It’s clear Crew Asobi made one thing particular with Astro Bot. Critically, the 3D platformer has seen favorable evaluations, bringing life to a style that doesn’t typically see the highlight except it’s developed by Nintendo. Nevertheless, essential success doesn’t essentially corelate with gross sales. Fortuitously for Sony, it appears the lauded recreation is promoting effectively in each the US and UK.
How sturdy had been Astro Bot gross sales in US and UK?
Astro Bot is doing pretty effectively in each the US and UK. Based mostly on digital and bodily gross sales numbers, GamesIndustry.biz head Christopher Dring says the sport has seen “strong” first week gross sales particularly within the UK. Its launch week gross sales are 21% greater than Ratchet & Clank: Rift Aside launch gross sales. It’s only behind Warhammer 40K: Area Marine 2, which is the UK’s quickest promoting Warhammer recreation.
Circana Govt Director and Video Recreation Business Analyst Mat Piscatella gave extra perception on Astro Bot’s US gross sales on Bluesky, stating it had a “strong week 1.”
“Don’t often discuss weeklies however needed so as to add some context to the UK reporting from final week,” wrote Piscatella. “Throughout each bodily & digital, Astro Bot ranked 2nd in unit gross sales within the US for w/e Sept seventh (behind solely NBA 2K25), and the Astro Bot DualSense was the week’s best-selling accent. Stable week 1.”
General, it seems Astro Bot might not be blowing individuals’s socks off gross sales sensible, however is doing decently sufficient. Moreover, one may have most likely predicted the sport’s themed DualSense controller can be the week’s greatest promoting accent contemplating how typically the sport pad sells out.
In our assessment, Shaan Joshi gave Astro Bot an ideal 10, saying, “In a world of by-the-numbers sequels and soulless money grabs, Astro Bot stands as an oasis, an absolute masterpiece packed to the brim with allure, creativity, and a real love for video video games, outdated and new.”
