Will Gaza lead to increased sales for Killzone 2 and other shooters?

It is no surprise that some of the success of the shooters over the last few years - besides the fact that they were good games - may be related to the war in Iraq. Although HOPEFULLY people play games for fun, the amount of media attention regarding war increases buzz around war- and shootergames. I believe Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare may have benefited from this, as well as Gears of War, Resistance, Crysis, and other popular shooters. "The War Against Terror" has never been more "popular".

The Iraq war is finally coming to and end(?), but you are probably aware of the intense war going on in Israel/Gaza Strip. So will this conflict and the amount of focus on the war have any effect on game sales? Let's say Joey has 60 USD to buy a new game. There are a lot of good shooters, good racing games, good music games, good adventure games. I cannot be 100% sure, but I believe that there is a bigger chance of him choosing a shooter over other games when there is a war going on. Sad but true?

For now all we can do is hope for a truce and that the conflict does not escalate further.

-H