The Last of Us Sells 17 Million

Xevross · Jun 14, 2018, 06:30 PM

Today is the 5th Anniversary of The Last of Us' release. Over 17 million of you have taken this journey with us and your love, support, and fandom for these characters and their story has been incredible. We can't wait to continue it with Part II. pic.twitter.com/dES9bBDa4W
— Naughty Dog (@Naughty_Dog) June 14, 2018

Insanity

Xevross · Jun 14, 2018, 06:36 PM

As of April, so this is probably shipped as of Sony's last financial report. Amazing, and extremely well deserved. No wonder the hype for TLOU2 are off the charts.

the-pi-guy · Jun 14, 2018, 06:48 PM

Holy crud.

Those are practically CoD numbers. Or at least they used to be. Idk anymore.

ethomaz · Jun 14, 2018, 06:52 PM

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Jun 14, 2018, 06:48 PMHoly crud.

Those are practically CoD numbers. Or at least they used to be. Idk anymore.

For an exclusive game even being in two generation it is in the top dogs together with some Nintendo franchises.

And it is a new IP that makes even more impressive.

Dr. Pezus · Jun 14, 2018, 06:52 PM

Wow that's inane for a ps34 only game

the-pi-guy · Jun 14, 2018, 06:53 PM

I'm in there, twice.

kitler53 · Jun 14, 2018, 07:31 PM

lot's of double dips i bet. i did and i've never played the game.

Dr. Pezus · Jun 14, 2018, 07:38 PM

Quote from: kitler53 on Jun 14, 2018, 07:31 PMlot's of double dips i bet. i did and i've never played the game.

Well it's the same with many other great sellers.
Still, even if we assumed all were double dippers (they're not, Sony said most were new buyers I believe early in the gen), that's still 8.5m sales for a new IP which is crazy

Hell I remember when the whole uncharted franchise reached 17m with UC1-3 and possibly Golden abyss lol

ethomaz · Jun 14, 2018, 07:40 PM

Quote from: kitler53 on Jun 14, 2018, 07:31 PMlot's of double dips i bet. i did and i've never played the game.

Or 360 gamers that were salty because they couldn't play the GOTG and migrate to PS4 after disaster of XB1 reveal.

I think most copies are from new users... Sony said half PS4 sales didn't come from PS3 users.

These are basically the gamers that wanted to play TLOU.

Xevross · Jun 14, 2018, 09:03 PM

Quote from: ethomaz on Jun 14, 2018, 07:40 PMOr 360 gamers that were salty because they couldn't play the GOTG and migrate to PS4 after disaster of XB1 reveal.

I think most copies are from new users... Sony said half PS4 sales didn't come from PS3 users.

These are basically the gamers that wanted to play TLOU.

No need to turn this into console wars.

It makes sense why Sony went all out on TLOU2 this e3 then, since its their best selling game ever. They know Part 2 can make them a lot of money.

Kerotan · Jun 14, 2018, 11:46 PM

Megaton. 20m coming not too long away 25m+ lifetime with help of ps5 release.

Legend · Jun 15, 2018, 01:54 AM

Wow

Legend · Jun 25, 2018, 08:49 PM

Is this the second best selling game on a family of systems ever?

GTAV on PS3+PS4 might be the only thing to sell more.

Xevross · Jun 25, 2018, 09:06 PM

Quote from: Legend on Jun 25, 2018, 08:49 PMIs this the second best selling game on a family of systems ever?

GTAV on PS3+PS4 might be the only thing to sell more.

Well, no. GTAV definitely sold massively more than this on PS3+PS4, at the very least double this. More likely triple. And if we forget PC, there's still plenty.

There's exclusives like Wii Sports, Mario Kart Wii, Super Mario Bros, Wii Sports Resort, Pokemon Red/ Blue, Tetris (GB), New Super Mario Bros DS etc.

Talking PS only I'm sure GTA San Andreas sold more as well. And I'm sure there's some games like COD games which sold more than this on PS too, and certainly on xbox last gen. Plus there's also GTA V on xbox which will have sold way more than this too.

Legend · Jun 25, 2018, 09:34 PM

Quote from: Xevross on Jun 25, 2018, 09:06 PMWell, no. GTAV definitely sold massively more than this on PS3+PS4, at the very least double this. More likely triple. And if we forget PC, there's still plenty.

There's exclusives like Wii Sports, Mario Kart Wii, Super Mario Bros, Wii Sports Resort, Pokemon Red/ Blue, Tetris (GB), New Super Mario Bros DS etc.

Talking PS only I'm sure GTA San Andreas sold more as well. And I'm sure there's some games like COD games which sold more than this on PS too, and certainly on xbox last gen. Plus there's also GTA V on xbox which will have sold way more than this too.

Yes GTAV has sold more which is why TLOU would be second.

Guess I was forgetting about Nintendo though. Hard to know without official numbers but COD never got this high on PS3 and probably didn't get this high on 360.

How much did San Andreas sell?