Whereas Sony has said its intentions to make extra household pleasant video games within the wake of Astro Bot’s success prior to now, CEO of the Studio Enterprise Group at Sony Interactive Leisure, Hermen Hulst, has reiterated how completely happy the corporate has been on the title’s success. Throughout a PlayStation enterprise replace, Hulst referred to Astro Bot as one of many “most fun latest successes,” for PlayStation.
“Astro Bot was a smash hit, reaching common acclaim amongst gamers and critics and sweeping business award exhibits,” mentioned Hulst concerning the critically-acclaimed platformer that got here out as a PS5 unique again September 2024. As a part of the enterprise replace, Hulst additionally referred to Astro Bot as an “rising IP”, since three titles have been developed that includes the character front-and-center up to now.
He additionally spoke about desirous to make extra Astro Bot video games sooner or later, referring to its future as “an everlasting and iconic recreation franchise for PlayStation,” in accordance with X person Genki_JPN.
Sony government Hiroki Totoki had expressed comparable enthusiasm for Astro Bot again in February, praising the sport for being nominated throughout a number of classes throughout The Recreation Awards 2024. Totoki had additionally praised Helldivers 2 for comparable causes.
“At The Recreation Awards 2024, our first-party title Astro Bot gained 4 classes, together with Recreation of the Yr and Finest Household Recreation – essentially the most of any title,” mentioned Totoki.
“As well as, the dwell service recreation Helldivers 2, which was launched in February final yr, gained Finest Ongoing Recreation and Finest Multiplayer Recreation awards. The truth that titles in genres we’re planning to develop sooner or later, together with titles for households and dwell service video games, have obtained these awards is a significant stride in the direction of constructing a broad title portfolio.”
Astro Bot had been proving itself to be fairly profitable shortly after launch. Sony revealed again in November 2024 that greater than 1.5 million copies of the 3D platformer had been offered over the span of the title’s first 9 weeks after launch.
Since its launch, the builders behind Astro Bot have revealed fairly a number of attention-grabbing particulars concerning the recreation. For instance, inventive director Nicolas Doucet had revealed in an interview again in March that the sport’s beloved VIP Bot levels have been initially conceived as mini-stages.
“The [VIP Stage] was initially regarded as a mini-stage, but it surely obtained greater and larger,” mentioned Doucet. “It’s not mini in any respect.”
Doucet had additionally spoken about how shocking it was for the event workforce at Asobi to see the success of VR recreation Astro Bot Rescue Mission – which was basically the primary Astro Bot recreation ever.
“It was a tremendous venture as a result of we made it with none expectations,” mentioned Doucet, speaking concerning the enjoyable experimentation that the studio was capable of partake in throughout the growth of Astro Bot Rescue Mission. “All we needed was to do the very best evolution of that prototype and assist VR present individuals VR can do that, this, this, and that. We have been attempting to provide you with as many unique concepts as doable.”
Astro Bot is obtainable on PS5. The sport can be accessible as a part of a bundle alongside the console. Take a look at our overview for extra particulars.
