Lets not forget the superb ad campaign. Great adverts and music placed during programs that adults watch.

I was expecting to see nothing of this game, well done Sony.

I don't get it.. people always say games like KZ2, Heavy Rain, Uncharted 2 and GOW3 are only based on graphics.. but the way I look at it it just has great graphics and even better gameplay, I don't get how they can call a game that just looks good "only about graphics" (not counting KZ2 for that instance)

Maybe because Heavy Rain is actually GOOD?

Exactly! Only here on VGChartz this one guy, whats his name? kept hyping it

Off topic: People who like Heavy Rain should try Shadow of Destiny on the PS2. It's the last game (besides Indigo Prophecy) that I played that felt like this. It's almost 10 years old, though.

The game has a great premise. It's a lack of vision that caused people to doubt it.
That, and the fact that the trolls out there calling it a QTE-festival were able to convince the weak minded that it isn't fun.

Next time, remember that words =/= reality.

"You get to buy some balloons and change a diaper, that does not sound like fun to me" -anonymous

We went from a creepy Uncanny Valley-esque crying girl with a gun to a fantastic interactive experience with a brilliant story.

I have a feeling it's selling to the crowd who bought Silent Hill 2 back in the day. There hasn't been anything that has matched up to that game in a long time, and this looks like the same sort of thing, without the horror stuff. It comes up in comparisons often, also.

Your first mistake was under-estimating it by that much

second.... to compare it to LAIR, why would you even do that?

anyway I predicted 300K week 1, its blown past that expectation

ITs sold out in my town right now

THis will mean the game has legs too!

I also wanted to point out that the typical ps owner, both now and historically, is a fan of a good story.