The Last of Us Part 1 leads wave of new releases | UK Boxed Charts

The Last of Us is once again the No.1 best-selling game at UK retail, thanks to the launch of this year's Part 1 remake for PlayStation 5.

[darkrider]

Of course it's first. Only some here thought it wouldn't. One of the best games is even better and just 20 millions played it. There are tons who didn't. With the HBO series coming, this game will selleven more

[InUrFoxHole]

Literally haven't seen anyone on this website say this game won't top the list of selling games. What I have seen is people tiered of rehashing the same crap then taking multi-player away, adding a $10 price hike. Not to mention if you want to play it on the ps5 outside of the US it'll be $50 more for the console. That's what I've heard... but hey I'm just a gamer

[jznrpg]

I’ve seen a bunch of people here saying it would bomb . It won’t sell as many copies the first time around I would guess but it will do well .

[darkrider]

Literally all of one faction have told that. They wish that. What gamers are tired is crap. Nothing more. Choice. You can buy or not. It's an amazing game, one of the best with more then 200 awards, that's even better. And now are all salty because its a hit at full price. But, but, but. Excuses. Anybody that isn't blind by the stupid console war would see this coming. And it will sell even more when the HBO series starts.

[SullysCigar]

They're not going to want people playing the old multiplayer when they have a whole new game in the works with that focus. It would cannibalise their own player base.

The price is too high for me too, but I'll be picking it up once it's a little lower. I can appreciate the work they've put into this. They've also included Left Behind which came out after the initial release. It's very possible many missed it as a result and it's a chunky extra slice that's awesome in it's own right.

[InUrFoxHole]

I'm the same. I'll be picking it up at a lower price point. Tiered of being gouged by companies. As for those who have seen this kind of shade... Do they want the game to fail because it's a Sony game or because of the price point? This game is a 10/10 but not worth $70 imo

[SpineSaw]

@InUrFoxHole
You mean the Xbot crowd that's crying about a $10 increase to game prices and the PS5 price hike? The people that are crying over those trivial things would never pkay TLOU Remake nor purchase a PlayStation console and neither of those price hikes seems to be hurting PlayStation not even a little.

[outsider1624]

Those people tired of the same crap have a choice. How hard is that? I thought the price is bit much so I'm not buying it. Having played the original and remastered, I'll still get this but on sale.

[TheEroica]

And Bingo was his Name-o... Well said FoxHole...

[shinoff2183]

Im sure the price hike on the ps5 were needed for some reason or the other. Maybe parts went up in price. I dont think sonys sitting around like damn how can we make a 50 extra off these ps5s. Sony the same company that sold ps3s at a huge loss for quite sone time mind you is really trying to nickel and dime you. Yall beating a dead horse for no reason. Chill the f out and go jump on gamepass.

[sparky77]

Dude it sold less than the PS5 version of Saints Row so I wouldn't say it did well, the opposite in fact.

[-Foxtrot]

Yeah people here are really not reading the article

Either that or they are taking what they want to hear from it

It sold less than Saints Row which was being shit on a bit before the awful launch

[IRetrouk]

Sold half on one platform of what saints row did on 5 not ps5 only, not sure where ya pulled that one from lol
Saints row was also launched on a Tuesday and tlou on a Friday...

[sparky77]

@IRetrouk

You are wrong 55% of all sales of Saints Rows were on PS5, so I will repeat TLOU sold less that the PS5 version of Saints Row. Which is bad no matter how you try to spin it, unless Saints Row numbers are the new bar for PS exclusives.

[IRetrouk]

And I will repeat its sold around half of Saints rows numbers on 1 platform vs 5....
Seems like they sold around the same to me, not less, are ps fans not allowed to buy multiple games? And again, I'll repeat, saints row had more days counted for sales than tlou did, it done fine, no amount of you spinning is gonna change that.

[sparky77]

Fair enough "around half" could very will be more than 55% but that's still not great, since Saints Rows sold badly anyway.

To me this is bad for Sony's $70 remake, especially since they rely on games sales as opposed to subscriptions or MTX. But if Saint's Row is the new bar for PS sales I guess they will be fine.

[IRetrouk]

Sold badly according to who though? What's the numbers?
Why would saints row be the bar when tlou is already performing better? Tlou sold as much in one day and saints row did in 4.. so to state the bar is saints is silly..

[darkrider]

Dude, sony exclusives sell good for months and months and months. I know it's hard to see it on top. But others with new games weren't able to do even that...

[derek]

Pay no attention to sparky and others like him who have become obsessed with seeing naughty dog fail.

[SullysCigar]

You can't win them all, sparky. Tough day for you, but on the plus side people are enjoying TLOU P1 despite all your worrying. Be happy for them.

[SoulWarrior]

It'll have legs, especially when the price comes down a bit, same can't be said for the mediocre Saints Row I don't think.

[Eonjay]

This makes sense and Sony it. I'm not buying it at $70 but at 30-40 I probably will. And being though I played the original, I can wait for a sale.

[lonewolf10]

"Only some here thought it wouldn't. "

Point out those posts

[CaptainHenry916]

And this is the reason why Sony will continue to be greedy and increase prices for everything. They know their games will sell

[CaptainHenry916]

Microsoft is doing a lot better for their consumer and user base than Sony right now. They definitely ain't increasing the price of their consoles.

[darkrider]

And this is why Sony keeps making great games and doesn't need to buy publishers because others can't make a single blockbuster in the last two Gen...

[CaptainHenry916]

You keep dodging the greediness of Sony 😂😂 I expect it to get worse

[derek]

Sorry Captain but Microsoft has been an abject failure this gen like they were last. They can't even get Halo right after 5 years of development. They have numerous studios on top of 2 publishers and had no releases at launch or for 22. Lol Nothing coming out noteworthy from them next year did they have a hand in creating. They can talk about value all they want but people want games not talk which is all Microsoft has been delivering.

[blackblades]

There the niche community, they can talk the talk but falls flat when it comes to millions other gamers out there compare to a few players on here.

[CaptainHenry916]

Facts

[repsahj]

$70 price tag and still number 1? haters cant bring down a masterpiece.

[senorfartcushion]

I’m weirded out by a person thinking that critics of the price hate the game.

Read a book. If you can afford any.

[Crows90]

Neither can reason or greed it seems.

[RickRoland]

Sony and Nintendo comprise the list. Everyone on gamepass is waiting for freebies.

[jznrpg]

Life is short I will enjoy what I want when I want to .

[darkrider]

Right on money

[YodaCracker]

“It sold around half the number of copies that Saints Row managed when it debuted at No.1 last week.”

Interesting. Considering 55% of Saints Row sales were on PS5, TLOU sold about on par with Saints Row. But will it see such a big drop in sales in its second week?

[Abracadabra]

Not surprising. Sony fanboys will gobble up anything Sony throws at them, no matter the price. They will purchase the same game over, and over, and over again, as long as Sony gets the money.
Got to give them credit, they are truly loyal to a fault...

[Bathyj]

And Xbox gamers won't buy anything.

No wonder Sony fans get better games.

[solideagle]

lol it's not entirely true. for example, below games didn't sell well although it had so called Sony Label on it by your logic:

- Gravity Rush
- Days gone
- The Last Guardian
- Knack
- The Order 1886

Edit: I am not dissing Sony's exclusives by any means btw.

[Army_of_Darkness]

@solideagle

Bathy said Sony gamers get better games. This doesn't necessarily mean that they will all sell well. I have all the 5 games you've mentioned and I enjoyed 3 out of the 5.

[shinoff2183]

I thought days gone was dope. Ill admit i did play it after a year or so.

[darkrider]

At least we don't buy a new console with zero games.

[ClayRules2012]

For real. And continue to support that console throughout its life cycle with the only first party games being Halo, Gears, Forza that they rely on (referring to Microsoft) and the rest really have always been 3rd party multi platform MP games.

I have no issue with people (such as some of my friends) who game on Xbox because some of our friends have both PS and Xbox, while others only have PS (such as myself) but my point is, they prefer Xbox’s MP and think it’s better, which is fine with me, I have no issue with that. But those like the guy above, in his arrogance and fanboy sounding behavior who act as if Sony fanboys are the only ones buying The Last of Us Part 1 is not only foolish, it’s just laughable. But again, many like him (not all Xbox gamers) will make claims that Xbox has the best exclusives in the world, and I wonder, based on what? Halo, Gears and Forza, I’ll toss in Fable as well.

There’s a reason why us who’re Sony fans/gamers prefer PlayStation, for various reasons. But for me, the first party exclusives just cannot be beat! They deliver a quantity of titles each generation that beats all the competition, and all offer unique experiences for everyone, and 95% they all deliver, with a few duds in there. But it happens. Only a fanboy would claim each game is a hit haha.

[Elda]

At least Sony fans have exclusives to play in 2022 while the competition has absolutely nothing releasing throughout this entire year of 2022.

[HardKnockKid24]

Actually, if you look at the release schedule you’ll see that Xbox has exclusives releasing in 2022. Might not be what you like but a fact is a fact.

[Traecy]

@HardKnockKid24 What AAA XB exclusives are releasing this year? Please name them.

[HardKnockKid24]

@Traecy, nope you’re changing the game. Neither I nor Elda said anything about AAA. Try again.

[Elda]

To HardKnockKid24...What Traecy said is exactly what I mean. XB doesn't have any AAA first-party titles releasing at all this entire year. I do know there are 2 Indie/AA low-budget games Scorn & Warhammer:Darktide releasing later this year exclusively on XB but for the next 4 months there are no AAA XB first-party exclusives. Again no XB first-party exclusives for the entire year of 2022.

[HardKnockKid24]

@Elda, what you meant is not what was written. Doesn’t make my statement any less correct. Now if you want to talk AAA sure, that’s probably true but Xbox actually has more than a few exclusives coming this year.

[Elda]

ToHardKnock...I didn't think I had to mention exactly what I was saying in my initial comment when I said XB doesn't have any exclusives releasing this entire year. People with common sense know exactly what I'm talking about when it comes to exclusives & that's usually first-party AAA exclusives like Sony has put out throughout 2022. If you want to count 2 indie AA low-budget games by a 3rd party bonafide XB exclusives so be it but I'm quite sure those titles are timed exclusive & will be on Sony's machines one day.

[HardKnockKid24]

@elda, and now you know. Also, stop pledging allegiance to a company that will not even bat an eye when you die. Have a life

[shinoff2183]

Really says the halo and forza crowd lol. Get out of here lol

[Aloymetal]

It seems that the loud minority weren't loud enough and failed at convincing people not to buy this ''cash grab'' & ''unnecessary'' ; remake & despite several articles and comments expressing their wishes, hopes and feelings of how upset this game made them, reality and numbers crushed their dreams...

[MadLad]

The numbers aren't actually good.
They found one instance that they could make an article about the game selling well.

See you in a year when Sony isn't reporting overall sales left and right, and this is the "big get" for PS Plus.

[Aloymetal]

The bait never fails...Here you are again for the 100th time letting everyone know how salty this release makes you.

[RickRoland]

It’s sad when N4G provides a fan base more entertainment than their actual console.

[Elda]

Common sense is PS5 version of TLOU pt 1 is not going to sell as much as the original PS3 & PS4 remaster. Though the game will do some decent sales.

[SullysCigar]

Remind me, how many PS3 consoles were out there when TLOU launched? And PS4 consoles now? How does that install base compare to PS5, with it's limited availability?

Yeah...these numbers seem fine to me.

[shinoff2183]

Sony has always released numbers. Unlike ms whobgot so behind and ashamed they started releasing like hours played online and bs like that.

[darkrider]

They tried hard. Look at the top news here on the site. And the tons of bad opinions approved, but in the end nobody cares. I'm already on the second game with full gear. Having fun. That's the most important thing. I'm having fun playing this game again

[Aloymetal]

Absolutely! And yeah, I'm getting ready as well for NG+ Full loadout, just need 1 more artifact in ''The Left Behind'' dlc to get the Plat;)
Btw, I'm gonna start another run for the TLOU2 as soon as I'm done with this one.

[Elda]

Enjoy. I'm having fun as well playing the game for the second time,which my first time was the original on the PS3 9 years ago.

[MadLad]

Surrounded by no major releases.
See me in a year when we're talking about actual sales numbers.

It's selling less than actual crap games.
Kudos.

[PapaBop]

Great games will always have buyers. With many people still not being able to even get hold of a PS5, my guess would be the sales will be steady over the next few years.

[RickRoland]

See me in a year when Xbox has a game. This isn’t even counting digital sales….and it came out on a Friday.

[SoulWarrior]

They are bored, xbox has been a barren wasteland of releases so far this year, maybe another yearly forza will keep them entertained for a bit and remove this game from being rent free in their heads.

[Elda]

Agreed. I own a XBSX & besides playing old classic XB games like Gears & the new dlc for the indie game The Ascent through GP there's nothing new this entire year for XB when it comes to first party AAA games. My PS5 is always being played when it comes to AAA exclusives & multiplats.

[jznrpg]

trying to downplay this game and Sony has become a hobby for xboxers when supposedly they should be playing all these free cheap games right now .

[RickRoland]

They got nothing. Crying over loss of halo promises, flying planes in circles because they aren’t actually good at flight simulator and jumping off ramps repeatedly in Forza horizon. It’s a tough time to be an Xbox gamer...$70 is too much for this game but I guess $500 for those experiences over 2 years has been truly legendary.

[Walweeze]

I been enjoying the remake a lot and yes i played the other versions many times. Then god of war is aroumd the corner. Good time to be a gamer

[blue88]

Gamepass has some people complaining about having to buy games now 😂🤣. I don’t care if I get downvoted from saying this but Microsoft need to get the fuck out of console gaming they’re Cancerous to the console gaming industry.

[purple101]

it is a bit like spotify, who destroyed the music industry, no one buys albums anymore, just stream, in a year or two they forget the songs even existed, they don't own anything either. artists get paid pennies for thousends of downloads, where as if they sold thousends of albums, they would get thousends of $$$

an album or a game can be somenes lifes work, they deserved to be paid at least a little

,

[LoveSpuds]

Absolutely spot on!!

[Hofstaderman]

But of course and that too at 70 Dollars

[Ryuk_2007]

This comment section is like a kindergarten playground lol. Just visit any place not named n4g and you'll see that this game bomba in the U.K

[Nyxus]

It's at number 1...

[Ryuk_2007]

Selling 12.5k physical isn't something to brag about

[SoulWarrior]

It'll have good legs, especially once it drops from 70 quid.

[Elda]

Of course it is.

[GoodGuy09]

And $70 is now more acceptable for even old games with uneccessary and little upgrades lol. You bet Sony and the rest of the games industry will take that to heart.

[Star51]

back in the day, cartridge games sold at $70. And that's not even adjusting for inflation.

[derek]

@Goodguy, we have no say in how these companies will price their product save for the ability to vote with your wallet and not buy the game it's that simple. I bought the game and enjoyed playing it again for the first time it released on the ps3.

[andy85]

Bought for £53 with discounts and cashback and my eBay listing sold for £56 + £2 postage. After fees I'll have a paid a couple of £ at the most. Possible even coming out even. Well worth it and baffles me why more don't do that instead of complaining. The only way it wasn't is have you a digital console because they royally screw you.

[ocelot07]

Wait so a game being the number 1 seller (physical) is now bad and a disappointment according to some on here 🤣🤣🤣
29315;🤣.

What ever will this goldmine of a comment section produce.

[Orchard]

Selling about half of what SR did sounds about right given the price point and it being the 3rd release, 2nd remaster in under a decade.

Lots of people (like myself) waiting for it to be $10-20 or appear on PS+.

[ApocalypseShadow]

Who are you trying to fool?

If a lot of people were waiting like you and your game pass thinking, we wouldn't be in this comment section of this very article talking about it selling.

[Orchard]

Apparently I’m not alone in my “wait for the price drop” thinking if the sales are this low.

I do buy games at full price - but not the same game and it’s remasters 3 times in under a decade.

[Elda]

You may have to wait a good while for it to come to PS+. The PS4 remaster released in 2014 & didn't land on PS+ until 2019. The earliest it may release on PS+ is possibly in a year or 2.

[Orchard]

It’ll drop price on Black Friday, especially if the sales are this low.

[anast]

Of course it's sitting on top. It's a quality game.

[gold_drake]

i think we all sorta thought its gonna be number 1 in some countries again, it has a brilliant story, and if people didnt mind the 70 quid price, well thats it. i love how most of the comments here wanna tell others what to spend on their entertainment of choice lol. let them. it just shows that not everyone gives into backlash.

and yes it sold less than Saints Row, i think we all know that by now.