PS Store Sales Charts: Sports Outpace The Last of Us PS5 on Both Sides of Pond

It's almost like the Push Square community isn't an accurate representation of the general gaming market.
Sports games and CoD games always sell well, despite Push Square users' aversion towards them.
The Last of Us Part I sold well despite Push Square users' "cash grab" mentality towards the game.

Very happy to see TLOU Part 1 selling well. Hopefully it continues to gain traction with the show coming up and more people getting interested!

Glad to see Dreamlight Valley doing well, been playing it on and off the past two weeks and it's a very relaxing and addictive experience, wish there were more Disney/PIXAR Characters to interact with. I know more Characters are coming, but still, hope they add EVE, I can't stand WALL.E being separated from her.

@bpomber everyone knew tlou would sell very well for a few weeks, just as HZD will.

regardedless if you enjoy COD or Fifa most sensible people know how popular and how much they make.

@bpomber Or the internet in general. Remember when people said they are going to boycott Pokemon SwSh? It became the second best selling entry in the entire franchise only after Red/Blue

@themightyant Agreed. I think the vast majority of the PlayStation gaming market is casual gamers who, for the most part, just buy a couple sports games and the annual CoD release every year. Then maybe buy one or two other big AAA releases they might be interested in.

@bpomber

Which is precisely why Sony will go ahead with continuing to remake older PS3/PS4 games as the public have proven that there is a market for it.

@get2sammyb Gravity Rush is amazing. The casuals just haven't realized it yet.

@bpomber Not to say that it didn't sell well, but as I recall another game, Saints Row, was no. 2 on the US charts and number 1 on the EU charts, and that game is now on sale. Just because a game debuts high on the charts doesn't always mean that it's selling really well or meeting expectations.

@get2sammyb yeah and Tokyo Studio would be actually successful

So top 3 are essentially all remakes then with NBA 2k22 remake, FIFA 22 remake, and TLOU remake.

TLOU has only been remade/remastered twice now. Have a lot to catch up to those sports games, but I believe in Jim Ryan to get it done.

@bpomber "It's almost like the Push Square community isn't an accurate representation of the general gaming market."

Who's said otherwise? The Push Square community is a representation of the Push Square community, if you just want 100% Sony positivity stick to the official PS Blog.

Fifa, Madden, Fortnite, GTA Online and NBA2K are representations of the general gaming market. Sony could stop making exclusives right now and they wouldn't even notice, they would notice if Nintendo stopped though.

@Tecinthebrain That's the beauty of open forums. I don't need anyone to say otherwise in order for me to express my own thoughts and findings. It's just an observation I've made over my many hours spent reading news and comments on this site.

TLoU part 1 in 3rd is actually really impressive considering all the negativity it received before and after release. It's such a premium post apocalyptic adventure so I'm not surprised even if it is the third time now for many of us. There's reasons why so many other games don't get remade cause they're simply not as good as TLoU. Why remake something that's crap, needs to be quality to begin with

@Netret0120 Why not if people want this. Especially with some people who want stuff to fail there are so many games releasing and we still get a nice amount of new games. Instead of complaining about everything all the time just dont buy it and move on with your life.

@Tecinthebrain This community can be one of the worst if you want to find some positive things.

Here so many people put a negative spin on everything its sad the site is quite great at this themselves.

And if you ask why do you stay here there are not many other options around. The funny thing is people talk about Sony fanboys.

But man the amount of trolls and anti Playstation fans a lot from the other two camps are here way to much just to derail every conversation.

@bpomber "The Last of Us Part I sold well despite Push Square users' "cash grab" mentality towards the game.“

Well it wouldn't be much of a cash grab if it didn't make any money, would it? People here weren't saying it wouldn't sell well; that's the opposite of a cash grab. It's just that it's lazy and uncreative - but yes, it works on the general public plebs. Look at the two games ahead of it for more examples of that.

@bpomber I think TLOU selling well proves exactly the opposite.
The general public likes repetition, lack of innovation and endless remakes.
TLOU sold well exactly because of this.

@uptownsoul Yes but a cash grab is when minimum effort is put into the product. It's a criticism of the ethics, of the lack of effort, pride, or originality, not of the desire to make money. The idea is that the cash is simply grabbed greedily rather than being earned with effort.

@Matroska Thank you for this comment. It solidifies my original point.

Remember the good old days when we used to get actual sales numbers for sales charts?

Madden 23 didn’t even make the top 20 list in EU. I realize American football is a US sport, but the fact that this year’s Madden iteration isn’t on the EU top 20 list is a definite indicator that EA isn’t making a compelling enough game to attract anything other than die hard fans. I just wish we had new versions of Tecmo Superbowl or Sega Sports Talk Football or NFL Blitz or heck, anything with a different take on football than EA’s stock, rehashed Madden version that feels like the same old thing for the past 20 years.

@bpomber
This was a weak month with virtually no competition as evidenced by cyberpunk being 4th place and GTA charting. Not as impressive as people think.

@Shad361 GTA V charts every month. Cyberpunk is now selling well because of the expansion and Netflix series announcements and because they finally fixed the game.

The last of us part 1 was worth every penny

@bpomber this year has been weak since March if you look at the sales. Basically any new game gets on the charts no matter what. Even the most niche of games. The real test will be this month for last of us, and it will crater.

@Shad361 "Basically any new game gets on the charts no matter what. Even the most niche of games."

Definitely not true. Not sure if you're being serious or just trolling. But anyway, thanks for making an account just to reply to my comment, I'm honoured.

And here I am not liking any of them.

@bpomber JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure made the top 10. Definition of a niche game. Disney Dreamlight Valley did well also.

It’s not just your comment,I’ve been lurking this site for a while. Reading terrible news left and right regarding Sony.

@Shad361 JoJo is #10 in North America and not charted in UK. Could be a huge difference between #3 and #10. We don't know unless they report actual sales numbers.
Also, I wouldn't say JoJo is all that niche, it's huge in Asia, specifically Japan. North America has a growing Asian population, hence it charting in North America and not UK. Disney Dreamlight Valley I wouldn't say is niche either. But regardless, what you said about basically every new game charting simply isn't true. I think you're underestimating just how many games are released regularly.