Astro Bot has loved widespread crucial acclaim since its launch earlier within the month, to the purpose of changing into the best-reviewed recreation of 2024 to this point, and it appears that evidently’s leading to strong gross sales for the 3D platformer. Although preliminary physical-only gross sales information from the UK urged that the sport had obtained off to a worse begin than Ratchet and Clank: Rift Aside – the final main platformer that PlayStation printed earlier than Astro Bot – contemporary information suggests in any other case.
As per Christopher Dring of GamesIndustry on Twitter, accounting for each bodily and digital gross sales, Astro Bot has obtained off to a “strong” begin within the UK, seeing 21 p.c greater gross sales in its first week than the aforementioned Ratchet and Clank: Rift Aside. The Crew Asobi platformer has apparently seen a 55 p.c share of digital gross sales to this point, versus Ratchet and Clank, which leaned 55 p.c in bodily’s favour.
As per Dring, Astro Bot was the second-best promoting recreation within the UK final week, with Saber Interactive and Focus Leisure’s Warhammer 40,000: Area Marine 2 coming in at No. 1. Area Marine 2 has, in fats, additionally turn out to be the fastest-selling Warhammer recreation within the UK so far, surpassing Sega and Inventive Meeting’s Whole Conflict: Warhammer 3.
Writer Focus Leisure not too long ago introduced that Area Marine 2 had surpassed 2 million gamers promptly after its launch. You’ll be able to learn our evaluation of the sport by means of right here. You too can learn our evaluation of Astro Bot by means of right here.
