Big ASTRO BOT Sales FLOP?! & MORE PlayStation 5 Pro Problems...
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
- ASTRO BOT sales in Japan aren't looking too good and Sony has a big problem with the PlayStation 5 Pro in Japan already...
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Japan is treating Sony like Sony treated Japan... go figure...
And thats fantastic. Sony is a woke californian company now and harms gaming with censorship, high prices, and wokeness in most of their AAA games. And to be honest, for most games you wouldn't even need a PS5, many games are on PS4/Pro. Can't say i really like this Sony gen.
Almost like if it was xbox.
Hopefully that help incentivize Nintendo to stay Japanese to capitalize the market
@@currywurst2434OMG you idiots live and breathe woke 🤦
Exactly . Fair is fair.
The issue here is Astro Bot deserves better, but Sony does not
Thats why it should go to Nintendo. It would sell way more, trust.
Lmao, stop moving the goalposts. Gamers are all bark, no bite. IF gamers are so enamored with single player games as they say they are, WHY is Astro Bot straggling?
This isn’t a Sony issue, moreso a gamer problem. If people want less live services and more “traditional” games, then walk the walk. Helldivers 2 became the fastest selling PlayStation game and it is a live service multiplayer title.
Says a lot..
@giovanni2910 I don't think so, astro bot is playstation's Mario mascot, and Nintendo already has Mario.
@@cbgg1585 You make a good point, but I don't think it's the one you were going for. If Astro Bot isn't selling well, then that says more about PS5 gamers than gamers as a whole. After all, Astro Bot is PS5 exclusive, and not everyone owns a PS5.
In other words, Astro Bot not doing well likely means that most PS5 gamers do not care for 3d platformers, and prefer games like Helldivers 2 or God of War Ragnarök.
@@matthewtorma2087Sony pushed away most of the real gamers.
Sony is now a western company. They are no longer a Japanese company and dismal sales of Astro bot has proven that.
Sony HQ in Toyko Playstation HQ is in California.
@@1992TheDiamondWolf that was also another reason why Sony is in the deep Doodoo along with hiring Mark Cerney
So you admit the Japanese population are racist and only support Japanese products? Got it, makes sense since Xbox is from an American company.
@Adamtendo_player_1 you should watch Harman Smith, I've learned from his channel how corrupt Sony really is and PlayStation only succeeded early on because they paid off Capcom, Square, etc to make games for them and not Nintendo, paid off editors of gaming magazines to trash games on Saturn if they were also on PlayStation like that guy did for some magazine he gave the Saturn port a bad review even though it was more arcade accurate when the thing he complained about could be switched off in the settings.
@@PaperBanjo64 I will definitely check this channel out. I agree PlayStation succeeded because they paid the lack of Capcom and square Enix big bucks
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.
Sony can also try with China, which is a massive market potentially (just look at Wukong's sales, or how many people play gacha there). But yeah, I feel like Japan is going fully Nintendo + mobile (and maybe PC to some extent). Xbox never mattered there, and now it looks like Sony is cooked as well... at least without a dedicated hybrid console/handheld.
@@mariusamber3237 totally agree. It does look like China has had a push. With PS5 BMW.
Apparently, the Japanese market is growing in the PC space as well.
@@dibbinssp2018 Right, as opposed to Japan, China/Korea have had a fairly strong PC gaming culture for a while to my understanding (due to various limitations, but also PC cafe gaming culture). Japan also used to have that, but mostly in the 80s/a part of the 90s, and even then it paled in comparison to the console market over there. We'll see how it develops, but I suspect China might become a much more important market for Sony soon, whereas Japan will end up sticking with Nintendo.
@mariusamber3237 even if they had a hybrid/handheld/console that wouldn't help sony's situation. I don't know why people think copying Nintendo is going to work for them? Ot won't! Nintendo is Nintendo. They do there own thing and nobody can't do what Nintendo does. Nintendo understands it's audience. Steam deck, rog ally and all these other pc handhelds all flopped. Steam deck with all its youtube praise still got them selling 3.1 million total sales. That's a flop in english
Xbox does matter
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.
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i have a feeling aquaplus will refuse to move over to nintendo. they refused to bring monochrome mobius over, and they still refuse to bring the utwewarerumono games over.
@@user-us6ft2sj5q Monochrome Mobius might be legitimately tricky to port technically given its development cycle, so skipping that makes sense. I think your hunch will be proven wrong in the end. A lot of people said the same about Compile Heart and Falcom, and now Switch is a target platform for them.
@@user-us6ft2sj5q they will have no choice when they see their sales plummet on PlayStation.
They won't. Switch 2 is base PS4 level hardware.
Japanese developed games like Elden Ring, Tekken 8, Resident Evil 4 remake, and Monster Hunter Wilds, simply won't run on it.
Playstation is basically half the sales of those games. The big boys at least will stay on PS.
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.
for once bandai made a good decision to release their new games at launch on switch. It's the first time a sao game is available day and date on switch. hopefully that trend continues with switch 2. However, i'm fully expecting the switch version to struggle to run because alytization lycoris was nowhere near 30fps
Team Asobi IS a Japanese studio though. It’s just too little too late I suppose.
SAO?
Forspoken almost sold 3x more in Japan
@@user-us6ft2sj5q I got Lycoris on PS4 at launch...it was mostly due to bugs that got through Q& R but it had some major bugs and crashing issues back then that lead me to never beating the game (one bug would require you to reset your file to continue playing as if you got hit with the issue you couldn't progress and it took a good month or two before it got fixed). The game was kinda OK but also nothing better than most other games that released at the time so I more or less forgot about it lol...in the end the best SAO game was Fatal Bullet and I'm not even into shooters...ironically it's the only one that Kirito isn't the MC, instead an avatar you make is and the npc allies of said game.
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 do......also own a switch.
This is exactly what I was thinking. Astro Bot seems to be a great game, but is it aimed towards the Playstation userbase? Maybe not... Sony abandoned this kind of games long long ago. I think all the people who are really interested in Astro Bot, are mostly Nintendo users by now!.... I'm prety sure that if Astro Bot were a Switch game, we would be talking about maybe ten times more sales in Japan. Not only because of the installed base, but because all gamers who like fun, light-hearted, colorful platformers are now Nintendo users (and some Xbox maybe)
While I think Astro Bot's sales in Japan won't be able to reach more than 50k physical copies, I hope it could at least sell more than 3 million copies international. The thing is that ever since the PS3 era, the PlayStation brand has pushed for more cinematic experiences in regards to first-party developed games and aside from Ratchet & Clank and maybe Sly Cooper, there weren't tons of paltformers in Sony's consoles ever since, also the PlayStation brand isn't that popular with younger gamers, and I mean kids aged 6 to 13, their parents are more likely to buy them a Nintendo console, an older console or invest on a PC or tablet to play games like Minecraft, Fortnite or Roblox, I have some young relatives and they are more interested in Nintendo games
@@geminisflmaybe they’re just trying to attract all types of gamers. It’s a breathe of fresh air tbh
@@pablocasas5906PS5 is also more expensive than Switch, has far less family friendly games, any non gamer parent probably knows Mario
I'm totally getting it if/when it comes to PC but I'm not buying a PS5 just for AB and a couple other things. Let's hope it gets a second wind, it def. looks like it deserves it
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.
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.
Ya...well maybe the head dev and the rest of his team will leave Sony and set up their own studio and work on other platforms/all platforms instead...may mean they will need to release lower budget/graphics games for a time or rely on kickstarting their games or getting contracts with 3rd party publishers not owned by Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo so they can release everywhere but it will let them have far more control of their products, where they go, etc than being a Sony owned company/team...cause quite frankly unless you're making AAA games like shooters/God of War/Last of Us/actual AAA graphics Souls (budget may be AAA but the graphics and few other aspects are not, they are done very well though with the art style they chose that lets it look on par with AAA games imo though while keeping budgets tamer)/etc tha'ts about the only way some game devs may be able to continue to make the more obscure kind of games they want like jrpgs, puzzle games, visual novels, and the like.
Blame Sony Fanboys for Astro Bot’s disappointing sales in the UK.
How could Astro Bot fail? It was a such a cute game! That was such a breath of fresh air compared to what Sony been constantly churning out.
Dudebros don’t want “cute”… they want violence and mayhem games.
I'm starting to think alot of people don't really like Playstation first party games, like god of war or the last of us as much as they say they do. I would know, because I don't like them. Astro bot is cool though(and probably the best ps5 game right now), but I play mostly Nintendo games, so that ain't saying much.
@@KnucklesWTDthese are Japanese numbers, not world wide. Are people this dense. Japan hates the ps5, nintendo owned.
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.
Forspoken sold 3x better in Japan
I can't believe how Astro Bot's Japanese marketing featured a bunch of cardboard stands of PlayStation's characters like Kratos, Aloy and Nathan Drake in their Astro Bot form. Like, yeah they're PlayStation's biggest first party series, but they're not that popular in Japan
Astro bot is way too expensive for only 8 hours playtime.
Please don't Flop Astrobot!! We love you!
Take it to Nintendo Switch 2 and it will blow the sales charts ^_^
@@geminisfl or switch 1, even a downgraded port would sell like it was Galaxy 3
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.
I have nothing against Astro Bot, I really think it's an amazing game, but it feels kind of weird seeing so many PlayStation players suddenly praising it when many other platformer games on PS hardware were ignored for years, or how Sony hasn't done anything with some of their older franchises like Ape Escape, Parappa the Rapper or Legend of Dragoon in years
There was also a Spanish game UA-camr who focuses on PlayStation who played Astro Bot and said Nintendo would never make a game which celebrates its gaming history, despite the fact that Super Smash Bros. and Nintendoland exist
PS5 lives on Call of Duty and FIFA.
Fortnite 2K madden
@@rockyshoresstudios4987 then explain to me, what the point of an Xbox is.
It doesn’t even have its own high-quality games. It’s quite literally redundant at this point.
@@NostraSamus funny you say that because it’s actually the fate of the SONY brand that is redundant, and the PS5 pro is the proof of that. You might not see it yet but Xbox has positioned itself for the next gen handheld and pc/system perfectly.
I will buy Astro Bot if it goes on sale.🙂
Sony being extra greedy makes me even more not want to buy it at full price.
Like nintendo ain't greedy give me a break
they are not greedy
@@1992TheDiamondWolf Nintendo ain't charging $700 for a console right now. But they rarely have sales.
The PS5 is going to be a 85,000,000 million install base console when the end of its life finally comes.
Without Japanese companies’ support for Sony AS THE LEAD DEVELOPMENT CONSOLE the PS6 will never reach 85,000,000.
Even Sony’s first party games (which are all incredible) development costs require sales in the tens of millions the break even. This is the beginning of a downward spiral of unsustainability.
Nintendo is now sure to become the lead console maker in Japan. If Nintendo is successful in other regions, Sony could be in big trouble.
If Microsoft’s next console gives you access to your Steam and Epic library (as rumored) that definitely makes Sony’s position even more precarious…
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
It’s typical cope. only 10 mill people had it in 2021 60 million have it how a 6x higher install base.
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.
Astro Bot is mid as hell. That game flopping is just the universe trying to correct its self.
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.
Well they didn't expect too much and probably rightly so. In the end it will hurt sales a bit but it wouldn't be a big millionseller anyway.
Sound like an excuse and a bad move on Sony's part to me
@@redcrimson1028 Possibly bad move but it being sold out means there's a demand for it. It's possible they can rectify it in the next couple of weeks by sending way more stock.
And I'm not excusing anything. But life ain't black and white so we gotta treat each situation differently with complete info up front.
Wrong
There is no demand
Japan: You're good, Astro Bot, but Mario is better.
Because it is
Astro bot got Trophies. Mario Thank for play lol
@@1992TheDiamondWolf No one cares about trophies...
@@luism8130skill issue?
@@JonBlack413waste for of time more like it
Good, that's what they deserve for abandoning Japan & treating them badly with censorship, etc.
If Sony doesn't fix their attitude, then they will go down in history with too many L's.
they dindt Abandon anyone
NGL, I’m happy it flopping. Ponies standing on business. They said they don’t like kiddie games and they meant it. 🤣🤣🤣
Ps5 owners are playing ps4. This gaming generation is the absolute worst. Astrobot isn't gonna save this generation. The big three as we know it has come to an end, we just don't want to see it. Nintendo is the only one that will be left standing!!!!
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.
Funny bc Sony fanboys were acting like this game was gonna destroy Mario. Gonna be the next face of PlayStation and dethrone Mario as the face of videogames 😂
I can actually see the little bot being the mascot for PlayStation. He has the charm and appeal for many families, but there was no way he was going to dethrone Mr. Video Games himself. Dude has a historic collection of games and series he has, not just platformers. Same appeal, but nowhere near the level of identity Mario has.
@@THE__Legend_27 Sony fanboys are delusional. Astrobot reminds me of sackboy. Very generic looking and too reliant on other IP’s to boost itself. Because of that I dont see him even becoming the face of PlayStation. Kratos is the face of PlayStation right now IMO. Sony fanboys though were screaming just a week ago how Astrobot is already more iconic than Mario lol.
@@chan13153 that is true. I currently have a ps4, but am waiting for the reveal of the successor of the switch (which many are assuming a switch 2) because there, they actually have a nice variety of games that tailor towards many audiences. And while yes, performance may be a hinderance, I’m not someone who will notice it unless it VERY potent. Overall, I think Sony, more specifically the PlayStation devision has lost many casual audience with its increased price. I’m not saying things are getting too expensive. They are, but that’s a fact of life, it’s just how expensive it is for what it’s worth. Especially the fact they’re putting some games on PS4 makes the 5 all the more obsolete.
But that’s my take idk
I'm still not buying Princess Peach Showtime
@chan13153 and no they aren't what Sony fans (who aren't retarded) are saying is the ps5 finally has a game to rival the better Mario games
Sony is lost bro …..🤣😆😂 love to watch them sink 😬
Mad bubbles floating around & huge shark bite 😂😂.
@@Mcfigg bro it’s Japan 💀 and somehow they are the market leader lol how are they lost goofy
Fanboy ? I can see you now
@@michaelmyersplays4992 Japan is one of the Market leader. Without Japan you arent reaching 150m+. PS4 stopped selling at 120m. PS4 sold 9m at Japan. If Sony ever wants to break their PS2 record they cant without Japan.
@@michaelmyersplays4992 in what reality do you live? playstation is not at all the leader in japan
@@michaelmyersplays4992 Japan Sonys home….don’t be mad at me nobody is buying Sony games there weak…AstroButt flopped is what it is 🤣😆😂…Concord biggest flop in gaming history love it Bungie sinking 3.5 billion 😬….stay tuned 😆
PS5 is nothing but an FIFA and COD machine
And gta madden 2k overwatch genshin apex fortnite that’s all
Let’s see…
Spiderman 2… 11 million sales
Ratchet and Clank… 3.8 million
FF16… 3 million
Elden Ring… 3.6 million
GOW Ragnarok… 15 million
Demons Souls… 2 million
Horizon FW… 8 million..
Stellar Blade.. 1 million
Why do you keep making up lies to suit your own deluded agendas? 🤣
That's why they fought so hard for COD
@@cbgg1585 cool, 5% of their base buys the games. Amazing. 1 out of 20 people or less in most of those games.
No, it's just a worthless POS machine.
PS5 has been a flop, don't be fooled. It has no games and pales in comparison to the Switch and PS4
This is why you gotta relase on PC too. Look at the sales of Wukong, Palworld, Space Marine 2
I can't have Astro Bot undersell, this series needs to continue!
Astrobot is the first game that made me take a upgrade to a ps5 in consideration. But it was not enough to convince me buying into it.
No one should be surprised that the PS5 crowd doesn't appreciate a good game when they actually get one. They are more interested in big budget movies masquerading as games. Do you think the type of people that play The Last of Us 2 have the hand/eye coordination to make it through the first level of Astro Bot?🤣
not to mention most people bought a launch PS5 based purely on FOMO.
Elden Ring sold good though on PlayStation. This is just “kiddy” to them
Sadly Sony built themselves into a corner once those cinematic western style games started to break records
This is Japanese numbers, it shows that japan hates the ps5. Nintendo is god there. I don’t blame them, Sony being screwing japan over.
@@KnucklesWTD spirt summon is ez mode
astrobot would sell at least 2x on steam and 10x on switch.
sony is leaving money on the table, and after concord, they need it.
Most PlayStation gamers dont consider Astrobot to be a $60 AAA level exclusive like other titles PS releases. I think once the game drops to 40 bucks the sales will greatly improve.
I been saying it. Uk number dont matter unless they are being written. Saying it sold 10, 20 or 30% more than the other dont matter.
UK numbers don't matter, period. I don't understand why such a focus is put on the UK as opposed to the whole of Europe or at least EU countries. Or former EU countries.
@@NuiYabuko UK numbers don’t matter but Japan does ?
@@NuiYabuko Yeah, the UK has always been Sony and even before them it was Sega rather than Nintendo, but not all countries in Europe are same :-)
Just put AstroBot on Nintendo Switch, problem solved. Microsoft actually understands if you can’t beat them then make them pay to win!
No!! You mean, if you can't beat them? Join them.
No
You can't put Astro Bot on the switch
You just can't
You'd have to significantly downgrade it for a chance of it running on switch 2
And i'm not even too sure if that's even feasible
@@gugonic2001 It won’t need to be downgraded for Switch 2 much it’s a custom Nvidia SoC with DLSS it could run it no prob, more of an issue is that it’s a love letter to Playstation with a ton of nostalgia and nods to PS games, characters, systems and accessories. It just wouldn’t make sense.
@@MassiveRican then we have not played the same game
I don't know what kind of specs you expect from switch 2 but there's no way it'll handle the amount of physics objects, effects and 300 bots at a playable framerate, among other things
It's one of the only games on the market that feels truly next gen
I don't think there's no reason for the PS5 price increase - it's worth it to you or not, take it or leave it (I'll probably pass myself, I'm still really happy with my PS5 on a 4K/120 TV) - but I don't understand the international conversions. $800USD is like £650GBP, so Brits are paying a £150 premium. That puts their price over $1,000USD for the same thing. Even at £650 they would've made an extra £10+. Feels pretty aggressive...
I don’t think food should go up either but you don’t hear me complaining lol
Taxes make up (maybe not all but) most of that difference. You comparing one price that does not include taxes to other price that have a very high tax included.
@@michaelmyersplays4992 I'm not complaining, just observing. Some of the international pricing feels arbitrary
@bethanyh1637 that's a fair point. By that logic, they're only paying about $150 more than someone in the US would at an average 8.25% sales tax or $50 more if that US customer paid 20% sales tax (which is the UK VAT rate). It's also worth noting that many vendors factor this into international pricing and find ways to compete in other regions, as well as that it can be relatively easy to avoid sales tax in the US.
@@michaelmyersplays4992 I'm not complaining, just observing. Some of the international pricing feels like arbitrary premiums when it could've been competitive.
Sony (and MS) is way too out of touch with what gamers want. They bury the games that ought to live, and attempt to revive the games that 'ought to die.'
The fact that Sony couldn't foresee that Astro Bot was a gem that needed a MUCH BIGGER marketing push, but doubled down on Concord (a game that resonated with NO ONE since the day they showed it), tells you how tone-deaf these guys are.
This happens when you value the feedback of corporate execs more than your actual consumer. Good luck with that ideology.
Y'know, if Astro Bot was a first-party Xbox game by Microsoft, the sales numbers of the game would never be revealed.
It wouldn't even have done 12k copies in Japan then.
@@tomsimmons7673Which is why Microsoft doesn't reveal sales numbers anymore.
Just ordered my copy of astro, Physical, because I found out this is Studio Japan.
It's the principle.
I got astro bot physical yesterday and its a fun game. The physical release with the poster and double sided cover is a nice touch that most releases don't have these days. I want to support physical releases as much as I can. If its digital I mainly will stick with PC for those purchases.
@@Bottlecapy EXACTLY. If it's a game like Destiny or Steet Fighter that has an emphasis to play online and is frequently updated, it's better to buy digit (even tho I bought collectors editions of both... cough).
The main advantage of PC is that you don't have to pay for online 🤓
If you look at the sales alone, Astro bot is not a good game
Hey maybe Sony will port to Switch 2? I mean they are bringing the Lego Horizons game to Switch...
Astrobot would sell if it was on the Switch. Let’s be honest the PlayStation diehards for years have been bagging these types of games, so PlayStation has cultivated their audience for the ‘hardcore’ games. So of course this won’t sell like a Mario game.
If Astro Bot flops, it is so sad. But I think it just shows that the multiplayer and single player gamers are largely a separate group of people. Sadly the big companies only look for the sales numbers. They'd rather make games for the Fortnite and COD crowd instead of us who prefer games like Mario, Zelda, Astro Bot or Metroid. I wouldn't be surprised if Sony shut down Team Asobi, even if Astro Bot has gotten ~95 points on Metacritic. The greedy CEO's don't care. This is how cynical I've become for Sony and other big companies.
Not a separate group the PlayStation audience just prefers “mature” realistic games
The gaming landscape is extremely depressing atm. I don't even recognize Sony anymore. They used to be the bastion for creativity and pushing tech . Now it is all about profit and only profit.
@@Drstrange3000 When has it not been about profit? lol
@NuiYabuko Before, there was at least some creativity and artistry thrown in the mix. Now I don't think they even hide how money hungry they are.
I've had PS5 since launch... The only physical games I have is Returnal, Ratchet and Clank, Demon's Souls, and R-type Final 3... Every thing else is just PS4 discs and I got the PS5 upgrade, because I still let my kids use my PS4... If I wasn't using my PS5 as a kind of PS4 Pro substitute, this gen was a complete waste... I used my Switch and Series X WAYYYY more than my PS5...
Edit: I have just as few Series X games... But I have aroungmd 320 physical Switch games... Sony and M$ were duds this gen...
You can’t give Astro bot 1 free then charge for the 2nd this game should’ve been 29.99$ at most this is why I been mainly on PC and Nintendo
Of course you can.
what a stupid thing to say
Also Astro Bot 1 was 40$ VR game
@@gugonic2001 Astro bot 1 was free day one! lmfao it was a day one free game to show off the new features of the controller 😂🤣🤡 at least it was pre installed for me I didn’t pay for it
@@RagingGrinch-TechGaming i hate doing any amount of research too
@@gugonic2001nobody bought that game
Making less appealing due to a price hike what is already a luxury product is a horrible strategy and Sony should stop limiting it's games due to exclusivity. The PS5 sales are way lower compared to the Switch so the game sales are going to reflect that.
Ratchet & Clank launched when people had a bit more disposable income due to the stimulus money and the desire for any PS5 games were high. People don't have as much disposable income today due to cost of living inflation so they are likely more careful where to spend their money now. Coupled that with all the bad will Sony generated over the last couple years and you got people just not interested in the future of Playstation.
Legit question... Could this lead to massive drop of money or there's a chance the game could still break even in profit, like how Stellar Blade still made a profit?
I'm pretty sure this game is gonna make profit, its budget is (probably) not that high compared to other PS5 triple A games
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
For real, Japan is not stupid. They know the county Mascot is Mario & seeing AstroBot copy every Mario game idea doesn't grab them hard enough to say yup we buying it day 1.
If Astrobot took nothing from Mario & had 100% never before seen ideas, then Japan would be all over the original ideas. Astrobot is just a pretty Mario game under the robot sink & that there is its downfall.
Sony is trying hard to be Nintendos' shadow, but Nintendo is too fast & won't let them follow 😂.
That's not remotely true. Astrobot didn't sell because Japan isn't fing with the PS5. They need a stronger lineup. One good game, whether it's a "rip off" or not isn't going to save SONY.
That’s is not true stop with the fake copy Mario narrative
Games don't need to take 100% new mechanics to sell well. Like, even if they took from Mario, and Kirby, that's fine. You might as well take from the best.
Astro Bot looks like another Mario Galaxy, and it deserves better than to be on the PS5.
Conspiracy theory time, Astro Bot was created and released for this specific scenario so that Sony Executive can say "Look, we gave you what you wanted, it only sold 4 times as much as Concord, so you clearly don't want it" while completely ignoring the fact that _they made it that way_ on purpose.
🤦🏿♂️Astro bot really game for kids bro and not for hardcore gamers
This is exactly the attitude of a PS5 user... Astro Bot is clearly not for them
That's not mutually exclusive.
Gamers are tanking other things that aren't DEI related. At least not directly. Punished for being a Sony game?
Everyone in Japan busy playing that Wukong lol
nope lol
@@ivanramos1809SAVAGE!
Not a chance.
barely any japanese gamer owns a PS5 let alone a PC. switch is where it's at in japan, and also cell phones
That's China
12,000 units ?
Not even Knack
japan players like...
gameplay first
story/ character design 2nd
reasonable price 3rd
high-end graphic last
if SONY want to win in Japanese market, you will need to swap your priority in making game....
I pretty sure AstroBot will continue selling more in japan and stay on the top 10 chart for at least 2 months.....
Why would it be a failure until after Christmas? I don't understand why games are being treated like movie theater premiers.
PS5 Pro - waste of money
When it comes to Astro Bot Digital might be something to consider when Astros Playroom was a digital download on every console
Most people didn't even play it.
I don't know why people are so suprised at the dismal sales of Astrobot. While it's an above average platformer, Sony hasn't release a platformer exclusive to playstation in a decade. Everyone who likes platformers has other consoles(PC/switch) with more and better ones. So when after a decade of pushing high fidelity/graphics action games thier exclusive platformer whos mascot is incredibly souless, it's literally a PS5 but a robot, is it any wonder it's not really grabbing the intrest of the people that actually have PS5s?
The game looks cool but im not spending 700€ on one game
People said there were no games but when a great game is released it seems like people aren’t buying it. Is this a game most people just aren’t interested in or is it the best this game can do for launched sales as a lesser known franchise?
I think the problem is PlayStation fans have moved over to spider-man and sports games mostly.
@@jtscorecrystal it’ll be unfortunate if that’s true since Sony will continue to push more superhero games due to consistent sales. Which is kinda already the case due to the insomniac leak
Game is way overpriced. Should be more like $20-30 range not $60. Personally, I’d play Nintendo for platformers not ps5.
It’s the #4 best selling game on the PlayStation store, seems like people are buying it.
@@Wolfcub23 with how fast some store discount the games I lose interest at buying day one lately. I can wait a few months for 50% off
Switch is my first Nintendo since the NES. I love it. I have always had PlayStations, but with no physical games anymore, sadly that will have to change.
The only chance Astro bot has is to be released on switch and steam
I can sort of imagine Astro Bot coming to Steam in the near future, but on Nintendo hardware would be weird, I mean, I'm sure if Sony is desperate enough for the game to reach a wider audience would perhaps do it, but it would feel so weird having a game that celebrates Sony's history in the video game world on a Nintendo console, that would be Sony basically admiting, "Yeah, we are aware that this type of games do not sell well in our own hardware"
Fn stop. You know astrobot is a huge success
Most People didn’t care about Astrobot when it was on the original PS5,People uninstalled the Game and most People ignored the Game but I heard this Astrobot is the best one yet
Astrobot seems like the kind of game that could have benefited from a local coop mode.
Most game companies are from Japan. Every gamer knows that Nintendo is a Japanese company it is in Japan DNA but not everyone knows that Sony is from Japan not even all Japanese people know this. Most Nintendo games also use Japanese Architecture such as Pokemon Splatoon Animal Crossing and more. Nintendo has several Nintendo stores and Super Nintendo World and will soon have a museum
I just got the slim last week and I bought stellar blade, Black myth, and got addicted to action games from stellar and just got DMC reboot and DMC 5. Not to mention I’m planning on getting Silent hill next month. I’m planning on getting Astro bot eventually though.
People thinking Astro failed, these were Japanese numbers. Japan is basically 90% Nintendo owned. Most of the Japanese people would rather a mario game over Sony plat-former.
it's more nuanced than that, in fact the most popular gaming platform in japan is (sadly) mobile phones, and yes, those ARE competition.
We need xbox to make a comeback
You’d think Sony fans would buy Astro boy just to shove it in Nintendo fans’ faces.
Nintendo will come and save the day
I think that Astro Bot is over priced (for now) but I think with a price cut around Xmas time will see this pick up. 👍
Genki who you covered before on this channel here has stated that the game sold out in Japan. They just didn’t ship that many copies to that region. Why don’t people talk about Princess Peach Showtime sales which flatlined very quickly. I get it that this is a Nintendo channel but the constant videos crapping on Sony gets old and the views on your videos show that. I think Astrobot would have better sales if the game had more retail copies available and if the Japanese economy was better. Also Sony didn’t do heavy discounts on Ratchet. In fact Sony doesn’t do sales on their first party games as they used to so most of those copies were sold close to retail.
What if console gamers started recognizing the value in Xbox. 🤯
I though of buyin astro bot in the future but after all the Sony's greedy practices, I am paying more attention to switch 2 and other mobile consoles.
It will do fine outside of Japan, but Sony really did harakiri themselves in Japan
Guess it’s time to port Astrobot to Switch so it can actually sell!
Sony has become so anti-consumer this gen, even worse so then the PS3 generation. They need to wake up!
Hardly anything is anti-consumer.
@@NuiYabuko yeah you’re wrong.
Even if it fails, I’m glad it exists and that I had the pleasure of playing it. It is one of the greatest platformers I have ever played.
Overall, Sony jacked themselves around in Japan, and not for the reasons some people want to believe. Objectively, Sony’s abandoning of Japan Studios was not a good look. Their almost over-the-top pandering to the Western audience left them without a foothold in Japan and Nintendo without a rival.
I don't think games by Japan Studios lit the charts on fire in Japan.
this type of game doesn't have that appeal compared to other titles. it's like, ok it exists.
Nintendo FTW ❤❤❤
Don’t think you can appeal to Japanese from outside of Japan and also gouge them with that price. People want to feel good about their purchase. I don’t even feel good talking about the price of a PS5 Pro let alone buying one. 😳🙄😂
But bro would never put a Nintendo game would flop lol
Fanboy
But Nintendo games haven't flopped in a long time. 😂
@@jeffshadow7343 Metroid hd collection ? That didn’t do well at all for an established ip
@@michaelmyersplays4992 The Wii game? Or do you mean Metroid Dread or Metroid Prime 1 Remaster ?
@@jeffshadow7343 remaster yes it flopped dude big time for an established ip lol
But you don’t hear yall Nintendo fanboys talk about that.
Always sony sony cuz they run the industry
You hate on sony cuz we the top dawgs homie
@@michaelmyersplays4992 it didn't flop lmao
I feel like it’s way too early to call it a flop. It was never gonna do well in Japan but worldwide we might be seeing a better result.
Well if the game's PS5 only then regardless of how good it is I won't be buying it as I don't have the system (my money is tight enough it can't be used on something I can't play...i either have to be able to use the product right away or I'm not getting it...I'll check if Astrobot is PS4 but tbh i'm not particularly interested in the game that much so I may still not buy the game as I may never play it thus it'd be a waste of money)...and even then I don't really have the free cash to throw on a game I don't particularly want either over say something like Ys 10 or Metaphor Refantazero and af ew other jrpgs that are either upcoming or have released a while ago and I had to skip (and I may get at least Ys X on Switch tbh rather than PS4, Metaphor though will be PS4 as there's no Switch version...granted I don't plan on getting it on release though if I'm being honest and may choose it as a Christmas present if a family member asks what I want (bro or sis, mom and dad I may ask for something more useful for everyday life/work instead of recreational use)).
As for PS5/PS5 Pro there's still no MUST HAVE game for my I can only get from there so no real interest in buying one anytime soon (don't really have the free cash for a console now anyway and a PC may be more useful tbh) and most of the games I do want have had announcements for PS4 or Switch as well so I'd just pick them up there even if it means a graphics loss (the difference from PS4 to PS5 isn't particularly impressive imo...it feels more like a PS4 Pro version 2.0 more than anything and PS5 Pro would be version 3.0 or 2.5...you don't see the visual jump of say PS1 to PS2, PS2 to PS3, PS3 to PS4 (least impressive of these jumps before PS4 to PS5 though).
I'm more likely to buy a Switch 2 more so than anything in the coming year or so and if they can make it stronger than the PS4 Pro that should more than suffice as long as they release the games I want there too (Tales, Trails, Ys, Valkyria Chronicles, Vanillaware games, etc...hell even modern FF may not be completely impossible if it can hit better than PS4 levels even if they got to downscale some things)...granted that's as long as Switch 2 doesn't get some BS price either....which I can't say isn't impossible as I saw a video before this talking about how a couple of Nintendo's manufacturing assembly plants in Vietnam were hit by a flood that destroyed quite a bit of equipment which may cause the supply of the Switch 2 to become more limited than initially planned at launch if it doesn't outright delay the consoles launch (I will not blame Nintendo for this as it's a force of nature not under their control that caused this)...throw scalpers into the equation and it may launch badly like the PS5 did due to Covid and scalping (hopefully Nintendo puts something in place to prevent scalping too much).
You youtubers need to get your facts straight. Mystic Ryan said astrobot did well
12k from an exclusive made by Sony is not doing well. Other regions it might be doing good, but in Japan the game might as well be dead and buried. Those are the facts.
@@BranSmith101 it's not 12k just checked
@@shawnsmith564 Remember we are talking Japan only and how much the game sold physically right now. Since you got the correct numbers, how much did it sell in Japan physically then?
@@BranSmith101 got you
@@shawnsmith564 So you got nothing huh lmao. You got yourself bro.
Nintendo has more flops than sony
PS3 was a flop by PlayStation standards and so is PS5, so Nintendo and Sony are about even.
GOOD!!! Sony deserves everything they get... And this comes from someone that still has all my old Sony Systems and Crt TV's... They have been blatantly scummy for years now...
7:50 I saw a lot of Astro Bot displayed in public in Tokyo at the stores that sell PS5 games.
Because no one is buying, there is a lot of inventory
No sir you're actually wrong Concord did not sell more than astrobot in that region
Concord？？？🤣🤣🤣
Let me guess the switch will save astro bot kinda video
Because it will
lol the Sony haters are hilarious. The sales aren’t high because Japanese people are mobile, there’s no way for them to play astrobot.
It's facts not hating they lost plain and simple
@@angelvillegas9604 everyone knows Japan is primarily a Nintendo Switch market so why are we using Japan sales to say if the game flopped or not? How about we wait for actual worldwide sales. Also the game is only out a week.
Yeah maybe because the damn console is “affordable”
I know, Japanese people don't have houses or televisions.
🤡🤡
@@RebelHeart619 console is to expensive for a game like that it's common sense it will flop
How much next Nintendo console gonna be $500 and $80 to play Game cub and Nintendo Ds on Nintendo online paywall subscription oh one thing there no sort of Achievements on Nintendo platform.