The Last of Us Part II [OT] Violent Delights Have Violent Ends

[Chandoo]

Oh.....
So you swing that way

 

[Chandoo]

NPD results (US only)

- TLoU 2 highest selling game of the month.
- TLoU 2 has become 3rd highest selling game of the year in a single month.
- Highest launch month in terms of revenue for any game in 2020.
- Despite a much larger worldwide launch, TLoU 2 was still behind Spider Man PS4 in the US launch period.

 

[CerebralTiger]

Get woke, go broke

 

[Chandoo]

Get woke, go broke

I was told with great confidence that the leak meant the game will flop.

 

[Nomad]

NPD results (US only)

- TLoU 2 highest selling game of the month.
- TLoU 2 has become 3rd highest selling game of the year in a single month.
- Despite a much larger worldwide launch, TLoU 2 was still behind Spider Man PS4 in the US launch period.

Let's be honest, most of these sales were due to the first game.

 

[CerebralTiger]

Let's be honest, most of these sales were due to the first game.

Pretty sure it was the zanana influence

 

[Chandoo]

Let's be honest, most of these sales were due to the first game.

Excuses have already started


Let me try this too. Ahem:

Let's be honest, most of Breath of the Wild sales were due to the previous games.
Let's be honest, most of GTA V sales were due to the previous games.
Let's be honest, most of Cyberpunk's sales will be due to CDPR's previous games.

 

[Nomad]

Pretty sure it was the zanana influence

For you maybe, definitely wasn't the case for me

Excuses have already started


Let me try this too. Ahem:

Let's be honest, most of Breath of the Wild sales were due to the previous games.
Let's be honest, most of GTA V sales were due to the previous games.
Let's be honest, most of Cyberpunk's sales will be due to CDPR's previous games.

Even IF Nintendo makes a bad Mario or Zelda game (which hasn't happened in a long time), it'll sell in millions based on fanbase for these franchises. The continued sales of the game, as in case of BOTW, are due to strengths of the game itself.

GTA V early sales were good because it was a GTA game. The number of sales it garnered after that for many many years are purely on its own merit.

Yes, many of Cyberpunk's early sales will be due to Witcher 3. Sales after the initial period will be based on the game itself.

 

[Chandoo]

Ah, so all the other examples are, or will be, because of the strengths and merits of those games.

But TLoU 2, for some reason, only broke PlayStation sales records and sold about as much as the entire PS3 versions LTD sales in a single month because .. reasons ?

Let's be honest, this is nothing but clutching at straws lol.

 

[Nomad]

Ah, so all the other examples are, or will be, because of the strengths and merits of those games.

But TLoU 2, for some reason, only broke PlayStation sales records and sold about as much as the entire PS3 versions LTD sales in a single month because .. reasons ?

Let's be honest, this is nothing but clutching at straws lol.

I guess there can never be a mature discussion on PG without fanboyism. Carry on then.

 

[Chandoo]

I guess there really can't.

A game X person doesn't like simply cannot be a commercial and critical success without caveats and excuses.

 

[Necrokiller]

I guess there can never be a mature discussion on PG without fanboyism. Carry on then.

Have a look at this guy lecturing others about some games winning on merit, but coming up with excuses when game X he doesn't like becomes a commercial and critical success.

 

[Chandoo]

Yeah, check that guy out who clearly states it as his opinion and doesn't call others fanboys when they disagree with his reasoning

Let's be honest. When someone is making bad faith arguments, they tend to crop and post selective comments, not the entire exchange.

 

[Necrokiller]

"I'm not saying it didn't win on merits, I'm saying my excuses were a bigger reason" . that's one approach

People still salty about a game's commercial and critical success after 5 years

 

[Chandoo]

Terrible comprehension of obvious post aside, still ignoring the fact how it's clearly stated as the users opinion and doesn't end with user calling anyone disagreeing with him a fanboy

I guess Nomad is right, it really is difficult to have a decent discussion without needless fanboyism being inserted

 

[Necrokiller]

But....you are a fanboy. Nomad is right. That's just a fact he pointed out lol

 

[Chandoo]

Anyone with a working eye and no bias who reads the last few posts will hard disagree.

 

[Leon]

So Troy Baker in a recent podcast said that:

"Tell me one thing that makes David the bad guy. I can state a case that David and Joel could be mirror images of each other"

Did he just compare Joel to a pedophile cannibal who tried to rape a teenager Ellie?

Its amazing how much length he is ready to go to for shitting on Joel to please uckmann..

Also uckmann in the same podcast with Troy also said that "I underestimated that how much people loved Joel"

Looks like they both need to play TLOU more than I need to play TLOU2

 

[Chandoo]

Contrary to what was said earlier, The Last of Us 2 has caused a huge spike in TLoU Remastered sales as well.

The Last Of Us Remastered Sales Spike Alongside Sequel's Huge Success

The Last of Us: Remastered rides the sequel wave.

screenrant.com

Meanwhile, people who have no interest in the game scanning through podcasts to find things to talk about

 

[CerebralTiger]

Since no one shared the OT maker's favorite critic review, I guess he'll have to do it himself

Edge - 9/10

You can't argue that Naughty Dog hasn't thrown everything at this, and though its tendency towards maximalism doesn't always work, the results are frequently astonishing. This is the kind of game you get when you have unlimited budget and manpower and no one to say when - even if you wish sometimes that someone had. As a big-budget action game, then, The Last of Us Part II is almost without peer. As a sequel to that story, it is deeply, daringly, fascinatingly flawed. [Issue#347, p.88]

Unrivaled action game that is compared to the likes of RE4.