It's just not the cultural phenomenon part 1 was.
Its selling faster then 1...
They did in 1 month, what took the first 1 13 months... We'd have to wait years to see that full picture as you are trying to judge the game based on about a year and a few months vs a 8 year old game. Thats like looking at the 80% drop after GTA V's release and saying some shit like "its juts not the cultural phenomenon GTA SA was" as if in 1 fucking year, GTA SA sold 100% of all that it was ever going to sell or something. So in 1 year, none of us knew The Last Of Us 1 would move 20 million, just like none of us knew GTA V would move over 100 million, just like folks didn't know Star Wars Battlefront would move 15 million, they simply look at a drop from the charts at like 80% and then fucking start making some narrative on why it MUST have not been a um "cultural phenomenon" vs some other title, disregarding that they have't even given it the equal to know if thats the case.
Sir...if you closely look at charts, several of the best selling games of all time, have also dropped from those charts to a tune of 80% drips post launch. That would mean using your exact same logic in 2015, you'd argue Fallout 4 flopped, you'd argue Uncharted 4 flopped as it dropped like 78% in sales post launch, its the best selling Uncharted game..... so if you don't know this, of course you are under this odd impression that looking at a chart means flop or not when a game could not appear in the top 20 and still break many records.
So they don't need to announce anything right now, today or anything of the sort, using your logic for years we didn't hear about God Of War selling 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 million etc, so that should be a flop too? I mean for years they are not telling you something right? For YEARS it wasn't in the fucking top 20 on the charts, yet how the fuck are we looking at 20 million units?
This shows us several things.
1. Sony is willing to not tell us sales for years. That does not mean a game flopped as they don't always announce all data all the time, they have actually never done that and have no policy or something about that.
2. A game can not appear on the top 20 and still move record units.
3. The Last Of Us 1 did not sell 20 million in 1 year to then already have some clue on how The Last Of Us 2 is doing.
4. The Last Of Us 2 is the fastest selling Playstation game in history, number 3 in revenue in mere fucking months vs years for Spiderman and God Of War
5. Its the best selling Sony game of 2020 and number 5 overall of the whole year.
None of that sounds like flopz sir, none of that sounds like this doom and gloom, in fact you tell me of a time where the fastest selling of a IP, also didn't become the best selling...
Their focus on single player is too much. That's like all they do. It's enough!
Well thats false. The best selling stuff by Sony is of course single player, but I can't argue its "too much".
Uncharted 4 has multiplayer
GT Sport is entirely an online thing
Dreams is an online thing
Little Big Planet
MLB The Show
Killzone Shadowfall
Driveclub
RIGs
Wipeout Omega
Firewall
Ghost Of Tsushima has a MP mode
Sackboy does too
and I'm sure I'm messing a bunch more btw, but this narrative that they don't have MP or something is false.
Sony is already working on some new IP that is a online focused thing anyway.
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So I can't say its a waste of resources, but I also see where they are coming from. To say the vast majorty of the best selling PS5 games are MP is the very fucking reason why Sony wouldn't waste too much there....think about what you just said...so Call Of Duty moves the most on PS, same with Fortnite and so many other MP series, as in they already fucking buy PS systems as a base, Sony already got that market, thus why would they then spend money on a market that already buys PS? They'll spend that money to give them something they can't find else where so they can buy it for MP and stay for the SP,
NP...BBQOMGZ lol
Its one of the reasons why you saw them pull back on JRPGs after a few gens. They already have Square moving MORE units on their systems anyway, so because they community buys PS already, Sony doesn't see the need to compete with 3rd party in that area, they see the need to provide the install base with concepts they can't find else where. So I get where you are coming from, but I don't see that Sony needs to worry about this too much as the already move record units and those that even like MP like you even said clearly buy PS as the vast majority on PS5 play MP titles right? So doesn't sound like they have an issue finding games to play bud don't you think? =)
I'm hype for what they put out don't get me wrong, but I don't think they are ever going to make something that pulls me away from Battelfield and I'm sure they get that too and focus on their strengths. They tried for generations with Killzone and other shooters and with Horizon breaking records with sales, they can't ignore the best sellers simply to keep making something we literally already get an abundance of to the point of PS5 mostly playing MP. To even say that is to confirm that such a concept is not rare and few on PS in the first place lol
So the MP title is not needed by Sony, they already have that market, its nice and I'm hype for it, but PS5 is not a make or break based on them doing some fucking online game if they already have the majority of that market anyway lol If anything its a luxury in a sea of GAAS, Online MP etc So I agree its wise to do it though and from talented developers aka ex-Call Of Duty devs vs trying with a Killzone or Resistance etc. We'll see how it plays out for them as I know they want to get into that whole GAAS market.
How is premature to talk about how well did the sales of their own game?
Because they generally do that over the course of years, its not really a every year, every month type thing as I don't recall that has ever been a thing at Sony.
Again folks, God Of War literally went years of Sony not telling us it sold 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 million etc
Uncharted 4 also went years of them not telling us as they go from 8.7 million to 16 million lol The didn't just keep telling us every year or something odd like that. I think what makes many upset, is they want to make this sound unique to force this narrative, but clearly its not, many times Sony waits to tell us sales figures, either with the reveal of a new game or remaster or PC version or Directors Cut, earnings call etc
If it is, then it might be that Sony decided not to greenlight Last of Us 3 immediately.
lol nah bud, Naughty Dog is 2 teams, the team making the new IP has been making it since Uncharted 4 was complete and the rest of the other half of that team likely joined in after Lost Legacy (to my understanding).
The Last Of Us 3 already has a plot outline done btw, but tbh, I think Neil for decades has had the story in his head anyway lol No way the fastest selling PS game in history doesn't get a 3rd game, I've never seen a game break such a record as a sequel and never get a 3rd lol Massively fucking unlikely and fanfiction bud, it doesn't even make sense. It would be like me saying how I haaaate Call Of Duty and oh boy maybe "activision decided not to greenlight Call Of Duty XYZBBQ" lol ok bud