The Last of Us: Part II received a disappointing amount of attention from developer Naughty Dog for the PlayStation 5’s launch. While titles like Days Gone and Ghost of Tsushima have been patched to take full advantage of the hardware, and others like Watch Dogs Legion and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla have received full PS4 to PS5 upgrades, Ellie’s sophomore outing still runs at 30 frames-per-second in 1440p – just as it does on the PS4 Pro.
However, an icon on Best Buy’s website has renewed hope that a PS5 version is imminent. As part of its Black Friday listings, a “next-gen upgrade” icon appears prominently. Other games, like The Last of Us Remastered or Horizon Zero Dawn, simply show “enhanced for next-gen console”. It’s clearly an error, but it hasn’t stopped the Internet from running with it. Nevertheless, we’ve attempted to contact both Best Buy and Naughty Dog for additional comment, and will update when we hear back.
Our guess is that The Last of Us: Part II is probably going to get some kind of next-gen re-release alongside its anticipated multiplayer mode, which is still in the works. We reckon Sony will sell this standalone on the PS5 and PS4, but will offer an Ultimate Edition bundle including some kind of The Last of Us: Part II remaster – just like it did with Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. That’s purely speculation on our part, though.
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[source bestbuy.com, via exputer.com]
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I've been holding out on LoU2 because of fear of PS5 release, so this is great news!
That's the problem I have with some games right now: I don't want to play them right now cause maybe they get an update/upgrade in the near future
I wouldn't be surprised at this point if Sony are going to be doing something similar as Spider Man ultimate bundle type of thing.
I hope this is true as I have been holding out on this game until I find a PS5.
they have the same banner for God of War. maybe they're just assuming last of us takes advantage of the loading times
Naw I think it'll be a free upgrade for ps4 players. Spider-Man was an anomaly since the game is several years old. I doubt they would sell you a 2020 ps4 again less 12 months later. There will be a PS5 retail version, sure, but it'll be a free upgrade. That's my guess.
If there's no route to next-gen upgrade for ps4 owners other than locking it behind a purchase of a seperate multiplayer game, there will be outcry. At the end of the day, I think a lot of the hate thrown at this game is mental, its one of my favourite ps4 games but there would be no defending ND if they go down that route
@R1spam Most vocal people will give Naughty Dog a pass, sadly.
@Menchi Naughty Dog already lost a lot of fans because of TLOU 2's story. If they pull off what @R1spam said, they will get heavy backlash for sure. Either way I don't see that happening tbh.
I rather they do a story standalone like Miles Morales with Abby.
@Agramonte That's likely to get just a much backlash as them going down the remaster route tbh.
I'm itching for the update to do the plat trophy. Please Naughty Dog, please...
In what way are TLOU and Horizon enhanced for next gen consoles? It just seems to be errors all round
That game is not even worth 30 bucks, maybe the mediocre sells might go up.
@carlos82 TLOU1 got that load time patch that also makes the 1800p mode stick to 60fps, since it used to have frame drops on PS4 pro
@Menchi it was virtually locked on Pro anyway so I doubt it makes any noticable difference, I certainly wouldn't put it amongst the games which are enhanced on PS5
@carlos82 Locked > not locked. And the load time thing. It's nowhere near as much as an improvement as the others, but it's still there.
Horizon though, I don't think got one at all.
Already got the plat for ps4 so, hoping there is a ps5 trophy list to get me to jump back in.
@Menchi the load time patch was for PS4 and I think patch 1.10 pretty much locked the framerate on Pro. It was certainly very stable when I played it earlier this year after playing part 2
I’m rather cynical about this and am convinced they are delaying this in order to do a full PS5 rerelease, with multiplayer, with no upgrade path. Otherwise they surely would have pushed a 4K/60 PS5 patch for launch. Their silence speaks volumes.
From a financial standpoint I could understand it if, as reported, LoU2 underperformed.
Compare This to something like Ghost of Tsushima which over performed compared to expectations, plus the team/budget was much smaller, so they had some extra credit to keep giving. I’m not sure TLoU2 is in the same position.
Of course as a consumer I hope that’s not the case. I actually bought LoU2 but due to having it spoiled for me by some **** I put it on hold. Now am waiting for PS5
Factions 2 or bust!
@AdamNovice I do not think Sony should really cares about backlash at this point.
Not like it seems to have done much to TLOU2 sales (even EA sold tons of everything)
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