Low KZ2 Pre-Orders means NO gamespot Midnight Launch! (confirmed)

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fulcizombie on 14 February 2009

jpespinal said:
i dont believe that... i asked my local gamestop back in november why were they not having a midnight launch for resistance 2 but 1 for gears of war 2 and the employee told me its not up to them but sony and miscrosoft...gamestop doesnt pay for those hours of the midnight launch sony and microsoft..or whoever publishes the game does...

Resistance 2 was not a big game ,gears 2 was.

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mysticD on 14 February 2009

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just throwing this out there, the 4 gamestops i had worked / go to all very pro 360. always figured it was just the snobs working there. they have not advertised killzone 2 that well, they put a sign on the windows and thats it. and these are not the small stores these are the bigger ones, plenty of room for more advertisement.

other than that, doubt this affect sales. still close to 1 million sales first week.

Well, people at my Gamestop are all very pro-Sony, but they never push their prefer system on anyone. The guys that work there were all hype for Killzone 2 but they said Sony fans are very difference from 360, they buy less games and they generally don't pre-order like 360 fans tend to do.

Another thing I notice in my area is Microsoft rep is always in the stores in my area and not just the GameStop I usually go to but I see her at Best Buy etc. I often see her come in to change out posters , put up new promotions, talk to all the sale reps etc.

Killzone 2 has good potential to be big IP and if Sony want something that would rival Microsoft Halo then they really need to step to the plate and do the advertisement.

Is there a special edition of Killzone 2? or even a special bundle system to promote it?

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Daddo Splat on 17 February 2009

the gamestop I go to in Palmdale Ca. are videogames oreinted and what ever game is coming they offer it as a preorder.

They dont assume you have this system or that unless you have a game from a system in your hands.Then they recommend preorders for that System.

I mean if I have Halo3 in my hand gears2 they arent going to recommend KZ2 as a preorder unless they know I have a PS3.

as for advertising thats on sony to bring promotions and bundles so GS can advertise that