It's not like people bought their PS3s solely to play this one game. I'm sure it'll sell at least 6 million though, so long as Sony treats this game as their biggest release of '09 (which it is).

I don't know how both are going to sell really but i know Halo sells like hot cakes

all i know is im gettting killzone 2 for sure

Halo fanbase is 100X bigger than killzone fanbase. I predict killzone will sell 2 million copies. Can't wait to play the 8hrs of gameplay.

OMG!! Stop with these pointless articles already!!

Killzone 2 will not outsell Halo 3. Halo had been an established (and very hyped) series. It is one of the Xbox's flagship series. Not to mention, it has seeped into mainstream culture.

Killzone on the other hand is neither of those. It is hyped very much inside the gaming community, but people on the outside probably have never heard of it. It may be the best shooter ever, but it simply doesn't have the base to outsell Halo.

Case in point, several friends of mine who game but do not dabble in gaming communities such as this. None of them share my enthusiasm for the game because they simply don't know it exists.

2 dumbfks back to back post. N4G gets a platinum trophy..

with sonys awesome marketing (sarcasm) they wont come close

LMAO! FAILZONE 2 IS GOING TO FLOP!

GG are the worst and have no skill in making games

Killzone 1 was EPIC FAILZ!!! ALL ABOARD THE FAILTRAIN... NEXT STOP KILLZONE 2!!!!!

Seriously I would rather eat the raw intestines of a malnurished hippo than play this PoS game... I predict its biggest flop of 09 E-ZILL-E

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I don't think it's possible unless I see Killzone 2 ads before movies shown at the theater like Halo 3 did. MARKETING, and MAYBE it could come close.

doubt it sony still hasnt done noo ads and when halo was coming out MS was doing ads about 3 weeks before halo 3 came out ... sony needs to start now promoting ....plus halo is a big franchise for the xbox and we all know xbox is full or lifeles geeks that live on playing halo and when halo 3 came out all the halo geeks came out 9 million of them left there homes scary sight .. killzone 2 is a sequel to a game that floped just liek halo 3 floped in game content halo 3 was over hyped game that at the end it was worthles ...Killzone 3 is hyped but its really gona deliver just not in sales plus i cant get killzone no money

If it does, god help us all.

Then maybe, but right now it doesn't stand a chance even GTA4 couldn't beat it.

Killzone 2 has more mature audience,as opposed to the halo series which has more 12 years kids. Since the kids don't have to take money out of their pockets when buying halo, it is only natural that halo 3 would sell more than killzone 2. I am not saying that 12 years old don't buy killzone2, but I think it's obvious that the halo series has a younger fanbase.

However, in terms of quality, based on what I have seen so far, killzone 2 has the upper edge.

there is a very good chance that no game will top halo 3 numbers...ever
there were people lined up the whole way around the mall where i lived....i've never seen anything like that aside from console launches

if gta4 couldn't do it, gears 2 couldn't do it, killzone definitely is not going to do it

the first killzone wasn't a smash success or a pop culture phenomenon as halo:ce was

killzone 2 may out do any game on ps3 to date, but not halo, halo had the mainstream around its pinky, killzone is just another video game that mainstream media, and casual players do not care about

I Want it to...and hopefully it will.

However I just preordered my copy of Killzone 2 near my home in Queens, NYC. I asked them the gamestop employee if there doing a midnight launch. They told me there isn't signifanct amount of preorder for midnight launch. I hope this is not the case everywhere eles.

Even I who consider myself a Sony fanboy wouldn't say something like that. I know Killzone 2 will outdo Halo in other things but definitely not in sales.

Not very likely to happen but does it matter?

The easy answer is...HELL NO. And realistically, it can't...there is 20 mill PS3 out in the market. Killzone 2 won't sell to 50% of the user base, that's unheard of.

Especially considering FPS appeals to NA/Europe, and not Japan, so take out 3 million..

So at best Killzone has a 17 million user base to sell it's game to, and it's probably smaller, as some people just bought PS3 for an awesome/cheap blu-ray player, or got it part of their HDTV package, and don't know much about gaming, or don't care about hardcore gaming (Re:Killzone).

I think Sony should be happy if they even achieve 10% of their user base attach rate... ie somewhere from 1.7 to 2 million total sales.

Anything else they should deem as a run away success...anything short of 500 K, and they must scratch their heads though.

HALO 3. . .The marketing. . . .was enough to make people love the game. . . .or die for critisising it.It was a brutal campaign.why Sony doesnt fire up the nuclear powered megaton HYPE Engine for KZ2 is just plain stupid.Halo 3 was hyped to such an extent,I bet it sold a few hundred thousand in Iran,and even their president picked himself the ugly limited ed 360 and keeps his steel box set limited ed game right next to his warhead launch codes in the safe in his office.

What are you smoking? I want some. Halo isn't as good as it sells, but it sells anyway. Killzone might be better than Halo, but it's not Halo. End of Story.

Nope. Halo 3 had a HUGE and VERY GOOD reputation, which leads to crazy amounts of sales. Killzone 2 will surely have good enough sales to cover its production cost though.

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!! that title is just so stupid. when has a ps3 exclusive ever sold good? R2 hasnt even sold a mil yet and heres these dumbasses saying a game which got 60s its first time around will outsell the 8 mil halo 3 record LOL. that game(although good) wont even outsell gta4 lost damned

Halo has a Bigger fanbase than than Killzone 2, so no. But Killzone will sell its 6 million copies over time.

KZ2 will sell like MGS4 but not Halo 3. It unrealistic to think it will. It dosent matter if it won't outsold Halo 3.

The only thing that really matters is that KZ2 lives up to the hype and be the new benchmark for FPS games buy providing PS fans with the best FPS experience on console.

We need not to worry about it sales because i believe it will be a commercial success as well which will keep GG and Sony developing more games.

...no way in hell will KZ2 surpass Halo simply due to a much higher fanbase.

Hard to believe.

That Halo 3 party was friggin Awesome...The Hype machine was intense, they did a really good job for the launch of Halo3- KillZone2 will not get the same treatment-....not even by half-

Killzone 2 will not outsell Halo 3 guys...lets be serious. I love my PS3 and I hope for the best for it, but Halo is a much more hyped and "casual gamer" known. Eveybody knows what Halo is, Killzone hasn't hit that mass market appeal. Not to mention there aren't that many PS3's in the world as there are 360's.

I maybe a better game but there is no way its gonna outsell Halo 3

sony just dosent know how to sell anything. i havent seen a single kz2 commercial on tv or internet.

shure this will sell alot, just like lbp and r2. /sarcasm

1 st there are now more PS3's than there were when MGS4 was released and i also think that some people gonna buy it ( only for the visuals ) and a bigger part for the overall game, but i don't know the Halo 3 sales numbers and maybe in a year or so it will have better sales over Halo 3 , but that depends on many factors..

This article is just retarded. Why compare K2 to one of the best selling games ever? Forget that its Halo, thats just a hard target to reach for any game.

i went to game crazy today.... lol..... only 20 ppl so far reserved KZ2......... so i gada dissagree :(

10 million is a big goal to reach

Because of what everybody has been saying already. People knew about Halo 3 before the game came out. Xbox owners were waiting for it and MS really did not need much marketing because Halo was already established as the flagship title for the 360. Hype helped somewhat to the 8MM in sales, but it was Halo being an established title...

KZ2 on the other hand has not established itself because the first game has not established itself. I can see the game selling 2MM, but I'd be really surprised if it sold 4-6MM...Yes everybody can say all their friends have reserved it blah blah blah, but in reality all the hype on this game is the internet, most people that dont go online as much or read gaming sites will not know much about the title...Marketing could help, but look at Mirrors Edge...That game was marketed like crazy and I dont think it did so well...

I guess its a wait and see game..

Get it across your minds right now, this is another of those super dooper crap with the flopyty flop-flop. Sony first party, or third are just playing and simple outstanding crap.

will buy K2 , maybe 2 million in the first month .. i think they easily sell around 4-5 million..

this is a desaster waiting to happen with ppl putting so much hype in this game.. 10 million sales ? beat halo3 u gotta be kidding me. if MGS4 and R2 couldnt do that KZ2? huh what!

LMAO Killezone 2 to out sell Halo 3?? You have got to be kidding me.. I'm not a fan of Halo 3 but come on these games aren't even in the same League... "NO" Game on the PS3 will out Sale Xbox's Big titles.. thats just the Facts... But it should beat LBP.... Down With Halo

Who approved these stupid articles anyway? And, do the PS3 fanboys get a commission for every new blogs about KZ2 they submit? If this is the case, there are some rich Sony fanboys by now. This is article what? 1,244,069 posted this month?

OT: Killzone 2 will not even outsell Gears 1 or the PS3 version of Call of Duty 4, so how in the world can anyone with any common sense think it will have a chance of coming anywhere near Halo 3 in sales.

HELL NO!!!!

Based on sony fanboys including their multiple accounts i think it will out sell Halo3 sales. In reality it might not be the case. We already know the most hyped game of last year MGS4/LBP although great games failed to justify the sales numbers based just on N4G users comments.

We'll see but again dont think so.

im a sony fanboy and still say no. especially with not one commercial yet. what the hell sony.

Some people can be so stupid. Halo is a prove name. Hell, Halo 3 is even outselling Resistance 2 in some parts of the world. Halo Wars will easily be a huge success.

The killzone hype train is out of control. The brakes have failed and it's steaming down the track. I'm excited about the game but do we need 3 articles a minute about it?

answer no, but I still buying killzone 2.

time will prove it .
so let is wait and see better than fight over it

No matter how good Killzone 2 is, i do not see it outselling Halo 3. Halo 3 is mainstream, you don't have to tell people about it. My parents know what Halo is, but not what Killzone 2 is.

Halo was everywhere though, had its own slushee, everyone pre-ordered it, my local wal mart had a release party, along with every other retailer, must i go on?

sorry but no. halo 3 alone moved what, couple million systems, not just games, "systems" killzone won't move systems, atleast not nearly as many as halo has.
-nai-

Halo 3 sold more copies then every FPS on the Ps3 combined...literally.

Be real.

Your kidding, right? Killzone 2 may be the best damn looking game to this date on a console but there is no way in hell it will outsell Halo 3. Halo 3 was the largest gaming (and multimedia) launch in history, you can't top that unless you are Microsoft/Bungie or if you drop the PS3 price to 199 for the day. Halo 3 sold as much in it's first day as some great PS3 games have sold in their lifetime, and sold more in a week than top selling PS3 titles have sold in their lifetime.

Halo, as mediocre as it has come (Lets face it, Halo: CE was the greatest game for Xbox), it is perhaps the most powerful gaming IP. You could sell Halo branded underwear and I guarntee their will be at least a million lonely nerds lined up to buy it (no offense to you nerds and geeks out their)

in my class only 2-5 have ps3....but there really dying to buy a ps3

Will Kilzone 2 sell 8-9 million copies? No.
Does it matter if Killzone 2 doesn't sell 8-9 million copies? No.
Does selling 8-9 million copies make Halo 3 better than Killzone 2? No.
Will Halo ever sell that many copies again for a halo game? Very very unlickly.

Didn't COD4 and COD:WAW both outsell Halo 3?? Anyway, it doesn't matter if Killzone 2 sells more copies, it will still be a better quality shooter and I bet on that, especially since I played Halo 3 never playing any Halo game before and I love FPS and I thought it was average at best, especially compared to COD.

Short answer... No

Longer answer...
-Killzone is not a well known IP.
-The first game was mediocre.
-Sony haven't spent upwards of 30million on marketing (as MS did with Halo 3). It doesn't matter how good a game looks or plays if no one knows about it.
-The number of people I know with a PS3 is quite small but I am the only one even thinking of buying it - when Halo 3 was announced everyone I knew who had a 360 bought it. There really doesn't seem to be much word of mouth buzz around the game outsid eof the hardcore gamers.

I think KZ2 will sell similar numbers to MGS4 - but it wouldn't surprise me if it was less (or even a lot less).

The only people who will be 'shocked' that KZ2 hasn't sold more than Halo 3 will be the XBox fanboys who are just salivating at the prospect of rubbing Sony fanboy's faces in it! :)

Though I love my PS3 and KZ2 look better then ever, trump HALO3's sale is hard...

HALO3 sales figure is ridiculous...it feel like there is a charm cast on every X360 sold at that time to make console owner to buy HALO3!!

Under the circumstance that PS3 install base is still behind X360 and lack of marketing (yes, I am looking at you. Sony). I will say KZ2 sales will be close to MGS4.

why not compare Grand Turismo series vs Mario Kart while they're at it.

No it won`t. Im sure Sony see`s this as a sort of rebranding exercise, reintroduce it to people......start afresh. Ill put no numbers on things but i expect it to do very well for a long period of time. Word of mouth will help as much as tv advertising.

Killzone 2 to outdo Halo 3 in quality?

Ooook the PS3 hasn't sold anything that even meets half of Halo sales.

Face it. Quality games sell well and that is why Halo 3 keeps on selling. It's been out for over a year and it's even outselling Resistance 2 in some parts of the world. You can't ignore the fact that great games sell well over time.

lol .. never!

They never learn do they...so after EATING Killzone 2 alive when the article Halo Killer popped up (which N4G.com buried this morning in order protect this game) We get another beauty...

Let's put this in perspective..It's been over 6 months since Metal Gear Sold 4 was released..let's call that the PS3 ace in the hole. Metal gear Solid 4 has sold 4 million copies...

Halo 3 sold 8.1 Million copies in 5 months!!

PLEASE! PLEASE! PS3 fans...stop smoking illegal substances before feeding into this acid induced fantasy...

Stop comparing the Star Wars of video games sales to Starship Troopers...you can't win!

I live all of the bu-bu-but Microsoft spent $30 Million on marketing..do you blame them? The game made $170 Million the FIRST DAY it was released..

And it's NOT just sales..millions of people play on live 2 years later..no small feat..as there are many games that rarely get played 6 months after it's release..

Hate it or love...can Killzone beat it?..HELGHAST NO!!!

No, Killzone 2 will not outsell Halo 3.

I think it's possible. Sony just has to create a $30-50 million marketing campaign and you have yourself 7+ million copies sold. Gears sales are guaranteed.

It would definitely out sell Halo. But I haven't seen them yet.

Halo 3, 30 Million in advertising

Killzone 2, 500 bucks in advertising?

Killzone will do very well
They need to get the ads going

Then again
Killzone 2 is the most talked about game ever

Right...

for many reasons Killzone 2 will not outsell Halo. 1st, more 360 owners & halo being the biggest hit. 2nd Halo has been hyped as best xbox game series ever & Gears doesn't come close. 3rd fanbase, my guess is most Killzone 2 preorders are from CoD, Resistance & SOCOM players, not a lot of Killzone players & thats the difference.

Halo fanbase has continued with 3 games in 6 years were Killzone had liberation & not a massive title to bridge them. Halo fans i know prefer 1 & 3. two only bridge the gap. so in my opinion Killzone 2 will not outsell Halo 3 & i'm a massive Sony supporter. i do hope Killzone 2 will sell around 5-7 million copies but there is 2 games that spring to me that can beat Halo & that is Gran Turismo 5 & God of War 3. besides GT3 has sold more than most games ever made nevermind any Halo but you don't need me telling you that.

so yes Killzone 2 will not outsell Halo 3 & yes this is coming from a Sony supporter.

Not without the halo marketing.If they want get halo sales they have to start advertising killzone 2.

We arent addressing the fact that most gamers will throw salt all over a game until everyone around them says otherwise.

Without the super marketing that Halo 3 had Killzone 2 won't come close, on the podcast I heard somebody say Killzone 2 won't even do MGS4 numbers, which I also agree with. I'm loving the show and can't wait for more

Sony are rubbish at advertising.
I'd be surprised if Killzone manages half of what Halo 3 sold.

Ill be buying it though.

sonys just needs to advertise..

most gamers dont read gaming magazines or regularly check online gaming sites such as n4g, ign, or gamespot...

if i fell into that category i wouldn't even know Killzone 2 was coming out....

and thats a problem..

second of all.... there are people who bought their PS3 strictly as a blu-ray player...

everyone who buys their 360 is solely to play games....

this, IMO, is why some games dont usually sell as well on the PS3

The Killzone franchise isn't as recognized as Halo. I'll likely be a better game but Halo 3 has already sold 9 million units world wide. From what I understand, the original Killzone sold less than a million units on a system that had over 120 million users. I think if Killzone 2 matched MGS4 sales, it would be a major achievement.

KILLZONE 2 DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THE HALO KILLER. K2 (And the Spring price cut) will move millions of PS3's, which I know (And proven by previous sale numbers), will once again prove to be DeJa Vu for Sony's rivals.

What Sony haters don't realize is that K2 is not even the real headliner for the PS3. God of War 3, Grand T. 4, and Final Fantasy 13 are the real show stoppers! (Yea, Final Fantasy will be on the 360, but we all know where most of Square Enix's money will come from.) NO hate for either the 360 or Wii, but Sony have been dominating for Decades, not these little weeks, months, or fiscal year things. Wii and 360 did good for themselves, but K2 is a game made in only 2 1/2 years into the PS3 life cycle. this game may not be better Half Life 2 (PC) or Crysis (PC), but it's light-years ahead of what the other console systems can offer. P.S., YOU PS3 HATERS NOTICE HOW ALL THE SAMSUNG AND SONY BRAVIA HDTV'S ARE FLYING OFF BEST BUY, SEARS, AND HH GREGG STORE SHELVES? Blu-ray doesn't matter hu....MS is done after this year. (Wii will move their carnival a few months later) hey, these system are great, but the PS3 is better...just took a little bit until games, 120 hz HDTV's, and blu-ray movies to take off.

Prob fairer to judge it on a console to sales ratio, it could very well win that. There's just too big a gap in the number of X box's sold in the US

The better this sells for Sony, the better for 360 owners, it puts immense pressure on Xbox to Think outside the Halo Box and give as something NEW already

but it will not beta 9 million.

I would predict 3-5 million.

Its an untested series and the first one scored quite low(which was also branded a halo killer...didn't happen).

YES, I am a Sony fan. My reason is because I feel that Sony (And Nintendo) delivers quality gaming products, with extremely low defects in their units. Not hating on MS, but I will only buy it when the system goes to $149.99, because I feel that the RROD thing is bad for bossiness.

Also, MS did not even try to implement Blu-ray, another thing that bothers me. (THERE IS NO PATENT ON BLU-RAY TECH...EVEN Insignia and sylvaina has a blu-ray system on the market!) MS was never losing money on their 360 (I don;t care what anyone has to say about this comment), because this system was put together very inefficiently. (I am just being honest) I will get the wii this summer, after months of playing K2, LBP, and Resident Evil 5.

better game doesn't always sell more.

No game sells like Halo.

i doubt it, but who cares, I play games not sales figures.

HALO AND X-BOX SUCK!!! simple as that!

Xbox is HALO. Seems like xbox360 doesnt have any good games when halo is release, unlike PS3 lots of other games are released with big hits.

A few reasons:
-PS3 install base is limited
-The PS3 owners are known for having different interest in games, so one game wont attract them all
-The marketing from Sony is very poor to say the least

I actually fear it might sale average. Just as it happened to LBP

I really don't even know what to say. I guess the only thing you really can say is that if you think Killzone 2 is going to even come close to Halo numbers you are not very smart at all.

Killzone 2 is essentially a brand new IP thanks to the mediocrity that was Killzone 1. It wasn't good, at all. That simple fact coupled with its poor showing at retail has prevented the Killzone franchise from being a mainstream, popular gaming entity ala Gears of War or the Halo series.

Second, Killzone 2 is shaping up to be a spectacular game, so don't confuse this with me saying Killzone 2 sucks or anyting. I havent played the campaign at all, but I did play quite a bit of the multiplayer in the beta and it definately has the potential to be a great game. Its not going to bring anything new to the table, but it doesn't have to.

With that said, no matter how good or bad it is, it is still being marketed by Sony and as we have seen already that is not a good thing. AT ALL and even the most disturbed Sony fanboys know it.

Finally, Killzone 2 is on the PS3 and the PS3's install base is poor, EXTREMELY POOR. Oh, and did I mention how mediocre the original Killzone was? Sorry but thats the facts

like Halo 1 did when they both came out. So what makes people think that Killzone 2 will outdo Halo 3? Halo became a classic which cause a lot of people to buy Halo 2 and 3. I'm not saying Killzone 1 was bad, but it didn't do justice against the Halo series, so it didn't give everybody a good impression(some like it and some hate it).

I think KZ2 will sell very well but Halo 3 numbers is probably a little beyond it.

haha. Some people never learn.

Ok you fanpeople all suck Killzone 2 will be a great FPS and in my opinion much better then HALO in every department and I doubt anyone can argue that. Halo was fun when it first came out the second game was just as fun the third game was betterlooking and just as fun there was no innovation between the second halo and the third and very little between the first and second.

Killzone one was designed as a linear fist person shooter and the gameplay as far as moving around gose was ok not great but ok. the shooting was much more realistic then any game I had ever played till its release as anyone who has shot an automatic gun can tell you. the graphics of the original were nice and the story to me was far more realistic and in depth then HALO ever was or could be. and the MP mode was pretty nice for the PS2 and you could always use bots if you did not have access to the web

KZ Is not even in the same league as halo is as far as a following in America anyway which is kind of sad. I am not saying Halo3 sucked but it was the Same old thing and all you little fanboys and girls know it. You did not have to learn anything new you could build up your pathetic ego on-line right away because you already knew what to expect. The game was to easy and so was marketing it to trap all you weak fanboys and girls.

So if you think that whether this game sells more then halo or not that is going to make it a worse game then halo you are a F%^$ing pathetic fan boy and need to get back to real gaming. I personally think if this game dose not sell as good as any other FPS or better true gaming is dead in the next couple years because it was been infected like a virus by Fu$$ing fanboys and girls.

100% NO

it wont out do halo in sales but it will out do every other game in every way.
gameplay, online, sound, graphics obviously, and everything else.
the online might b my replacement for cod4.
ive been playing that game a couple hours a week lyk forever.
but im not sure anything will be funner than cod4 online

this article shouldn't have even been approved. No PS3 game will outsell a hyped 360 game.

No matter how great this game is.. It could be the greatest FPS to ever grace any system.. theres still NO CHANCE of it outselling Halo 3

The first Killzone was mediocre and the 360 currently has twice the userbase of the PS3 in America (the home of FPS') not to mention Halo 3 was the third in a hugely successful series of games.

Cuz halo is OVERRATED!

I pre-ordered the game already :). Can't wait.

And this game will sell well. The problem I see for Killzone is that I'm all SHOOTER gamed out. No more, please. I can't play another FPS for at least another 2 years, or until I finish all of 2007, and 2008s shooters.

That includes but is not limited to:
Bioshock
MGS4
Far Cry 2
Call of Duty 4 (Ya I played it a lot, but never finished the single player)
GeOW2
and the list goes on and on, and on.

Whichever comes first.

*Brain Explodes*

Because I know for a FACT that Killzone 2 will never sell more than Halo 3. Do sales make it the better game?? NO.

But don't ask me, ask a fanboy that question.

alright...I haven't read all the comments...

I'd just like to address the Blu-ray comments made in this podcast....

Blu-ray isn't just for movies...it's a capacity...25GB per disc or 50GB per DL disc...

if the generation following this one will move forward...they will have to boost up the capacity.....

...whether or not it will be Blu-ray is another question, but to say that Blu-ray isn't necessary right now can be a pretty good assessment...

but try saying this in a year from now....

and also onto the systems sold.....both consoles are doing well in spite of the recession....someone was making it sound like the PS3 is in trouble when none of these systems are in trouble like the Dreamcast was..

....that's all..