I'm starting to think this could happen. Two points: First from GAF retail Musing thread Feb 09
Some preorder numbers from an email we got today at our store. I was hoping to get a copy of the email but couldn't, so I just added the totals from each store. This is across fourteen Gamestops in the Central NY, Northern NY and Burlington, VT area.
Street Fighter IV: 205
Killzone 2: 246
Halo Wars: 382
Resident Evil 5: 428
Pokemon Platinum: 102
Second from the Microsoft NPD PR response:
"The "Halo Wars" demo, released on February 5, set a day-one record for the most demo downloads on Xbox LIVE; with more than 2 million downloads in the first week, it was one of the top demo downloads of all time on the service"
Combine these factors working in its favor: Rabid 360 userbase without much too buy, the Halo name..an urge to try something different from the usual FPS.
Now I say first two month because to be fair to KZ2, it only has 1-2 days in the Feb NPD. So to give it any kind of real chance we must chose Feb+March for both games.
I do think KZ2 will have more strength in Europe, perhaps more legs and things like that. Still, outselling KZ2 for the first months in USA with Halo Wars would be a major upset for MS imo.
