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Naughty Dog has “No Plans” to Release The Last of Us Demo Outside of God of War: Ascension

The Last of Us demo, which caused us a very busy Friday with the constant updates regarding the download issues, which then spawned a Daily Reaction, came out to all God of War: Ascension owners, allowing them to get a taste of the game ahead of the June 14th release date. - PSLS

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Wedge193973d ago

People should just be buying this game anyway. No demo needed. I hear that the demo is out of context anyway, and better experienced with the rest of the game as a whole.

cleft53973d ago

Thats fine for me. I didn't want to be spoiled anyways and this is definitely a game I will pick up.

blitz06233973d ago

This isn't one of those games where you "try and buy" with a demo. First of all, it's hard to demo it without spoiling a certain part of the story.

2nd, no matter how long/short the demo is, it will leave that feeling that you want to play more!

Kind of like watching Game of Thrones every Sunday...

ltachiUchiha3973d ago

I dont see the need for it since we all know the game will be awesome. Theres only 2 modes from these previews but it sounds so much fun.

DaReapa3973d ago

And honestly, I'm fine with that. Makes it less of a chance for the risk of potential spoilers.

ftwrthtx3973d ago

I think that's a bad decision. Demos should be released around launch in order to help promote the game. What is ND afraid of by not releasing it on the PSN?

colonel1793973d ago

They are not afraid of anything, on the contrary! It is a marketing decision. Since the game has a lot of hype, people interested will impulse-buy the game, instead of downloading the demo. That way if they didn't like it for a reason, they already bought it.

Ducky3973d ago (Edited 3973d ago )

... then they're afraid that people will not like the game based on the demo.

That's basically what you've said.

ftwrthtx3973d ago

My point exactly, Ducky. If they know they have a great game, and I'm sure it is, release the demo for everyone.

Clover9043973d ago

I'm going to get a lot of disagrees, but didnt someone claim during a developer conference that studies showed that demos hurt potential sale more than help?

GraveLord3973d ago

It's great promotion for God of War. Besides, all the game previous on websites are promoting the game just fine.

diepdiep3973d ago

I never play demos of games that I plan on buying anyway.

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The Sounds of the Fireflies ("The Last of Us") concert kicks-off on April 28th, 2024

"The Game Music Foundation are today very proud and pleased to announce an additional concert, circling back to the roots of Game Muisic Festival in Poland. On April 28th, 2024, the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw will once again become a place to celebrate the art of video game music, featuring scores from The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II." - The Game Music Foundation.

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The Last Of Us Series Has Remarkable Potential For Spin-Offs

Najam from eXputer writes "It's time fore a new installment in the series, not another pointless remaster."

anast77d ago

They are working on something new. Not to be rude but it is impossibility stupid to think ND next major announcement is going to be a remaster or their next Last of Us entry is going to be another remaster.

AlterRecs74d ago

I think this is in response to them releasing a remaster for the sequel, a game that didn't need a remaster.

Basically a "why did you put out a remaster no one asked for when you have all there options available"

anast74d ago

They remaster is to put out something quick while they are deving new stuff. I don't get how people can be so static.

AlterRecs73d ago

There's no news about a third game being in production, you're just assuming that they're working on something that they aren't

anast73d ago

When they release the news to start the hype-train, you can give me my props then.

DrDoomer77d ago

I want an alternate timeline spin-off, where part 2 never happened.

CrimsonWing6977d ago

They’ve already done Remasters of 1 and 2… what else is there to Remaster?

AlterRecs74d ago

Considering they remastered the first game twice, who knows lol

CrimsonWing6974d ago

That was a Remake. I guess they could do that to 2, but man…. They should wait a couple generations so it can look like a major upgrade.

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The Last Of Us Online Devs Celebrate Their Experience With The Canceled Game

The team is sad for losing out on such a great project but celebrates its growth because of spending time on it.

Chocoburger121d ago

All they had to do was make a basic online mode like their previous games. Instead they wanted more money and choose to go live service which makes games worse in my opinion.

What a waste of time and money, what a shame.

seanpitt2377d ago

I can't wait for season 2 so they can kill Joel off in the first 2 episodes!! Then it will be just Abby and Ellies revenge plot!

Something is telling me that this won't happen though because it wouldn't make sense, oh wait

Linzoid121d ago

Not sure why they didn’t just make Factions 2. There was no need to make it a live service.

TLoU Factions was a great addition such a shame they couldn’t be bothered to remaster that for PS5 considering the crazy high price tag of the remaster of a remaster…

anast121d ago

This is something to be celebrated. This studio is smart and they get it, even factions 2 wouldn't've have been worth the time. I am surprised they didn't just remaster the first one though, but actually how popular was Factions?