Should Sony give up on Killzone?

[Mr Puggsly]

Dallinor said:

Closer to the top? There are no other big franchises with sequels from Sony below it apart from Infamous (only 2 games), sports titles like MLB and a few casual titles. It's nowhere near close to the top, it's close to the bottom. 

You have to take into consideration the expectations, marketing and size of the games. Comparing a title like Killzone 3 to PS All Stars or Starhawk for example is meaningless, the difference in production costs and resources is gigantic. Guerrilla Games is the second largest team out of Sony's 17 production studios. A studio 1/4 its size sold twice as many games last gen (MM).

Arguing if it's their 4th or 5th right now, is rather redundant. It may be 4th or 5th at this very moment in time, but why look at a static picture? There's data available for the past 7 years. We've yet to see the legs of the new KZ and of course the upcoming impact of the rest of Sony's ww studios efforts. Also, some franchises that were seeing fatigue last gen (ala Ratchet or LBP) may actually see a resurgence of interest on new hardware.

I agree with them needing to deliver a good game. Just perhaps not a Killzone game.

As I said before Killzone is an IP that can potentially sell a few million units with each release. Not many of Sony IPs can do that even if they poured more money into them.

I think it makes sense to continue the series. If Sony feels GG could be better used working on a new IP, perhaps they could put Killzone in the hands of another studio. Maybe some other studio can put together a better campaign and multiplayer.

Hence, Sony can build a better Killzone and work on a new IP.