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- Chris Colombo said The Last of Us Part 2 sold 2 million copies during its second season.
- Season 2 also did well for HBO, bringing in 20 million unique viewers and generating $72 million in subscriber value.
- The Last of Us Part 2 has likely sold nearly 20 million copies by now.
HBO’s TV Show adaptation of The Last of Us has been an incredible commercial success, even though fans of the game haven’t received it well. That said, the TV show did a great job boosting the franchise’s success.
Season 2 of the TV Show aired just recently alongside a PC port of the second entry. During Season 2’s release window, The Last of Us Part 2 sold an impressive 2 million units.
Why it matters: It is quite impressive that a 5-year-old game can deliver such huge figures, which goes on to show how big of an IP The Last of Us has become.
Chris Colombo, a cinema market show analyst who won a Webby award, recently shared some statistics about The Last of Us franchise on LinkedIn. Aside from the second entry selling 2 million copies, Season 2 brought in 20 million unique viewers.
Moreover, the show estimates $72M in subscriber value and an additional $17.5M in modeled ad-tier revenue.
That said, Season 2’s live viewership has also taken a hit compared to the first season. Fans didn’t like some of the creative liberties the show took, questionable cast choices that also led to review bombing.
Returning to the game side, during season 1’s premiere, both games saw a surge of around 1000% in player count.
The Last of Us 2 has exhibited great commercial success for Naughty Dog despite many people thinking that it may have flopped. By 2022, it had sold 10 million, and after the surge experienced across two seasons of the TV Show, the number is expected to be closer to 20 million.
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