Japan Sales Charts: Astro Bot Barely Registers at Retail, PS5 Numbers Plummet After Price Hike

Astro BottomThe latest Japanese hardware and software charts are in, and they don’t make for particularly positive reading if you’re sitting on the Sony side of the fence. To start with, Astro Bot has entered in second place, but with just under 12,700 copies sold at retail, that’s hardly worth bragging about. It’s an incredibly low debut for a first-party PlayStation release. Here’s hoping that digital sales are a lot more robust, because the spectacular platformer deserves all the success it can get.