Does the initial player base seem a little low?

[Jake-TheGreat97]

I know that PSN Profiles isn't the most accurate when it comes to these things, but other recent PlayStation exclusives have had a player base of around 20k during the first couple days of launch. 4.5k seems a little low. I'm curious what the sales number will end up being.

[DaivRules]

5 minutes ago, Jake-TheGreat97 said:

I know that PSN Profiles isn't the most accurate when it comes to these things, but other recent PlayStation exclusives have had a player base of around 20k during the first couple days of launch. 4.5k seems a little low. I'm curious what the sales number will end up being.

 

 

Remaster. PS5 Only. I have a feeling that we'd need another PS5 Only, Remastered game to do a closer comparison.


 

[insainraven]

Just my theory but this version of the game Itself seems really pointless? Like I'm going back to play and platinum the remastered version because it was free a while back. Not to mention that Platinum will be rarer just because of the multiplayer aspect. Making that Platinum (for hunters at least) just more Valuable in general.

[Leenewbe]

remaster of a remaster, not to mention available to play on ps5, I've already played it twice so even if i had a ps5 i wouldn't be forking out £70 for it. I'd assume other may feel the same.

Edited September 6, 2022 by Leenewbe

[dieselmanchild]

It’s funny, I saw the 4.5k recent players on the site here and was actually thinking the opposite. I was kind of surprised and thinking the player base seemed a little high. I don’t know.

 

The Last of Us is undoubtedly a masterpiece and it looks like they did a really great job “remaking” it, but I had kind of figured that with so many people playing the original as well as the PS4 remaster which has been dirt cheap/free for years that people might not wanna drop $70 or whatever the game is in USD (I just checked the store and it’s a whopping $90 CAD pre-taxes) on a game that is really not that much different or better looking than the remastered experience. At least not at that price tag.
 

I’m guessing the main draw for people on this site would be the significantly easier platinum trophy, but beyond that it seems kinda pointless to buy this tbh. Even with how much I love this game, I already platinumed it 2x and wouldn’t want to touch it again for at least a few years. But that’s just me. Wonder how many people feel the same? ? 
 

[Lawless_Llama]

I agree with @Leenewbe, it's a recent enough title that most people would have played either the original on PS3 or remaster on PS4 relatively recently. Though I do think it looks fantastic in this latest release, I'm not going to purchase it again. I don't have an issue with someone who is a big fan of TLOU games digging into this new release, but it's just not for me. I will perhaps pick it up on sale a few years down the line when I have the itch to re-experience the story. 

[Dreakon13]

It's been a long time and the remakester is a good excuse to play it again and marathon it with TLOU2's PS5 update.  I'm eager, but I still haven't picked it up, so not that eager I guess.

Edited September 6, 2022 by Dreakon13

[FinallyGaming_]

I love this game. I got it Day 1 on PS3 and Day 1 trade in (you traded in the ps3 version, you got the ps4 version discounted) and got the plat for both. I don't like mp games but I really enjoyed it on TLOU. That being said, I'm not dropping 70$ for this when I have a huge backlog so I'll play those first while the price goes down to 20 and below. I can wait. I'll get it, just not right now.

[sepheroithisgod]

I love TLoU, but refuse to pay $70 for it again and they didn't even bring back the Multiplayer. Imagine paying more money for the same game with less content.

[UnstoppableRock1]

Nobody asked for TLOU to be remade 5 years after a remaster had come out, that's why 

Sony should have funneled resources into remaking a game that people haven't played to death since 2013 - or even better, a new IP 

There's already way too many remakes and remasters on the market. I understand re-releasing collections of PS2 games, as in many cases it's been 20 years since the titles had been released, and many players haven't had the chance to play them then, but come on 

 

[yowzagabowza]

1 hour ago, DaivRules said:

 

 

Remaster. PS5 Only. I have a feeling that we'd need another PS5 Only, Remastered game to do a closer comparison.


 

Demon's Souls. And it was pretty popular : )

 

I know, I know, it doesn't count, whatever. It's the closest thing to this, though. 

[UnstoppableRock1]

12 minutes ago, yowzagabowza said:

Demon's Souls. And it was pretty popular : )

 

I know, I know, it doesn't count, whatever. It's the closest thing to this, though. 

 

DS Remake was a bit different though

 

1) The original game was somewhat niche, the Soulsborne genre took off with Dark Souls. A lot of people didn't play the original, whereas I imagine that most people who own a PS3 / PS4 did indeed play the original TLOU or the remaster

 

2) Demon's Souls was the only PS5-exclusive launch title, everything else was a cross-gen release 

[DaivRules]

22 minutes ago, yowzagabowza said:

Demon's Souls. And it was pretty popular : )

 

I know, I know, it doesn't count, whatever. It's the closest thing to this, though. 

 

 

Thats my point. Comparing this to the “closest thing” isn’t quite a helpful comparison to make a decent deduction. 
 

 

[yowzagabowza]

10 minutes ago, UnstoppableRock1 said:

 

DS Remake was a bit different though

 

1) The original game was somewhat niche, the Soulsborne genre took off with Dark Souls. A lot of people didn't play the original, whereas I imagine that most people who own a PS3 / PS4 did indeed play the original TLOU or the remaster

 

2) Demon's Souls was the only PS5-exclusive launch title, everything else was a cross-gen release 

So... you're saying it made more sense for DA to be redone? I agree!

2 minutes ago, DaivRules said:

 

 

Thats my point. Comparing this to the “closest thing” isn’t quite a helpful comparison to make a decent deduction. 
 

 

Eh, it's a brand new game, they always have a lot of players in the first week. This one doesn't and we all know why 

[TheRedMaverick]

The only version of this game I would even consider buying at full price is the Firefly Edition and they made the mind boggling decision to ONLY release it in the US and ONLY from PlayStation Direct. I get that it might be due to some kind of licensing issues with the included comics (pure speculation/rumors) but regardless of the reason, it felt like a slap in the face.

[DrBloodmoney]

Probably too early to tell - but it wouldn’t surprise me if the sales numbers are soft.

Frankly, I really can’t think of a worse time for this game to launch at $70.

 

Think about how many people have literally just signed up for PS+ Extra / PS+ Premium…

 

…every one of those folks will be looking at a big old list of games that are free on the service that are only a year or two old,  seeing that this is a Sony Owned game,  putting two and two together…

…and not getting $70.

 

I’d imagine that - even  folks who want to play this version (I’m one of them) - are happy to wait a bit and see if it gets put on the service.

 

 

Edited September 6, 2022 by DrBloodmoney

[tony_snake_24]

5 minutes ago, TheRedMaverick said:

The only version of this game I would even consider buying at full price is the Firefly Edition and they made the mind boggling decision to ONLY release it in the US and ONLY from PlayStation Direct. I get that it might be due to some kind of licensing issues with the included comics (pure speculation/rumors) but regardless of the reason, it felt like a slap in the face.

And then they packaged it so poorly that they all arrived broken. Just wonderful!

[EDGES]

multiple factors

$70 price in a bad economy for less content, no MP

bad taste on the IP after TLOU2, for a lot of people the franchise is dead at this point

more games have done better what TLOU did when it came out so it's not special anymore

zombie stories are not hot anymore

people got used to higher standards of rereleases, RE2, FF7

the ps4 remaster is on any PS+ tier and is already 4k native with great prerendered cutscenes and in many's opinion has better art direction/character designs, mp included

people got tired of rereleases

it just has everything possible working against it

[SeedersPhD]

This game really should've just gone up on one of the higher PS+ tiers as a free drop considering how little it offers to consumers. I can literally buy The Last of Us Remastered (the PS4 one) for less then a month of PS+ Essential.

 

Sony really lost their nut with this one...which isn't actually all that unusual for Sony but I'd like to believe they know better...

[Foxscribbles]

2 hours ago, DaivRules said:

Remaster. PS5 Only. I have a feeling that we'd need another PS5 Only, Remastered game to do a closer comparison.

 

You could maybe do it with Uncharted 4's PS5 version. But that was significantly cheaper if you already owned a copy of UC4. You didn't have to drop $70 for it if you already owned it on PS4.

Plus it came with Lost Legacy, so there was a whole other game attached to it too. Not just a DLC bundled in.

 

 

[Guest]

Only people with very large income or who don't care about their money, or who have never played Tlou 1 and want to try this version, are buying it now. It's almost like an "oh look, I have a lot of cash on hand" thing. Even if you can afford it, you still have to consider whether the need exists.

[EightBitArtist]

hope it tanks to send a message to not charge $70 for a game thats been released twice already and has content missing from earlier versions. factions should be out already and this game surely delayed the release of that by taking teams members off that game and put on this game.

[BamBamBradley]

I haven't played this game since the original release and im excited to play through it again with the upgraded graphics.

[The Alchemist]

2 hours ago, UnstoppableRock1 said:

Sony should have funneled resources into remaking a game that people haven't played to death since 2013 - or even better, a new IP 

 

Well if we're going by the story of how this remake even came about to begin with, one of the talking points is how it was taking too long and costing too much for the type of project it is, which is why it was handed over to Naughty Dog to finish it and get it done properly. Who knows what state it would be in if not for that, so if anything they saved resources by handing it off to ND. 

 

And ND are absolutely working on a new IP alongside Factions and whatever else they might have going on, you can pretty much guarantee it. I don't know where people get this idea that a huge development studio can only work on one project at a time, or that Sony has very limited resources and anything that's being worked on is simultaneously taking away from other projects. 

 

51 minutes ago, EightBitArtist said:

Factions should be out already and this game surely delayed the release of that by taking teams members off that game and put on this game.

 

Eh, no? It's been mentioned on numerous occasions now that this new 'Factions' game kept growing beyond it's initial scope and kept getting bigger and more ambitious, to the point it became its own thing to begin with, separate from Part II. Part I has absolutely nothing to do with it development on Factions or anything else for that matter. This project gave staff a chance to do something whilst those other projects get off the ground and allowed them to get to grips with the PS5 in the meantime. 

[M-C83]

I don't know why but I was under the impression the faction's standalone multiplayer would be free to those who purchased the last of us part 2. It's been so long I forget. This damn dev can go to hell. I'm past caring after what they did in part 2. They have cocked this brand up right up. I hope this re-re-release... also tanks.