After Astro Bot's Success, Expect More Family PS5 Games from PS Studios | Push Square
The brilliant Astro Bot released last year to universal acclaim, and it seems its success has validated Sony's decision to branch out into the family game space.
Speaking in a recent earnings call, Sony head Hiroki Totoki talks about the game, specifically its multiple award wins at The Game Awards.
«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,» he said.
«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.»
So, not only is Sony continuing to expand into live service and online multiplayer titles, it's looking to grow its family-friendly offerings as well, with Astro Bot being a prime example.
It's exciting, because Sony has a good history of all-ages franchises. While Astro is fantastic in its own right, it's preceded by series such as Jak and Daxter, Sly Cooper, LocoRoco, PaRappa the Rapper, LittleBigPlanet, and Ratchet & Clank.
At PS5's launch was Sackboy: A Big Adventure, an offshoot from Media Molecule's fan favourite franchise, while Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart came a little later.
Astro Bot is definitely Sony's biggest success story among its family-friendly PS5 titles, though, racking up lots of awards (including Push Square's 2024 Game of the Year) and selling very strongly.
We're definitely down with Sony broadening its reach with games like this, but what do you think? Would you like to see more family games from PS Studios? Tell us in the comments section below.
Stephen has been part of the Push Square team for over six years, bringing boundless enthusiasm and a deep knowledge of video games to his role as Assistant Editor. Having grown up playing
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