Det siger sig selv at Naughty Dog ikke bare ville lukke bogen i forhold til The Last of Us, og nu fortæller community strategist Arne Meyer da også til Video Gamer at det ville være en bjørnetjeneste overfor udvikleren selv og seriens fans, ikke at overveje en efterfølger.
Meyer forklarede yderigere omkring Naughty Dogs tilgang til spiludvikling:
"I think we always make a smart decision in that all of our games are self-contained stories so they don't have to continue if we don't want them to or if there's no reason for them to continue".
I forhold til udviklingen af en efterfølger lød det:
"We're just starting to explore ideas of what more could there be in this universe and starting that decision process. That doesn't mean the end result is guaranteed".