Workforce Asobi’s Astro Bot has seen a reasonably underwhelming begin in the UK, no less than when contemplating bodily gross sales. Video games Business’s Christopher Dring revealed its launch week gross sales had been “a couple of third decrease” than Ratchet and Clank: Rift Aside from 2021. It’s value noting that the latter topped UK bodily gross sales charts on its debut, greater than tripling Returnal’s numbers.
Nonetheless, Dring expects a “longer gross sales tail” for Astro Bot (digital gross sales have additionally but to be revealed). And sure, the PS5 platformer bought greater than Harmony’s worldwide numbers, which is extra of an indictment towards Firewalk’s now-defunct shooter than the rest.
Astro Bot has garnered common crucial acclaim since launch, and it’s at the moment the highest-rated recreation of the yr per Metacritic. You possibly can try our evaluate right here, the place we gave it a 9 out of ten. Workforce Asobi is creating free post-launch content material, together with speedrun levels, problem ranges, further VIP bots, and leaderboards. These will arrive later this yr, so keep tuned for updates.
Astro Bot’s UK gross sales (physical-only up to now) aren’t enormous. Opening week is a couple of third decrease than 2021’s Ratchet & Clank: Rift Aside, however I count on an extended gross sales tail for Astro. It’s definitely bought extra copies within the UK in simply 2 days than Harmony bought worldwide
— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) September 10, 2024
