When Astro Bot was first announced, no one could have predicted how big the platform would be. While it wasn't the little robot's first adventure, it was the first that was more than just a tech demo or VR experience. It was set to take Astro on a massive new adventure that celebrates all things PlayStation, and upon launch, players seemed to fall in love with it. Due to this success, there are likely to be many more Astro Bot titles in the future of the Asobi team.
However, those future Astro Bot games can be in a bit of a rough spot. As of now, the direction Team Asobi has in mind for this franchise is not entirely clear. This game served as a celebration of the brand and was built around fixing a PlayStation 5. While the studio could do this again, it would risk becoming repetitive. But if the studio creates something too different from what's come before, then it might not be met with the same acclaim.

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Astro Bot focused on celebrating the PlayStation brand
The Astro Bot franchise first started in 2013 with a collection of mini-games known as Playroom on the PlayStation 4. This collection served as a way to showcase the PlayStation Camera and DualShock 4 features. Three years later, the idea would be expanded with VR Playroomwhich did the exact same thing for PSVR. Players seemed to love it so much that it warranted a full game, so Team Asobi did just that in 2018.
Astro Bot Rescue Mission was a VR game that had players explore multiple worlds in search of Astro's lost crew. It became one of the highest rated VR games, so naturally the franchise didn't stop there. Astro's playroom it would launch in 2020 pre-installed on every PS5 and once again served as a tech demo for the studio's latest controller. Then in 2024, players were treated to the critically acclaimed long-running platformer Astro Bot.
Astro Bot took what players loved about those tech demos and expanded them enormously into a fantastic platforming experience. In this game, players have to save Astro's crew again in multiple galaxies. Along with that, he must repair his PS5 mothership and experience PlayStation history through collectibles, unique levels, fun bots and more. And now that it's become one of the best-selling PS5 games, there are likely many more adventures on the way.
Astro Bot's next step seems unclear
However, Astro BotHis future seems to be a mystery. Team Asobi could go back to the tech demo days of the franchise's past and show off some new hardware like the PSVR 2. But now that players have been treated to a full-fledged platformer, they might feel reduced to return to those smaller adventures. . And while there are many routes that platformers can take, the road Astro Bot celebrated brand really helped support it as something special.
For now, Sony doesn't have a PlayStation 6 on the horizon, nor does it appear to have any other major new hardware anytime soon. Because of this, Astro has nothing new to try to fix in multiple galaxies. Additionally, celebrating the PlayStation brand can become stale after two entries do exactly the same thing. Team Asobi will have to come up with something different if they want to capture the audience again, but if it's too different then it might not excite the fan base in the same way.