- The Last of Us on HBO had a successful premiere with high viewership.
- Which fueled demand for the Playstation game in the UK.
- UK sales of ‘The Last of Us’ game spike 238% due to HBO series
The Last of Us Part 1, the PS5 recreation of the game, reemerged in the UK sales charts, arriving at the 20th spot after witnessing a 238% increase in sales for the week of January 21, 2023, according to GamesIndustry.biz. The game’s PS4 predecessor, The Last of Us: Remastered, likewise registered an impressive jump of 322% in sales.
Meanwhile, the Pedro Pascal-starrer apocalypse show’s first episode smashed HBO records, garnering over 4.7 million viewers tuning in for the premiere.
Number tuned in for the video game adaptation makes the second-best debut in the last decade of HBO, only behind by the Game of Thrones spin-off, HOTD.
Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann are the creators of the HBO post-apocalyptic drama television series The Last of Us. The series, which is based on the 2013 computer game created by Naughty Dog, takes place 20 years after a widespread fungal infection brought on by a mutation in the species Cordyceps that began a pandemic worldwide.
The disease transforms its victims into aggressive, cannibalistic creatures that resemble zombies. Ellie, a teenage girl, is being escorted across a post-apocalyptic United States by Joel (Pedro Pascal), a smuggler. Among the guest stars are Nico Parker as Sarah, Joel’s daughter, Gabriel Luna as Tommy, Merle Dandridge as Marlene, and Anna Torv as Tess, Joel’s smuggling partner.
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