The Final of Us‘ HBO present has seemingly had an impact on gross sales of the video games inside the collection. Judging by a number of just lately launched metrics, a number of of its completely different entries have shot up throughout numerous gross sales charts.
In line with the monthly NPD figures for the US, The Final of Us Half I, the latest PlayStation 5 remake of the unique, was the eleventh best-selling recreation in January. It was beforehand the thirty sixth best-selling recreation in December 2022.
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These figures observe with what Sony just lately revealed, too. The PS5 remake was the eighth best-selling PS5 recreation on the PlayStation Retailer in January in the US and Canada after coming in twentieth the month prior. Even The Final of Us Remastered, the PS4 remaster of the unique that launched in 2014, got here in at thirteenth place on the PS4 charts after not charting the earlier month. The Final of Us Half II completed in seventh place, which was the identical spot it held on that very same chart in December 2022. Each The Final of Us Half I and Half II had been additionally a part of Sony’s vacation sale that spanned throughout December 2022 and January 2023.
The stats for the UK’s downloads are a bit completely different, as The Final of Us Half I and The Final of Us Remastered got here in on the tenth and fifteenth spot, respectively, after not charting the month prior. The Final of Us Half II, nonetheless, fell two spots from fifth place to seventh from December 2022 to January 2023.
The UK gross sales that got here out in late January previewed this bump. As famous by GamesIndustry.biz, boxed gross sales for The Final of Us Half I jumped 238% in January after its premiere, whereas the PS4 remaster re-entered the charts at and claimed the thirty second spot with a 322% spike in gross sales. Sales also continued to grow for each later that month in the U.K.
