Jim Ryan: Pre-orders for The Last of Us Part II (in EU) are ahead of those for Spider-Man at the same time prior to launch

[Expy]

Among the things I learned chatting with Sony's Ryan: Preorders for #TheLastofUsPart2 continue to be strong despite the earlier leaks. Example: Preorders in Europe are ahead of Marvel's Spider-Man game at the same time before its launch.

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Ian Sherr is Editor at CNET.

 

[Kamaros]

yeah, it's gonna be a 20mi game.

 

[Deleted member 8784]

I'm actually not that surprised - I reckon the game will be PS4's best selling exclusive.

 

[Femto0]

Best selling Sony game of all time no doubts

 

[Sems4arsenal]

Easiest 20 mil prediction ever

 

[Xando]

I think a lot of people underestimate how big the first game was

 

[kowalski]

ND is very strong in Europe.
I think SM will be ahead in US.

 

[Dust]

Ellie, we really are a blockbuster IP.

 

[Potterson]

B-b-but alt-right youtubers called for boycott!

 

[Izanagi89]

B B B B BUT THE LEAKS DESTROYED ANY HOPES OF THE GAME DOING WELL.

 

[ElephantShell]

Yeah, the vast majority of people do not give a single shit about the leaks. Seeing it brought up over and over around here makes it seem bigger than it is.

 

[Volkama]

Not surprised. The Last of Us is not such a niche game.

 

[Arex]

A reminder for me to preorder to ensure I can get it day 1 lol

 

[Common Knowledge]

I see the alt-right boycott is going about as successfully as their Captain Marvel boycott last year.

 

[benzopil]

I thought preorders were cancelled and refunded because the release date changed? They reopened preorders like a month ago.

Or he's talking about physical too, makes sense then.

 

[Egida]

Ahead of niche-man? Not impressed.

 

[Angie]

Those boycotts are really working out lol

 

[cLOUDo]

yeah, i wonder how many who reads the spoilers are not gonna buy the game anyways
i dont think that number is very high

 

[Kingasta]

But the leaks!!!

 

[Suede]

The original game was really big with all kinds of people who play games, so this isn't a surprise.

 

[Raijinto]

Think I'm one of those. Can't remember where exactly I preordered it but I wasn't gonna miss out on it after I saw the stock issues with FFVII.

 

[Bishop89]

15 million + seller

 

[Yog-Sothoth]

Niche man is a low bar tho.

 

[cantbebothered]

B B B B BUT THE LEAKS DESTROYED ANY HOPES OF THE GAME DOING WELL.

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Some of them are already backtraking lol
After state of play. Some are saying they will only play if they get it for free

I meant to quote the post below

B-b-but alt-right youtubers called for boycott!

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[ArmGunar]

That's cool, so just some vocal minority

Day one baby

 

[MillionIII]

But the dislikes!

 

[carlsojo]

Weird but I thought social media metrics were below TLOU lol

 

[Izunavis]

Niche man is a low bar tho.

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This meme will never not make me smirk.

 

[dep9000]

how much did spiderman do? 20m?

 

[Deleted member 59126]

Hmm, as awesome as that is, I doubt The Last of Us 2 has the same global appeal as Spider-Man

 

[Team_Feisar]

B-B-But #goWokegoBroke???

Did Youtube-Sunglasses-in-Pickup-truck-Man lie to me???

 

[ianpm31]

how much did spiderman do? 20m?

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Over 15 million atm

 

[Izanagi89]

Some of them are already backtraking lol
After state of play. Some are saying they will only play if they get it for free

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Hahaha, I saw quite a few smug comments. "Buh, this state of play convinced me to keep my pre-order..FOR NOW!"...it's laughable.

 

[Metallia]

How big is the Spiderman IP in Europe? Obviously huge, but there could be enough disparity that this doesn't necessarily scale up to mean TLoU2 will do more than Spiderman did. Though I'm sure they'll be in the same ballpark at the very least.

 

[dep9000]

Over 15 million atm

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thx

TLOU2 should be able to top that, especially if they have a PS5 re-release. With TLOU they included sales from the PS3 and PS4 versions, I believe.

 

[ianpm31]

thx

TLOU2 should be able to top that, especially if they have a PS5 re-release. With TLOU they included sales from the PS3 and PS4 versions, I believe.

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Definitely. Also expect sales to go into overdrive after reviews drop.

 

[TheMango55]

I doubt it tops Spider-Man but could easily see it ending up as the 2nd biggest exclusive on PS4

 

[AllChan7]

BUT..BUT..BUT...I WAS TOLD THIS GAME WAS GONNA BE A COMMERCIAL AND CRITICAL FLOP!?

 

[DionardoLicaprio]

I doubt it tops Spider-Man but could easily see it ending up as the 2nd biggest exclusive on PS4

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Really? I'm 100% sure it will top Spider-Man.

I don't think you know how big of a deal TLOU is here in europe, specially in my country, everybody was playing it, even the 'only' COD or FIFA people.

 

[Gero]

Boycot am i right

 

[Phonzo]

And i didnt even do my digital preorder yet. Waiting until after the 4th.

 

[IOTS]

ND is very strong in Europe.
I think SM will be ahead in US.

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Thats what I have been thinking reading the quote. Would be interesting to know what the split is for Spider-Man.
TLOU2 will still be a sales monster tho.

 

[Deleted member 543]

Spider-Man to start brutalising dogs in the sequel.

 

[DominicanGlory]

Not hard to do better than Niche-Man

 

[AWestCoastDirtyBird]

Not surprising, it's been either number 1 or 2 on Amazon's PS4 best seller list since FF7R dropped

 

[Desfrog]

I'm sure they'll be even stronger once reviews drop.

 

[chandoog]

I don't think people need to worry too much about that youtube-metrics tweet. The game will be one of the best sellers of the year, if not the PS4 as a whole.

 

[RestEerie]

I do think it will do bonkers at release.

The first game is a favorite among streamers as well, with many of their stream archives of the first game racking some good view numbers.

 

[Squarealex]

 

[Soupman Prime]

Well gonna have to add my pre order to the list soon. Hope it's a huge success. Besides the stuff they've released I haven't been spoiled thankfully, haven't clicked on any Last of Us 2 vids on YouTube lol.