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[Rolla]

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.

Source:

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

PlayStation dominated June thanks to the release of The Last of Us Part 2, according to the latest GfK market data. The…

www.gamesindustry.biz

And that's not counting digital

 

[AV]

You're telling me, I'm having a surprisingly hard time selling my copy for a good amount on eBay. Very rarely an issue. Seems like most of the people that want this thing here already bought it.

 

[Guilty_AI]

I still can't believe how GTAV is still sitting there on these top sales lists every year.

 

[leo-j]

Masterpiece of a game so happy it is doing well.

 

[kraspkibble]

yeah, ok, but let's see how it lasts.

of course it was gonna sell well at launch because the original was amazing but i can't see it keeping high sales. will soon be £5 sitting next to Anthem. they probably made a shit load of copies but will struggle to shift them all so i expect prices to bomb soon.

 

[REE Machine]

yeah, ok, but let's see how it lasts.

of course it was gonna sell well at launch because the original was amazing but i can't see it keeping high sales. will soon be £5 sitting next to Anthem. they probably made a shit load of copies but will struggle to shift them all so i expect prices to bomb soon.

It will be over ten million and that will be a shit ton of copies, hell will probably break 15 too

 

[Petaya Berry]

I still can't believe how GTAV is still sitting there on these top sales lists every year.

I never saw a video of this game, but if they launch it for the Switch (lol), I would probably buy.
The last one that I played, Chinatown Wars (DS), have bad controls, otherwise was a nice game.

 

[AnkitDanger]

I doubt if it will surpass the total sales of Animal Crossing

 

[leo-j]

Only a decade ago did we have games doing 3 million being a highlight for the ps3/360 era.

 

[down 2 orth]

All those words sure sound a lot nicer than "80% drop in sales".

 

[Woopah]

I doubt if it will surpass the total sales of Animal Crossing

That's probably true, very few games released this year are going to outsell Animal Crossing.

Its a long shot but TLOU might have a slim chance to do it in the UK, as Nintendo isn't as strong here as in some other European markets.

 

[mejin]

That's why Sony doesn't need to trash talk like MS for the next gen race.

 

[AV]

That's probably true, very few games released this year are going to outsell Animal Crossing.

Its a long shot but TLOU might have a slim chance to do it in the UK, as Nintendo isn't as strong here as in some other European markets.

The pandemic firmly increased AC sales, at least here. A looot of incredibly bored people with no work who otherwise might not have touched it. Definitely not the same case for TLOU2.

 

[prinz_valium]

I doubt if it will surpass the total sales of Animal Crossing

Of course not.
Full 2020 yearly charts will be super interesting in January 2021
I doubt The Last of Us will even make it into the top 10.
Just to many juggernauts this year.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

What's animal crossings numbers outside of japan?

 

[Bryank75]

Of course not.
Full 2020 yearly charts will be super interesting in January 2021
I doubt The Last of Us will even make it into the top 10.
Just to many juggernauts this year.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Isn't the PS brand huge over there? Could be doing better. We've had 3 dead months. (on the PS)

 

[AV]

You're telling me, I'm having a surprisingly hard time selling my copy for a good amount on eBay. Very rarely an issue. Seems like most of the people that want this thing here already bought it.

I figured out why it wasn't selling. eBay automatically filled in the title as "Part II", not "Part 2", so there's tons of people currently trying to undercut each other without realising what's happening to them. That's pretty funny. Changed it to a 2 and it sold 10 minutes later.

 

[Hobbygaming]

Of course not.
Full 2020 yearly charts will be super interesting in January 2021
I doubt The Last of Us will even make it into the top 10.
Just to many juggernauts this year.

What in the world is going on in here lol

 

[Birdo]

There are several eye witness reports of Neil Druckmann walking on water.

 

[AV]

Of course not.
Full 2020 yearly charts will be super interesting in January 2021
I doubt The Last of Us will even make it into the top 10.
Just to many juggernauts this year.

Lol what? This is one of the biggest. This, AC, Cyberpunk, Tsushima, probably Avengers too.

 

[Hobbygaming]

TLOU Part II will be one of the best selling games in 2020 easily

 

[Rolla]

Update. TLOU2 sold more in June than the rest of the top 10 best sellers combined.



That mindshare...

 

[Hobbygaming]

Well deserved for 2020's GOTY

 

[Woopah]

The pandemic firmly increased AC sales, at least here. A looot of incredibly bored people with no work who otherwise might not have touched it. Definitely not the same case for TLOU2.

The pandemic firmly increased AC sales, at least here. A looot of incredibly bored people with no work who otherwise might not have touched it. Definitely not the same case for TLOU2.

Sure, i think it's still a long shot but if it does happen it's more likely to happen in the UK then in France or Germany.

 

[thelastword]

2020's GOTY knows no bounds. An awesome game with awesome reviews is rewarded with record breaking sales......

When they finally include digital and tally the numbers at the end of the month, it will probably be northwards of 15 million. This should be glorious....

 

[Woggleman]

The game is still number one an Amazon and the standard and deluxe edition both take up the first two spots on the PSN store. For a game that is so hated it seems like a lot of people are paying money to play it.

 

[MDSLKTR]

Update. TLOU2 sold more in June than the rest of the top 10 best sellers combined.



That mindshare...

O OliverKahn

 

[Yoboman]

I still can't believe how GTAV is still sitting there on these top sales lists every year.

Its really bizarre. Its like there is no lid on its sales potential.

I wonder if the constant sales is just a regular flow of people becoming old enough for either 1) their parents to buy it for them after years of begging or 2) becoming legally old enough to buy it themselves

 

[Yoboman]

The game is still number one an Amazon and the standard and deluxe edition both take up the first two spots on the PSN store. For a game that is so hated it seems like a lot of people are paying money to play it.

The controversies willingly have the opposite effect the haters want, with people wanting to get in and understand what all the fuss is

 

[Lionel Richie]

I doubt if it will surpass the total sales of Animal Crossing

It will not surpass the total sales of Animal Crossing. You can be sure of few things in life, but this is one of them.

 

[MagnesG]

The controversies willingly have the opposite effect the haters want, with people wanting to get in and understand what all the fuss is

But the reception will still be divisive at the end, especially on how they work out the pacing of the game.

 

[Woggleman]

But the reception will still be divisive at the end, especially on how they work out the pacing of the game.

Some of the most successful and well regarded pieces of art were divisive at the time. If ND played it safe and made the fatherhood simulator with zombies that many people seem to want then people would be calling it boring and more of the same.

 

[MagnesG]

Some of the most successful and well regarded pieces of art were divisive at the time. If ND played it safe and made the fatherhood simulator with zombies that many people seem to want then people would be calling it boring and more of the same.

The story is divisive, but the gameplay is pretty much the same for the most part, with an extra 10h of playtime compared to the first time.

It gets worse when you are not enjoying the story and you have to go through the gameplay with that kind of pacing. Personally.

 

[Woggleman]

The gameplay to me at least is actually a big improvement over the first one and even many who dislike the game will concede that.

 

[Woggleman]

This is what many people wanted the game to be and it would have sucked.

 

[Shakka43]

Of course not.
Full 2020 yearly charts will be super interesting in January 2021
I doubt The Last of Us will even make it into the top 10.
Just to many juggernauts this year.

And TLoU isn't?
Hate for the game has surely blinded a lot of folks here into passing their hopes as facts.

 

[Kerotan]

I never saw a video of this game, but if they launch it for the Switch (lol), I would probably buy.
The last one that I played, Chinatown Wars (DS), have bad controls, otherwise was a nice game.

GTA V is worth buying a ps4/ps5 alone for and the game is on a completely different level to Chinatown wars.

 

[Lionel Richie]

This is what many people wanted the game to be and it would have sucked.

Resetera trying to come up with a meme everybody.

 

[Thugnificient]

Only a decade ago did we have games doing 3 million being a highlight for the ps3/360 era.

Whut? Halo 3 sold almost 15M and the COD games sold 20M+ back then.

 

[THEAP99]

but but muh 80% drop..

Them hitting 10 million in sales by August, is that a stretch?

I imagine August is when Sony will touch on PS5 enhancements for backward compatible titles like TLOU2 and Ghost. Would be sweet it announce it reached 10 million in sales when they announce the ps5 enhancements and stand-alone multiplayer.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

Multiplayer will probably release when sales slow down dramatically. So im guessing around PS5 launch.

 

[Explosive Zombie]

Whut? Halo 3 sold almost 15M and the COD games sold 20M+ back then.

You're using the most extreme examples. 6 360 games exceeded 10 million units sold and that's whole lifespan (as far as we can tell) when we're discussing opening weekends for games. " Reuters UK estimated that Halo 3 may have sold up to 5.2 million copies worldwide in the first two weeks after launch.[66] "

 

[GymWolf]

This is what many people wanted the game to be and it would have sucked.

Wait a moment, ellie last name is straight??

It's like if tera patrick last name was virgin...

 

[Hobbygaming]

The story is divisive, but the gameplay is pretty much the same for the most part, with an extra 10h of playtime compared to the first time.

It gets worse when you are not enjoying the story and you have to go through the gameplay with that kind of pacing. Personally.

The gameplay is exceptional, it's the best part of the game

 

[MagnesG]

The gameplay is exceptional, it's the best part of the game

You do you. It's average at best for meveven in the first entry, and I don't know about MP, but the AIs are painfully dumb throughout both games.

 

[Hobbygaming]

You do you. It's average at best for meveven in the first entry, and I don't know about MP, but the AIs are painfully dumb throughout both games.

Lmao sure Jan. The AI flanks you, knows how to get angles to shoot you while you're in cover, they search for you even under trucks and while you're in tall grass they can still see you moving. They know when you're out of ammo and communicate that to others, they also call out when you're trapped/pinned down or if you decide to run away

It might not be for you but the game is great

 

[Oddvintagechap]

Lmao sure Jan. The AI flanks you, knows how to get angles to shoot you while you're in cover, they search for you even under trucks and while you're in tall grass they can still see you moving. They know when you're out of ammo and communicate that to others, they also call out when you're trapped/pinned down or if you decide to run away

It might not be for you but the game is great

They always say the same bullshit. Naughty must be making the best stories of all time, if they think the gameplay sucks that much. Yet other insist its the worst stories of all time, carried by gameplay. Then again, if you watch any play throughs, you understand why they say it sucks. They have no clue who to use the character’s moveset.

 

[MagnesG]

Lmao sure Jan. The AI flanks you, knows how to get angles to shoot you while you're in cover, they search for you even under trucks and while you're in tall grass they can still see you moving. They know when you're out of ammo and communicate that to others, they also call out when you're trapped/pinned down or if you decide to run away

It might not be for you but the game is great

Lol of course you forgot the the AI partner shit backup, not to mention the enemies all follow the same pattern at the end when going through the set pieces, just go stealth and QTEs the same button when ambushed, a fixed corridor ambush every time.

Fuck me the the gameplay was great right, boring as fuck when it hits the 6th hours. I know they tried improving a bit, some of the stuff they did was commendable but it still not enough to compensate the horrendous pacing. Good for you but I'm not gonna go through that again.

 

[Hobbygaming]

They always say the same bullshit. Naughty must be making the best stories of all time, if they think the gameplay sucks that much. Yet other insist its the worst stories of all time, carried by gameplay. Then again, if you watch any play throughs, you understand why they say it sucks. They have no clue who to use the character’s moveset.

Yeah, it always sounds like they're reading it from some generic ND hate handbook lol and it always sounds so off base from what ND games are actually like

ND is the best