Even the Ultimate Life Form canโt deny the power of our community. Thank you for pushing SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS to sell more than 3 million copies!
Bam Adebayo on his play with Giannis to start the season:
โWeโll figure it out. Iโll figure it out. Iโll pick my spots where I can be aggressive and be dominant. Iโll figure it outโ.
(via @BradyHawk305)
PS5 outsells Nintendo Switch 2 worldwide in September, VGC estimates
PS5 outsells Xbox Series more than 8:1
Sales by Platform:
๐ต PS5 - 1.1M
๐ด Switch 2 - 802K
๐ด Switch - 169K
๐ข Xbox Series - 128K
Astro Bot has sold 4.7M copies, generating $291M (@alineaanalytics estimates).
Around 46.6% of Astro Botโs copies sold have been physical, which is far higher than the typical game. This is due to it being a family-friendly game (physical gifting) and being big with us old-ass collectors who love the nostalgia.
Astro is another one of those games that continues selling over time, regularly selling more than 100K a month. Itโs sold around 1M more copies this year ($60M in revenue) and is a popular title with families. We can see this using the Alinea platformโs MAU crossover tool:
- Astro Botโs top #2, #3, and #4 games by crossover in any given month this year are Minecraft, Fortnite, and Roblox โ without fail.
- The #1 title every month, though, is Astroโs Playroom, a pack-in with all PS5 consoles.
- For every month this year, between 20% and 30% of Astro Bot players also played Astroโs Playroom that month.
So the free pack-in is a noice funnel for converting players to a full paid product. The question now, though: Where does Astro go from here? I could do with another rad 3D platformer...
Sony's current CEO Hiroki Totoki is aggressively transitioning the company away from most physical electronic products that they are known for and have a deep history with.
- Tv (bravia products) division spun off
- Physical disc PlayStation games ending
- Ending 4k blu ray player production
- Exiting car stereo busines
- also no longer attending CES.
All this was announced over the last 12 months.
Marvel's Wolverine led US game sales in September, achieving the highest monthly dollar sales for a Sony-published title since Helldivers 2
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