Regardless of solely being a few episodes in, The Final of Us HBO present has already proved to be a colossal success. Surpassing ten million views in two days, we now have the remainder of the present and The Final of Us PC launch date to stay up for, because the drama has helped see gross sales of the PlayStation video games skyrocket, which in flip suggests a wholesome launch for the PC port too.
Within the final week alone the UK boxed gross sales have seen The Final of Us sequence endure a meteoric rise, as new and outdated gamers alike come again to considered one of Naughty Canine’s most well-received set of video games.
The Final of Us Half 1 remake has seen a rise of 238% in gross sales week-on-week, whereas the unique The Final of Us recreation has seen a 322% gross sales enhance as nicely (through GamesIndustry.biz). These are UK-only console gross sales, however they completely act as an excellent indication of how The Final of Us sequence on HBO has acted as an ideal piece of cross-promotion. We noticed one thing very related final yr, as Cyberpunk 2077 gross sales soared previous 20 million because of Netflix’s Edgerunners sequence.
What does all of this imply for The Final of Us Half 1 PC port then? Properly, it’s set to launch proper on the tail finish of the nine-episode run of the HBO present, between episodes seven and eight, so I feel we’re going to see a powerful exhibiting in relation to launch on each Steam and the Epic Video games Retailer.
The Final of Us sequence has already proved it’s going to be huge, so I can see the technique of letting phrase of mouth unfold and new viewers catch up earlier than dropping The Final of Us remake on PC. I wouldn’t be stunned if the final two episodes of the present even embrace a message saying ‘play The Final of Us on PC now’, as whereas each video games have been enormous hits for the PlayStation ecosystem, the pool of PC gamers is one other huge participant base to tug from.
Naughty Canine has additionally confirmed that The Final of Us PC port will run on Steam Deck, in order that’s one more group of gamers the upcoming Steam launch can faucet into as nicely. There’s been no official phrase on a The Final of Us Half 2 PC launch date as of now, however with Marvel’s Spider-Man on PC and Uncharted on PC as nicely, it’s clear that PlayStation is making an effort to port over exclusives after a sure time frame, and I don’t assume 2020’s The Final of Us Half 2 will turn out to be an exception to this rule.
When you look ahead to The Final of Us Half 1 PC launch date, it’s best to try lists of the most effective action-adventure video games and greatest stealth video games to tide you over.
