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Analyst: The Last of Us sales hit 700,000 in US

Cowen & Company predicts Sony's PS3 title sold through 700,000 units in June, while 3DS game Animal Crossing: New Leaf reached 500,000 copies.

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mewhy323994d ago

One of Sony's fastest selling games of all time. I think that Naughty Dog is defiantly one of the best developers of all time. I mean this games amazing, as most of their games are. And just think, this studio will be making games on the mighty ps4. I'm sore excited about that. This is one of the best times ever to have been to be a gamer.

shivvy243994d ago (Edited 3994d ago )

And do you know what makes this more awesome , NAUGHTY DOG has 2 dev teams !

ZodTheRipper3993d ago

And both are incredibly talented, I am so excited to see what they can achieve with the new hardware.

josephayal3994d ago

one of the best? Meh! Naughty Dog is the best company/game developer in the world. No one can't top them

Spinal3994d ago

No sorry. But uncharted and the last of us don't make them the best in the world. Rockstar is the best thus far. Max Payne, red dead redemption, GTA San Andreas. And the coming GTA 5. They are miles ahead of naughty dog.

mewhy323993d ago

Well Rockstar is pretty good but I wouldn't go as far as to say that they're better than Naughty Dog.

Dmagic3993d ago

miles better my ass but they're the only devs in the world where i would buy a game without playing with no doubts because i know it will be quality both have never made a bad game.

gaffyh3993d ago

@Spinal - Good points, but it takes Rockstar 5-6 years to make a game. Also, Max Payne 3 was a terrible game, anyone who has played the first two games (especially the first one) would agree.

Highlife3993d ago

@gaffyh
I agree Max Payne 3 was terrible. I only played a few hours and couldn't take it anymore. I can't wait for RDR 2 though.

plaZeHD3993d ago

Even though I think The Last Of Us is better than everything Rockstar has ever created so far. Rockstar takes the cake when it come down to the best developer. They are not greedy, they put lots of careful detail in their games that other games simply don't dare touch. And their games are technically the most impressive for their time. And of course most importantly they support their games for long period of time.
1, Rockstar Games
2, Naughty Dog
3, The rest...no offense

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kayoss3994d ago

Actually 700,000 units sold in the U.S is very low for a very high rated game like this. I just cant understand how a game like Call of Duty can outsell some of the best game like the last of us.
Its ridiculous that COD games which are the same iteration after iteration sells millions in days and unique game like TLOU and Tomb Raider only sell in the hundred of thousands.

Ezz20133993d ago

the key word here is " predicts"....there is no facts here at all

sony did confirm that it sold 3.4 million world wide

kayoss3993d ago

I understand that the number is a prediction, but I would think that domestically a game like TLOU would easily sold a million + in the United states alone.

NeoTribe3993d ago

That's because there are more castuals than real gamers. You have no idea how many kids and young adults buy a xbox or ps3 JUST for cod. A few of my friends are like that. Why do you think people call cod a disease, it keeps people from trying new and better things.

TheTwelve3993d ago

Still behind Uncharted 2 and MGS4 as the best exclusives on PS3, though! (my opinion, and certainly unpopular I know)

Transporter473993d ago

It did just came out last month...

ravinash3993d ago

It quite an achievement to create another IP that has such a different feel to it as Last of us and uncharted have.
That means that of course some people will like uncharted more while other like the last of us.

It just goes to show that ND know to try different things rather than stick to the same old trick time after time.

Variety is the spice of life.

Rodney253993d ago

I'm sorry but I see MGS4 as the decline of the MGS series.

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wishingW3L3994d ago (Edited 3994d ago )

It seems the US didn't like it so much considering that they are the biggest video-game market in the world. I would have expected at the very least a million in one month but it's a new IP alright, not Resident Evil that sells well regardless of quality.

Kingnichendrix3994d ago

yeah but, Playstation isn't so Popular in America, Americans generally favour their products over others.

LOGICWINS3994d ago

???

Where did u hear that? You think Americans give a crap about what product was American made or not?

Kingnichendrix3994d ago

yesss they do only Americans would disagree, it goes with their cars, to motorbikes, to Apple over Samsung

Testfire3994d ago (Edited 3994d ago )

In regards to some things like tools, car parts yes I want American first, but in regards to video games or electronics, we generally don't care what brand it is.

Dj7FairyTail3994d ago

@LOGICWINS
uh yes that explains the lack of localized Japanese games

Kingnichendrix3994d ago

You only got to look at Europe as a whole America does prefer their own brands, Just like where I am from the UK most people would buy English made or American made.. it's not even just them Japan does it

FunAndGun3994d ago

The top 5 best selling cars in America in 2012 were not American made.

kayoss3994d ago

Actually in America, foreign product outsell american products. The top 3 selling cars in America are Japanese, the Top selling devices like TV's, Bluray players, etc are Japanese. The only thing that sells really well here is the Apple brand. Other than that I cant really think of anything else.

Kingnichendrix3993d ago

American Guitars, Japanese cars are Now only selling better in America?

cooperdnizzle3993d ago

@Kingn. You must not live in America. Because we buy more imported electronics then any other country in the world. Not to mention cars here, like Audi, VW, Honda, all the way to Porsche sell way way better in America then any of our own cars.

NeoTribe3993d ago

Logic, im beginning to question your intelligence. There are TONS of americans who wont buy things that are not American made. My buddy for example calls the ps4 "Japanese crap" You must not interact in life much. You just sit in your basement trying to be the defender of logic on a gaming site.

maddfoxx3993d ago

@Kingnichendrix: Americans buy more imported goods than anything else. As a whole, we consider Japanese brands like Samsung and Honda to be superior in quality. Even South Korean brands like LG are starting to become popular here. I work in an electronics department and I can tell you that most of my customers would rather go with well established brands like Samsung and Sony than the cheaper American made RCA and ProScan brands.

ravinash3993d ago

Isn't Naughty dog an American company?

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Tripl3seis3994d ago

This game is too awesome glad is selling well playing as ellie was a blast

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Neil Druckmann: Philosopher gamer behind 'The Last of Us'

who is now the sole leader of Naughty Dog, “I promise you, we will not be ‘The Last of Us’ studio forever.” Numerous games, he said, are in the works, including “multiple single-player projects.

Lightning7718d ago

I know he has a celebrity like status but unless he's announcing his game soon idc what he has to say from this point on.

We need announcement something from him.

Crows9017d ago

The dude is a nobody. He's also wrong. Naughty dog is the uncharted and Jak daxter studio.

They only made one universally praised last of us game. They're not know as "the last of us studio" but they are currently known as the "remake" studio.

Lightning7717d ago

I like his games tbh I'm just more upset at the fact that he's been talking and talking and not showing anything. I'm an actual fan of his work, don't cars if that's that's a popular take or not.

If he has nothing to show or talk about. I don't care about his interviews, his red carpet appearances or what's next for last Of Us 2 TV, leave that to Hollywood. You don't see SP, Bend, or any other studio doing what he's doing. They're remaining quiet and focused as most PS studios do. He should do the same. The next thing I wanna hear him say is "now heres our game" we know that probably won't be for another year or so, so he needs to remain silent and stay out of the limelight for awhile.

AsunaYuukiTheFlash17d ago

You are wrong. LOU2 won a lot of GOTY and was highly rated. It's okay to dislike the game but saying that ND just made one critical acclaimed LOU game is just hating at this point.

rippermcrip17d ago

Kind of a weird interview. No substance, hardly any questions. It's almost like they forgot to post the whole thing or something.

neomahi17d ago

Oh brother...... It's like a balloon filling with helium. He's got nothing new to say. Naughty Dog went from being a studio of numerous developers to being about him and what HE does. Bruce Straley was the co-creator of The Last of Us, and he left--I think for the same reason Christophe Balestra left and since then, Naughty Dog haven't been the same. PlayStation is incredibly woke, as all businesses seem to be these days, ignorant to what's really going on sacrificing the greater for peanuts, but I think they left because of the uprising political atmosphere. They knew there was nothing they could do about it and an attempt to try and combat it, in today's society would end them up in legal trouble so, they just left, what else can you do when the opposition behaves like a child, screams and yells louder than you want to in raged fits, and will throw lawsuits at you at whatever chance they can, but you don't play that way, so they left. And Naughty Dog hasn't been the same since.

Naughty Dog was huge at one time! They were the underdog that became the top dog but, the direction it's fine, just watch and wait. It's ego, and Druckmanns ego of thinking they're untouchable and can just coast along, will drop them rock bottom, in due time, they could see the same fate as Xbox's teams met. Fans will turn on Naughty Dog because A) Naughty Dog aren't producing, they're not what they once were.
B) Gamers ARE growing tired of the woke culture overtaking their lifetime hobby. They're just more silent about it, it's the quiet cool

anast17d ago

Non of this makes sense. I would like to think you didn't spend too much time writing it.

Crows9017d ago

I hope you didn't spend much time reading..it...cuz obviously you didnt understand it. But that's okay. There's many other comments to read...

MIDGETonSTILTS1717d ago

You project your own views on the world, and that is a mistake.

Crows9017d ago

Um...so you project someone else view on the world? What are you talking about?! We all project our view on the world lol...smh

anast17d ago

It's called perspective. I understand that. But I don't understand the poster.

smashman9817d ago

you know it's not his fault that people are interested in what he says, right?

Also, Naughty Dog is bigger than ever.

Crows9017d ago

Smaller....where's their last big game? Yeah...I remember when they were actually releasing heavy hitters.

smashman9816d ago

@Crows90 It was in 2020 and despite what a vocal minority says it was critically acclaimed and the 2020 game of the year. Not only that but The Last of Us is also a critically acclaimed television series and PlayStation's most successful foray into Film and TV yet.

So yes, Naughty Dog is bigger than ever, and just because you don't vibe with them or whatever does not change that fact.

anast17d ago

He's a solid theatre arts person, but he's not a philosopher. Being good at one thing doesn't mean he's Descartes.

DarXyde17d ago

I believe that philosophers are more principled than Druckmann, to be honest. It's fascinating that The Last of Us Part II was literally inspired by the Israel-Palestine conflict and was a needed commentary on humanity and ending the cycle of violence, only to have some questionable commentary after 7 October.

I don't hate the guy as some others seem to. He's been a big part of some great games, but I'll never understand the obsession with hanging on all of his statements.

Chard17d ago (Edited 17d ago )

That's a good point in relation to 7 Oct - a far more important issue where valid criticisms could have been made of this guy, but most here seem thoroughly distracted by trivial issues

anast17d ago

@DarXyde

Like all artists he has a signature. People that have an agenda will try to look for that signature and use it. This is why a lot of "journalist/game influencers" hang on every word. Most of us just enjoy his work and get hyped when he mentions something about a possible new game.

@Chard
"a far more important issue where valid criticisms could have been made of this guy"

Which is?

MIDGETonSTILTS1717d ago

Sony should try and stay radio silence outside of hard reveals.

It’s painful to wait for any info at all, but it’s less painful than skimming an interview that avoids all details whatsoever.

Commit to radio silence, Sony. You can afford to leverage the trust in gaming output that you’ve cultivated.

anast17d ago

That wouldn't be a smart decision. There must be a constant stream of connection in today's world.

MIDGETonSTILTS1714d ago

When a constant stream of connection delays a game 1-2 years, and said games take 5 years to make anyways…. Sony fans are better off trusting Sony to deliver than expecting frequent confirmation.

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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."

anast141d 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.

AlterRecs138d 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"

anast137d 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.

AlterRecs136d 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

anast136d ago

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

DrDoomer140d ago

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

CrimsonWing69140d ago

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

AlterRecs138d ago

Considering they remastered the first game twice, who knows lol

CrimsonWing69137d 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.