HBO’s The Last of Us TV show is pushing the game up the sales charts
by Jay Peters from The Verge - All Posts on (#68TQQ)
Ellie and Joel in The Last of Us: Part I. | Image: Sony The huge success of The Last of Us' HBO series has seemingly led to a big sales bump for the newly released remaster of the first TLOU game. According to a new report from the NPD Group, The Last of Us: Part I jumped from number 36 on its best-seller chart in December to number 11 in January, the month the series premiered.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt saw its own boost in popularity following the release of Netflix's The Witcher series in 2019, while Cyberpunk 2077 jumped up Steam's charts after Cyberpunk: Edgerunners came out in September. But for The Last of Us, Sony had almost definitely been preparing for a rise in interest in the series due to the show, so I'm guessing it's not too surprising to see that the game is selling more.
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