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Killzone 3 sales disappointing
Posted: 04.03.2011 04:42 by JonahFalcon Comments: 12
The sales for Killzone 3 have been disappointing in its first week, selling only 500K units, which is a third of what Killzone 2 did in its first week of release.

Killzone 2 sold 2.58M units in its lifetime, and considering the budget Sony pumped into 3, it would be a disaster if it only managed to move 860K, if the same ratio continues for 3‘s lifetime. While it’s unlikely Killzone 3 will sell less than 1M, it might not outsell its predecessor.

The original Killzone for the PlayStation 2 sold 760K units.
Source: GameFront

Comments

By SirRoderick (SI Elite) on Mar 04, 2011
SirRoderick
I think it might have something to do with the general lack of anticipation with this one. Killzone 2 had this long dragged-out almost hype going on. This one barely get's mentioned.
By neilmike (SI Core) on Mar 04, 2011
neilmike
ha ha ha ha!!!! oops
By Kres (SI Elite) on Mar 04, 2011
Kres
It might get good by the time it reaches Killzone 19. Or perhaps they can make a new game? A new RTS game? xD going off topic...
By PowerJack (SI Elite) on Mar 04, 2011
PowerJack
I never liked this game much to be honest.
By FoolWolf (SI Elite) on Mar 04, 2011
FoolWolf
Well, Killzone 3 had great reviews - unfortunately it is a FPS - for PS3 FPS I want my Banco Fragnstein to work - on Killzone 3 it doesn't - not without having a very peculiar firmware - and the demo - not that much to be hyped about as a PC first player.
By Revan (SI Elite) on Mar 05, 2011
Revan
Ah! WTH! Go out there and freakin' buy it! This game beats the pants off KZ2!
By FoolWolf (SI Elite) on Mar 05, 2011
FoolWolf
Still a FPS on PS3 - not really my thing and the price for PS3 games is seriously way too high...
By Revan (SI Elite) on Mar 05, 2011
Revan
Well so far the only thing I was a bit disappointed about with KZ3 is the MP mode. Not a whole lot of customization going on in there.
Oh well, maybe Brink will change that. Assuming it doesn't suck. :S
By FoolWolf (SI Elite) on Mar 06, 2011
FoolWolf
Yeah - I also have high hopes for Brink!
By Ilyas93 (SI Veteran Member) on Mar 06, 2011
Ilyas93
I think its because PS3 was banned from Europe and Killzone 3 didin't get any sales there.
By Revan (SI Elite) on Mar 06, 2011
Revan
Yeah that was a pretty dumb move on Sony's part.
By Kiam99 (SI Veteran Member) on Mar 07, 2011
Kiam99
Well I live in Europe, Denmark, and I know the PS3 was banned, but you could still by PS3 here so I doubt it was the reason for the disappointed sales number.

Besides there are already many who have PS3 so why should it drop the sales numbers in europe to a third??? I mean each "big gamename" does not bring 1 million new users too the PS3...so I seriously doubt that the banned PS3 case is the reason