I think it will have legs and do well. The multiplayer isnt even out yet, and there will most likely be more single player DLC.
Did TLOU2 ultimately underperform commercially?
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Premise of this thread seems kind of poorly researched.
Not all, but some of these "TLoU2 overwriting well known gifs" are definitely cursed.
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Multiplayer could bump sales, definitely. I am curious if it will be a standalone spinoff game at this point though. Like the relationship between Apex Legends and Titanfall kinda.
I love it when cold hard facts are precision struck into a thread 😂
By the end of July LoUII was third highest dollar sales in the US all time for PlayStation. That's a wrap.
NPD is only us only , it's a extremely story driven game hence front loaded and released extremely late gen
Compared the sales of any late gen games and you'll get an answer
Let's wait for ps5 port and a PlayStation employee has posted already
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Totally not the premise of the thread. Talking sales trajectories and expectations, not total sales (that would be silly given the big gap in time between releases).
Pretty sure it's going to exceed TLOU lifetime sales and end up being Naughty Dogs best selling game.
It's literally the third biggest money maker in Sony history in just 4 months
Sony actually got Fate/Grand Order that can compare to AC, both are going to generate over a billion revenue this year. Maybe the Demon Salyer mobile game from Sony will beat AC next year.
I don't think anyone's too cut up about the sales of TLOU2. Unless they've recently hired execs from Square Enix.
On 2 platforms and after many, many discounts after several years. TLOU2 has been out for 4 months. Not sure if the bundles are being included in there or not as well. Hell, my second PS4 came bundled with TLOU remastered.
TLOU2 has sold really well and will continue to get additional shots in the arm for its longevity including:
- Price reductions
- The PS5
- The TLOU series on HBO will get a LOT of new eyes on the franchise just like what happened with The Witcher
- TLOU2 Factions will give the franchise another marketing boost.
In the long run I don't see why it couldn't match TLOU at ~20 million units sold.
I highly doubt it is; TLOU 2 will have legs for days. Games that sells 4 million it's opening week and being the 3rd highest grossing PlayStation games(US) just don't fall off a cliff. I'd even expect a boost with the Holiday season and the PS5 coming out. and you know there's going to be a PS5 enhanced version as well.
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The HBO series is actually a really good point I didn't consider. That will probably cause a big spike for both games whenever it gets released.
Yes, and I would assume that would include the bundled versions as well. I got both the PS3 and PS4 remastered version for free bundled from Sony.
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GoT's legs have been really impressive. Seems strong word of mouth has helped it.
It took God of War over a year to sell 10 million, it's been only like 4 months since TLOU2 broke every record playstation has for launch games sales.
I wouldn't be worried.
I wouldn't be worried.
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I believe you, but it's interesting looking at NPDs and PSN digital charts and seeing it absent at this stage after release. Again it's all guesswork to some degree and an attempt to piece together an incomplete puzzle.
Honestly, I wouldn't even be mad if they decided to re-release it with proper work on an update for PS5 that includes the MP mode. For $40-$50 I'd happily bite considering how full of quality the original release was. We'll see what they do.
Going off pure feel, it feels like it did.
My fiscal feel sensors have been known to be wrong however lol
My fiscal feel sensors have been known to be wrong however lol
The game sold 4M copies in 3 days. The game costed $59 for the standard edition. Assuming the worst case scenario, the game had a revenue of $236M just with preorders and initial sales. But let's face it...many people bought the $70 and the $170 collectors edition sold out so it did much better than that.
The game is also the 3rd most successful for Sony in the USA...ever. That says it all.
The game is also the 3rd most successful for Sony in the USA...ever. That says it all.
Shouldn't we compare to TLOU1's first few months of sales?
It'll get a PS5 rerelease and sell at least 13-15 million lifetime.
Which is, you know.....FINE.
It'll get a PS5 rerelease and sell at least 13-15 million lifetime.
Which is, you know.....FINE.
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I thought about comparing it to TLOU1's initial sales, but the PS3 sold significantly less units than PS4, so seemed somewhat apples and oranges.
I think compared to Spider-Man among other reasons (brand alone), Part 2 had gamegate shit to deal with be sexist and misogynist internet hate which includes fighting off "bad" word of mouth spreading online. Am I alone thinking Part 2 suffered due to outside forces not really because the game itself is controversial or something like that?