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BenVTrigger on 11 January 2011
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Jay520 said:
BenVTrigger said:


This isn't a KZ3 vs Gears 3 thread or a Forza vs GT5 thread.

It doesn't change the fact that KZ3's pre-orders at this point are pretty poor.  Especially considering this is for America the country that buys the most FPS's.  I'm beyond stoked for the game but that doesn't change the fact it doesn't look very impressive sales wise so far.

KZ3 pre orders are not poor. Not many people believed that it would have a much higher opening than KZ2. (I for one that it would be similar). Games typically don't have high FW's unless it's predecessor was a really high seller (which KZ2 was not).

KZ3 can still sell really great though in the long run with extremely positive word of mouth and reception. Look at Red Dead Redemption which had a FW of around 800k (PS3) and looks to sell around 5 million (PS3)  

And KZ2's sales were pretty equal across America and EMEAA.

KZ3 pre-orders are poor though.  Especially considering the MASSIVE budget that the Killzone series has had so far.  KZ2 only sold 2.5 million copies which to be honest was a huge dissapointment, Sony certainly expected better than that.  And KZ3 might even underperform the second game which would be horrible.  

For a big marque exclusive game Killzone's sales are poor even when compared to other PS3 exclusive games.  KZ2 was outsold by Metal Gear Solid 4, Gran Turismo 5, both Uncharteds , LittleBigPlanet, Resistance, Motorstorm, and God of War 3.

In essence if KZ3 doesn't significantly outsell the second game I don't know how much support a 4th game in the franchise would recieve. I'm thinking the game has to sell at least 3 million to be seen as a true success given the budget of the franchise and the highly competitve FPS market.