Killzone 2 Secures Japanese Date
Killzone 2As clearly evidenced by recent sales trends in the Land of the Rising Sun, gaming tastes are starting to shift. Eastern gamers are beginning to embrace games like Grand Theft Auto, and the FPS genre is finally catching on. Could Killzone 2 be the first title in the genre to really steal their hearts?
Today, Sony has revealed the release date and plenty of additional information for the KZ2 Japanese launch, which is scheduled for April 23. They've even unveiled the official Japanese website, which is a good sign. Promotion will be key everywhere, but it'll be especially crucial in Japan; the rising popularity of Western games is clear, but you still need to win over plenty of people. KZ2 should cause a significant hardware sales spike in both North America and Europe, but Sony would love to nab the trifecta: getting a PlayStation 3 sales boost from the game in Japan would complete the win-win-win situation. Furthermore, now may be the time to strike, as the Times Online is reporting that the world's fascination with the Wii may be over. ...yeah, appealing gimmick or not, it's tough to sell hardware with no software. Anyway, as Japan - and just about everyone else - has adored the Wii since the start, now is a perfect time to introduce a real next-gen masterpiece (one that doesn't resemble a Flash game).
We're not saying Japanese consumers will flock to stores to purchase a PS3 if they don't already own one - that happened with White Knight Chronicles, but we're talking about Japan - but the Killzone 2 launch in April should cause quite a stir. And such a stir is always a positive thing.
Related Game(s): Killzone 2
1/30/2009 Ben Dutka
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Reccaman18
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 1:10:28 PM
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coverton341
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 3:20:30 PM
Back on topic: I hope this sells a crap load in Japan, in the EU, and in NA. I hope it breaks all kinds of record for an exclusive game. I think Sony needs to spend more than 2 million euros on it and by the way how much are they spending in NA?
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Deleted User
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 3:56:23 PM
Look at FF, Look at MGS, Look at GT5. Its an annoying pattern. Im just pointing out that I dont like it.
I also stated about the advertising in Japan apposed to here. It should be extremely focused on the market thats largest for it.
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Phoelix
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 4:22:45 PM
Focusing advertising and marketing on just one chunk of possible sales is a fantastic way to piss off the other pieces of the pie (i.e. Australia with Rock Band). If you run ever run a business, I would be wary of neglecting ANY portion of your possible sales.
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Lord carlos
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 11:38:29 AM
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as for fps in japan i read on some other site that there's a 68yr old japanese man that forking loves fps,thats priceless!!!
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somethingrandom
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 10:47:17 PM
Edit: www.killzone.com
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Morals
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 12:01:32 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 5:24:20 PM
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rossinator_99
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 12:02:05 PM
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Does anyone know if how to back up the hard drive?
Do I remove it and hook up to a PC somehow?
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Tim Speed24
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 1:29:25 PM
When a hard drive is installed in a PS3 you have to format it. Even if it is the one you just took out. Therefore erasing everything on it.
Must be a security thing so you can't swap hard-drives with friends.
So unless there is some super computer geek that knows how to access Sony's HDD with special programing - you are out of luck like the many of us that had a PS3 die.
I now back up my HDD every other week with a Mass Storage USB unit.
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coverton341
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 4:30:56 PM
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Tim Speed24
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 5:11:23 PM
@coverton
That is why I put the "super computer geek" comment in my post. For your solution you need a way to connect the 'naked' HDD to your computer and have Linux and the tech skills to extract and reinstall to your PS3 via a mass storage USB device. All of which your everyday person does not possess.
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dveisalive
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 12:13:35 PM
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Morals
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 1:06:07 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 5:27:12 PM
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Darth Koth
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 12:21:45 PM
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if you have an External HDD(must be FAT32) theres a backup facility on the PS3 in settings( which keeps alot of your settings even wallpaper and such) or you can manualy copy stuff over, recomend doing both
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Tim Speed24
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 1:31:13 PM
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ps92117
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 1:16:55 PM
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coverton341
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 3:13:25 PM
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Ultimadream
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 1:18:21 PM
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aaronisbla
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 1:39:16 PM
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Yeah, its a funny video to me
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PS3_Wizard
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 2:22:34 PM
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coverton341
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 3:11:37 PM
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BikerSaint
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 5:31:25 PM
Man, that vid was a laugh riot!!!!!
BTW, I fell out laughing at his other one too...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfkDxF2kn1I&feature=related
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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 5:33:16 PM
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PS3_Wizard
Saturday, January 31, 2009 @ 8:28:57 PM
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BeezleDrop
Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 1:48:47 PM
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Deleted User []
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Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 11:20:13 AM
They better not give the Japanese version out their first and give you guys the gimp version. I have never been a fan of this practice and wont support this one either.
But I will say this Title needs to get out. And if they want blockbuster sales they need to have the site for here NOW. Not trying to break into a emerging market for the genre first.