Actually as much as I refute Halo 3 having more internet hype than Killzone 2, Euphoria may have a point when it comes to GTAIV.

@Halo 3 can: Haha, that's perfect timing right there. Except, let's not confuse stupid marketing with hype, Hype didn't buy the production of those cans, wasted marketing budget did.

Picking up my copy of Killzone 2 tomorrow to see whether it's Killzowned 1 or Failzone 2.

Most hyped game go in this order:

1.)Brawl
2.)Wii fit - This game was hyped for different reasons, though.
3.)GTA 4
4.)Metal Gear Solid 4
5.)Little Big Planet

Yes, I do; my brother-in-law is a reporter for them, so I know the corporation pretty well. If you read my post, I wasn't referring to advertising, I was referring to the news. BBC News ran a story regarding Halo 3 and the enormous amount of excitement and hype around the game at the point of its launch, and later they ran another story about the huge number of sales Halo 3 generated after its launch. And, to be clear, I'm not just talking about an online story; it was on the 6 o'clock news and repeated on News 24 for some time. So far, Killzone 2 is nowhere near that level of awareness in the public consciousness; I doubt the BBC will be running any prime-time stories about it (I could be wrong, however).

For a single, personal, anecdote (which, of course, means little): my Mum and Dad had heard of Halo 4 on the run up to its launch (they asked if I was getting it for my PS3). Neither have heard of Killzone 2, as of yet. Obviously, both are very aware of Wii Fit.

One killzone 2 thread opens and Starcraft can wait to troll. Can this guy get banned again soon please?

It had a article devoted to just GTAIV. It appeared more than once too.

Newsday even did a report on first day sales on GTAIV over both platforms.

GTAIV and Halo 3 are the only games I have ever seen given recognition like that in Newsday.

Where on earth have I argued that Killzone 2 has more real world hype?  Quite the opposite.  I said Halo 3 had more and better advertising.

There is no quantitative way to prove which game had more internet hype.  But if you take a glance through the number of threads for Killzone 2 over the last 12 months (then think about the fact they have been going for nearly FOUR years), you'd be hard pressed to argue that ANY game has a substantially higher internet hype level this generation, letalone the enormous gap you seem to feel exists.

How on earth have I trolled?  The purpose of this thread was to torment Americans.  Surely it is open-ended enough to handle a discussion on Killzone 2's hype levels?

Look at the numerous papers that did articles on Halo 3.

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-168983732.html

Starcraft it is full swing bless.