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Sony ships more than 3.4M copies of The Last of Us

Sony is closing out its PlayStation 3 console generation with a big hit: The Last of Us has shipped more than 3.4 million copies.

The Japanese company announced today that the title is the fastest-selling in the history of the PS3, which has been on sale since 2006. As of July 3, Sony had shipped more than 3.4 million copies via both Blu-ray discs and downloadable versions. (Sony counts sales as copies shipped to retailers while other companies often count copies that are sold through to end consumers). The title is also the fastest-selling PS3 game of 2013.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.