Big ASTRO BOT Sales FLOP?! & MORE PlayStation 5 Pro Problems...

ASTRO BOT sales in Japan aren't looking too good and Sony has a big problem with the PlayStation 5 Pro in Japan already...

[scottynaughtty]

Japan is treating Sony like Sony treated Japan... go figure...

[JB-qupv]

The issue here is Astro Bot deserves better, but Sony does not

[millasgameroom]

Completely agree. PlayStation is finished in Japan. Not only will there be no Japanese exclusive PS5 import scene, but the few remaining Japanese devs with loyalty to PlayStation (like AQUAPLUS, the Utawarerumono creators) must move over to Switch 2 for their console games. They have no choice.

[Adamtendo_player_]

Sony is now a western company. They are no longer a Japanese company and dismal sales of Astro bot has proven that.

[dibbinssp]

The fall from grace in Japan is just nuts. Japan is fed up, I’m fed up with Sony. Like many others.

We keep saying it. But Switch 2 will be the killer blow to PlayStation in Japan.

Better start going in on the western crowd Sony. It looks like soon that’s all you got.

Such a shame.

[Samsapopin]

You know Japan is basically done with Playstation if Astro Bot sold less than the last SAO game; which sold 19k & was on PS4. Now I'm really intrigued to see how SAO Fractured Daydream will do overall. Something tells me Japan will just get it for Switch.
But yeah, Japan is giving Sony what they deserve after the price hike & ditching their Japanese studios.

[BryceCzirr-jzju]

This is why you gotta relase on PC too. Look at the sales of Wukong, Palworld, Space Marine 2

[angelvillegas]

Echoes of wisdom sold 248, 000 while astro bot sold poorly its already fallen of the top 10

[FURognar]

I dont see Astrobot being a sales juggernaut. The gamers who like that kind of game are already on Nintendo Switch by the millions. The Playstation fanbase doesn't normally go for those types of games, and the ones that own a switch.

[KadeemG]

Blame Sony Fanboys for Astro Bot’s disappointing sales in the UK.

[TMS-Oddbot]

It’s unfortunate this could mean Team Asobi takes a fall for Sony, when their efforts are probably still good for Japan, it’s just too little too late.

[jurassictyrantkingYT]

Here's the problem with Sony's sales pitch on astrobot they only released it on the PlayStation 5, Sony should have made *Astrobot* for both PlayStation 5 and Playstation 4 and maybe sales would have been a lot better, Sony putting it Only on the PlayStation 5 was a bad idea and they should have made a PS4 version so this way the sales could have been a whole lot better. Sony's executive board probably forgot that half of the PlayStation Community is still on the PlayStation 4. They seem to forget that half of the PlayStation Community is still on the PlayStation 4 Pro 50% is still on the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 4 Pro.

[gredlite]

The game is fun. It's just that when you read the comments, these people were fan boying for Sony. The majority of Sony player based don't play games like this. They were acting like this competes with mario games.

[alonzo]

I bought and played astro bot for about an hour this morning. I went to get back in a bit ago and it's stuck on the press any button screen. Uninstalled it, reset my ps5, reset my controller....nothing is fixing it

[VegaPhil]

Wow that's really reaching by saying Astrobot sold 21% higher than Ratchet and Clank when it released. The amount of people with a PS5 when that game released was pretty small so its actually still pretty poor but i guess better than it selling less, wow. Its a shame that game is wasted on an audience that doesn't appreciate it

[Jakeyby]

I just don’t think astro bot has a good character design to draw people in. The game may be fun, but for me the box art and character design just looks a bit bland. That’s a huge part of sales and marketing.

[RhythmGrizz]

This is what happens when you rebuild the identity of your console to being a western-based, M-rated, online multiplayer or cinematic oscar bait machine.

Those people you conditioned your ecosystem for don't show up for your Japanese platformer game.

[rcrdbatista]

I live in Japan and got a physical copy of the game. It took me 3 different stores to find it because it was sold out. So if is not about the game be selling super well maybe is because they didn’t put many physical copies out there and are expecting must people buy digital.

[JoseTabuu]

There's a caveat with those Japan sales. Sony did shipped very little to Japan and preorders did not pick up until after reviews dropped. So while they didn't sell huge physical numbers they still sold out what they wanted to sell. Seems to me they're also creating artificial scarcity and forcing people to buy more into digital.

[wangabaddon]

Astro bot is way too expensive for only 8 hours playtime.