Halo 3 ODST Tops Killzone 2's Lifetime Sales... In 24 Hours
Who needs Romeo when you can have Fitty?
Here's an interesting bit of news for co-op fans. Killzone 2 is the premiere FPS for the PS3. It's gorgeous visually, but has one glaring weakness: no co-op whatsoever. As we've covered before, the game really suffers as a result. Even without our favorite feature, Killzone 2 has sold well by almost any measure, with 1.9 million copies moved since the game's release in late February.
I did just say "almost any measure". Apparently, when compared to Halo 3 ODST, Killzone 2 looks like small potatoes. All the controversy about ODST's campaign length and recycled multiplayer didn't hold too many fans back. A whopping 2 million copies of Halo 3 ODST were sold on the first day alone. Not too many games sell like that, folks.
The question is, why? Is it the fact that there are more Xbox 360s out there? Perhaps the marketing bonanza, with a Halo anime coming? Maybe it's the Reach beta? Or is it just the Halo title? All of these may be factors, but for us, the clear reason is co-op. Firefight is just what the franchise needed: a way to extend gameplay beyond the campaign that doesn't involve PvP. Teaming up with your friends to take down the covenant is a good time, by any measure.
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Will be checking this game out for sure when I get the money to. No surprise that a Halo game sold like that.
It's all about brand name in the end. Even though Killzone 2 is a technical masterpiece, and ODST, well, to be honest really isn't, it all boils down to brand name. As much as I agree that coop makes everything better, I wouldn't call that the main cause for slower sales p
It would probably be better to compare the sales of Resistance Fall of Man or Resistance 2 with Killzone 2. The three are first person shooters exclusive for the PS3, but Resistance has co-op. Which one has sold better? (actually I don't know the answer to that but I guess you can find it in vgchartz).
I agree, the comparison of 2 different games on different consoles just because they're a FPS is apples -> oranges. General Motors sold 2.7 millions cars in 2008, where as Ford sold 1.8 million.
Don't get into semantics. This was a fun post. Co-Optimus isn't trying to make some kind of console war statement. I submitted the idea for this post, and Marc ran with it (Marc: one of the best header pics in a while, btw!).
Comparing one game to another game is not oranges and apples just because of the console featured. It certainly wasn't when the first Killzone was called "Halo killer", and it isn't now. This is just a fun jab at a game that should have had co-op, and we took advantage of the coincidence.
Or maybe it's not a coincidence and we have a valid point on our hands. Either way, I wouldn't read too much into it.
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