As a PS3 owner and fan, I don't think KZ2 will push console sales. The significance of the title is to start off the number of postivie news and attention for the console, that would be consistently followed up by future titles in 2009 (Infamous, Heavy Rain, GOW, FFXIII in Japan, etc). The PS3 and PSP suffer, not from a lack of games, inferior hardware, harware issues, etc, but aside from price, a lack of marketing and attention. I was listening to the IGN podcast, and they were absolutely right, the PSP has plenty of games, its just that non-PSP owners aren't getting the news.
The importance of Killzone 2 will be to get non-PS3 owners to actually click on that non-Xbox/Wii news article. Sony needs to continue being on the front page of game magazines, news media, forums, etc. Right now its doing a good job (although I think GOW III was a bit rushed, unless they have even more stuff to show throughout the year) as we can see with this thread.
You know how people say "bad publicity is good publicity"? Its the same situation, and Sony has no publicity. That's why 2009 is their year to capitalize, as there is a lack of block buster titles such as GeOW II to overshadow excellent games such as Valkyria Chronicles, Resistance 2, and Little Big Planet. They need to get the spotlight on them...
I hope I drilled that point enough, lol.
