Jrod

• 1:01am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 1

It's always Halo vs. Killzone isn't it?

disposableheroV

• 1:01am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 2

Wow, very nice. Japan getting some big numbers on a FPS is definitely something you don't see very often.

edward_moffet

• 1:04am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 3

 WTF!? i did not expect it to this well in japan they usually don't go for FPS, but it IS KZ2

andysw

• 1:06am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 4

What scores did halo 3 get in japan?

Eric2929

• 1:08am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 5

Halo 3 scored 37/40 in Famitsu.

radgamer420

• 1:11am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 6

20k doesn't seem like much.

ToonAssassin

• 1:21am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 7

good news, we should be seeing some new cannon fodder in the servers now then LOL

bravo9zero

• 1:30am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 8

Radgamer420

You bash ps3 on every article, Give it a rest.

If you read the article you would know why 20k is good for a FPS In Japan.

which is mostly a RPG country.

Oatmeal

• 1:50am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 9

i'm shock but i see asian names in killzone all the time weather if there from japan or not they there.

FPSgamer

• 1:55am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 10

That's a lot! Gotta love Japan for supporting the PS3.

Lefein

• 1:57am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 11

Color me surprised!  I don't expect KZ to be a blockbuster game in Japan but it's good to see GG putting their mark on a "hostile" market to FPS games.

It really was a damn good game in its own right, hype or no hype.

Alpha2

• 2:22am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 12

MGS4 wasnt all that westernized, What just because it has a first person view? and yet Kojima still talks about westernizing his games? Cant it just be that they want something Scifi that isnt another gundam game?

newjaruz

• 2:34am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 13

 Damn I cannot believe Playstation fans didn't go out and support K2.. it was a great game and I believe should have atleast sold 2M through its first 30 days on the market.  Atleast someof the Japs are picking it up

SunnyLovetts

• 2:42am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 14

Killzone 2 best shooter i've ever played hands down. I have halo 2 and halo 1. I've played halo 3 it's no fun... Halo 1 was amazing though. After that they started to decline, and it became too hollywood. Killzone 2 is also the smoothest best looking online FPS I've ever witnessed and its so gorgeous. Its so perfect. Peace.

dwightkshrute

• 2:54am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 15

lawl MGS4 is not a FPS

also i think KZ2 can outsell Halo 3's first week figures. after all, it did just get 20 000 in one day, imagine what it can do in seven days

lonnie9036

• 3:28am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 16

I fully believe that killzone 2 will attract lot's of new fans in Japan, the japanese know quality when they see it.

Jk-Sin

• 4:28am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 17

still gotta buy it, but im broke right now and got finals coming up

Eric2929

• 5:11am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 18

@15 - I wasn't calling MGS4 an FPS. I was simply saying that since MGS4 included more western mechanics, Japanese gamers might be more willing to try western games.

humanputting

• 5:53am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 19

so that makes it 1,020,000 sold!  i swear that must be off.  its got to have sold more than a mil.  my xbox friend has been playing this game nonstop, so it is a good game, sony just has to market their games more i guess.

tadpole3159

• 7:43am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 20

go sev go!

JordanBoi123

• 8:15am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 21

Resistance 2 sold way more on first day then killzone 2 in japan.But resistance had a head start because when the ps3 first come out there was only a few games out one of them being resistance 1.

byoushinn

• 8:19am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 22

@radgamer, yeah it is pretty low, but FPS game in Japan generally sell poorly first day, but have quite long legs, so the sales pick up over time 

supamariobrotha

• 8:30am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 23

wow im surprised it sold a 1000 copies over there.

hellghan666

• 9:07am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 24

its good.. but i expect more but yeha i can live than this....

and please stop this crap of compared salles of others games.

Eric2929

• 9:59am BST - April 25th, 2009
• 25

@21 - R2 sold 33k in its first week in Japan, and KZ2 has sold 20k after just one day.

Jacksbak

• 1:27pm BST - April 25th, 2009
• 26

Why was halo mentioned...it was great reading it untill Halo was meantioned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kopkiwi

• 1:42pm BST - April 25th, 2009
• 27

 Still don't get it do you radgamer?

Atoris

• 2:02pm BST - April 25th, 2009
• 28

My friend and I were in a game store in, and he who nevered played any FPS game, saw KillZone2 and said that he will buy the game after he buys Street Fgihter IV . I do think that this game will sell well in Japan. I myself dont play much FPS games but I really did enjoy playing this game.

mcav

• 2:15pm BST - April 25th, 2009
• 29

20,000 in a day.  Good start. 

sicstar

• 2:16pm BST - April 25th, 2009
• 30

 Im more shocked at the fact we (uk) got a game before japan.

princevegeta1980

• 5:04pm BST - April 25th, 2009
• 31

Surprised to see the game coming so late too japan, good to see it selling well over there but still dissapointed it didn't sell as well that it should of , globaly!

killers72888

• 5:19pm BST - April 25th, 2009
• 32

I was really hoping that killzone would actually help the ps3 in terms of software sales but there is nothing to be wowed about but hey I do own it :)

Falogar

• 5:42pm BST - April 25th, 2009
• 33

just shows how stupid Famitsu are - they gave Haze a higher score than Killzone 2.

markwesker

• 5:57pm BST - April 25th, 2009
• 34

@ 8 haha im glad you seen it aswell,radgamer420 bashes ps3 everychance he gets,just a xbox fanboy  flamming.

on a better note these are goodnumbers for one day of sales. kz2 owns halo3 so god knows why they scored it better.

terminator12259

• 6:23pm BST - April 25th, 2009
• 35

why are we comparing this game to Halo, Halo is one of the worst game i have ever played, it is a huge noob fest online. Killzone pwns Halo anytime in my book

mortada

• 8:20pm BST - April 25th, 2009
• 36

killzone2 has better graphics,better physics,bigger worlds,but halo 3 will outsell killzone2 because every 360 owner is gonna get halo3,and every ps3 owner is gonna get killzone2(in japan),since the 360`s that are sold are more than the ps3`s....well...

r_e_f_l_e_x

• 9:51pm BST - April 25th, 2009
• 37

i like how eric owns the retards  ^^

jaewest304

• 10:49pm BST - April 25th, 2009
• 38

KZ2 ftw!

Eric2929

• 4:25am BST - April 26th, 2009
• 39

@37 - Just because not everyone is a member of the gaming press doesn't make them "retards." I'm more than happy to respond to people's questions or to correct misinterpretations.

ptmww3

• 9:05am BST - April 26th, 2009
• 40

I hate first person shooter too... boring ever gener for me....

Strudel

• 10:53am BST - April 26th, 2009
• 41

Eric I feel sorry for you, you write a great artical and all you get is this stuff from fanboys complaining that you compared it to Halo 3. The only reason why you did that is because it is the best selling western FPS, logically the target that KZ2 was made to beat.

At 20k sales in the first day it's a really good start, but time will tell if it can topple Halo 3s sales.

oggydude

• 7:30pm BST - April 26th, 2009
• 42

I'm not a FPS fan but kz2 looked too good to miss. I have to say it has to be the best FPS ive played.

20k is gd for japan but I think its going to be tight against kz2 vs Halo3