The Last Of Us Franchise Is Likely Staying Dormant For A While

Naughty Dog released The Last of Us Part 2 over 3 years ago, and since then, the only good thing we have received is a TV series.

[Flawlessmic]

not complaing tbh, i love the last of us but for me the story is done, i dont need more it. they couldve left it at 1 and i wouldve been happy with it.

i have no interest in playing as abby what so ever or anyone else not named joel or ellie for that matter.

give us a new IP naughty dog, its bloody time, insomniac has snatched your throne as sonys best studio, remind us again how talented you are!!

[Vits]

I'm with you on that. People might not have noticed yet, but Naughty Dog has worked on basically only Uncharted and The Last of Us for almost two decades now. It's pretty much 3/4 of their entire history under Sony, dedicated to those two franchises.

[Cacabunga]

This series should have been put to rest since the first one.. tlou2 was absolutely not needed because the first one was perfect.

Now i how ND wake up and give us something to be excited for

[isarai]

Honestly even if Joel was was still in it, I'm still fine with just not having another game period. Like even after the first game, I was fine with the option of just leaving things as they were, and I feel the same about TLOU2. yeah they're great games but the story would be fine left as it is imo, just takes if a messed up situation in a messed up world

[Furesis]

insomniac is only big because they are working on Spider Man. Give that ip to any good studio and they will succeed. So i don't feel that is fair to say for that reason. i would like a part 3 with ellie only, where she is old 40 years old or more and end the story there somehow but there were some rumors of multiple playable characters which makes me not so interested. A new ip is a hard sell, i trust them but at the same time not sure about current ND talent to deliver on that front.

[Flawlessmic]

Yea let's just ignore 4 games in 5 years and ratchet and clank.

All absolutely quality quality games, theybdeserve the kudos!!

[SyntheticForm]

That's fine. I just hope Naughty Dog isn't staying dormant.

[Stanjara]

Too bad TLOU didn't get a sequel cause it was really a good game.

[TricksterArrow]

It did! It’s called The Last of Us Part II and it currently holds the record of the most awarded game of all-time! Highly recommend it!

[-Foxtrot]

And yet I could give you a dozen games which didn’t get as many awards but are better.

Even 2020…Ghost of Tsushima gave us not just one great revenge tale but two.

[Shane Kim]

Well that's on you Fox. Most people seems to like it wich the awards are a proof of.

[GhostTurtle]

Garbage sequel

[CombatEmu]

Honestly, TLOU2's story came off as more of a comedy of errors masquerading as a 'serious' game.

Not to mention, despite having all of these awards much of which only existed once, TLOU2, a sequel to a critically acclaimed game, took as much time as Horizon: Zero Dawn, a new IP and a huge gamble for Guerrilla at the time, to hit 10 million sales. Heck, Ghost of Tsushima nearly hit 10 million sales by the 2 year mark and that one was also a new IP.

[-Foxtrot]

@CombatEmu

"Heck, Ghost of Tsushima nearly hit 10 million sales by the 2 year mark and that one was also a new IP"

Exactly

And they were only behind TLOU2 by like a million

Put it into perspective

A brand new IP which could have gone either way vs a massive 7 years in the making sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed games in the last 10 years.

Yet they only managed a million more...

[shammgod]

People are still mad about TLOU2. 😂😂

Great game and I’m prepping for another playthrough. Might have to wait until they release the PS5 version and see how that is

[dumahim]

??

Don't we have the multiplayer game coming?

[MrSec84]

The rumors say it's development wasn't up to par with internal expectations, so it's on ice for a while, but there's been nothing official saying what's happening with it for a while.
We should have gotten some new information once the remake of Part 1 was done.

ND has to have something new to announce, they've been quiet for a while now.

[JackBNimble]

Meanwhile half their dev's are now unemployed... I wouldn't count on anything for quite awhile.

[MrSec84]

@JackBNimble: The studio had over 400 Staff back in July, about 25 staff have been made redundant, this could very easily be because a game has had a large part of it's development finished and ND are the biggest they've ever been.
Scaling back to focus more and cut the fat isn't a bad thing.
The studio could easily still have close to 400 staff, it's also been 3 years since their last release, it's very likely that they're gearing up to announce their next game and release it within the next year or so.

[EvertonFC]

Not seeing it this gen imo, maybe year 2 of PS6

[dnawesum]

I'm confident whatever Naught Dog could cook up for Part 3 would stand the test of time, but personally, I'm also happy with ending the series as is.

But for real though, officially announce the cancellation, or finish Factions 2 already!

EDIT: Let TLOU live on at HBO as long as it's still being overseen with creative input from ND.

[raWfodog]

I loved both games but I’m trying to think where else they can take the story from here. The key would be to introduce some new protagonists or antagonists, and tie them in with the current cast in a meaningful way that gets the player invested.

[RedDeadLB]

The story arc is finished though, I dont see why they should forcefully continue a thread that does not have a place to go anymore. Those attempts rarely succeed if you take a look at all the movie franchises raised from the grave just to be beaten down into it again.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Left on a cliffhanger though.. definitely needs a sequel

[Sonic1881]

About time. This franchise was getting stale

[GamingSinceForever]

Please elaborate?

[jznrpg]

2 games is getting stale ? I don’t see it.
Assasins Creed is stale, Halo is stale, 2 games in a series is not near stale imo

[darksky]

The Last of Us died with Joel. What were the writers thinking when they decided murder the main character?

[itBourne]

Straight white male, gotta go!

[itBourne]

Dont trust ND with anything...

[Ristul]

TLoU is over and done with, lets leave it in the dust.

[yeahokwhatever]

good. should have stayed dormant after the first one, which was excellent. not every game needs a sequel.

[TheCaptainKuchiki]

AS it should.
I wand ND to focus on other things for now

[CrimsonWing69]

Remember when there was no Last of Us and instead of Sony giving us another Uncharted they presented us with a new IP that was a masterpiece?

Can we, uh, maybe try to do something like that again?

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Left on a tease and cliffhanger so I highly doubt they'll be leaving the franchise for good. Sure, it maybe awhile but eventually I think a Part III will be revealed.

[Barlos]

Hmm, dormant you say? A bit like Naughty Dog themselves then...

Mind you, I'm not bothered about TLOU staying dormant, I am very much in the minority when I say I find the games very overrated. Let ND do something different.

[MrSec84]

People really are being overly pessimistic, the studio had over 400 staff, they cut 25, so they still likely have more than 350 people working there and it's been close to 4 years since the last major release.
They've always spoken about their games when they're ready to.

This is one of the greatest developers ever created, they're most likely gearing up to announce their next big project, that is probably not far off of releasing.

[Markusb33]

keep things fresh and go with a new Ip, last of us doesnt need any more stories, although im sure they will still do a part 3, which will do well, i would just prefer to see something new with a new universe and new lore

[Fonsecap]

Give us a new IP, certainly they have the talent to come up with a new original IP, like they did with uncharted and tlou...