The Last of Us is Selling Like There’s No Tomorrow
For a game that many admit makes them cry within the first fifteen minutes, it is surely putting up its dukes at retail.
With 3.4 million boxed and digital copies sold in the three weeks since its release, Sony confirms The Last of Us is the fastest selling PlayStation 3 title of 2013.
I’m incapable of being surprised by this news. I’ve quickly called it one of my favorite games of all time and a modern masterwork of interactive storytelling. Naughty Dog, I even picked out a plump box quote from my review for your inevitable Game of the Year Edition: “It’s fucking awesome. It’s really just so very fucking awesome.”
‘Course, the end of the world is far from over as the game’s newly formed legion of instant fans still have story-based DLC roving their way in the near future. Plus, with numbers like that, you can bet Sony isn’t keen on letting The Last of Us stand alone for long…