The Last of Us has sold over 37 million copies as a series worldwide

[Evilnemesis8]

TLOU2 is three and a half years old, unless they count this as a new release which would be stupid.

They probably do, it's a new SKU with extra content.
Remember, there's a 60 FPS for PS5 users who play the PS4 version, but this is the real native version.

PS: Where's Demon's Souls?

What about Bloodborne(I'm kidding, it's never happening).
There's also Ghost of Tsushima, and maybe GT7 via the Nvidia leak.

I assume some of these studios are either partially or fully doing the ports in-house to get the experience, but this is leading to some pretty long wait times.

There's just not enough wizards at Nixxes to do all the ports.
With Insomniac being so prolific and having the experience of working on Guerilla's engine as well, they're pretty much 90% of the time working on ports of these two studios is my guess.

 

[kazuyamishima]

$10 upgrade for PS4 version owners.

4K, 60 fps, new mode and outfits.

You will also be able to import your save states from the PS4 version, not bad.

 

[Maluigi]

10$ seem very reasonable. Does it release at retail? Because that could cause some trouble for it‘s pricing, thinking about the price of an used PS4-copy.

 

[Remember_spinal]

they are probably holding back on announcing the PC version this time to give the devs enough time. They don’t have to rush it this time around

 

[Koni]

Bit of a hot take incoming, but honestly the $10 upgrade system kinda saves this - it makes this look less egregious and more comparable to something like FF7 Remake Integrade.

 

[Evilnemesis8]

Bit of a hot take incoming, but honestly the $10 upgrade system kinda saves this - it makes this look less egregious and more comparable to something like FF7 Remake Integrade.

It's not a hot take at all IMO, the package isn't worth it at all for somebody who already owns the PS4 version to pay full price or even something like 40-50 buckeroos.
Not offering the upgrade would especially be a bad move for Naughty Dog which is not going to be ready to show any games anytime soon as Factions 2 is in limbo and the two other projects are nowhere near close to being ready.

Some people are already not the happiest with them, no need to give those folks more ammunition. We saw the reaction online to the leak before the upgrade option was announced.

 

[Remember_spinal]

Almost all of sonys remasters this generation have had 10 dollar upgrades. I’m not sure why anyone thought this would be diffferent.

 

[Xevross]

Damn this announcement really makes me realise how much I adore TLOU2. I am unreasonably excited for this!

Best third person shooter gameplay ever gets 60fps, a roguelike mode and a good excuse to replay with a few extra levels? Heck yes.

 

[Himura Kenshin]

I still have yet to buy Part I Remastered, but at $10 this is the easiest purchase of my life. Ironically this will most likely make me go back and purchase Part I so I can play through the entire thing again from the beginning with the next gen experience.

 

[SkyerIst]

Almost all of sonys remasters this generation have had 10 dollar upgrades. I’m not sure why anyone thought this would be diffferent.

Because of The Last of Us Part I. Zero discounts / no upgrade path for The Last of Us Remastered owners.

 

[derby_440]

Because of The Last of Us Part I. Zero discounts / no upgrade path for The Last of Us Remastered owners.

That was remake, this is remaster and from videos look almost identical to TLOU2 on PS4.

 

[derby_440]

Last of us Part 1 remake sold over 2 million.

"In terms of remakes released under ten years after release, just two have exceeded two million units: The Last of Us Part 1 in 2022 and Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir in 2016."

Best time to remake a video game? Between 10 and 20 years later

The best time to remake a video game is when it's between 11 and 20 years old, according to data from IDG Consulting an…

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[MegaXZero]

Last of us Part 1 remake sold over 2 million.

"In terms of remakes released under ten years after release, just two have exceeded two million units: The Last of Us Part 1 in 2022 and Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir in 2016."

Best time to remake a video game? Between 10 and 20 years later

The best time to remake a video game is when it's between 11 and 20 years old, according to data from IDG Consulting an…

www.gamesindustry.biz

I’m very curious how that data is being sourced, since Dring is citing a report. TLOU is believable…but Odin Sphere seems incredibly suspect. They shouted from the roof tops 13 Sentinels many milestones up to a million…so why is Odin sphere secretly at 2, unless I missed something.

 

[seb]

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[Belthazar]

Last of us Part 1 remake sold over 2 million.

"In terms of remakes released under ten years after release, just two have exceeded two million units: The Last of Us Part 1 in 2022 and Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir in 2016."

Best time to remake a video game? Between 10 and 20 years later

The best time to remake a video game is when it's between 11 and 20 years old, according to data from IDG Consulting an…

www.gamesindustry.biz

That's believable, but mildly surprising for TLOU1. But I'm kinda curious about how Odin Sphere achieved that for the remaster alone.

Also, the data about remaster is kinda irrelevant in the current market structure of consoles having almost mandatory backwards compatibility.

 

[Kaworu]

Odin Sphere selling more than two million units sounds really unlikely...

 

[Remember_spinal]

That's believable, but mildly surprising for TLOU2.

TLOU Part 1 Remake. It came out during the height of the show

 

[derby_440]

Using leaked numbers to estimate latest TLOU series sales. TLOU2 sales ~18m as of today after remaster release. Overall series ~46m. Should pass 50m next year, especially with Season 2 release.

 

[ElCapitano]

Using leaked numbers to estimate latest TLOU series sales. TLOU2 sales ~18m as of today after remaster release. Overall series ~46m. Should pass 50m next year, especially with Season 2 release.

That's crazy good when you consider it's a game that wasn't bundled at 20-30+% like GOW Spiderman etc.

There's a reason it's the second most successful PS4 game only behind Spiderman!

 

[Avitsky]

Using leaked numbers to estimate latest TLOU series sales. TLOU2 sales ~18m as of today after remaster release. Overall series ~46m. Should pass 50m next year, especially with Season 2 release.

TLOU + TLOU 2 exceeded 50M in June 2023.

We must be close to 55M currently with the PS5 version of TLOU 2 and the rest of the sales of old versions.

Objective is rather 60M with the series.

 

[derby_440]

TLOU + TLOU 2 exceeded 50M in June 2023.

We must be close to 55M currently with the PS5 version of TLOU 2 and the rest of the sales of old versions.

Objective is rather 60M with the series.

Thats not possible because we now have pretty good idea how much TLOU sold till june 2023 thanks to IG leaks. TLOU remake sold 2m but old versions much less.

TLOU 1: ~28m this include remake
TLOU 2: ~18m

 

[Avitsky]

Thats not possible because we now have pretty good idea how much TLOU sold till june 2023 thanks to IG leaks. TLOU remake sold 2m but old versions much less.

TLOU 1: ~28m this include remake
TLOU 2: ~18m

TLOU is already at 30.5M according to Insomniac leak at the end of Feb 2023.

TLOU (PS4) - 17.8M
TLOU (PS3) - 12.7M

 

[derby_440]

TLOU is already at 30.5M according to Insomniac leak at the end of Feb 2023.

TLOU (PS4) - 17.8M
TLOU (PS3) - 12.7M

That doesn't make sense because 37m was as of Dec 2022 and we know TLOU2 sold over 10m by then.

 

[Avitsky]

That doesn't make sense because 37m was as of Dec 2022 and we know TLOU2 sold over 10m by then.

You forgot boost which propelled the 2 games to the top of sales.

Fallout, The Witcher, and Cyberpunk 2077 all had this boost.

 

[indefens0]

Thats not possible because we now have pretty good idea how much TLOU sold till june 2023 thanks to IG leaks. TLOU remake sold 2m but old versions much less.

TLOU 1: ~28m this include remake
TLOU 2: ~18m

i still cant believe TLOU2 can be that high. Mainly because it was missing from the NPD charts both in 2022 and 2023. How could it have sold at least 2.4 million copies digitally from Feb 2022 to june 2023 if it was never part of the US charts ? Ofc there is Europe and Uk too, but US is also really important, and it hasnt charted there. And in Europe, it only charted during the months of the show if i remember correctly