The Last of us crosses the 4 million milestone

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Shinobi-san said:

SxyxS said:

LurkerJ said:
The game sold 3.4m in its first 3 weeks. 600k in the following 6 months? Something is off.

Exactly what i thought and why i was shocked when i read about the mestone being just 4 mio small.

 

This game has sold constantly 30-50k since until now the sales dropped.

40weeks x 40k =1.6 mio.

+ it was heavy bundled.

This should be closer to 6 mio than to 4 without digital sales.

6 million? In just over a year? For  new IP?

Uncharted doesnt even do that...

If you sell 3.4 mio in the first three weaks it is almost impossible not to sell 50% of that(=1.7mio copies) in the following 40 weaks.

Especially when  you can justify the hype and keep up momentum with more than 200 goty awards this game got+ heavy bundling.

3.4mio+50%=5.1+an average of 20% digital=6mio.

It doesn't matter wether an IP is new or not,as soon as it reaches a certain status the sales will follow almost always the same patter.

3.4 mio in the first three weeks and just 700.000 in the following 40weeks would mean a sub 20k average /week in the following 40 weeks.That's almost impossible.