[Chris Dring] Astro Bot's UK launch is solid. First week sales are 21% higher than the debut of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart in 2021
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Small sample size, but that's a good start.
Hopefully the MC/WoM spreads and the Week 2-3 are softer drops than usual releases as well.
Hopefully the MC/WoM spreads and the Week 2-3 are softer drops than usual releases as well.
That's good. Seems digital sales came through and made up for the drop in physical copies. Could be a similar situation in other markets, certain the US (where buying habits are similar to the UK).
This goes against the narrative he started with the physical sales. That doom thread got all the attention with 15 pages on Era and finally locked. I bet this (positive) news will be buried 
Anyway, great news! Astrobot is a game for everyone so it's the perfect gift this holiday. They are going to sell so many Pros to play it
Anyway, great news! Astrobot is a game for everyone so it's the perfect gift this holiday. They are going to sell so many Pros to play it
Ratchet sold 4 million. Anything above that for Astro is a success in my book.
2M already will be great. basically they need to go over 600k to make a profit. everything else is just cherry on top.
by the way, word of mouth will travel long way, just way for holidays, sales should explode. no families with kids skipping this for christmas.
UK launch (Physical)
Astro : 19~20k
- 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
Oh, that's great. I hope it has very long legs too. It should have with the target demographics and Christmas coming up.
Smyths has a big spot for it in their Christmas catalogue.
Smyths has a big spot for it in their Christmas catalogue.
For sure, there's a possibility of a GotY win, so there's potential for help in the short/medium term later in a few months.
You always want a game to sell way more than that if you're a fan of the games.
Because the team might feel the desire to do something else to get better return on their efforts.
This goes against the narrative he started with the physical sales. That doom thread got all the attention with 15 pages on Era and finally locked. I bet this (positive) news will be buried
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.
Astro is basically a new IP on consoles, his first major release, perhaps we need to be more realistic and allow the franchise and character time to grow and evolve instead of expecting 10 million out the gate... PS4 era really spoiled people it seems
This is why I call Dring a clown. -33% physical suggested serious underperformance. He should have just waited until the digital data came out, and now that it is +21% he say it is "solid".
Not an established major franchise. Announced 4 months ago. Does not have the PS5 launch window ad push, or the pandemic push. Still out performing and will have longer legs due to GOTY.
Not an established major franchise. Announced 4 months ago. Does not have the PS5 launch window ad push, or the pandemic push. Still out performing and will have longer legs due to GOTY.
Nintendo drones in major shambles.
Green rats sulking in a corner.
PC mustards checking for driver updates.
Green rats sulking in a corner.
PC mustards checking for driver updates.
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.
He did that on purpose. He’s another shill plant made to downplay anything PlayStation related.
Astro can reach 10 million in launch year if fucking SIE sticks with it, they abandon any IP's that are not instant hits. Mario didn't reach Odyssey numbers since his first game, it takes time to cultivate a fanbase and loyalty. This is why playstation software sales are in the gutter in Japan, they give up too soon. Absolutely embarrassing that 2-3 million sales Metroid is kept alive but 2-3 million sales resistance and killzone isn't
Sony is still actively promoting astro bot, and they’re bringing it to Tokyo Game Show.
If fans don’t show up for it, it’s not sonys fault. They’ve promoted it almost to the same level as their other major AAA titles
If fans don’t show up for it, it’s not sonys fault. They’ve promoted it almost to the same level as their other major AAA titles
Turns out all that FUD about physical sales was a nothingburger, big shocker
Sony should also create an Astro PS5 Bundle.
Surprised there isn’t one neither a collectors edition.
