PlayStation unseats Nintendo in June with The Last of Us Part 2

From GI.biz: "PlayStation dominated June thanks to the release of The Last of Us Part 2.

The game was comfortably the No.1 boxed title of the month, selling more copies than the rest of the top ten combined.

The action horror game, alongside continued strong sales of The Last of Us Remastered, Spider-Man, Days Gone, Horizon: Zero Dawn and God of War, meant that Sony unseated Nintendo as the UK's biggest games publisher for the month. Over 29% of all boxed games sold in the UK during June were published by Sony, with the company also generating 37% of the month's boxed software revenue."

[hulk_bash1987]

Well deserved for Sony and TLOU Part II. Though I understand some people not liking the narrative choices ND made, myself included. But the more I played, the more I began to appreciate the story and characters, being completely engrossed and ultimately loving the game. Ellie and Joel will forver be two of my most favorite characters in any entertainment medium.

[RazzerRedux]

I'm loving the game and the story frankly. Such an awesome game.

[SyntheticForm]

Yep.

Loved it all the way through.

[East76lands]

Just on my first play through, I'm on the final stages of day 3. It's a great game, right up there with the first game which in my opinion. I think the story is great too, I've no idea why it caused so much outrage.

[mkis007]

Might be an unpopular thing to say due to the gore, but I'm really enjoying the encounter selector. Nothing like going for perfect stealth or just plain mayhem. It's cool that the character gets her own set of weapons.

[seanpitt23]

Last of us 2 sales will keep dropping a lot of people who have played the game sold it straight away because it has Zero replayable value.

[RazzerRedux]

@seanpitt23

Single player games are like that. Uncharted 4 sales dropped similarly. I'm fine with that as this game is truly great.

[Hakuoro]

seanpitt23, yeah you know like Uncharted 4 which had it's sales drop of 78% on it's second week but managed to sell a mere 16+ million copies.

It's kind of hilarious seeing people get mad because it's selling so well.

[TheKingKratos]

""Last of us 2 sales will keep dropping a lot of people who have played the game sold it straight away because it has Zero replayable value.""

Such a hard cold fact backed by alot of evidence there /s

[Spicyram]

"Last of us 2 sales will keep dropping a lot of people who have played the game sold it straight away because it has Zero replayable value"

Wow sales for a game reduces over time? It's almost as if majority of people who wanted play this game bought it at release ??? WOUW!!!! I just had an epiphany! what a tremendous Discovery /s

[The Wood]

Some will still find a reason to turn this into a negative. Its a pity nd didn't have the multilayer ready but launch. It'll be interesting how the verticality and improved combat will affect it.

[TripleAAARating]

The best game in the history of mankind...

[Yui_Suzumiya]

My favorite game of the generation next to Life is Strange.

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[buffig]

I wonder if the people who downvoted your opinion are the same people who disliked TLOU2 and were outraged that their opinion was being questioned?

[Sharky231]

Once you play the game you realize a few things. The games not only about revenge but consequences. Joel gave up a lot to save Ellie in the first game!! Totally agree with you... Joel and Ellie are two of my favorite characters ever!

[Bathyj]

selling more copies than the rest of the top ten combined.

[Sitdown]

Which when you consider how old some of the games on the list are, it's not really that big of a bragging point. Great job for them nonetheless, especially given the unnecessary outrage to debunk it.

[italiangamer]

Obviously spinning into a negative, so predictable - _ -

[Spicyram]

"Which when you consider how old some of the games on the list are, it's not really that big of a bragging point"

That's complete and utter bullshit.

[Sitdown]

Yelp, saying a triple AAA have should beat Mario Kart and GTA 5 is definitely a spin.

[Sitdown]

So PS4 having a significantly bigger user base, and beating Mario Kart 8 Deluxe which was released in April 2017 is BS? Come on dude. The Last of Us was beloved, and was even brought back because of the power of the sequel....lets not diminish the success by rallying around beating GTA 5 that started on consoles back in 2013, and was recently put on game pass. Consider this, Ring Fit Adventure sits at #3. Again, not a knock at the well deserve success, but no need to add the extra titles to try and support the success.

[Spicyram]

Yea whatever @Sitdown. Your comment is so retarded, it's not even worth the effort to elaborate further.

[Sitdown]

Translation: I don't really have a valid rebuttal. It's okay, thanks for the conversation.

[Ricegum]

Could you imagine the response from Sitdown if it was a Microsoft exclusive instead of Last of Us 2?

Christ, I think he'd have a heart attack.

[Army_of_Darkness]

@sitdown

Bro, it sold more copies then the rest of the top ten COMBINED! I'd say that is quite the bragging rights no matter how you spin it.

[Sunny_D]

Yeah, and yet rarely often you hear a big game outselling the rest of the top 10? Especially an exclusive....

[rainslacker]

Animal Crossing and Mario Kart are still doing well, and will probably keep doing so since they're staples for the Switch. Interesting that TLOU:Remastered poked it's head into the top ten though....especially given the number of used copies that would be widely available, and that it's been out for 6 odd years now. Plus, it was only about a week in June it managed this feat.

See, I can spin too.

[blackblades]

Good jobs ND and Sony, metacritic is laughable. TLoU2 is like my 1st time seeing the user reviews at 100k hell probably above 15k. So much attention there, twitter and here with so many articles. Now let see how GoT do next.

[East76lands]

Love it or hate it, it's the most discussed game of this generation. A fitting finale for Playstation.

[smashman98]

I mean tsushima is out in like 2 weeks.

[rainslacker]

Meta user scores are on the rise. Seems the positive user reviews are getting close to even with the negative ones. Still a rediculously high number of user reviews total, but if it keeps going, the score will likely end in the 8-9 range.

[mrsolidsteel20]

Well this can’t be right, the YT’ers are saying the game is a flop because it dropped 80% in sales from its debut.

They know it all right?

[Sunny12345]

of course they are bro. Sales analyst is a prerequisite before you become a youtuber. How dare you question them.

[Tacoboto]

Considering the delay and hype around it, with the world working from home or furloughed, and the kids on summer break, why wait when one of just two or three new pieces of summer entertainment finally releases?

[SethBrundlefly]

I guess there are more mature gamers out there than immature. Feels good to know.

[Gatsu]

Indeed.

[Sitdown]

Great for them, great for us, great for Sony, and great for the industry, especially given the attempts to sabotage it. With that being said, outside of Animal Crossing, are we really surprised that it would have more combined sales than these games?

2 FIFA 20
3 Ring Fit Adventure
4 Animal Crossing: New Horizons
5 Mario Kart 8: Deluxe
6 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
7 Grand Theft Auto 5
8 Minecraft (Switch)
9 The Last of Us: Remastered
10 Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition

[RazzerRedux]

Because one game outselling the rest of the top 9 is such a common occurrence?

Your downplay is cute.....but so obvious.

[Sitdown]

Not saying its a common occurrence, but really consider the titles on the list. Animal Crossings is really the only game of note for me.

Your blind allegiance isn't cute....but so obvious.

[Spicyram]

GTA 5??????? Animal Crossing????? Mario Kart 8????? FIFA freaking 20???? Minecraft??? Do you think before typing?

[Sitdown]

Obviously you don't think, do you think that the follow up with for one of the most beloved games with a significant user base would struggle with Mario Kart which game out in April of 2017. When GTA 5 cane to game pass a little while back several people asked who in the world has not already played this game. Last of Us 2 sales are impressive all by themselves, no need to use cheap parlor tricks to highlight it's success.

[RazzerRedux]

lol....nah, you are just an Xbox fanboy looking for something to troll. The success of TLOU 2 has you guys so wound up it is hilarious.

[Sitdown]

Sorry to disappoint you, but I am a fan of all consoles; so I don't fit your "fanboy" narrative. I know you can't fathom people not kissing Sony's butt at every turn, but it's possible. Why would a game have anyone wound up? That's the shallowness of thought and action that divides the community. And if this was an attempt at trolling, you would have fed me well today.

[RazzerRedux]

Your post history says more than your bullshit claims. lol

[Gatsu]

Some of those games still sell a lot. You must be high if you think it's not an amazing achievement for TLOU2.

[Sunny12345]

Why do you have to nitpick and turn this into a bad thing? Overall sales number are great. Its doing excellent sales as far as exclusives go. Can't you just say good job Sony and be done with it, instead of trying to downplay the success

[Sitdown]

The other could be said, of why the author felt the need to throw that in there. There sales stand regardless of that information. This is a forum, so were are permitted to say more than just "good job Sony".
Why didn't you simply just say, "I disagree"?

[Atticus_finch]

All the GOTY awards for the TLOU2 at the end of the year are going to make you suffer.

[Sitdown]

Suffer?

[rivaldoo777]

Okay , so in that list you can see Fifa20, which is the best selling game in Europe period. The other 8 titles are freaking selling like hotcakes as well. Outselling all of them is common to you? I can see only one more game doing this performance and its Cyberpunk2077. Hell with you narrative, GOT should beat all those 8 games combined this month upon release. Have no doubt it will sell extremely well, but beating all those 8 combined... lmao.

[zsquaresoff]

This will hurt a lot of feelings. Tears will be dropped. Pants will be soiled in rage of the success.

[UnSelf]

I read this in Bane’s speech voice when he was in front of Blackgate

[outsider1624]

Its already done to one here. Look at Sitdown. The success literally made him "sitdown" next to his computer and start downplaying it.

[RaiderNation]

"IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII III, have become, comfortably one!."

Seriously though, it's well deserved! I am so glad that in spite of all the internet toxicity, the game is a success!

[Good-Smurf]

Man if it wasn't for my PS4 slot loader being very temperamental then I would've get it physical but.
I done my part bought it on digital and did not regret that decision and you know I'm not into digital but covid-19 man...I really don't have a choice.
TLOU2 also available in Thai language as well that's quite an honor to have that option in Sony's biggest exclusive.
Glad that the game did great.

[stonecold3]

Finished the game right
To the ending glad to be part of million that brought last of us 2 day 1 can’t wait to see where they go in the next one

[Italiano1234567]

Tlou2 sold more then the rest of the top 10 combined

[Sunny12345]

I know people are skeptical about the story. Though I highly recommend you play the game and then pass on judgement. Honestly I have played more than 500 games in my life and the emotional attachment I have to the protagonists of this game and how they make choices and often regret them surpasses all other games. In gaming media no one does better story telling than ND. But all gamers should play it and live the journey, don't rely on biased reviews or cut out gameplay. If you can you should play this game. And then decide to love it or hate it. Though I can guarantee love or hate, you are going to have one hell of a time playing it.

[lellkay]

I waited patiently for the game and it delivered in some ways and not in others for me. I'd still recommend it to any one though and I'm glad it's done well and I think every PS4 owner should at least experience it.

Mostly though I'm just glad to see Sony first party singleplayer games with no MT's consistently doing well in sales. God of War, Horizon, Spiderman etc continue to sell well according to this and that's great news.

[SamTheGamer]

Why are people interested in LGBT characters?

[averagejoe26]

Why are people interested in heterosexual characters?

[SamTheGamer]

Lol that was a sarcasm. 😂

[akaFullMetal]

Why wouldn't they? A good story is a good story.

[averagejoe26]

Wow!

To be honest, I knew this game would be a hit when I played it. It's just obvious. One of the greatest gaming experiences I've ever had. Glad to see millions of other people enjoying it too.

Big congrats to Sony and Naughty Dog. Bring on Ghost of Tsushima and the PS5. Playstation truly has the best games.

[TheHateTheyGive]

eXcLUsiVES aRE bAD aND anTi cOnsuMer

[NukeDaHippies]

It's sad such an average game was such a hit.....

[Neonridr]

congrats to Sony, did anyone not expect it to be #1 in any of the regions? Let's see how much it sells overall..

[DefaultComment]

Oh now it's the bragging time of a game that drop sales hard their second week. Not to mention the amounts of refunds and even of used games. You don't report that cause reasons right,I don't mind at all that a game such as this one sales big since it's expected to, what I mind is that you don't show the whole picture.
I dont see artciles that show the other side of the coin that this game took a nose dive after their first week or to that big streamers out there hated this game and barely manage to finish it. so that biased is the problem here and while you like to pretedn thast everyting is awesome then the world is just fine.

[shammgod]

Sony closing the book on this gen in an incredible way.