10 Lies Video Games Could Never Recover From

10. Killzone 2 - That Fake Reveal Trailer

In 2005, Guerrilla Games revealed Killzone 2, a sequel to their 2004 FPS that had, admittedly, middling reviews. So much for it gunning for the title of ‘Halo Killer’.

They put forth a very nice looking trailer showing, what they claimed, was actual gameplay. Though some believed that the PlayStation 3 was not mechanically capable of graphics of that quality in-engine.

While many cried foul that the video had been pre-rendered footage, the company continually claimed it was legitimate and not pre-rendered. After the truth came out that it was, in fact, a giant cutscene, Guerrilla Games switched from lying to gaslighting. They claimed the video was a “target render” for what they hoped the game would look like.

But the damage was done and consumers didn’t trust what was going to be released. When Killzone 2 came out in 2009 too many people remembered the lies. Sony expected to sell 2 million copies in North America, alone, but by their cut-off the game only sold half that... worldwide.

An added insult was that Sony had hoped Killzone 2 would convince people to go out and buy their console just to play it. But PS3 sales actually went down after Killzone 2 was released.