EARLY Killzone 3 Week 1 Estimates in - 500K!

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makingmusic476 said:

darthdevidem01 said:

LBP2 is showing better holds than LBP1 in UK now, if its the same worldwide then it can still sell as much hopefully.

@makingmusic

it does sound mismanaged. Maybe at some point SONY decided Resistance 3 gets priority?

The decisions surrounding Resistance 3 were made primarily by Insomniac.  They went multiplatform specifically to facilitate longer development cycles. 

That's actually why they haven't allowed themselves to be purchased by Sony. They enjoy their freedom, and Sony generally let's them do what they want.

Also, given the critical and commercial success of Killzone 2 and Resistance 2, I doubt Sony suddenly decided Resistance was the franchise that deserves more of their attention.

By the way, I'd like to clarify that Resistance 3 is not getting a Holiday release.  It's releasing September 6th, which is early Fall.

ohh September 6th, then Killzone 3 could have been pushed to a November launch...but that would mean going head to head with COD (lets not even get into the other 2 massive releases of that month). October...too close to Resistance 3. December....COD mania would still be present.

So yeah there must've been some management problems but do you honestly think a holiday launch for it would be good? Maybe a summer launch would have been better, like June or July? They could have fixed the problems you mentioned by then too.