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EaglesEye379 on 16 April 2009

Even though I think in no way Sony is 'hurting', you have to think relative. You are comparing an RTS with the flagship super-hype 5 years in production 'best graphics evA!' first person shooter (which everyone stereotypes Americans to buy these blindly when its on the 360). Outselling worldwide by 300k does not help your case.



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Shadowblind on 16 April 2009
darthdevidem01 said:
Shadowblind said:
Gilgamesh said:

That's a shocker, a Halo RTS game on a console beats Killzone 2, a to the moon and back hyped first person shooter in America...


Fixed for teh lolz. Personally, I think most people should have seen it coming. Even if it is an RTS...like I said before, Halo is one of the biggest franchises to exist in America. Although I will say, based on the UNBEARABLE hype Killzone 2 had...its a little odd.

yeah its basically like DQS (Wii) outselling TOS:DOTNW (Wii) in Japan

 

 

 

 

Tales of Symphonia DOTNW didn't have that much hype to it. The example you posted doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me...but I understand what your trying to say(I think o_0), and your right.

@eagleeyes: Haha, I never really thought of the whole "Gears and Halo only sell in the US because they only want guns and blood" thing applying here...What happened? Does the stereotype only apply to 360 owners?



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bobobologna on 16 April 2009
Shadowblind said:
Gilgamesh said:

That's a shocker, a Halo RTS game on a console beats Killzone 2, a to the moon and back hyped first person shooter in America...


Fixed for teh lolz. Personally, I think most people should have seen it coming. Even if it is an RTS...like I said before, Halo is one of the biggest franchises to exist in America. Although I will say, based on the UNBEARABLE hype Killzone 2 had...its a little odd.

 

It had a lot of internet hype, but it also had a lot of people who didn't think a lot about the game (particularly the aiming scheme) right before it's release.

Also, don't underestimate the sheer amount of negativity surrounding all things Playstation in the US.



Shadowblind on 16 April 2009
bobobologna said:
Shadowblind said:
Gilgamesh said:

That's a shocker, a Halo RTS game on a console beats Killzone 2, a to the moon and back hyped first person shooter in America...


Fixed for teh lolz. Personally, I think most people should have seen it coming. Even if it is an RTS...like I said before, Halo is one of the biggest franchises to exist in America. Although I will say, based on the UNBEARABLE hype Killzone 2 had...its a little odd.

 

It had a lot of internet hype, but it also had a lot of people who didn't think a lot about the game (particularly the aiming scheme) right before it's release.

Also, don't underestimate the sheer amount of negativity surrounding all things Playstation in the US.


Don't forget the almost LBP sized marketing campaign they launched for it too. But the negativity thing...explain this...I know a lot of people say they can't afford the PS3, but what other negative traits are Americans giving the PS brand?



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ElectronicRocker on 16 April 2009
EaglesEye379 said:
Even though I think in no way Sony is 'hurting', you have to think relative. You are comparing an RTS with the flagship super-hype 5 years in production 'best graphics evA!' first person shooter (which everyone stereotypes Americans to buy these blindly when its on the 360). Outselling worldwide by 300k does not help your case.

 

LOL MEGAFAIL

 

1. Killzone 2 has better legs while Halo Wars does not sell well over a long time

2. Killzone 2 launched end of feb. so it did still outsell Halo Wars in America

3. Killzone 2 was in Development for 2 1/2 max.

4. 8 million userbase vs. 17 million userbase

5. halo wars has "halo" in its title

 

 

try harder



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CMoney on 16 April 2009

where is spartanfx? He was creating 3-4 KILLZONE 2 threads per day in february.

We get an avalanche of bad sony ps3 news and he disappears.

Odd.



arsenicazure on 16 April 2009

yea.. does suck for SONY i guess all shooter fans already own a 360



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SOLIDSNAKE08 on 16 April 2009

theres 3 ps3 games on the top 10 so if anything ps3 is selling software extremly well. its showing alot of growth even without a price cut in a year and a half.



madkiller on 16 April 2009
SOLIDSNAKE08 said:
theres 3 ps3 games on the top 10 so if anything ps3 is selling software extremly well. its showing alot of growth even without a price cut in a year and a half.

Too bad the 360 HW equals both Sony systems combined though huh?

 



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wholikeswood on 16 April 2009

That was a foolish opening comment, reask.

It's neither a surprise nor an achievement that, as Gilga said, a Halo game outsold KZ2 in America, especially when HW actually launched in March whilst KZ2's opening was in February.