Killzone 2 Breaks PS3 First Party Pre-Order Records - News
by VGChartz Staff , posted on 25 February 2009 / 46,789 ViewsBrett Walton
25th Feb 2009
VGChartz today recieved confirmation in a discussion with Sony Computer Entertainment America that Killzone 2 is the highest pre-ordered first party PS3 title to date.
SCEA looked at the pre-order data two weeks out from launch for Killzone 2 and measured it against the same timeframe for its other major first-party titles including LittleBigPlanet, Resistance 2 and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
Killzone 2 is the third installment in the Killzone franchise that began on the PlayStation 2 with Killzone and continued on the PlayStation Portable with Killzone: Liberation. The game was first announced at E3 2005 .
Killzone 2 will be released worldwide in the next few days and early reviews of the game have been largely positive. Stay tuned to VGChartz for early sales of the game when information becomes available.
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It's crap
- I tried the demo and the AI of the game is pathetic, your own side dont even react when you shoot them accidentally, the enemy practically act as if they are blind , the scripted parts are so badly done - and it's also slow or near impossible to aim and has no mouse support either.
Why would anyone spend money on an FPS game without mouse support , it's like buying a car without a steering wheel and expecting people to steer by pulling a few ropes attached to the wheels - it's amazing sony's programmers cant even write a mouse driver.
This is why the Wii rules - it seems to allow people like me to play games it does not expect you to have 10 years of practice at using thumbstick controllers. - I just keep the PS3 for BD playback.
L.C.E.C
I don't see how the title is misleading.
damn right
go go killzone 2! go PS3!
Awesome! I really enjoy this game,you must buy it...
Ya know... The title is VERY Misleading...
@Onna76: "PS3 is a magnet for FPS". So not true: Was LittleBigPlanet a FPS? Was ValkyriaChronicle a FPS? MGS4? Flower? PixelJunkEden? Disgae3NobyNobyBoy? Fallout3? StreetFighter4? ResidentEvil5?
Killzone2 will make 1 million WW first week without a problem. Could even be 1,5 million. Everybody is totally freaking out on it.
Although I'm proud that such a big game is made in Holland and the team deserves the credit, but at the same time I wished Killzone 2 to bomb. Why? Because from now on all we will see on the PS3 are FPS, like the Wii is overloaded with casual junk the PS3 is a magnet for FPS games. Like we already haven't seen enough of that and let that be a genre I despise the "most" and didn't buy a friggin PS3 for.
My brother is playing this now in the UK. I'm stuck in Germany atm so I'll wait till eater to pick up a cheap trade in. (If any exist then!)
i played this full game for the first time yesterday. its unbelievably awesome and intense. I played on veteran. When you stop its like "where am I ?" for a moment, you need to resync with reality man. Its a new experience
i'm going to dowload a new update for this incredible FPS, release 1.11
ciao
igor
2 million world wide in the first week?
ciao
igor
ps: in Italy it's already out and it's great!!!
if you check your rankings and goo down at the bottum.. the counter is on 792467... and there is a couple of dozens pages that has the same ..........soo it sold already more then 800k mil seller DAMN YES!
GO GO GO Killzone 2.
Well thank god! I expect it will triple the first week sales of R2 and LBP so I would imagine that would mean more pre-orders.
Well my limited tin turned upoday and its nice and only £32 delivered. The game is better than expected, graphically its very good looking there are issues with the camera and stuttering when loading. Its also a bit clinical ala Resitance.
But credit where credits due its a decent game and they have even got there act together for online (although its still below par I am not convinced sony understand what is neede for a decent online FPS)
It will sell well if for no other reason its the only game in town for the ps3 with the third party titles being so much better on the 360 / pc.
Better than expected and at last a start from sony but on its own it wont dig the ps3 out of the huge hole it is in.
I'm thinking 500-650k initially. But, I don't see this game moving much hardware. I have a PS3, but I'm still on the fence about this one.
Is there something weird about the camera controls? I've heard a couple people grumble about the camera. Is there something really wrong or are these just PC guys who can't figure how to use a controller for FPS?
Preorders are mostly for gamers who stay updated and in the loop, I'm much more excited to see the retail numbers it can pull.
500k is dead certain and 1 million now seems entirely possible when tallying in the preorders. I wouldn't bet money on it though...
This article was referenced here;
http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-news/4680.html
Good to see that KZ2 will do well, though I didn't expect it to do badly in the first place.
Where is my copy? I'm proudly one of the 1.2mi that are wainting for the Killzone2 launch day!
Will this sell new hardware though? Owning a PS3 you'd think this a must have. (Allthough Killzone was seriously disappointing IMO) I'm looking forward to this title. I didn't pre-order but will pick it up in the next week or so. Very interested to see how it performs.
I didn't pre-order this game but im picking it up tomorrow evening...i hope there will be a copy left for me
im picking up my pre ordered copy tomorrow 9am. i cant wait. i actually tried bribing the sales assistant at the local GAME store but he didnt give in :( apparently and according to the manager at the store, the pre order numbers GAME has received across the UK is stupidly high. he couldnt give a number, but he also mentioned a quite a few ps2 owners had come in stepping up to a ps3 to get the game.
it will be very interesting to see hw and sw sales to see how much of a difference it has made.
To be honest, LBP & R2 didn't set the world on fire sales-wise. GT5P did ok, but I can't imagine the preorders for that being that insane.
Either way its positive news - lets see how top heavy the sales become.
Oh, I'll be getting the game... can't let my brother get all the Trophies!
Very good to hear.
This game NEEDS to re-write the record books to get anywhere near Wii HW and SW sales...
Still this will be interesting to track. I'm sure it'll sell well but it would need to shift the same amount in PS3's which I don't see happening.
Not to put the fire out as it were... :)
Wow this is the number one article in N4g.com Good job ioi/Brett!
it's obviously lower than metal gear. if it were higher, sony would've gone bananas over it.
Can't wait for this game, got it coming on pre-order. I think sales will be good as in better than any previous PS3 titles bar MSG4 but I just hope the game matches the hype although reviews on the whole are pretty good. We shall see bring on the weekend!
I can not wait anymore
first party ps3, well i don't think is higher than his royal majesty MGS4.
GO PS3 !!!
BRING IT ON!!
Btw it didin't win Mgs 4..?
i think it may reach 800 - 1m first week.. but hardware may not see much boast. may be around 180-200k WW for the week
well i received a copy a week early and had finished the campaign around 5 days ago and would say the game rocks. Now busy in warzone!!
liked particularly the missions 'suljeva village' and 'maelstra barrens' shows off ultimate graphics rendered for the game. Overall a great one!!
Hmm... Probably 700K WW for first week (taking into consideration for any staggered release dates.
Lifetime? Personally I think around 4 million given the current install base and interest in the game.
Wow, so we really can expect a high first week number. The question is if this game can move many people to buy a PS3 just for this game. So hardware will be interesting for at least two or three weeks.
I think 700K for the first week is not too much. GOW2 sells almost 2 millions, and this game is better (Better camera, sure).
The worst thing I find on this game, is the sky. I know that make a real time rendered sky for a console game, is lose frames for nothing, but they put a very ugly sky.
All other is so nice. Very good game.
Btw, will bundles be counted with KZ2 sales ?
This is NEXT GEN !
I love Sony <3
Game came out in Denmark yesterday! It frikkin rocks! Only complaint is the one-weapon system
@tombi: And considering the fact that this has the opportunity to surpass World at War's first week (the sequel to freakin' Call of Duty 4, probably the best selling FPS ever), and thus has the opportunity to become the best selling FPS on the ps3 to date, I don't see what's so disappointing.
Sold out, dammit. i need to wait until Monday. I am calling shops and nobody has it. And it was released yesterday. I was f@cking working in the morning, when i went in the afternoon to get it, it was long gone...i might be lucky today, i will look for it again :((
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@SnakeEyez
Well 500-1000K worldwide does translate into 400K in NA alone, so why are you disapointed.
800K first week but I want 1mil+!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I tried the demo and that put me completely off. I can't get used to analog camera control anymore after a mouse or the wiimote sorry.
I hope it does well though. But it's not for me I played the demo with a friend for 5 minutes and we just stopped.
Bret - "I'd be pretty safe saying 500k - 1m week one worldwide"
Ouch. That's pretty low for worldwide numbers for a game as hyped as this. I had hoped it would have been 400k in NA alone.
i hope between 500k to 600k
It's KZ2 but then again this is Sony so.... it probably won't reach a mil. :(
I know I cant wait to get my hands on Killzone. But why the Friday release instead of the usual tuesday routine?
Excellent. Gran Turismo 5: Prologue had first week sales of ~640k, so Killzone 2 will probably top that.
Looks like my first week prediction of 550k will be low.
impressive, considering that resistance is the more established and better brand (without killzone 2 since killzone 1 was a failure), Killzone 2 is doing incredibly well.
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450K first week.
Hooray for Killzone 2!
Didn't preorder [couldn't]. But this will be the next game I pick up. ^_^
It brings a tear to my eyes :D
Well I can't find the article I read that in europe the game was pre-ordered by over 2 million people. I know I read it somewhere though. This going to bug me til I find the article.
I can't wait to have it!
not that surprising this game was destined to be big
Nice trolling tyig. This game should do 2 million week one between Japan, Americas, and Others.
@tyig
but doesn't killzone 2 have a bundle in europe, or at least a few countries there? if i'm mistaken somebody let me know...
Now i realized how low are the sales of ps3 titles when not bundled, sad =/
i got my copy yesterday. almost finished the campaign on hardest (up to last boss fight) then i needed sleep.. was losing my touch.. hehe..
cant wait to see the first weeks sales results.
my friend just got his copy in the mail I'm so freakin jealous! I still have to wait almost 30 hours to play.
Good for Killzone.
Anybody remembers HipHopGamer: "will Killzone2 first day sales shatter Gears of War2 first day sales?" Now the answer is: No, but it has a good chance to reach half of the sales.
This sounds fanboyish, I know and I am sorry for that, bur I just can't stand such an insane hype for a game. Just be happy that it is a fun game and selling well. Talking about "being HUGE" better than [insert random game] is just stupid.
My prediction week one in the American market in the prediction league is 750000. Now that I fully understand the league rules and how to play I wish I would have put 1 million week 1 in America.
How much did it sell?
I'm predicting 900k-1 million first day, and 1.8 million first week.
Two More Days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome it wont flop!
If it does close to what MGS4 did month one in the US I'll be mildy surprised heh. No bundles in the US and few GS's actually doing midnight launches does not speak well when MGS4 pretty much had them everywhere.
greats news for killzone 2.
Awesome to hear! :)
I'm hoping it does even better then Brett anticipates and I'm going to predict 1.3 million worldwide.
OMG, Sony makes Next Gen, Real.
i can't stop playing this game ! @_o
While Brett of course has the most informed guess, it does not mean it is going to be right, I still hope it can crack 1m, especially as it has been top of all the UK online sites for weeks
In EU game is selling like there is no tomorrow
Guys, leave Brett alone, he already told us enough to be happy ;) Now, it's only the joy of anticipating those numbers.
And my copy of the game, of course.
Lets hope 700k first week :-)
So if all the people who pre-ordered pick up the game (which I'd assume they would, well most of them) and add that to all the other people who'll just buy it week 1 (me included) we should be seeing over 1m sold in it's first week?
I thought I read about 2 or 3 weeks ago that in Europe Kilzone 2 has over 2 million pre-orders. I'll try to find the article I read. It was on joystiq.
but can't u disclose the numbers.? of all first party PS3 titles.. R2, LBP, GT5P ...
mmmmm....Killzone.....
Will be interesting to see next week.
C'mon Brett, spill the beans already. What kind of numbers are we looking at week one?
awesome for kz2, i'm really hoping that in the end kz2 turns out to have simular sucess to that of gears on the 360.
- I assume this is to retailers, so like GT 5 P having 1m pre-orders, sales were only 600k first week {all in EU}
- What is the largest 1st party launch, I don't think it was that huge
R2 sold 236k, LBP sold about 270k week 0 + 1, so this does not necessarily mean it is anything greater than 300k, though I am hoping for 400-500k
i have to say at first i didnt think much of this game but the more i see of it the more i like.bring on friday cas this wait is a killer
I'd be worried if it didn't...
For the future, note that sarcastic comments can be deleted when necessary.
The numbers i saw 1-2 weeks ago whas a bit over 2 million preorders world wide :)
I dont have an ps3 and still wants to play the game ;)
Being sarcastic and trolling are very different.
By the way Brett, in the third paragraph you accidentally type third twice. Just thought you would want to change that.
Go Killzone 2!