The release of The Last of Us Part 1 last year was presumed to tie into the premiere of HBO's The Last of Us. Unfortunately, nearly half a year separated their debuts. Despite the disparity, the remake of the 2013 award-winning narrative-driven title still benefitted from the launch of its live-action adaptation on HBO and HBO Max.
According to GamesIndustry, the PS5-exclusive re-release, which didn't sell too well when it came out last year, shot up the sales charts in the United Kingdom by as much as 238%.
It wasn't enough to dethrone Fire Emblem Engage, a new Switch exclusive, but joining the Top 20 months after is a big deal. Also, the sales are likely even higher when you take into account digital copies. Nintendo exclusives traditionally sell more boxed copies while the sales of PlayStation and Xbox exclusives usually skew toward the digital side of things.
In total, The Last of Us Part 1 sales jumped by more than 200% on the PlayStation 5 while The Last of Us: Remastered (the PS4 re-release) saw increased sales of more than 300%.