It’s hard to have a proper conversation about this topic due to all the heavy emotions and toxicity it brings out, but I do think they missed the mark on TLOU2.
I think they definitely anticipated it to be a bigger and more universal hit - the last sales number I heard was 10 mil after a few years, which is half of big PS hits, including their former flagship games (and the game was heavily discoundted after the first few months, bringing in less money than those quickly selling at full price).
The show probably caused a sales boost mostly for the 1st game and it’s remake. Now I assume they will do the same with the 2nd season of the show and the TLOU2 remake.
Still, these are all products building on existing creative content - where is the next step, what new thing(s) are they working on? I loved almost all their games, but I’m not going to spend money on the remakes of games I already played a few years ago.
It’s hard to have a proper conversation about this topic due to all the heavy emotions and toxicity it brings out, but I do think they missed the mark on TLOU2.
I think they definitely anticipated it to be a bigger and more universal hit - the last sales number I heard was 10 mil after a few years, which is half of big PS hits, including their former flagship games (and the game was heavily discoundted after the first few months, bringing in less money than those quickly selling at full price).
The show probably caused a sales boost mostly for the 1st game and it’s remake. Now I assume they will do the same with the 2nd season of the show and the TLOU2 remake.
Still, these are all products building on existing creative content - where is the next step, what new thing(s) are they working on? I loved almost all their games, but I’m not going to spend money on the remakes of games I already played a few years ago.