In the wake of the phenomenal success of the series “The Last of Us”, the first part of the video game saga created by the Naughty Dog studio saw its sales soar, clear proof of the enthusiasm for the license.
Driven by very rave reviews and massive enthusiasm, the series The Last of Us, broadcast here by Prime Video, led in its wake to a massive increase in sales of the first installment of the video game saga, exclusive to the Sony console.
A not so unusual phenomenon by the way; the same thing having happened with the broadcast of The Witcher series, which had led to both a rush on the books but also a very significant increase in sales of The Witcher III in 2020, when this game was already “old “five years.
Between the broadcast of the first episode of the series The Last of Us last week and today the sales of The Last of Us Part I were up 238% in the UK compared to the previous week. The PS4 version of the game, The Last of Us Remasteredreturned to the sales charts, with an even more impressive jump of 322%, according to figures provided by the specialized site GamesIndustry.biz.
Cleverly anticipating a possible success, Sony has also offered subscribers Playstation Plus Premium a 2 hour trial The Last of Us Part 1 the weekend before the series arrives.
Released in June 2013, The Last of Us landed on a PS3 console at the end of its life. From the first 10 minutes, absolutely paralyzing, the game harpooned the player never to let go, until an ultimate outcome with double reading, carrying an emotional charge to split the stones in two.
Filled with moments of pure terror and tension, which gave way with a disconcerting fluidity to beaches of melancholy and poetry in the middle of a landscape of desolation as grandiose as it is terrible, it is an understatement to say that the (mis)adventures of Joel and Ellie have left an indelible mark on the video game memory of many gamers. The game has since become a cultural phenomenon, selling more than 17 million copies worldwide.