Killzone 2 Sales Discussion

[Kantor]

LegendaryOpponent said:

Kantor said:

LegendaryOpponent said:

But Killzone 3 could possibly outsell Halo 3's opening week.

No it couldn't. Not even close. It could definitely do a million, though. Here's what determines a game's first week sales:

-Desirability

-Advertising

-Quality of previous game (if applicable)

-Popularity of series (if applicable)

Killzone 3 will have the first and third, but the series is still nowhere near as huge as Halo, and Sony's advertising just isn't good enough.

Halo 3 came off a game that sold 8.1 million units. Killzone 3 will come off a game that will sell around 4.5 million units. And of course, after that there will be Halo 4, which could easily top four million first week. Unless it slips up and isn't good, which is the only possible way that Halo can be killed. Regardless, though, it will do above two million first week. If Halo dies, Call of Duty is ready to step in. But that's extremely unlikely. Or is it? Bungie are making one more Halo game, and that's a standalone expansion.

If Halo 4 exists, Bungie probably won't be making it. Although they might.

I think you’re wrong and this is why.

 

Killzone 2 didn’t sell very well in its first week because Killzone 1 was relatively mediocre. Killzone 3 has Killzone 2 behind it, and it has a chance because Killzone 2 sold millions and was super hyped and PS3’s the FPS.

It will almost certainly outsell Killzone 2 and have a higher first week, yes.

But it is nowhere near powerful enough to tackle Halo 3 yet. It would need Microsoft to back it, and even then, it wouldn't be until Killzone 4 that a KZ game did more than Halo 3 first week. And of course, Sony owns the IP and the developers, so Microsoft could never back it.

Killzone 4, if Sony manages to learn how to advertise a game, could outsell Halo 3 first week. But how many gamers have heard of Master Chief, and how many have heard of Jan Templar and Tomas Sevchenko?