At least in their launch week they managed to be a success
There were quite a few users who were excited about the launch of Astro Bot, and its predecessor, Astro's Playroom became an example from the very beginning about what a good platform game should be. After the aforementioned launch, not only has it been placed as one of the best PS5 games, also positioning itself as a great favorite in the race towards the GOTY 2024, but we did not know if it would have been a sales success. Recent and high-quality titles, such as Prince of Persia The Lost Crown, They have not managed to sell enough to be considered a success..
It's been a short time and We have limited data to venture to say whether it is truly a general success.but we are starting to receive the first sales data for this PS5 exclusive, which have been a real success. In this case We have two totally different sources.
The first of these is Mat Piscatella, a well-known analyst at Circana, who has used Bluesky to provide early data on Astro Bot sales. He confirms that in the United States, if we add physical and digital sales, Astro Bot ranked as the second best-selling game in its launch week (the week of September 2-8). The only title that surpassed it was NBA 2K25, a classic in this country.
This does not stop here, as Christopher Dring, head of GamesIndustry.biz, has made the following post on Twitter/X to confirm that It also managed to be the second best-selling game in the UK during its launch week.. According to confirmation, it would have sold 21% more than Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart in this country.
Astro Bot's UK launch is solid. First week sales are 21% higher than the debut of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart in 2021. Astro was No.2 last week behind Space Marine 2, which is the UK's fastest-selling Warhammer game (beating Total War: Warhammer 3). More in the next GI Microcast
—Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) September 12, 2024
Astro Bot will continue to offer content
Astro Bot is, as we've already mentioned, one of the best games of the year, and it looks like it's only going to get better with time. As confirmed by Team Asobi, they plan to release various content for free, especially focusing on New levels that will test the most complete usersWe don't have a release date for this content yet, so we'll have to wait and see.
If you like Learn more details about this titlewe recommend you read our review of Astro Bot.
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