Killzone 2 fails to crack 1 million units in US

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Jordahn said:

DirtyP2002 said:

Killzone 2 fails to crack 1 million units in US

Further new NPD Group data has revealed lifetime sales to date for Sony's Killzone 2 title in the US, with the game so far selling only 677,000 units.

First released on February 27, the PlayStation 3 exclusive debuted in the February sales chart at number five, with 323,000 units sold. In the March results the game fell only two places to number seven, with 296,000 units sold.

By April though the game had fallen outside of the top 20, but data provided to website Gamasutra reveals that it sold 58,000 units during the month. As result the game's lifetime total to date in the US currently stands at 677,000 units.

On its release Sony proclaimed Killzone 2 to be its fastest-selling title ever in the US, in terms of reaching 500,000 unit sales. Responding to the March NPD chart, Sony also revealed that worldwide sales had passed 1 million units, suggesting sales in PAL territories at the time of around 400,000 units (The game was not released in Japan until April 23).

Although the sales figures are strong by most standards the game is reported to have cost over EUR 40 million to develop. Perhaps most importantly for Sony, the title has failed to drive hardware sales on the PlayStation 3, which have actually dropped year-on-year in the US since the game's release.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/killzone-2-fails-to-crack-1-million-units-in-us

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VGC has K2 at 1.59 million, today.

Nice sales for a game on the most expensive console being in last place.

 

So, if the game was on the Wii or 360...these sales wouldn't be nice?

I agree. Sales are mediocre for this title. No amount of spin changes that. When NPD is releasing articles flaming your sales, you know you didn't exactly blow up the charts.

That said, the game was fun multiplayer, the single player was a tad mediocre imo. I think the single player campaign is what held it back in sales.  That, and poor, poor marketing/release window.