Killzone 2 better end up being better (if not MUCH better) than Resistance 2. The game is Sony's flagship title. They have given GG 3 years and over $40 mil. to work on this game, and dedicated an entire E3 press event to it's official gameplay unveiling. With all that effort, if they are trumped by Insomniac who puts out a game every freakin' year (praise to them for it, their games always kick ass), I think Sony will be kinda pissed. They'll be thinking, why didn't we just throw tons of cash at Insomniac instead? They managed to make the better game without an assload of support.

 Sony obviously saw something in GG, and with all the contacts they now have being first party, and their major budget, I think they have a pretty good shot at delivering with KZ2.   There has to be some reason Sony is risking so much with GG, when they have Insomniac and Resistance sitting right next to 'em.

It was reported in November of 2006 that Killzone 2's budget had surpassed at least 16 mil. Euros (21 mil. USD). That number has only grown in the year since, and will continue to grow until the game hits the market.

From GameSpot:

This game is hyped because people were so prompt to call out a lie and expose the deception back in 2005 though anybody with a spark of intelligence knew that the video shown could not be real in-game footage (Hell, the PS3 was still a prototype at that time).

At E3 last year the same people were snikering while waiting for the real in game footage to fail miserably in comparison with the 2005 trailer. But the result was quite as good. This is were the hype for this game comes from, not from delusional Sony fanboys but from the undeserved negative press the game received back in 2005.

just let people have their fun and have hope. whats so bad about a bit of anticipation? no one knows right now how it willo turn out. looks quite pretty though.

To people quoting third party publishers on sales, they have to sell more to break even, in house games made by Sony don't need to sell as much to break even due to the publishers cost going right back to Sony.

Kz2 looks good, and it actually looks like it will be a lot of fun. I'll wait till it comes out though to determine if it lives up to the hype.

I had killzone 1 on ps2, then i took it back the day after, i mean it was good in apsects of a shooting game, graphics and physics, but i think the game was repeditive, and predictable, thats just me tho.

I have no idea either. I think it's because of the prerendered trailer they first showed, where they lied to people and said it was ingame. First one was absolute crap, so why this would suddenly be great, I have no idea.

You obviously have no idea what games like that costs to make. They need to sell millions, to make a profit.