| twesterm said: Wasn't Gears 1 released during the holiday season? That probably boosted the sales up quite a bit. |
Yes, that and other reasons:
1. Gears 1 was a breakthrough TPS, that pushed the cover system, and likely was the inspiration for multiple other TPS at this point, including Uncharted.
2. The XBox console is one that has a lot of console FPS owners buying, and is the console of choice in the minds of people, as to where you play FPS games. Gears targets the same market as FPS. Only someone caring about minutia would end up arguing that "Gears is not a FPS, so stop comparing Killzone 2 to it in regards to sales", because they both target the same market.
3. Sony barely advertises anything. The fact they didn't release Killzone 2 over the holidays is proof they didn't want to have it as a flagship FPS. They likely don't see it as something to get people to buy a PS3 over, but a game to get PS3 owners who like FPS, to buy. Possibly also Sony sees the Killzone engine as something they can reuse also.
I am likely missing a few things, but these stand out as three of them as for why Killzone 2 isn't selling as well as Gears of War. Ooo, speaking on Killzone 2, I need to step out now and get my PS3 back so I can play it. I hope the chips are good, because I am told it is all that, AND a bag of chips.
