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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Barkley 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.

It had the highest selling launch of any PS4 exclusive, and you think it will sell less than half of games like Uncharted 4 or Spiderman? Ok bud.

It'll be over 10m sold by the end of the year.

Most likely after they discount the game massively and/or do a console bundle like they have had to do for their other exclusives...  As for "selling better" to clarify I mean legs, not quantity. 

For the record, I voted for 9-9.9 so I think the game will still sell just fine, but without the Japanese market I don't see it hitting 10 million before it is heavily impacted by the PS5 debut and other new games... it is already being outsold by Paper Mario, Animal Crossing, and Mario Kart 8 on Amazon...

Last edited by scottslater - on 10 July 2020