Hiroki Totoki, President of Sony Interactive Entertainment, has revealed during the format holder’s latest financial results overnight that the company will be releasing more family-oriented titles in the future thanks to Astro Bot’s success.
Astro Bot was released in September last year for PS5 and was a huge success, earning numerous Game of the Year awards and rave reviews from critics. Unsurprisingly, Sony is now looking to capitalise on that success with more family friendly titles in the pipeline.
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At The Game Awards 2024, our first-party title Astro Bot won four categories, including Game of the Year and Best Family Game – the most of any title.
In addition, the live service game Helldivers 2, which was released in February last year, won Best Ongoing Game and Best Multiplayer Game awards. The fact that titles in genres we are planning to expand in the future, including titles for families and live service games, have received these awards is a major stride towards building a broad title portfolio.
Reggie Fils-Aime, the former president of Nintendo of America, had high praise for Astro Bot during its win at the New York Game Awards, stating it ‘almost outdid Nintendo at its own game.’ You can read our full review of Astro Bot here.
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