After concerns at the price of Nintendo Switch 2 games, Sony has released a super expensive compilation for the two The Last Of Us titles.
Nintendo is always unpredictable, but few would’ve guessed that the main talking point to come out of last week’s Switch 2 Direct would be the cost of video games. The fact that Mario Kart World is £74.99 for the physical version and £66.99 when bought digitally is worrying for all kinds of reasons, not least the fact that other publishers might follow suit – or charge even more.
There are long-standing rumours that GTA 6 might cost £100 or more and that other publishers are egging on Take-Two so that they can charge a similar amount.
At the moment it’s impossible to know whether that’s true but it’s not very encouraging to find out that the newly announced The Last Of Us Complete, which was first rumoured back in March, costs £109.99 for a physical edition and £94.99 for the digital version – despite both games having been out for some time already.
The compilation contains remake The Last Of Us Part 1, which was originally released in 2022 for £69.99, and The Last Of Us Part 2 Remastered, which was released last January for £44.99 – or via a £10 upgrade if you own the PlayStation 4 version.
In theory, that means the Complete edition is slightly cheaper than buying the two games separately, except it’s very easy to get physical copies of both games at a considerable discount.
Just looking at Amazon today, The Last Of Us Part 1 is only £44.77 and The Last Of Us Part 2 Remastered is half price, if you have Prime, at £22.99. At GAME, Part 1 is a mere £34 and Part 2 only £34.
The games have seen discounts digitally as well, although naturally Sony has made sure they’re currently being sold at their original, full price.
There doesn’t seem to be any new content for the digital version but the physical edition, which is only available from PlayStation Direct, has a SteelBook case, four comic books, four lithographic art prints, and a thank you letter from director Neil Druckmann.
The digital version is available now and is obviously being released to tie in to the start of season 2 of The Last Of Us TV show, which begins this weekend.
Oddly, the physical edition won’t be out until July 10 though, after the season has finished.
Season 2 will not cover all the events of The Last Of Us Part 2, which is so long it will have to be split up into multiple seasons.
Druckmann has also warned that it will deviate more from the original story than season 1 did, so while playing the game will involve tons of spoilers, things won’t necessarily play out the same way in the show.
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