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[Draugoth]

Chris dring comment about astrobot 1st week in Europe

• Best selling game that week
• 2% highter than R&C rift apart
• 52% bigger than Crash 4
• 100% bigger than Sonic Frontiers
• 48% smaller than Spyro reignited trilogy remake
• 59% smaller than Crash trillogy remake

 

[Saber]

Sonic Frontiers? Why...why? Lmao

 

[Kacho]

Didn’t he already cover this in a tweet? Any new info on how it did in subsequent weeks?

 

[Hookshot]

So that's why he said "original" in his earlier tweet. It trounced crash 4 but was lacking against the remakes.

 

[Dafegamer]

So that's why he said "original" in his earlier tweet. It trounced crash 4 but was lacking against the remakes.

The remakes sold like 15million+ so there's no way Astro Bot is matching those

 

[Robb]

Hope it has some good legs, I want more Astro Bot and games from Team Asobi in general.

 

[solidus12]

I hope the game is HUGE success worldwide. Fitting how this game came out the exact day PlayStation killed Concord.

 

[Fake]

Great news. More japanese games please.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Did those Crash/Spyro trilogy remakes sell well? Seems like it, Weird though that Crash 4 didn't do as well.

Good news for Astro but I hope it continues having legs throughout the holiday season....and we see Astro VR remake for PSVR2 tomorrow!

 

[onQ123]

Astro Bot is going to sell boatloads this holiday & also continue to sell throughout next year if nothing else comes out that appeals to all ages.

 

[Physiognomonics]

Did those Crash/Spyro trilogy remakes sell well? Seems like it, Weird though that Crash 4 didn't do as well.

Good news for Astro but I hope it continues having legs throughout the holiday season....and we see Astro VR remake for PSVR2 tomorrow!

Crash and Spyro had the advantages of been known and loved for decades (and are 3 games too).

The fact that it sold more than Crash 4 (52% more) is very impressive.

 

[Cakeboxer]

Did my part and ordered it for my GF's son. 47 Euro was a steal.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Crash and Spyro had the advantages of been known and loved for decades (and are 3 games too).

The fact that it sold more than Crash 4 (52% more) is very impressive.

Im surprised it dud better than Sonic, I thought Sonic frontiers did surprisingly well?

And sonic has IP relevance due to the movies too

 

[kazuyamishima]

It would be better if he spilled the beans, but no fun allowed.

At a 25-50% discount, the game will sell very well in the holidays.

 

[Judge Magister]

Good. Not my cup of tea but i'm rooting for former Japan Studio.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

 

[Woopah]

It would be better if he spilled the beans, but no fun allowed.

At a 25-50% discount, the game will sell very well in the holidays.

I'm always curious how much Chris is allowed to share. It looks like raw numbers are off the table, but he can do as many % comparisons as he likes.

 

[Mownoc]

Did those Crash/Spyro trilogy remakes sell well? Seems like it, Weird though that Crash 4 didn't do as well.

Last we heard crash 4 passed 5m sales, Crash NSane Trilogy sold over 20m. NSane Trilogy was in the top 10 in the UK charts for years.

 

[Physiognomonics]

Based on this 10 million units sold is already a lock guys.

 

[kazuyamishima]

I'm always curious how much Chris is allowed to share. It looks like raw numbers are off the table, but he can do as many % comparisons as he likes.

He’s very limited in what info can he shares, but that’s the whole point. Getting paid subscribers to get access to the data.

 

[DenchDeckard]

 

[Hookshot]

Did those Crash/Spyro trilogy remakes sell well? Seems like it, Weird though that Crash 4 didn't do as well.

Probably burnout. “Hey I remember crash!” So they bought the trilogy, played for a bit, didn’t make it through 3 whole games, and then when 4 came out they had no need for a 4th as they had their fix of it recently and moved on.

 

[yurinka]

The remakes sold like 15million+ so there's no way Astro Bot is matching those

Selling half of >15M, something like 8M would be a huge success for Astro Bot considering how new -non Mario- platformers sell nowadays. Over 10M would be insane.

I bet Hermen and Jim didn't expect to sell even 5M when they greenlighted it.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Based on this 10 million units sold is already a lock guys.

That's impressive.

 

[DForce]

It reclaimed the number-one spot last week in the UK.

 

[Reaseru]

Aside of the Mario franchise, platformers have generally a very niche market.

 

[Dafegamer]

Selling half of >15M, something like 8M would be a huge success for Astro Bot considering how new -non Mario- platformers sell nowadays. Over 10M would be insane.

I bet Hermen and Jim didn't expect to sell even 5M when they greenlighted it.

Yeah I can definitely see that range. 15million+ is not reachable imo, but hey Helldivers 1 was niche, now it's one of the highest selling PlayStation IPs. Never say never actually

 

[Trilobit]

Aside of the Mario franchise, platformers have generally a very niche market.

It's unfortunate as it was the bee's knees in the PS1 and PS2 era. I still love them and platform adventurers, but the offerings are abysmal today.

 

[Woopah]

He’s very limited in what info can he shares, but that’s the whole point. Getting paid subscribers to get access to the data.

Indeed, which is why i'm surprised he can share so many % comparisons.

 

[mckmas8808]

It reclaimed the number-one spot last week in the UK.

Is this the 2nd week isn't been out in the UK?

 

[HeWhoWalks]

I hope the game is HUGE success worldwide. Fitting how this game came out the exact day PlayStation killed Concord.

Like Nintendo, Sony knows how to weather a failure and pad it with a success.

If only all console manufacturers knew how to do this!

 

[jm89]

Is this the 2nd week isn't been out in the UK?

3rd week.

 

[mckmas8808]

3rd week.

Man this is amazing!

 

[Dacvak]

 

[jm89]

Man this is amazing!

Yeah i think it's gonna have legs.

If it can win the GOTY award might be some free marketing just before christmas.

 

[StereoVsn]

So that's why he said "original" in his earlier tweet. It trounced crash 4 but was lacking against the remakes.

Yeah, I was hoping it would do better vs Remakes .