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A Last of Us Part 1 PC and Xbox release is only partly plausible, with plans to port the game to PC but no indication that we'll see it on Xbox Series X/S any time soon. Since the TLOU Remake released recently, buzz has been notable regarding the chance of seeing the game on other platforms and consoles, despite the fact that for a long time the franchise was pointedly and proudly an exclusive for Sony on various PlayStation consoles. However, there are some plans for that to change in the near future, so we'll go over a comprehensive answer on everything we know about possible ports of The Last of Us Part 1 Remake on PC and Xbox.

The Last of Us Part 1 is coming to PC, but there's no clear release date yet

Similarly to the God of War 2018 and Spider-Man ports that surprised players recently, it has been confirmed that The Last of Us Part 1 will be getting a PC port, However, at the time of writing there is no official release date, though in the article linked, senior environment texture artist Jonathan Benaino stated that the remake would be coming to PC “very soon after the PS5 release" - which bodes well for desktop players looking forward to battling back Clickers. The PS5 release of The Last of Us Part 1, to clarify, was September 2, 2022.

However, this is admittedly a rather vague statement - "very soon" could be as little as a day or as much as several months, depending on what kind of timescale you're working on. Nonetheless, it has been confirmed that we'll see Joel and Ellie trudging onto PCs, and players can expect it… well, very soon, whatever that ends up meaning.

The Last of Us Part 1 is (probably) not coming to Xbox or Game Pass

At time of writing there have been no indications that we'll see The Last of Us Remake on Xbox, despite the rather compelling thought that Death Stranding - another recent PlayStation "exclusive" - has made the jump to Game Pass in recent weeks, though admittedly it's the PC Game Pass, not the Xbox Game Pass. However, while nobody has empirically said that The Last of Us Part 1 won't be on Xbox at some point in the future, there's no reason to believe that it's coming, so Microsoft patrons shouldn't get their hopes up on this one, unfortunately. Assume this is a "no" until we hear otherwise.

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The latest internal documents revealed in the Epic vs Apple court case appear to be from Xbox, including an internal analysis Xbox conducted of The Last of Us Part 2, one of the biggest video game releases from its console rival, PlayStation. This analysis reads like a review and is the closest you'll get to see what Xbox thinks of PlayStation's major release.

Companies often gather extensive data on their products, the video game industry is no different. While companies sometimes hold mock reviews of their own games, Xbox's documents show that it also analyzes rival games as well. So what did Xbox think of The Last of Us 2? For the most part, their analysis was overwhelmingly positive.

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"The last of Us Part 2 is the exceedingly rare video game where what it accomplishes in moving forward the art of narrative storytelling in video games as a medium ultimately outweighs whether or not everyone 'likes' it or even if everyone has 'fun' playing it," Xbox writes in an internal analysis acquired by IGN from the Epic vs. Apple court trial.Xbox praises The Last of Us Part 2's gameplay as a "notable improvement" over the first game and calls the visual quality and attention to detail "absolutely best-in-class in basically every area, and the overall presentation is significantly ahead of anything that other teams have been producing on console and PC."

The internal team at Xbox says they "were frequently stunned by the quality of the game's visuals, something that sadly seldom happens these days."

As for the choice to split the narrative between Elli and Abby, Xbox says players have "every right" to their feelings on Naughty Dog's two protagonists and the game's "final contentious outcome," but ultimately for folks who care about "the evolution and expansion of what storytelling in interactive entertainment CAN BE [emphasis Xbox's], those things ultimately matter less than how incredibly well Naughty Dog has crafted and delivered the story that THEY [emphasis Xbox's] wanted to tell."

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Sounds like the team that analyzed The Last of Us Part 2 at Xbox was overall keen on Naughty Dog's major sequel. If there's one criticism, the team at Xbox says their biggest "gripe" was with the inventory system and the lack of any "quick switch" between items during moment-to-moment gameplay.

Furthermore, Xbox was critical of the gun combat writing, "Naughty Dog still can't seem to make decent gun combat in any of their games, and this one is no exception." Ouch.

Epic's court case with Apple continues to unearth a trove of internal documents, some of them confirming what we already knew like Sony's hesitance to enable cross-play. As the trial continues, check back with IGN for all the latest updates.

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Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor.

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