@esqueejy: 6 million on the PS3! The remaster on the PS4 outsold the PS3 Original. You are completely ignoring the sales boost games received when moving to the PS4.
TloU2 was the fastest selling exclusive " AT LAUNCH" . Whooptie doo. Where is it now? Spider-Man and God of War sold more then 10 million copies their first two years. That doesn't tell you anything? The only reason " TLOU 1" didn't sell most of it's copies in the first year was because it received a PS4 remaster that you conveintantly forgot. " TloU 2 isn't getting that nor should it as it could be given as a free patch".
Now you are just factually wrong and unlike you I brought receipts.
The last of us is the fastest selling game on the PS3.
No God of War never came close to the sales of the Original " The Last of Us". God of War 3 was the best selling game in the series and only sold 5.2 million copies. That's right. The most successful God of War on it's 5th installment and 3rd mainline entry got out sold by the " original " TloU ". Despite coming out two years earlier.
The rest of your statement is trash because I just proved you wrong with actual links. God of War 2018 started out with less pre-orders on a less popular franchise yet absolutely stomped the sales of " TLOU 2" because it grew its audience while " TLOU 2" lost about half it's audience. God of War is now a larger franchise because " GASP" " TloU2 " lost half it's fans when it should have been doubling them.
I don't deal in delusion I deal in facts with actual links. Was the game a financial flop? No I never said it was. Did it lose half it's audience and remove itself as Playstation's most popular franchise? Yes, and that is an undeniable fact. If you want to stay delusional be my guest. You can be as clueless as the Disney fans who still think they're doing fine 🤣
@esqueejy: The 37 million sales were the total sales of the series which included " Part 1" the remake. I specifically mentioned the time line because a console game sales most of it's copies in the first year.. The PS3 version alone sold 9 million copies and the remaining 11 million was from the remaster on PS4.
To bad you can't turn Twitch Viewership into sales. Yes the awards are piled high because it checked every progressive box on the list and critics loved it. Other then that your info is factually incorrect. God of War, Spider-Man, Spider-Man MM and God of War Ragnarok are all ahead of the Last of US 2. Think about that God of War Ragnarok sold more in 1 month then the " The Last of Us 2" did in 2 years. It is now 5th place and that's despite the fact that it was on pace to be 1st after pre-orders but sales tanked because the game was front loaded. I'm just stating basic facts. Every major PS franchise has managed to double sometimes triple the lifetime sales of the PS3 prequels in less them two years yet somehow " The Last of Us 2" couldn't even match the sales of the original. Ask yourself why is that?
How are you talking about copium when you aren't even using correct data?. At least I'm dealing with facts. I actually enjoyed the game as a game. The attention to detail, production values, visuals, gameplay and music were outstanding. The story however sucked. For those who liked it that's fine. It doesn't bug me as everyone Is intitled to their opinion. But what isn't an opinion is it lost a large portion of its audience while it should have increased.
It may have but it is behind both of those games in sales. Again you're saying I'm in denial but your quoting incorrect information. " The Last of Us 2 " beat God of War " through " THE FIRST THREE WEEKS". The Last of Us 2 sold 10 million in two years while God of War sold 16 million in that same time frame. The fact it was beating it early and lost later on shows that word of mouth was not positive. It was the sequel to the best selling PS3 exclusive and now it's 5th place.
@esqueejy: Yea or you could just look at sales. It has the unique distinction of being a sequel released on PS4 that didn't outsell the previous entry on PS3. It's not even close actually and 4 million of its 10 million sales were pre-orders. The first one sold over 20 million and that's not counting " Part 1 remake".
Look at it like this. The Last of Us was the most successful PS3 exclusive of all time. PS4 sequels easily outsold the PS3 entries( Example Uncharted 4, God of War). It took them less then a year to beat the lifetime sales of the previous entries because most the sales of console games happen the first year. Yet somehow TLOU 2 isn't even close. The reality is simple math will tell you they lost about half their audience when the move to PS4 should have doubled it.
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