The Last Of Us: Release Shows A Possible Trilogy From Its Registered Domains

Pinoytutorial: Registered domains within "lastofus.com" shows a possibility that it may be a part of a trilogy similar with Naughty Dog's Uncharted franchise. Details on this report.

[Nitrowolf2]

well Naughty Dog tends to do things in three, 4 if you count the racing series though I think that stopped.

[PLASTICA-MAN]

Huh? This confirms the PS4 will be many years away. Knowing Naughty Dog, they will only release new franchises on new Playstation platforms. Anyway, I'm fine with it as long as they do have graphical jumps like seen with this game.
The PS4 can only send you to paradise.

For infos, companies must register domains for their products so other stupid people won't take them by chance or for the nugging. Considering the domain www.thelastofus.com was already taken (by sth looking silly), it's sad for Naughty Dog to be only left with www.lastofus.com when the game is caled "THE Last Of Us". Granting these domains so early indicates the fear of Naughty Dog to see lastofus2.com and lastofus3.com domains taken by some random sadistic jokers. For the time being, it is only precautions measures, but also some hidden proofs of Sony schedule of releasing the PS4.

Edit:@-Alpha, Naughty Dog, before the release of the PS2, clearly stated that they don't want the return of mascots on new systems. We surely won't see Jak And Daxter 4 coming neiter to PS3 nor PS4. Uncharted won't continue on PS4 too even if their stories weren't finished (Daxter didn't get his intial form back, Uncharted 3 ending isn't a closure, Crash Games too). The same will happen to The Last Of Us. Maybe other companies will take the franchises aand continue them like what happened with Crash and Spyro.

[-Alpha]

I'm pretty sure the PS4 is coming before Last of Us 3, and I doubt Last of Us is going to be released at an annual rate. That would put the PS4 at 2015 at the earliest.

If there is a trilogy, then it will likely move on to the PS4 when the time comes, which wouldn't be a bad idea, because it helps to have familiar IPs for a new console.

The fact that ND is developing this game breaks tradition enough, considering that ND has only done one main IP per console. I think if anything, this shows how much ND has evolved. They now have a "B" team to do this series and it really shows how much they've grown and how big they've become for Sony. Things change, and I think ND's success this gen evolves their outlook as a result

[Sevir]

ND's "4TH Franchise" in the industry a franchise mean's more than one iterations! or a chain of things all related to each other! So this will likely have one entry on the PS3 and the other 2 come out on the PS4 or 1 on the Vita and one on the PS4..

[kneon]

I think The Last of Us will be the one of the last big PS3 exclusives, and no not because of the name :)

I expect we'll get TLOU a few months or so before the PS4 announcement. Then we'll get Uncharted 4 as a PS4 launch title or at least within a few months of launch. Then having established a new fan base for TLOU we'll see the second installment a year or so after UC4.

Unlike the PS3 launch I expect for the PS4 they should be able to have a pretty consistent release train of high profile exclusives right from the beginning.

[despair]

speak for yourself, I'm still hoping for Uncharted Racing :)

[buddymagoo]

They should just give us the characters as drivers to use in GT5.

[Thatguy-310]

If its true could it be that this game could very be a next gen exclusive? I mean the trailer said that the game is running on the ps3 meaning that ps4 won't be much different. I say this because I doubt Sony will make a console that has a 600 $ price tag? Next Gen might be closer than we think. I beloved 2013 will be the year ..this also goes back to the news that some of Sony's major studios have started to work on next gen games.

[Bereaver]

dboyc310, prices on production of things related to what's needed in the PS4 have dropped dramatically. There's no more severe R&D, more efficient production, and cheaper supplies.
We will have a jump just as much as the ps2 to ps3 without half the cost because most of it was funded during the making of the ps3. (R&D) That's why it was $600.

But no, I disagree with you. The last of us will start with PS3 and and continue on to the PS4 in it's later iterations.

[DigitalAnalog]

If anybody learned from the recent "modernwarfare3.com" that was held by a BF fan shows that one should secure domains regardless if a sequel is coming or not.

[turgore]

If anything I hope the last of us 2 or 3 will be on the ps4. Would have a huge leap in graphics. This game already looks like CGI

[PLASTICA-MAN]

In still hope there will be multiplayer mode

[Prcko]

i hope not!
I want ONE GAME on market with 110% singleplayer story!!!

[GribbleGrunger]

agreed. multiplayer destroys the immersion and turns every game into nothing more than i kill or be killed game. BORING

[omi25p]

Batman Arkham City
Elder Scrolls V: Skryim
Alan Wake
Infamous 2

[delicia]

Yeah, I also prefer singleplayer over mp.

[Bereaver]

Well, there's so many people demanding multiplayer to not just be "slapped on" and actually be part of the game. Whereas you guys don't want it at all. It's quite a conundrum.

[JTX]

I hope it's strictly single player, and not open world.

[No FanS Land]

I pretty sure it's open world, but it might be a progressive open world game.

You start with a linear pattern and as more as you come to move obstacle in the city it connects the the pattern to gain that open world feel.

IMO, I think it might use a Dark Souls style of open world.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Amen, open world would compromise the narrative and graphics.

[RedHotChiliPepaSpray]

Multiplayer in this type of game would simply not work. On and offline co-op however would be great

[BoNeSaW23]

Yeah because that worked so well for Bioshock 2 and Dead Space 2 tacking on a horrific MP.
I hope this is a Mature Single player, character driven story that last 30-40 hrs.

[brodychet]

It's been confirmed, there will be no Multiplayer or co-op.

[DonaldBeck]

great
@prcko nice avatar man, its cool.

[Bathyj]

Well der. A sequels a no brainer in this day and age. Every good game gets one, though it might end up on PS4, (good incentive to get one if you want to continue with the series.)

And a successful sequel means a trilogy is right behind it.

[The Great Melon]

Game development is different than it use to be. People might complain about the trilogies, but many of the games that will probably come out in the future will have been envisioned as multiple games from the beginning. Sure, this might lead to things like Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed with no end in sight, but good developers like Naughty Dog might use a game like The Last of Us as a watershed for games that require multiple games for a fantastic story.

Many games and movies that are trilogies are introduced as single entries like Pirates of the Caribbean or Uncharted, but it is nice to see things like Lord of the Rings that knew what it was from the beginning. Such movies and games either require a source material that is ensured to be a hit or backing from a 1st party that enable such a vision.

[tdogchristy90]

I would actual like to see them keep it to a single game maybe. With such an emotion/driven story I feel it takes away if you stretch it out. i.e. Quantic dreams keeping heavy rain a single story.

[No FanS Land]

Setting like: I Am Legend. Check

Plot, feeling and emotion like Cormac McCarthy's The road, I sure Hope!

I've been waiting for a couple years for this kind of survival game. Day one!

[wedgie]

this is putting the cart a little before the horse. I am excited too, but let's not get to far ahead of ourselves. The game was only shown last night for the the first time...

[TopDudeMan]

Yeah, that's characteristic of ND. They love trilogies.

[SquidBuck]

How bout we play the game before we talk about a trilogy. We don't even know what the game will be like yet.

[WhiteLightning]

I don't know...I think it's justa saftey net, kind of like a "what if" they could do a trilogy.

With a game like this I'd rather see them do a nice well done story that wraps things up nicely at the end. It's not like Uncharted where Nathan can go on a load of adventures.

[DanSolo]

Well there's nothing to say there cannot be more than one story in Post Apocalyptica....

If the characters survive the first story, I'm pretty sure they are still gonna be living in a dangerous world.

Even if the story were to have some sort of hunt for a cure, I couldn't imagine that being in the first game.... that sounds like more of a third game sort of thing lol.

It's all just total speculation at the moment though, once we have some more concrete info perhaps we will have a better idea!

[DarkBlood]

alright cant wait for the second one already lol ...... *dies a few months later*

[TXIDarkAvenger]

Looks like a great game.

So if it turns out to be good, then I hope they do make sequels.

[eak3]

This game looks very entertaining, while I'm still hoping for another game from the Heavy Rain crew!

[Soldierone]

All the people stating "this means PS4 is far away" it doesn't. For one perhaps this is being made for PS4? We don't know for a fact it can't change, or something is hidden.

Second. Sony obviously has learned how to launch a system correctly finally. You might have a full fledged lineup of new ideas, but its familar titles that help push sales. If they get this going and get it popular then when they say the second is on PS4, it means a WHOLE lot more than if it was simply launched on PS4. I won't be surprised if their other studios pull similar moves.

[DanSolo]

Yeah you are right when you say; new IP's are great for a system, but it's familiar franchises that pull in the numbers.

Nintendo is known for Zelda and Mario... they sell well.

Microsoft is known for Halo, it sells well.

Sony didn't really launch with any familiar games that I can think of (although I'm sure someone can prove that is wrong, but the fact I can't think of one for them shows it wasn't big).

But Sony have brought out the most good new IP's this gen, so they would be foolish not to carry them on next gen.
You know MS will be taking Halo and Gears over along with a few others.
Nintendo will obviously be doing Mario and Zelda... it's written in stone somewhere.
So although Sony may not have faired as well in sales, they have a greater variety of new IP's to carry over... plus obviously bringing out more new ones as the next system launches!

[Slyfamous]

Did any one else get that "I am Legend vibe" in the trailer? Anyway this game busts that whole 2012 PS4 release rumor out the window.