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Forums - Sony Discussion - Guerrilla to “step back” from Killzone 2

Taz! on 23 July 2009

Dear lord, did someone say Killzone was coming to the Xbox? Not a chance.....



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Kantor on 23 July 2009
Aion said:
CGI-Quality said:
PullusPardus said:
CGI-Quality said:
Aion said:
It simply means there going to develop for the Xbox 360.

Sarcasm at it's finest.


nope he is serious...

Oh dear..... D:

Yes KZ spin-off on 360. It makes sence, Guerilla wants money.

I agree. This will happen around the time a Fable game comes to PS3.



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Sardauk on 24 July 2009
CaseyDDR said:
glad this whole topic has rolled into a conversation about my truthful statement.

And you are happy about it ?

If pretending that the best sold HD-gen game is sh*t, makes you happy.. then I don't want to know about your maturity....



 

Evan Wells (Uncharted 2): I think the differences that you see between any two games has much more to do with the developer than whether it’s on the Xbox or PS3.

sinha on 24 July 2009

Maybe they want to step back from the Killzone franchise and develop a new IP that will make them a profit.

 



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Sardauk on 24 July 2009

Killzone 2 sales figures : 1.74 mil.... waouw... that is low for such a blockbuster ...

I really like this game now (now that everything is fixed...) and I feel sorry for Guerilla and for the blind fanboys who pissed the entire forum for months about it... but not in the same way...

Come on you cheap PS3 bastards ! Get some DLC to support them !

(I did if somebody asks...).



 

Evan Wells (Uncharted 2): I think the differences that you see between any two games has much more to do with the developer than whether it’s on the Xbox or PS3.

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tedsteriscool on 24 July 2009

Sweet, maybe they're starting Killzone 3.

Out 2011?



Zlejedi on 24 July 2009
Kantor said:
FKNetwork said:
CaseyDDR said:
Seriously, KZ2 is garbage, let those fools play that shitty game.

^Fixed......

Killzone 2 is not garbage, and neither is Halo 3. There's no need to counter trolling with more trolling.


They might be not garbage but still are inferior to best console FPS experience you can get with Unreal Tournament III on PS3 :D



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makingmusic476 on 24 July 2009
sinha said:

Maybe they want to step back from the Killzone franchise and develop a new IP that will make them a profit.

 

Being conservative and saying that Sony only nets around $35 per copy of Killzone 2 sold, they would've already brought in over $60 million in revenue from the title.  What ungodly amount do you think the game cost to make to have failed to turn a profit?

I don't think you lack the basic skills of deduction required to figure out the above, so I have to wonder if you were merely trolling.  >_o

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, however (though either way you end up looking bad), and I'll assume there was no ill intent behind your post.



Sardauk on 24 July 2009
*makingmusic476 said:
sinha said:

Maybe they want to step back from the Killzone franchise and develop a new IP that will make them a profit.

 

Being conservative and saying that Sony only nets around $35 per copy of Killzone 2 sold, they would've already brought in over $60 million in revenue from the title.  What ungodly amount do you think the game cost to make to have failed to turn a profit?

I don't think you lack the basic skills of deduction required to figure out the above, so I have to wonder if you were merely trolling.  >_o

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, however (though either way you end up looking bad), and I'll assume there was no ill intent behind your post.

35 $ seems already a lot ..

But you can't deny that Sony is far from the initial expected results for KZ2.



 

Evan Wells (Uncharted 2): I think the differences that you see between any two games has much more to do with the developer than whether it’s on the Xbox or PS3.

makingmusic476 on 24 July 2009
Sardauk said:
*makingmusic476 said:
sinha said:

Maybe they want to step back from the Killzone franchise and develop a new IP that will make them a profit.

 

Being conservative and saying that Sony only nets around $35 per copy of Killzone 2 sold, they would've already brought in over $60 million in revenue from the title.  What ungodly amount do you think the game cost to make to have failed to turn a profit?

I don't think you lack the basic skills of deduction required to figure out the above, so I have to wonder if you were merely trolling.  >_o

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, however (though either way you end up looking bad), and I'll assume there was no ill intent behind your post.

35 $ seems already a lot ..

But you can't deny that Sony is far from the initial expected results for KZ2.

I'm sure they are.  Sales dropped like a rock after the first week.

I only contested the notion that the game failed to make a profit. 

And $35 isn't so much seeing as Sony is not only the developer and publisher of the game, but also the owner of the console upon which it was released.  Revenue from each sale of a game is split between the developer, publisher, platform holder (via licensing fees), retailers, and manufacturing/shipping costs.  Removing retailer margins ($10-15 on a $50-60 game) and manufacturing costs ($5?) would probably leave them with over $40 per game sold, but I was being conservative with my figures.