Sony Plans To Launch Extra Household-Pleasant Video games Like Astro Bot

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Sony plans to develop household recreation choices after Astro Bot’s success at The Recreation Awards 2024.
Astro Bot is a important and business success, with over 1.5 million copies bought and excessive critic rankings.
Whereas a sequel is not confirmed, Workforce Asobi continues to launch free content material updates for Astro Bot.

With Astro Bot successful Recreation of the 12 months finally yr’s The Recreation Awards, you possibly can guess the folks at Sony observed how this small platformer has defied all odds and managed to snag essentially the most prestigious award of the yr.

Because it seems, not solely the PlayStation division’s higher-ups observed, however even Sony president Hiroki Totoki took word of it.

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Talking throughout Sony’s quarterly earnings name (by way of VGC), Sony president Hiroki Totoki talked about Astro Bot’s success and the way they want to develop their recreation portfolio to characteristic extra household choices down the road.

“At The Recreation Awards 2024, our first-party title Astro Bot received 4 classes, together with Recreation of the 12 months and Finest Household Recreation – essentially the most of any title,” Totoki stated.

Persevering with, Totoki added, “As well as, the dwell service recreation Helldivers 2, which was launched in February final yr, received Finest Ongoing Recreation and Finest Multiplayer Recreation awards. The truth that titles in genres we’re planning to develop sooner or later, together with titles for households and dwell service video games, have acquired these awards is a serious stride in the direction of constructing a broad title portfolio.”

Whereas nothing concrete was introduced, this bodes properly for the franchise, and for gamers who’re on the lookout for extra family-friendly fare on PlayStation units.

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Not solely is Astro Bot a title cherished by critics, however it’s additionally an enormous business success. In November final yr, it bought over 1.5 million copies, although Sony hasn’t divulged any gross sales milestones after that.

On Open Critic, it has a “Mighty” score and an insane 99% advice charge from critics. The sport is so good that even former Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aimé stated it “virtually outdid Nintendo at its personal recreation.”

There isn’t any phrase on whether or not we’ll be getting a sequel, although Workforce Asobi has been busy pumping out free content material updates, with a new one out immediately.