The hype continues to pay off for Guerrilla's PlayStation 3 exclusive, Killzone 2. The gritty FPS has set a new sales record, clearing 500,000 sales quicker than any first-party PS3 game to date. It's not like it's had a huge amount of competition so far, but that's still great news for a superb game.
Scott Steinberg, VP of Product Marketing at SCEA, has added that the title is the fastest-selling Sony game within thirty days of launch, and unsurprisingly stated that he was "extremely happy with the results."
In other Killzone 2 news, it has been revealed that the "huge announcement" promised on tonight's GameTrailers TV will be all about some upcoming DLC. GG's managing director Herman Hulst will be on the show to reveal Killzone 2's first batch of content.
If you're a Killzone 2 fan, you'll want to tune in to Spike TV at 12:30am for the full details ... or just hang around Destructoid and wait until we inevitably regurgitate it for you.
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7:40 PM on 04.09.2009
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hurm,
thought it woulda sold a hell of a lot more, didnt it have a million pre orders in the uk alone?
Besides, I'm already here so I guess I may as well post annoying, er, helpful comments as the time passes.
i would like to see some type of remote mines or something. like a demolitions class.
or maybe a heavy class with flame thrower weapons.
I dunno, but I will say that I did expect higher sales now that I recalled that.
We got the demo through psn, not as a promo like the us.
but still, if the uk got 1.1 million preorders the us musta got 5 million at least.
lmfao
That's some sweet injustice. Probably should've spent more on marketing. Especially given that there are over 21 million PS3s out there.
The announcement is to say that Killzone hit 500k faster than any other PS3 game before it. Also, it has sold more in its first 30 days than any other PS3 game. This does not say anything about current sales.
Currently, vgchartz says that it has sold about 1.4 million copies but it's usually a bit behind on recent games so I'd say it's probably a half million or so higher than that.
Also eternal, STOP, the picture wasn't funny the first time and its not funny the billion or so times you've shoved it down our throat today.
No, it isn't. And yes, it really is.
Funny there is actually a reason for me to watch spikeTV. I hope they give some detail on the dlc.
wow. just wow. let me guess, you are one of those tards that still runs around t-bagging people???