Sony’s
latest
financial
report
has
revealed
that

critical
darling
Astro
Bot
has
managed
to
sell
1.5
million
copies
in
its
first
month.

That
comes
alongside
news
that
the

PS5
has
now
sold
65
million
consoles.
Sales
have
dropped
from
a
year
ago
–
8.2m
in
the
same
quarter
compared
to
6.2m
this
quarter
–
but

Sony
is
also
reporting
better
profitability
on
its
hardware.

That’s
enough
to
rank
the
PS5
as
the
13th
best
selling
console
of
all
time,
behind
the
Nintendo
3DS.
The
PS3
sits
at
just
over
87
million
while
the
massively
successful

PS4
is
a
smidgen
over
117
million.
The
PS2,
of
course,
is
still
the
best
selling
console
of
all
time,
although
it’s
looking
like
the

Nintendo
Switch
could
claim
that
crown
in
the
next
few
years.

PlayStation’s
cutest
character
is
back
and
this
time
he’s
starring
in
his
very
own
triple-A
blockbuster
release.
Incredibly
fun,
absolutely
beautiful
and
filled
with
charm,
Astro
Bot
is
in
strong
contention
for
Game
of
the
Year.

Overall,
the
PS5
is
trailing
slightly
behind
the
PS4,
which
at
this
point
in
its
lifespan
had
sold
around
67
million
units.

Things
are
looking
pretty
good
for
Sony
at
the
moment.
The
company
reported
that
operating
income
is
up
184%
over
last
year,
while
sales
from
its

Game
and
Network
Services
were
up
12%
as
well.

Scooting
back
to
Astro
Bot,
its
sales
numbers
certainly
don’t
put
it
up
with
any
of
PlayStation’s
biggest
hitters
like
Spider-Man,
God
of
War
or
Horizon,
but
considering
the
game
should
have
hopefully
been
made
on
a
relatively
small
budget
Sony
will
surely
be
happy
with
the
numbers.
Right?
Well,
it’s
hard
to
say.
With
game
budgets
spiraling
out
of
control
these
days,
it’s
becoming
increasingly
hard
to
judge
what
is
and
is
not
successful.

It
is
a
little
odd
that
Astro
Bot’s
developers
and
Sony
didn’t
post
anything
about
the
game
breaking
the
1
million
mark
on
Twitter.
Hopefully
that
isn’t
a
sign
that
the
numbers
aren’t
meeting
Sony’s
expectations.