The Last of Us Part II sold through more than 4m copies during its first weekend. Lifetime sales expectations for the PS4 version alone?

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Marth said:

scottslater said:

Yeah, crash and burn was expected and is already down to #5 in the chart.  And as I said, the US buying trends tend to match the Japanese market more than the European market which isn't a good sign for this game.  It will not have legs and no one will be talking about the game in a couple months just like FF7.  FF7 has already been outsold on Amazon this year by games 3 years old...  Sony Exclusives are heavily front loaded and trail off quickly and with the new systems coming this year I just don't see the PS4 version selling any better than how the PS3 version of the first game did.

Did I stutter or what?

It did NOT crash and burn in Japan.

If anything it did better than most games of its kind. Digital ratio will be strong compared to many other games in Japan.
It sold out its initial shipment easily and did not need price drops to sell. But it is a western action adventure in Japan on the PS4 so the appeal was always going to be limited. It would NEVER perform like a Final Fantasy or Monster Hunter or even a Gran Turismo.

I know there are people out there that want to see this game fail badly by any means but they are grasping at straws here.

Tlou2 performance is fine and worldwide its doing great. Don't kid yourselves.

Did I stutter? Anyway you slice it, it is still a failure overall in that market, period, and the Japanese market is very important to overall success.

Just because it has performed better than the last game doesn't mean anything.  No one is "grasping" at straws here, I'm asking for very relevant sales data to get an idea of how it is performing, the NA market will be the most important market for this game in terms of it being successful overall in terms of sales.  You have to remember that TLOU got a sales boost by being included in a console bundle.