Astro Bot has launched for PS5, and as many had hoped, it has delivered an all-time nice platforming expertise. It’s grow to be the perfect reviewed recreation of the yr, and fortunately sufficient, that acclaim is seemingly being mirrored in its preliminary gross sales as well- in Japan, at the least.
Caught by @Genki_JPN on Twitter, over on Amazon Japan, not solely is Astro Bot at the moment the No. 1 best-seller, it has additionally bought out, and is being proven as being quickly out of inventory. With the sport having solely simply launched, Sony has clearly but to supply preliminary particulars on the way it’s promoting, however that is actually a good indicator of the way it has began in Japan. Whether or not or not it matches that gross sales elsewhere stays to be seen, however the widespread vital acclaim and robust phrase of mouth would counsel that it would.
In our evaluation of the sport, we awarded it a rating of 9/10, saying, “Astro Bot is a superb love letter to all issues PlayStation, and an distinctive platformer in its personal proper. Should you personal a PS5, it is advisable to play this recreation.” Learn the total evaluation by way of right here.
Astro Bot can also be set to obtain post-launch DLC, with Staff Asobi confirming that it will likely be including at the least 15 free ranges.
