A few hours ago the Twitter account of Arne Meyer, vice president of Naughty Dog, revealed that The Last of Us: Part 2 has reached the impressive milestone of 10 million copies sold worldwide. The second game in the franchise was released for PlayStation 4 in 2020. The first chapter had instead sold 8 million between PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4.
Delighted to share our @SummerGameFest announcement: The Last of Us Part II surpassed 10 million copies sold earlier this year! Congrats to all @Naughty_Dog! Thanks to all at SIE, our partners, and all our fans for supporting our studio and our games.
Love you all! 🖤🖤🖤 pic.twitter.com/fZkIBgCW4u– arne (@arnemeyer) June 9, 2022
The Last of Us: the first chapter arrives on PS5, while the second reaches record sales
The news comes exactly the day after Sony’s expected announcement, which has formalized a remake of Part 1 for PlayStation 5. The remake will allow Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Naughty Dog to make the most of the graphics power of the new-gen console. .
Meanwhile, HBO continues to work on the television adaptation of the now iconic video game. The story will follow the events of both chapters of the game. In the cast of the TV series, in the role of the protagonists, we will find Pedro Pascal and the very young Bella Ramsey.
The story of the game is set in one post-apocalyptic scenario, 20 years after the beginning of a zombie outbreak on Earth. These creatures, called Infected, were affected by a parasite born from the mutation of the fungus Cordyceps, which now infects and kills humans as well as animals. The protagonists of the videogame are Joel ed Ellietwo strangers who will find themselves having to establish a strong bond, learning to trust each other. Joel is a smuggler who knew the world before the apocalypse and who during the early stages of the catastrophe lost his daughter while Ellie – which has only 14 years – was born in the midst of the spread of the parasite.