Why isn't this thread in the games forum by the way?
Point taken ;-)
Killzone public beta later this year (Yes, another Killzone thread)
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Point taken ;-)
archangelmorph
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Couldn't agree more. but it's so good to hate that game ,specialy when you didn't even played past the first 2 levels... or better : when tou didn't play it at all .
I agree..
The biggest gripe with the game I found was the enemy AI.. With better AI and hi def graphics I have no doubt Killzone 2 will be a very good shooter.. Whether it's "great" or "killer" depends much on how far they push it in terms of scale, scope, design, focus and features.. But with Sony backing them and an industry wide expectation of "the next big[-gest] thing" riding on their backs, the reputation of GG (and consequently of Sony itself) is at stake and I don't think they're going to be very lax about the level of quality the game presents..
Dude, i hate to brake this to you, but platinum releases don't have to correlate with sales numbers directly. They may be used to boost them thought
www.vgchartz.org has the biggest database of million selling software for video games consoles.
And there are plenty others.
I also did a google, and didn't find anything resembling as a PR release about reaching even a million sales.
Dude, i hate to brake this to you, but platinum releases don't have to correlate with sales numbers directly. They may be used to boost them thought
www.vgchartz.org has the biggest database of million selling software for video games consoles.
And there are plenty others.
I also did a google, and didn't find anything resembling as a PR release about reaching even a million sales.
Ugh, VGCharts does not track every game, and nor should it be seen as an authority. Not appearing should not be an indication of anything other than tardiness.
For what it's worth, one of the Killzone dev team suggests it has sold over 2 million units.
http://boardsus.playstation.com/pla...lzone&message.id=96004&query.id=160615#M96004
Developer Q&A article here too:
http://totalplaystation.com/psp/features/6951
Where have you got this idea from? The whole point with platinum releases is that they have reached a minimum sales amount! From Wiki...
For platinum range in PAL regions, it's 600,000 sold in the PAL region.
MS's Platinum requires 400k sales.
Here's IGN reporting on numbers needed to reach 'platinum' budget release status, so you don't have to just take anonymous Wiki posters' word for it...
The reason being returns on greatest hit/platinum titles are lower than full games, so you only want to release titles that you think will be popular enough to get reasonable returns. For that reason you pick the better selling titles in the belief that console owners overlooked them when release because fo the price, but have the same sort of interest as those who bought the game. Thus Platinum status does tell us of a minimum popularity, and across all regions you'd be looking at a million unit sales on most platforms.
I always thought it did well but 2 million is more than I expected. Not a bad seller at all.
Thanks for the research guys.
WrongDude, i hate to brake this to you, but platinum releases don't have to correlate with sales numbers directly. They may be used to boost them thought
scooby_dooby
Legend
So it sold almost as much as God of War?
Hard to believe given the lack of critical acclaim. It must have been very heavily hyped to reach sales like that.
7/10 average on metacritic. For a platform not strong in FPSes, an okay game in that genre might well sell.
Most likely, because it's was certainly not because of the advertisement campaign (which was non existent)
Shame that KZ L didn't reach at least half those numbers, that game certainly deserved it.
Inquisitive_Idiot
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I could not remember correctly so I checked Wikipedia and they said:
"When Killzone was officially announced, expectations for the game were very high, and some gaming magazines dubbed the game a "Halo-killer", implying that the game would beat the wildly popular Microsoft first person shooter, Halo: Combat Evolved, even though Guerrilla Games insisted that they did not want to compete with Halo. On release, rumours of online cooperative play and hard disk support were proven untrue."
This was uncited so take it with a grain of salt, but from what I can remember hype from boards like GameSpot was constant, with many fanboys claiming the game would be better than Halo.
Yeah. Most of the hype came from the graphics and sound. They were actually rather excellent, and up-to-then not believed possible on the PS2 (at least by most). When reviewers first saw this game, that was the main reason why they thought it could be a Halo killer. Of course it takes more than graphics and sound, but it was impressive none-the-less considering where Guerilla was coming from ...
Kotaku guy has posted on NeoGaf thet invitations for E3 showing of Killzone is in his mailbox [real one, not email one]. Showing is scheduled to last 2.5 hours.
I don't think Killzone is mentioned on the letter, no game is.
Mr. Domino
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But there is artwork of Killzone on the envelope so it must have something to do with it.
scooby_dooby
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This was the front of the invite: http://kotaku.com/assets/resources/2007/06/killzoneinvite.JPG
Now, take a look at the KZ website: http://www.killzoneps2.com/
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