The initial news and subsequent details emerging about The Last of Us Part 1 haven\u2019t exactly filled all quarters of the internet with joy. A remake that\u2019s actually a graphical overhaul, a mere nine years after the original game? It seems cheeky, and big question marks linger over whether the beat-for-beat repeat of the original game \u2013 just with nicer graphics and stuff \u2013 really deserves to call itself a remake, given that all the changes are strictly technical.<\/p>\n

But while Playstation gamers may rightly feel a little aggrieved that Sony clearly expects them to shell out for the third <\/em>time for the first Last of Us game, it\u2019s possible that Sony\u2019s true target audience for the remake isn\u2019t actually the console crowd, but PC. Naughty Dog and Sony are duty-bound to release the PS5 version first, of course, but they\u2019ve already said that the PC version will come \u201cvery soon\u201d after. It\u2019s significant, because it\u2019s the first time with a first-party game that Sony haven\u2019t emphasised its exclusivity. Sony have been making huge inroads on PC in recent years, and are vocal about their future plans for the platform, saying in an investor meeting in May that by 2025 they plan on having \u201cone-third\u201d of their Playstation games available on PC.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
DUALSHOCKERS VIDEO OF THE DAY<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
At the same time as people are quite rightly questioning Part 1\u2019s credentials as a remake (and that rather terrifying $70 price tag), PC gamers are gearing up to play it for the first time outside of a Playstation platform, with all the graphics tweaking, modding, and other freedoms that that entails. The Last of Us, one of the jewels in Playstation\u2019s IP crown, is coming to PC. That\u2019s a big deal \u2013 in fact, it\u2019s a bigger deal than it coming to PS5.<\/p>\n
The Last of Us Part 1 looks set to be the shortest turnaround between the launch of a first-party Playstation game on console and PC, which in some ways reveals the reality of how Sony really regards the game. Despite saying they\u2019ve rebuilt the game \u201cfrom the ground up\u201d and trying to push the idea that they\u2019ve put a whole game\u2019s worth of work into things like improving the AI, the facial animations, and making shattered glass a bit more shattery when it shatters, if they really <\/em>saw this as a ground-up new game, then there\u2019s no way it wouldn\u2019t be coming to PC so soon after the PS5 version.\u00a0<\/p>\n
$\"\"$ <\/i-amphtml-sizer>