Spider-Man, Nioh 1 & 2, Uncharted, The Last of Us, DMCV, and FF7 PS4 Original Games and their PS5 Remastered Sales (February 5, 2023)

[Welfare]

Explainer real quick on DMCV and FF7

The documents list two 3rd party games as "Game 4" and :Game 5". Game 4 is a title released before 2000, with a PS4 release around December 2015, with a PS4 "remaster" after March 2020, and a PS5 "remaster" 14 months later. FF7 PS4 was released December 5, 2015. FF7 Remake was released April 10, 2020. FF7 Remake Intergrade was released June 10, 2021.

Game 5 had a PS4 release March 2019, and a PS5 "remaster" 1 year and 8 months later, at the same time as Marvel's Spider-Man. Devil May Cry V released March 8, 2019 and a PS5 "remaster" November 12, 2020.

Fast facts
Marvel's Spider-Man saw over 60% of remastered sales from those who already bought the PS4 original.
Marvel's Spider-Man, DMCV, and Nioh's PS5 remasters attracted a lot of "new to PlayStation" user.
78% of Spider-Man franchise players entered with Marvel's Spider-Man on PS4. 45% were through some entry of voucher, 2nd account, or PS Plus benefit. 70% of those who purchase but never played a Spider-Man title before first bought Marvel's Spider-Man. These 70% were likely PS4 bundle purchasers.

Title	Total Series Sales	Total Original Sales	Total Remastered Sales	Total Unique Series Buyers	Original Owners that bought Remaster
Marvel's Spider-Man	22,400,000	22,000,000	362,100 (2%)	22,200,000	224,000 (62%)
The Last of Us	30,500,000	12,700,000	17,800,000 (58%)	29,100,000	1,000,000 (6%)
Uncharted*	23,100,000	22,000,000	1,100,000 (5%)	19,700,000	590,000 (54%)
Final Fantasy 7	7,000,000	1,300,000	5,700,000 (81%)	6,000,000	799,000 (14%)
Devil May Cry V	2,900,000	2,400,000	448,100 (16%)	2,800,000	108,000 (24%)
Nioh 1 & 2	4,100,000	3,700,000	360,700 (9%)	3,400,000	126,000 (35%)

*Uncharted Original Sales are from Uncharted 4: A Thieves End and Uncharted, The Lost Legacy. Remastered is Uncharted: Legacy of the Thieves

The percentages in the Total Remastered Sales column are Remastered sales vs Total Series Sales. The percentages in the Original Owners that bought Remaster column are sales vs Total Remastered Sales.

Adopters	Marvel's Spider-Man PS5	Marvel's Spider-Man PS4	TLOU PS5 and Part 1	The Last of Us PS3	Uncharted Legacy of Thieves	Uncharted 4 & Lost Legacy
Early Adopters	159,000 (44%)	>7,000,000 (31%)	>7,000,000 (41%)	>3,000,000 (51%)	26M (16%) (error?)	161,000 (22%)
Mid Adopters	109,000 (30%)	>10,000,000 (46%)	>6,000,000 (36%)	>2,000,000 (36%)	49M (29%) (error?)	301,000 (41%)
Late Adopters	44,000 (12%)	>5,000,000 (22%)	>4,000,000 (20%)	667,000 (12%)	76M (46%) (error?)	258,000 (35%)
New to PS5	51,000 (14%)	278,000 (1%)	352,000 (2%)	83,000 (1%)	15M (9%) (error?)	23,000 (3%)

Adopters	Final Fantasy 7 Remake PS4/PS5	Final Fantasy 7 PS4	Devil May Cry V PS5	Devil May Cry V PS4	Nioh 1&2 PS5	Nioh 1&2 PS4
Early Adopters	>2,000,000 (44%)	788,000 (60%)	224,000 (50%)	>1,000,000 (42%)	150,000 (46%)	>2,000,000 (51%)
Mid Adopters	>2,000,000 (38%)	418,000 (32%)	108,000 (24%)	>1,000,000 (43%)	82,000 (25%)	>1,000,000 (39%)
Late Adopters	790,000 (14%)	91,000 (7%)	44,000 (10%)	334,000 (14%)	35,000 (11%)	313,000 (10%)
New to PS5	189,000 (3%)	6,000 (0%)	72,000 (16%)	16,000 (1%)	57,000 (18%)	11,000 (0%)

Spider-Man franchise buyer habit

Who bought what first	Spider-Man	Miles Morales	Spider-Man PS5	Purchase but never played
Bought Spider-Man 1st	21,300,000 (51%)	125,700 (1%)	9,000 (1%)	344,000 (70%)
Bought Miles Morales PS4 1st	1,000,000 (2%)	1,600,000 (15%)	-	54,000 (11%)
Bought Spider-Man PS5 1st	-	46,000 (0%)	-	-
Bought Miles Morales PS5 1st	632,000 (2%)	3,100,000 (28%)	327,000 (53%)	94,000 (19%)
Never Purchased*	19,000,000 (45%)	6,000,000 (55%)	283,000 (46%)	-
Total	42,000,000 (78%)	10,800,000 (20%)	620,000 (1%)	492,000 (1%)

*Includes players that played with PS Plus Collection as well as voucher redeemers

 

[Remember_spinal]

I’m confused…

The #Nioh franchise has now surpassed 7 million units shipped worldwide!We'd like to take a moment to thank everyone who has supported us over the years with the release of #Nioh in Feb. 2017 & #Nioh2 in Mar. 2020.We hope you look forward to future Team NINJA Studio projects!

 

[Welfare]

I’m confused…

Nioh is also on Steam

 

[askatmat]

From CESA 2020, Nioh 1 sales are 2.9M on PS4. CESA 2021, Nioh 2 sales are 1.46M on PS4. Numbers should be higher for these games that already reach 1M. 1M could be 1.9M, 2M could also be 2.9M.

 

[Astrogamer]

A bit confused how The Last of Us adds up like this when they said they had 37 million in December 2022

The Last of Us franchise has sold 37 million copies in 9 years

That's a lot of grisly executions and clicker deaths.

www.gamedeveloper.com

The Last of Us: Part II was 10 million in June 2022 so this adds up to 40 million. The Part 1 remake doesn't seem to be included either

 

[Welfare]

A bit confused how The Last of Us adds up like this when they said they had 37 million in December 2022

The Last of Us franchise has sold 37 million copies in 9 years

That's a lot of grisly executions and clicker deaths.

www.gamedeveloper.com

The Last of Us: Part II was 10 million in June 2022 so this adds up to 40 million. The Part 1 remake doesn't seem to be included either

Part 1 is listed in the original document

I just realized there's more data I didn't see, so adding that now.

 

[RennanNT]

FFVIIR split seems either inverted or wrong. They shipped 3.5 mi first week.

 

[indefens0]

Part 1 is listed in the original document

I just realized there's more data I didn't see, so adding that now.

any info on TLOU2 apart from the 10 million mark ?

 

[Drblitzk]

Does it say up until which date this numbers are?

 

[ElCapitano]

A bit confused how The Last of Us adds up like this when they said they had 37 million in December 2022

The Last of Us franchise has sold 37 million copies in 9 years

That's a lot of grisly executions and clicker deaths.

www.gamedeveloper.com

The Last of Us: Part II was 10 million in June 2022 so this adds up to 40 million. The Part 1 remake doesn't seem to be included either

Fairly sure the slides are only referencing the 3 SKUs of the first game.

So TLOU 1 PS3 PS4 and PS5 = 30 Million

TLOU 2 at minimum an additional 10 million but that's from early 2022.

So series sales at minimum 40 million likely approaching 45.

I'd guess should pass 50 million when season 2 of the HBO show releases.

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Does it say up until which date this numbers are?

February 5th 2023!

 

[Lelouch0612]

FFVIIR split seems either inverted or wrong. They shipped 3.5 mi first week.

I assume the Oiginal is the FF7 port on PS4 which sold 1,3m while FF7R+Integrade sold 5,7M as remakes.

We know FF7R was above 5m units in August 2020, so it fits.

 

[RennanNT]

I assume the Oiginal is the FF7 port on PS4 which sold 1,3m while FF7R+Integrade sold 5,7M as remakes.

We know FF7R was above 5m units in August 2020, so it fits.

7R last know number is 7+ mi (Tweet from September). Which fits with the total here.

If we assume that original means PS4 port, then 7R sold 700k between August 2020 and February 2023 and then sold 1.3 mi in the next 7 months. And despite that spike, they started giving it as a preorder bonus for Rebirth.

It also feels out of the place in a original vs remaster list to include a rerelease vs remake+remake remaster, but I didn't see the slides, so it may make some sense in context.

 

[derby_440]

7R last know number is 7+ mi (Tweet from September). Which fits with the total here.

If we assume that original means PS4 port, then 7R sold 700k between August 2020 and February 2023 and then sold 1.3 mi in the next 7 months. And despite that spike, they started giving it as a preorder bonus for Rebirth.

It also feels out of the place in a original vs remaster list to include a rerelease vs remake+remake remaster, but I didn't see the slides, so it may make some sense in context.

Maybe slides are sell trough numbers for Ps4/5? 7m was retail shipped+digital on all platforms.

 

[Astrogamer]

Fairly sure the slides are only referencing the 3 SKUs of the first game.

So TLOU 1 PS3 PS4 and PS5 = 30 Million

TLOU 2 at minimum an additional 10 million but that's from early 2022.

So series sales at minimum 40 million likely approaching 45.

I'd guess should pass 50 million when season 2 of the HBO show releases.

But the TLOU series milestone was 37 million last December and we have the other leaks that say TLOU Remastered and Part II were 18 million and 10 million respectively back in March 2022. If the 12 million for the PS3 version is accurate, the Last of Us: Part 1 somehow sold negative units and the number in the Naughty Dog blog post is really out of date.
Maybe they combined the original and Part 1 sales. If the original is around 9 million and the Part 1 remake is 3 million (and did not count it properly towards the Naughty Dog blog post total), the numbers make some sense.

 

[RennanNT]

Maybe slides are sell trough numbers for Ps4/5? 7m was retail shipped+digital on all platforms.

You're right. I forgot the 7 mi included Epic/Steam.

 

[BTB123]

I'm so confused by these The Last of Us numbers.

 

[derby_440]

TLOU sold 30.5m so far between 3 gens. No wonder Sony continue to remake/remaster them for new gens. Horizon 1 remaster is on the way as well for PS5.

New players are far for likely to pick remaster/remake then play last gen version.

These slides show Sony will continue with this strategy.

 

[Aostia82]

I'm so confused by these The Last of Us numbers.

and I'm confused about FFVII numbers

 

[Gimmick]

It seems a very big part of the user base is willing to re-purchase games on new systems and buy remasters, once they already enjoy a game. So much so that any big publisher with big IPs is a fool for not taking advantage of this.