The Last of Us Part 1 happened because Naughty Dog wanted it to be visually contiguous with Part 2
Naughty Dog aimed to avoid having back-to-back playthroughs feel like "playing a PS3 game and then playing a PS5 game"
Naughty Dog aimed to avoid having back-to-back playthroughs feel like "playing a PS3 game and then playing a PS5 game"