Astro Bot has launched for PS5, and as many had hoped, it has delivered an all-time nice platforming expertise. It’s turn into the most effective reviewed recreation of the 12 months, and fortunately sufficient, that acclaim is seemingly being mirrored in its preliminary gross sales as well- in Japan, no less than.
Caught by @Genki_JPN on Twitter, over on Amazon Japan, not solely is Astro Bot at present the No. 1 best-seller, it has additionally offered out, and is being proven as being briefly 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 definitely 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 important acclaim and powerful phrase of mouth would counsel that it would.
In our evaluate 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. In the event you personal a PS5, you should play this recreation.” Learn the complete evaluate by right here.
Astro Bot can be set to obtain post-launch DLC, with Workforce Asobi confirming that will probably be including no less than 15 free ranges.
