Astro Bot |OT| MC: 94

[nnodley]

New full blown Playstation mascot!!

I can't wait to play!!!!

But dang I have so many games to get through now.  SW Outlaws, Black Myth, Astro Bot, Quidditch Champions.  Soon Life is Strange, AC Shadows, Dragon Age. 

It's been so long since there has been so many heavy hitters this close to together.

[Legend]

94
93
90

Nice.


And wow, all this needs to do is sell well and Sony finally has their own Mario again.

[kitler53]

no mention of astro bot being a graveyard?....

[the-pi-guy]

no mention of astro bot being a graveyard?....

Here ya' go

[kitler53]

Here ya' go

i dunno if it's gamers or just click-bait culture but at the high level it would be easy to think gamers hate gaming.   nothing can ever happen without extreme negativity.  

[the-pi-guy]

'Astro Bot is so good that it single-handedly reminded me why I even enjoy videogames in the first place'


Drops under 60 fps once.

[the-pi-guy]

Today is a very special day as ASTRO BOT releases on PS5! From all of us at Team ASOBI, we want to thank you, the players, for sending us so much love and good vibes over the months leading to this day. We owe you. Cheers everyone! pic.twitter.com/ZLZZWMDoHR

— Team ASOBI (@TeamAsobi) September 5, 2024

[Legend]

This just happened in #AstrosPlayroom for the Final Countdown to the release of #AstroBot ???????????? Amazing!
Well done @TeamAsobi @AsobiNico this was something else!! ???????????????? #PlayStation5 #PS5 pic.twitter.com/L7OwCBPZGN

— CMwalsh (@CMwalsh) September 5, 2024

It's just some lights lol. I expected something to open up.

Still cool though.

[kitler53]

it's the little details that can bring the greatest joy. 


...so it's been out for like 9 hours now.  safe to assume someone already got the plat?

[nnodley]

About to start! Since I have some time free today from work

[the-pi-guy]

[the-pi-guy]

it's the little details that can bring the greatest joy.


...so it's been out for like 9 hours now.  safe to assume someone already got the plat?

Some people were blessed with mistakenly early deliveries from Amazon and whatnot.

It seems like it takes ~15 hours to get a platinum.

[the-pi-guy]

To call Astro Bot a ‘game of the year’ contender is too small an appraisal. What Team Asobi have crafted is an all-time great of a masterpiece.@PlayStation @PlayStationUK

Our review ????https://t.co/Xm2tRKyqSW

— GAMINGbible (@gamingbible) September 5, 2024

[the-pi-guy]

In a single week, the same company modeled two divergent paths for the video game industry: 1) a trend-chasing GAAS with a reported nine-figure budget that was killed 11 days after release, and 2) a small but focused game in a somewhat niche genre that could win Game of the Year

— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) September 5, 2024

A more nuanced position:

They’re both directions for the games industry. It’s not one or the other, it’s both.

And both are really, really hard to succeed with right now. One has less financial risk attached to it, granted, but it also has a smaller commercial ceiling. https://t.co/V4GT4Os47J

— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) September 5, 2024

[nnodley]

I think I'd argue that one is really not as hard to succeed as long as it's a great fudgy game and is still the most viable way forward in the game industry.  The GAAS model is insanity to try and break into.  People have their GAAS games they will stick with.  A new one has to be absolutely top notch to succeed.