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[elcapitano]

Renewed for Season 2 already. And with Mazin saying the second game will need two seasons to adapt as well.

So should be 3 seasons minimum.

Games sales are gonna have insane legs now.

I really how Part 3 is in production so it can release and they can finish the TV show just after the games with a season 4 or 5.

Exciting times for TLOU fans!

 

[elcapitano]

I'll be honest: i expected the PC port to be doing great numbers and the game is buried somewher inside the top 50, lmao

TBF it's not out till March

 

[Kvally]

PC version out soon also, plus im sure it will get more sales once they start marketing Factions

Meh, I am not big into F2P games. I like TLOU, so I will give it a try though.

 

[AtomicStarving]

Amazing news.

Abby is my favorite character in the series but I hope they give a better death to Joel in the series (like they did so far).

My biggest complaint about TLOU2 was the lack of info and explore about "Ellie's Immunity" (The Last of Us, the fucking title btw), I think she talked about it with Dina and thats it.

 

[Kvally]

I love super hot chicks....

 

[AtomicStarving]

Fixed

 

[remember_spinal]

Meh, I am not big into F2P games. I like TLOU, so I will give it a try though.

Its really the knock on effect of the constant marketing and keeping the game in the public’s eye. Last of Us is turning into a huge multimedia platform (to some people’s dismay) with a successful show, two games, and a big multiplayer title.

who knows what else they got in the works. Seems like Naughty Dog is always the studio pushing SIE forward in some way

 

[DeepEnigma]

who knows what else they got in the works.

Hopefully some Oreos, perfume and body wash.

 

[remember_spinal]

Hopefully some Oreos, perfume and body wash.

And naaaail polish

 

[Pelta88]

When retailers spike the price of a game that was first released 13 years ago.

I got family calling and texting me like "WTF" and people who don't game talking about how "It's hard to find a PS5."

 

[bentanchorbolt]

Good. The games are good and the show is even better. I'm glad to see the success surrounding this amazing IP.

 

[Pelta88]

Season 2 announcement deserves its own thread.

 

[Pelta88]

 

[Mibu no ookami]

Season 2 announcement deserves its own thread.

I don't think we need a thread regarding every piece of news for this. It should all go into TLOU TV thread. Show is going to have pretty big news on a nearly weekly basis.

 

[elcapitano]

I'm surprised its still ahead of the PS4 SKU Hogwarts Legacy....

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers...7831011/ref=zg_bs_nav_videogames_2_6427814011

and Still Top of PSN for PS4 as well.

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/category/85448d87-aa7b-4318-9997-7d25f4d275a4/1

Think Sony have really left a lot of sales on the table not having a PS5 version of Part 2 as well as not bundling the new Part 1 or Part 2.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

I'm surprised its still ahead of the PS4 SKU Hogwarts Legacy....

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers...7831011/ref=zg_bs_nav_videogames_2_6427814011

and Still Top of PSN for PS4 as well.

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/category/85448d87-aa7b-4318-9997-7d25f4d275a4/1

Think Sony have really left a lot of sales on the table not having a PS5 version of Part 2 as well as not bundling the new Part 1 or Part 2.

Factions and the 2nd season are coming. This IP won’t stop selling anytime soon and TLOU2 will be the one getting the most sales in the future. Let’s not forget TLOU already has 3 skus in 3 different generations. Same can’t be said about its sequel.

TLOU2 will nbe rereleased on ps5 for sure. Hopefully this year.

 

[Woggleman]

Is there any reason why a PS4 game could not be upgraded to have PS5 features like haptics, faster loading times and other things? They could buy themselves a lot of goodwill by giving a free upgrade to people who already own it to make it a PS5 game.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

Is there any reason why a PS4 game could not be upgraded to have PS5 features like haptics, faster loading times and other things? They could buy themselves a lot of goodwill by giving a free upgrade to people who already own it to make it a PS5 game.

The game doesn't really have loading times, haptics are meh, what other things are you referring to?

It already has 4K60.

 

[Woggleman]

The game doesn't really have loading times, haptics are meh, what other things are you referring to?

It already has 4K60.

I am perfectly fine with the 60 FPS update but people keep talking about this PS5 version when really all they need to do is haptics and quicker loading times. The other things are native 4K when the game does checkerboarding. Again I am happy with what I am playing now but if they release a native PS5 version they have to give a reason for people who already own the game to buy it and for newcomers not to just buy the cheaper PS4 version.

TLOU1 was a massive improvement over the PS3 and even PS4 version so it made sense but with TLOU2 looking better than some new gen games what would be the point?

 

[Mibu no ookami]

I'm surprised its still ahead of the PS4 SKU Hogwarts Legacy....

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers...7831011/ref=zg_bs_nav_videogames_2_6427814011

and Still Top of PSN for PS4 as well.

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/category/85448d87-aa7b-4318-9997-7d25f4d275a4/1

Think Sony have really left a lot of sales on the table not having a PS5 version of Part 2 as well as not bundling the new Part 1 or Part 2.

Not sure I agree here.

People are buying Part 2 as it is fully playable on PS5 and has been patched for PS5. Not sure it needs a native PS5 version and what would a bundle have done exactly? What would a 100 dollar bundle have done for people who are already buying both games? Wouldn't a cheaper bundle have LOST them money?

 

[Pelta88]

Not sure it needs a native PS5 version and what would a bundle have done exactly?

Disagree completely.

Native PS5 version is incoming regardless of what you sure about.

 

[Games of Today]

Horizon Zero Dawn Remake makes sense now too. It was a PS4 game though. I wonder if they can make it look a lot better to validate a remake instead of remaster.

Well we know it'll at least look on par with Forbidden West if they do it right.

 

[Heisenberg007]

I'm surprised its still ahead of the PS4 SKU Hogwarts Legacy....

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers...7831011/ref=zg_bs_nav_videogames_2_6427814011

and Still Top of PSN for PS4 as well.

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/category/85448d87-aa7b-4318-9997-7d25f4d275a4/1

Think Sony have really left a lot of sales on the table not having a PS5 version of Part 2 as well as not bundling the new Part 1 or Part 2.

Perhaps Sony now might another year and release TLOU Part II PS5 (remastered version) just before Season 2 airs.

 

[yurinka]

Meh, I am not big into F2P games. I like TLOU, so I will give it a try though.

Nobody said it will be F2P

Is there any reason why a PS4 game could not be upgraded to have PS5 features like haptics, faster loading times and other things? They could buy themselves a lot of goodwill by giving a free upgrade to people who already own it to make it a PS5 game.

To implement them, to test and certificate the new version, to make all the related paperwork and to market it cost money and require resources.

Maybe they have these resources busy with other projects, or maybe they may consider that the extra revenue that this patch/native version would provide wouldn't be enough to cover these costs.

 

[Kvally]

Nobody said it will be F2P

True. But the job listing at ND mentioned free 2 play, and neither of the other games they were working on matched a live service game. I wouldn't mind it being F2P. That means I wouldn't need PS+ Essential to play it and I could get it.

 

[yurinka]

True. But the job listing at ND mentioned free 2 play, and neither of the other games they were working on matched a live service game. I wouldn't mind it being F2P. That means I wouldn't need PS+ Essential to play it and I could get it.

This game is known to be a game as a service, which means it's a live service game that will receive many game updates and other type of support after launch.

Since all F2P are GaaS (but not all GaaS are F2P), they value working experience in F2P games for certain GaaS stuff related positions when hiring: stuff like tracking internal metrics and statistics, managing servers with a huge scale of users, designing or tweaking in-game economies, designing or balancing progression for games that last during years, etc. This is what they meant in the job offers.

PS+ isn't required for F2P games (like Fortnite, Genshin Impact or Apex Legends), but it's required for paid GaaS games (as could be the case of Street Fighter V, MLB or Dreams to name a couple of examples).

 

[DForce]

I'm surprised its still ahead of the PS4 SKU Hogwarts Legacy....

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers...7831011/ref=zg_bs_nav_videogames_2_6427814011

and Still Top of PSN for PS4 as well.

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/category/85448d87-aa7b-4318-9997-7d25f4d275a4/1

Think Sony have really left a lot of sales on the table not having a PS5 version of Part 2 as well as not bundling the new Part 1 or Part 2.

The good part about this is that it's selling at $39.99 on the PSN Store. Generally, Sony's first-party games last gen were selling at $19.99 after a year.

#1st in PS4 games
#41st overall in video games.
#9th best-selling game on Amazon (if you exclude accessories).

This was also mentioned on the Sony slide.

• The live-action television drama adaptation of The Last of Us began airing on HBO and HBO Max in the U.S. on January 15 and became a big hit with its first episode having reached approximately 22 million viewers domestically since its release.

• Due to this, the game title The Last of Us Part 2, released in 2020, returned to the top of Amazonʼs sales ranking for PS4 software in the U.S., which has had a positive impact on game catalog sales.

https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/er/pdf/22q3_sonyspeech.pdf

PlayStation Top PS4 Downloads 2021

April
- | 12th

August
- | 16th

October
- | 11th

November
16th | 6th

PlayStation Top PS4 Downloads 2022

March
15th | 13th

This (March 2022) is probably here The Last of Us Part II crossed 10 million.

April
11th | 14th

August
10th | 13th

September
11th | 15th

November
4th | 4th
The Last of Us Part II was the 12th Best Selling game in the EU in Nov.

December
7th | 5th

2022 was a solid year for The Last of US Part II

January was probably the biggest month for The Last of Us Part II sales within the past 2 years and sales continue to remain steady.

 

[elcapitano]

Not sure I agree here.

People are buying Part 2 as it is fully playable on PS5 and has been patched for PS5. Not sure it needs a native PS5 version and what would a bundle have done exactly? What would a 100 dollar bundle have done for people who are already buying both games? Wouldn't a cheaper bundle have LOST them money?

I mean bundle it with a console. It's easy sales haha

 

[elcapitano]

The good part about this is that it's selling at $39.99 on the PSN Store. Generally, Sony's first-party games last gen were selling at $19.99 after a year.

#1st in PS4 games
#41st overall in video games.
#9th best-selling game on Amazon (if you exclude accessories).

This was also mentioned on the Sony slide.

http://[URL]https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/er/pdf/22q3_sonyspeech.pdf

[/URL]

PlayStation Top PS4 Downloads 2021


PlayStation Top PS4 Downloads 2022

2022 was a solid year for The Last of US Part II

January was probably the biggest month for The Last of Us Part II sales within the past 2 years and sales continue to remain steady.

I think the most surprising thing about it's 2022 sales was that it actually outsold the PS4 SKUs of Elden Ring and God Of War Ragnarok in the EU.

So must be selling good numbers.

 

[deeptech]

bodes well for tlou universe, i think it unfortunate many don't like part 2 but w/e, i can't wait for it on PC

 

[Mibu no ookami]

I mean bundle it with a console. It's easy sales haha

Not sure they're struggling to sell PS5s with bundled software already

 

[DForce]

#1st in PS4 games
#41st overall in video games.
#9th best-selling game on Amazon (if you exclude accessories).

1st in PS4 games
35th overall
4th best-selling game on Amazon behind Hogwarts PS5 (8th) Hogwarts NSW (9th), and Mario Kart 8 (29th)

Still an amazing surge.

 

[elcapitano]

Remastered, Part 1 and Part 2 all made the list of top sales on PSN for Jan. Recently only Part 2 was making the list and Part 1 when it first released

And that's off only half a month of a sales bump so to speak as episode 1 was mid Jan.

Be interesting to see how they perform in Feb. Will the sales bump hold for the entire showing of season 1?

https://blog.playstation.com/2023/02/10/playstation-store-january-2023s-top-downloads/

 

[SLB1904]

Why?

It will probably be an open world. So no one wants ps4 holding that shit back

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Remastered, Part 1 and Part 2 all made the list of top sales on PSN for Jan. Recently only Part 2 was making the list and Part 1 when it first released

And that's off only half a month of a sales bump so to speak as episode 1 was mid Jan.

Be interesting to see how they perform in Feb. Will the sales bump hold for the entire showing of season 1?

https://blog.playstation.com/2023/02/10/playstation-store-january-2023s-top-downloads/

Probably until the season finale in March.

The way all stars aligned for this remake...and the promo is still quite soft. I'm sure at this point the development for this has been paid or close to it.

 

[elcapitano]

Imagine back in 2013 telling Neil The Last of Us would be in the top 20 TV shows of all time on IMDB.

Crazy.

https://m.imdb.com/chart/toptv/?ref_=nv_tvv_250

 

[Bartski]

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Easter and spring sale promotions continue to shake up the charts, with The Last of Us: Part 2 returning at No.5 thanks to a 999% increase in sales

 

[DForce]

I wonder where the sales are at now. The game has been charting well ever since the 10m announcement.