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maximilianjenus



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:10 am Reply with quote
Cam0 wrote:
El Hermano wrote:
The obvious example to use is the original Last of Us which reached 20 million copies sold so it's perfectly doable.


If we are to use your metrics then the original Last of Us "only" sold like 1.3 million units in its first week. The 4 million units you stated that Part 2 sold were achieved in the first few days. Hard to say whether Part 2 will ever exceed the original's numbers, but your clearly just cherry picking facts that fit the narrative your trying to sell.

Not really, he totally beat You, it's looks like You are sidetracking and nitpicking to try to have a point. That happened when Minecraft was mentioned as an exammple against when in fact is an example in favour.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 12:41 pm Reply with quote
maximilianjenus wrote:

Not really, he totally beat You, it's looks like You are sidetracking and nitpicking to try to have a point. That happened when Minecraft was mentioned as an exammple against when in fact is an example in favour.


The original Last of Us was used as a point that shooter games can have wide appeal because it sold 20 million units in its lifetime while Part 2 was used to make a point that good graphics don't necessarily cause good sales because Part 2 "only" sold 4 million units in its launch weekend. That user clearly has an axe to grind when it comes to Last of Us Part 2 because that game was the best selling Playstation exclusive at launch. I'm calling out the obvious underhanded attempt at trying to discredit Last of Us Part 2's success.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 12:58 pm Reply with quote
Cam0 wrote:
If we are to use your metrics then the original Last of Us "only" sold like 1.3 million units in its first week. The 4 million units you stated that Part 2 sold were achieved in the first few days.


This is an excellent point -- though I imagine sequels to popular games probably tend to have more heavily front-loaded sales distributions from pre-orders, so I'd expect even more rapid deceleration in sales than is already normal for videogames.

I'd also point out that the first Last Of Us has been out for 7 years, including a re-master. Kind of silly to compare its overall sales figures to those of a game that's only been around for a half-year.
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