Killzone 2 Is Here!

[Hapimeses]

Hyruken said:

Hapimeses said:

Hyruken said:

You do realise BBC is not allowed to advertise right?

Yes, I do; my brother-in-law is a reporter for them, so I know the corporation pretty well. If you read my post, I wasn't referring to advertising, I was referring to the news. BBC News ran a story regarding Halo 3 and the enormous amount of excitement and hype around the game at the point of its launch, and later they ran another story about the huge number of sales Halo 3 generated after its launch. And, to be clear, I'm not just talking about an online story; it was on the 6 o'clock news and repeated on News 24 for some time. So far, Killzone 2 is nowhere near that level of awareness in the public consciousness; I doubt the BBC will be running any prime-time stories about it (I could be wrong, however).

For a single, personal, anecdote (which, of course, means little): my Mum and Dad had heard of Halo 4 on the run up to its launch (they asked if I was getting it for my PS3). Neither have heard of Killzone 2, as of yet. Obviously, both are very aware of Wii Fit.

 

I think it has been all over the news sites mate. No where near on the level of Halo 3 though. Halo 3 dominated news due to it's sales figures though i think. Beating all other media for first day sales and whatever records it holds will always create a buzz.

Here are a few BBC reports on Kill Zone 2 though to show they are about :)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6929484.stm  (that one was waaaay back in august 07!)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7897742.stm (that one was a few weeks ago)

But personally my fav BBC/Kill zone related piece has to be when BBC showed footage of Kill Zone 2 thinking it was Halo 3! Classic.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/BBC-Mistakes-Halo-3-for-Killzone-2-66851.shtml 

 

Yeah, that last one was pretty awesome. I saw that first time around.

For my original point, I was talking about hitting the mainstream BBC news (the aforementioned 6 o'clock, for example), but I could have made that clearer. That minor point aside, I agree with you entirely: it has been about the news sites, just not to the same level as Halo 3.