Rumor: The Last of Us Part II may get a new version made especially for the PlayStation 5
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Yeah or some bullshit move like "here is a nice steelbook, have a download code with it"....
No it's not. It will be available in select countries. Ireland for example is not one of them.
As I remember at some point they said that there were more Director's Cuts coming, so I assumed one of them was going to be TLOU2 DC, that would bundle TLOUP1 and TLOU2 PS5 (as Bloomberg said that it was the idea in the original TLOUP1 pitch made by PS Visual Arts) or TLOU2+TLOU Online.
Maybe somewhere in the future after TLOUP1 they port TLOU2 to PC with a few tweaks and improvements (extra resolution, framerate, some new visual tech like DLSS/FSR support etc). And having TLOUP1 cheap on PS5 having sold what it could separatedly, then they release a TLOUDC bundle on PS5 and PC, with would be a bundle of both. In the case of PS5, it would have some of these PC improvements plus also 3D audio and Dual Sense support. Having TLOU2 on PS4, for the $10 upgrade you also would get TLOUP1, as they did with the Uncharted collection.
A good moment to release TLOUDC would be a few months before TLOU Online release, or on time for the Season 2 of the TLOU tv series that maybe would release around the same time than TLOU Online.
If there is a season 2 it's not even for 2024. It took a year to shoot season 1, season 2 is not even in production, therefore... It's probably a 2025 release, if it happens.
They shot a lot more than just one season already. After the hassles they had with Game of Thrones and Westworld, HBO is working more efficiently and stockpiling footage. They will be shooting for three years here in Alberta, and they have to use a lot of real locations that are easier to shoot in bulk than to hope they don't change over the time between seasons, as well as using city and town locations that you can't always have the same access to more than once.
Halo attempted the cross media promotion. It should’ve kickstarted a few years of IP growth with the tv show. However the show doesn’t seem to have delivered (I didn’t hate it until the very last moments of the last episode but that’s another story).
Successful hype and reception for both products should’ve guaranteed more games and media for everyone…
It’s a marketing strategy that on paper sounds perfect. Release game that satisfies fans and finds its place in the modern gaming landscape. Release tv adaptation that should bring even more name recognition to the IP and bring in new fans too.
The strategy with TLOU is the same. They want to grow. And the bigger the brand gets the more likely an online game can take off.
Here’s the thing…. I expect this HBO show to deliver. I expect the Super Mario movie to deliver. This is gonna work. And I say this not even as a fan of ND.
The HBO show will be a huge success. I’d bet on it.
Successful hype and reception for both products should’ve guaranteed more games and media for everyone…
It’s a marketing strategy that on paper sounds perfect. Release game that satisfies fans and finds its place in the modern gaming landscape. Release tv adaptation that should bring even more name recognition to the IP and bring in new fans too.
The strategy with TLOU is the same. They want to grow. And the bigger the brand gets the more likely an online game can take off.
Here’s the thing…. I expect this HBO show to deliver. I expect the Super Mario movie to deliver. This is gonna work. And I say this not even as a fan of ND.
The HBO show will be a huge success. I’d bet on it.
Well, in the case of Sony is different than the MS case.
Sony has both gaming and movies/tv shows divisions. In the movies/tv show division, to use popular IPs from other mediums like comics, games or books it's something that really helps them sell more. The bad part of this is that typically some other company own these IPs so they have to split their revenue with them.
In this case, they use popular gaming IPs owned by Sony, meaning this part other licensor part of the money remains at Sony. And for their gaming division, helps to grow their IP bringing new fans and extra potential revenue/profit they can later spend on making more games or partially potentially "justify" the huge budgets AAA games have. And well, PlayStation Productions, the ones from Sony Pictures who handle these adaptations are within Sony, so they have more control over these adaptations, and the gamind division also know that if it succeds it helps another Sony division.
Other than crosspromoting the different products of each IP in different mediums, in the case of Sony has more advantages.
We shall see. It's smart if they did to be fair, but I think they already cut this season short by 1 episode, so perhaps a lot was left in the cutting room floor.
Having worked in TV, it's not uncommon to capture a lot of shit just to have the option to add it during editing.
The situation for the exterior work in places like Canmore is kind of unique. With the development going on in the area, they had to get more shot than they would usually because the town isn’t going to look the same in a year.
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I wonder if this will be the first Sony flat screen IP to transition to VR?
I believe Sony have said they want all future IPs to have some form of VR mode. That would mean a TLOU2 PS5 (PSVR2) only version.
I believe Sony have said they want all future IPs to have some form of VR mode. That would mean a TLOU2 PS5 (PSVR2) only version.