey is meant to expand the user base. The less it appeals to the current userbase and appeals to other different types of people the more it succeeds.

Im not entirely sure how your logic works. If it appeals to the different audience ENOUGH then it'll succeed, but then you have to assume LO is enough to make people want to buy a 360, which I dont think it is.

Killzone 2 on the other hand has the advantages of being a genre which is very popular around the world (not so much japan however), as well as being a series already established on the PS2. (Despite its problems, it still achieved moderate success, enough to warrant a fair few fans.)

Thats actually exactly what LO is supposed to do especially in Japn. Its supposed to move systems to people that love JRPG's because the 360 base lacks that user base. Just like Blue Dragon. It serves no other purpose. If it doesnt move systems, to people that love JRPG's in particular, then it fails.

If it sells like BlueDragon than you can be sure Killzone 2 will destroy it.

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eugene on 01 December 2007

It should do better than Blue Dragon as it is more similar to Final Fantasy. Blue Dragon still sold 500k WW. thats not too bad. Higher than Lair or Heavenly Sword at least.

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Lost tears of Kain on 01 December 2007

who knows but your comparing a game that has 1/5 the budget of killzone 2 =/

Killzone 2 most likely cause of the money going into it. Though 1st one was a letdown i see it as becoming a good IP to the PS.

LO was made well, but not FF well. FF has tons of money, best developers, and tons of time put into each one. LO has the time, but not quite the best developers (heard they got a few SE people though) and def not the budget

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Bladeneo on 01 December 2007

eugene said:
It should do better than Blue Dragon as it is more similar to Final Fantasy. Blue Dragon still sold 500k WW. thats not too bad. Higher than Lair or Heavenly Sword at least.

Well, according to VGChartz, HS and BD sold the same which is rather disappointing with the 360's much larger install base. Regardless, HS belonged to a less popular genre than Killzone.

I expect LO to have better numbers, should be around 600-800k, but Killzone will beat it.

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eugene on 01 December 2007

I think we have all seen that Big Budget =/= Big sales. So that reasoning is false. Mario Party 8 and has outsold just about every PS3 game so far at about the same retail price at about 1/10 of the budget.

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cool48 on 01 December 2007

Heavenly Sword sold : 42 000k
Blue Dragon sold : 42 000k
Heavenly Sword Weekly in america : 11k
Blue Dragon weekly in america : not even on the list

I would say Blue dragon is not selling better than Heavenly Sword

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libellule on 01 December 2007

why comparing these 2 games ?
they are so different ...

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eugene on 01 December 2007

I was wrong about Heavenly Sword. Sorry. I meant Warhawk, folklore, eye of judgement, Genji, or about 95% of their other games.

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CDiablo on 01 December 2007

Obviously Killzone, LO is made for the Japanese RPG loving audience, but the Japanese dont care about the XBOX cause its uncool to own/like. Killzone will be marketed to the American audience, whom loves average FPS action, so if Killzone is in the very least average it will sell well.

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