If you somehow thought that Naughty Dog’sÂThe Last of Us Part IIÂwould only end up doing quite well for itself in terms of sales in western markets, well, think again.Earlier today, the initial launch week sales forÂThe Last of Us Part IIin Japan emerged, and they ended up being quite high. In total, the game sold 178,696 copies in total in Japan, which given the size of the region, is actually quite impressive.In fact,ÂThe Last of Us Part IIdid so well in Japan that it became Sony’s best-performing first-party title in the region in terms of launch week sales for the entirety of the PS4 generation. As noted by industry analystBenjiSalesover on Twitter, the only Sony-published title that ended up doing better in its first week in Japan wasÂDeath Stranding. That said,Death Strandingis more considered a second-party game from Sony given that the publisher doesn’t actually own Kojima Productions. Other thanÂDeath Stranding,ÂFinal Fantasy VII Remakewas the only other PS4-exclusive to perform better thanTLOU2in its opening week in Japan.
When taking into these sales from Japan forÂThe Last of Us Part IIÂin tandem withthose from the UKandother regions around the world, it looks as though Sony has a major winner on its hands. Considering the first entry in the series sold around 20 million copies across both PS3 and PS4, it shouldn’t come as much of a shock that the sequel is doing so well, but these early statistics are even more staggering than we could have even anticipated.
Sony is likely to make a statement in the near future about the worldwide launch sales forThe Last of Us Part IImuch as they have done in the past for other games likeÂGod of War,Marvel’s Spider-Man, andHorizon Zero Dawn, so stay tuned. Until then, you cancheck out our review of the gameif you haven’t already.
