Summary
The latest Japanese sales reportpaints some troubling news for PlayStation, especially when it comes to the recently releasedAstro Bot. Developer Team Asobi releasedAstro Botas a follow-up to 2018’sAstro Bot Rescue Missionand 2020’sAstro’s Playroomearlier this month, with this latest entry in the budding series being a full-scale platformer celebrating 30 years of the PlayStation brand. InAstro Bot,players control the cute robot Astro, who needs to gather the broken parts of his PS5-like spaceship by journeying across planets inspired by various PlayStation games.
Ever since its release on the PS5 on September 6,Astro Bothas been met with glowing reviews for its impressive graphics, innovative platforming gameplay, and a plethora of references and cameos from beloved PlayStation franchises likeGod of War,Uncharted,Crash Bandicoot, and more.Astro Bothas even managed to become thehighest-rated first-party PS5 game, outranking past hits likeGod of War RagnarökandMarvel’s Spider-Man 2on review aggregate websites like OpenCritic. Additionally, people are already predicting thatAstro Botwill be a contender for Game of the Year at The Game Awards this December.
However, it looks likeAstro Botis falling short in Japanese game sales, at least according to the latest report from Famitsu (viaGematsu). In its listing for retail software sales for the week of Jun 10, 2025 to June 23, 2025,Astro Botcame in second place at under 12,700 copies sold, right behindTouhou Danmaku Kagura: Phantasia Lostat 16,631 units. This is a low showing for afirst-party PlayStation releasein Japan, but it should be noted that this list only counts physical copies sold at retailers.
Astro Bot, PlayStation 5 Console Fall Behind in Japanese Retail Sales
Meanwhile, the PlayStation 5 console itself is also slipping in Japanese retail sales, only ranking third place at 9,097 units sold. This places it just behindthe Nintendo Switch OLEDand handheld Nintendo Switch Lite, and is a considerable drop from the previous week’s reporting. A possible factor in this decrease in retail sales could be the recent spike in PS5 prices in Japan, which was announced late last month as a response to the global economic situation.
It should be noted that these recent PS5 andAstro Botsales numbers only pertain to physical copies sold at retailers in Japan, and that the latter might fare better in digital sales and copies ordered from online retailers like Amazon. As thepositive word-of-mouth surroundingAstro Botcontinues to spread, the hit mascot platformer could also see a rise in physical units sold in Japan as the weeks go on, but so far it is off to a slow start.
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