The Last of Us Part I
4 documents in the library are about The Last of Us Part I, from writers such as GameDiscoverCo, Game Developers Conference and Game World Observer, the newest from 2023. Each has a summary and key insights with the page they come from.
Experience the emotional storytelling and unforgettable characters of Joel and Ellie in The Last of Us, winner of over 200 Game of the Year awards and now rebuilt for PlayStation 5. Enjoy a total overhaul of the original experience, faithfully reproduced but incorporating modernized gameplay, improved controls and expanded accessibility options. Plus, feel immersed with improved effects and enhanced exploration and combat. It also includes the Left Behind story DLC.
- Released
- Sep 2, 2022
- Developer
- Naughty Dog
- Publisher
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Genres
- Shooter, Adventure
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
- Links
- Official site, Wikipedia
Game data from IGDB.com
Documents about The Last of Us Part I
Breathing Life Into 'The Last of Us': Part I and II
The development of The Last of Us Part I and II centers on the creation of a sophisticated, procedural breathing system designed to heighten player immersion through dynamic physiological feedback.
- Naughty Dog developed a proprietary audio middleware called 'Scream' to manage complex, procedural breathing systems in 'The Last of Us' that move beyond traditional, error-prone animation tagging.
- The breathing system uses a logic-based 'murmuration' loop that checks real-time game variables—such as player injury, heart rate, and AI awareness states (ambient, stealth, or combat)—to dynamically trigger appropriate audio assets.
- To ensure visual-audio synchronization, the team implemented a system that automatically stretches or compresses 30-frame facial animations in real-time to match the specific duration of the triggered breath sound file.
Sony Expects to Make $450 Million on PC This Year and Significantly Increase Investment in Live Service Games
Sony’s recent investor briefing outlines a strategic pivot toward diversifying its first-party portfolio, with a heavy emphasis on expanding into the PC and mobile markets while scaling its live service offerings.
- Sony projects PC revenue will reach $450 million in fiscal year 2023, up from $250 million in 2022, representing a 133% compound annual growth rate.
- The company is shifting its investment strategy to achieve a 60/40 split between live service and single-player titles by fiscal year 2025.
- Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered generated $52 million from 1.5 million units sold, while The Last of Us Part I contributed $15.5 million from 368,000 units.
Plus: Last of Us PC Fumbles, as Smalland & Terra Nil Come Through
The PC launch of The Last of Us Part I serves as a primary case study in the challenges of porting high-end PlayStation 5 titles to the PC ecosystem.
- The PC port of The Last of Us Part I suffered a poor reception due to technical instability, accumulating over 10,000 negative Steam reviews despite an initial peak of 36,500 concurrent users.
- Smalland: Survive the Wilds achieved early access success by reaching 9,500 concurrent users and securing a spot in the top ten highest-grossing games on Steam.
- Dredge matched the performance of larger titles with 9,500 concurrent users and received overwhelmingly positive player feedback.
Plus: Resident Evil 4 Takes Off Like a Rocket
This analysis examines the commercial performance of recent video game releases and forecasts upcoming market trends for the final week of March 2023.
- The Resident Evil 4 remake set a new franchise record on Steam with 140,000 peak concurrent users, significantly outperforming Resident Evil Village’s 107,000 peak.
- Projections estimate that the Resident Evil 4 remake will achieve between 3 and 4 million unit sales on Steam during its first week of release.
- The PC port of The Last of Us Part I is the most anticipated upcoming release, entering the market with 105,000 Steam followers.