The Last of Us is PS3s fastest selling new franchise

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Game clears 3.4 million sales in less than three weeks

Sony said today that The Last of Us has become the fastest selling new “franchise” in PS3’s history. Including both physical and digital purchases, the game cleared 3.4 million sales between its global release on June 14 and July 3, also helping it become the quickest selling PS3 title of 2013, according to the platform holder.

On Monday The Last of Us became the first UK all formats chart No.1 of 2013 to retain the top spot for four consecutive weeks, besting the three week runs enjoyed by Bioshock Infinite and Dead Island: Riptide earlier this year. Naughty Dog intends to release three The Last of Us DLC packs, one campaign add-on and two multiplayer ones.

We said in our The Last of Us review: "In terms of everything the modern action game has strived to be, The Last of Us is the full-stop at the end of the sentence, leaving no more to be said. Until next-gen. If this is our starting point for that, then the next five to ten years could be truly amazing.”