Summary
The critically-acclaimed PlayStation 5 exclusiveAstro Botis reportedly outperforming more-established IP in its genre in at least one region.Astro Bothit store shelves last month and was an instant hit with fans and critics. Currently the highest-rated new game release of 2024, some have gone as far as to callAstro Botone of the best 3D platformers ever made.
Initially, it didn’t seem as though the high praise forAstro Botwas going to translate to strong sales.Early sales reports out of Japan were disappointing, but data from elsewhere indicated that the game was outperforming others in its genre, particularly in Europe. Now the latest sales update onAstro Botis even better news for the new 3D platformer.
GamesIndustry’s Christopher Dringrecently shared some details about Europe’s recent sales data. According to Dring, game sales were up 20% in September in the region, with PS5 and Xbox console sales down, but Switch console sales up. Dring added thatAstro Botsales were 34% higher thanSonic Frontiersand 52% higher thanCrash Bandicoot 4in their respective debut months.Astro Botoutdoing more established IP likeSonicandCrashis a big deal, and hopefully signals to PlayStation that fans want to see more games like this in the future.
Astro Bot is Doing Well in Europe
Dring also claimed thatAstro Bot"has done better than basically every new 3D platform game in the last 10 years" minusNintendo’sSuper Marioseries. It wouldn’t have been realistic to expectAstro Botto go toe-to-toe withSuper Mariosales-wise, but many may not have expected it to perform so well againstSonicandCrasheither.
Astro Botisn’t exactly a brand-new IP, but it was a largely unproven one in terms of commercial viability until the latest game. Prior toAstro Bot, most of theAstrogames have been pack-in titlesor tech demos for PlayStation hardware, with the one exception beingAstro Bot: Rescue Missionfor PlayStation VR.Astro Bot: Rescue Missionis one of the highest-rated virtual reality games ever made, but VR is still niche, and so it was unclear if the more traditionalAstro Botwas going to do numbers or not.
Now, it must be stressed that we do not have a full picture ofAstro Bot’s salesjust yet. Sony has yet to reveal the exact number of copies sold. Still, based on the data that has been shared so far, it’s safe to assume that whileAstro Botmay not be doing quite as well as some of Sony’s bigger releases, it is still a big hit for its genre.
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