Sony might be reeling from some significant hardware losses, but the house of PlayStation does have one thing to smile about -- preorders for Killzone 2 have hit the 1.1 million mark in Europe. Over a million sales right off the bat isn't too bad at all.
Killzone 2 is hyped to the stars, and this European figure (US sales not included) comes before Sony's absurd £2 million advertising campaign has even started. The demo is due to hit today as well, so keep an eye on the PSN if you're eligible for the download.
This game is Sony's first big right hook of the 2009 fight, and with three weeks until launch, nearly all eyes are focused on this hard sci-fi shooter. There's no doubt in my mind that this game will be a success and most eclipse the PS3's previous exclusives in terms of sales and consumer interest.
However, will it deserve its success? You will have to wait for the Destructoid review to find out, because we tell you what to think.
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9:00 AM on 02.05.2009
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Quote from 1up: "Expectations on Killzone 2 had reached ridiculous proportions; here's one of those cases where the game actually lived up to them."
Yay
I will be picking up the demo and playing it to death, however.
Im betting COD will still own the charts (also helped by being multiplatform)
Your comment sounds like a case of sour grapes.
Anyways, I've pre-ordered here in the US....so it'd be interesting to see the US numbers as a comparison.
I think the truth is that Dtoid haven't been sent a copy yet.
Well, that was the word earlier this week.
brilliant hahaha :D
Things are looking amazing for the PS3 this year.
He also says we do things to deliberately be different, unaware of the hypocrisy in his constantly posting about how much he hates Left 4 Dead in L4D threads.
Hypocrite complainer is hypocritical.
See, I've chosen to assume your reasoning for compulsively posting about your hatred of L4D. Kinda like how you assume we post our reviews to be different. Seems you get aggressive and abusive when the shoe is on the other foot, eh? Don't you like it? I guess it's not nice when someone else plays armchair psychologist.
Our reviews ain't changing. Grow up and get used to it.
also, been giving the KZ2 demo a good thrashing. VERY impressive audio/visual and nice fun gun-play too. Admittedly the controls feel a little too heavy. but, it very much suits the style and surroundings. Looking forward to playing some more of it :D