Not sure what to feel here.
I want Astro to reach over 10 million sales and not 21% the niche R&C.
It deserves more.
But Ratchet managed to sell 4 million and Astrobot is already starting out higher. Plus, it's a much much better platformer.
Not sure what to feel here.
I want Astro to reach over 10 million sales and not 21% the niche R&C.
It deserves more.
This has been his format for over a decade, why are people still mad about him releasing physicals first? He goes out of his way to make it knows. Physicals is still a huge chunk of PS5 game sales across the European / Uk market most times.
Yes but his stats usually don't get much attention unless it's FF/Sony first-party and he knows it. His tweet about Astrobot physical made the internet explode with hundreds of replies. Astrobot was considered a flop until today.People in big threads are randoms that don't follow sales threads normally, so they have no idea what's going on.
Chris obviously always gets retail data first before digital, he can't help that.
But Ratchet managed to sell 4 million and Astrobot is already starting out higher. Plus, it's a much much better platformer.
Yes but his stats usually don't get much attention unless it's FF/Sony first-party and he knows it. His tweet about Astrobot physical made the internet explode with hundreds of replies. Astrobot was considered a flop until today.
He also downplayed the sales before release saying the game would sell more if it was on Nintendo Switch. Chris and Mat are active on all the platforms, they know the attention they get.
Sony should also create an Astro PS5 Bundle.
Surprised there isn’t one neither a collectors edition.
It's not really a system seller.
The people you'd generally advertise it to won't be able to afford the PS5 at its current pricing.
Families + kids.
Not meant to be a system seller.
A pack in game for people who buy a PS5.
Pack in has to draw interest.
This isn't the type of game you really draw people in with.
It's the UK tho, even Super Mario platformers has trouble selling in that territory as much as he sells in others. I wouldn't read too much into it.Not sure what to feel here.
I want Astro to reach over 10 million sales and not 21% the niche R&C.
It deserves more.
It doesn’t.
Horizon was a pack in and how many bought the console for it?
Let’s be honest.
Packs in are also to push software and expose a game to an audience at times.Pack in has to draw interest.
This isn't the type of game you really draw people in with.
Horizon is a much bigger franchise and a completely different genre....
He would never dare say the same thing if MS was launching a new IP exclusive on Xbox "It would sell way better on PS5". Did he say that about Hifi-Rush or Hellblade 2? Those sales were buried and never compared.I mean, is that even a controversial take? Of course adding another SKU means it'll sell more.
This is beyond the fact that PlayStation users, at this point in time, show up for Spyro and Crash and very little for other platformers. It's just a consequence of cultivating an audience that wants the big blockbusters.
Why play this character?Imagine an entire media industry giving you GotY accolades and this is the performance you get.
Now you're learning where gaming is going. The gears are turning.
If Rift Apart did 29K, if Astro did 21% more than that then Astro did 35K, not 19-20K.UK launch (Physical)
- Gran Turismo 5 (WED) : 269k
- Gran Turismo 4 (THU) : 253k
- The Last Of Us Part II (FRI) : 194k
- Uncharted 4 A Thief's End (TUE) : 192k
- Marvel's Spider-Man (FRI) : 190k
- God Of War Ragnarok (WED) : 145k
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (FRI) : 116k
- Uncharted 3 Drake's Deception (TUE) : 116k
- Horizon Zero Dawn (WED) : 114k
- The Last Of Us (FRI) : 110k
- Gran Turismo 3 (FRI) : 100k
- God of War 2018 (FRI) : 96k
- Heavy Rain (WED) : 86k
- Uncharted 2 Among Thieves (FRI) : 84k
- Uncharted The Lost Legacy (WED) : 80k
- Ghost Of Tsushima (FRI) : 75k
- Horizon Forbidden West (FRI) : 74k
- Grand Turismo Sport (WED) : 74k
- Days Gone (FRI) : 70k
- Infamous Second Son (FRI) : 69k
- Marvel's Spider-Man Miles Morales (THU) : 58k
- Gran Turismo 6 (FRI) : 54k
- Gran Turismo 7 (FRI) : 54k
- Death Stranding (FRI) : 45k
- Bloodborne (WED) : 43k
- The Order 1886 (FRI) : 39k
- Ratchet & Clank (FRI) : 38k
- Beyond Two Souls (WED) : 36k
- Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart (THU) : 29k
- Detroit Become Human (FRI) : 22k
Astro : 19~20k
I love educating.Why play this character?
Your head isn't working not old model.I love educating.
The industry moved AWAY from single player almost as much as it moved TOWARDS GAAS. Almost all of the comments I read online are from GAAS haters but the old business model wasn't working. People like to ignore that fact.
So true, hopefully Team Asobi will start working on the extraction shooter Escape from Astro immediately.I love educating.
The industry moved AWAY from single player almost as much as it moved TOWARDS GAAS. Almost all of the comments I read online are from GAAS haters but the old business model wasn't working. People like to ignore that fact.