Astro Bot director Nicolas Doucet also revealed during a talk at GDC 2025 that the studio went through 23 iterations of the game.
Nicolas Doucet spoke about how smaller games benefit the development teams, as well as an audience that has large gaming backlogs.
The new PS5 bundle features a copy of critically-acclaimed platformer Astro Bot along with the console and one controller.
The team behind the acclaimed PlayStation VR title had a great time experimenting with the medium and new gameplay features.
The iconic stages, featuring several cameos by classic PlayStation characters, were planned to be much smaller in scale.
The first new level, Tick-Tock Shock, is available now in the Vicious Void Galaxy, with the remaining levels launching weekly.
The critical success of Astro Bot helped Sony vindicate its decisions to release more family- friendly titles. Helldivers 2 was also praised by Sony.
The new Astro Bot level looks incredibly challenging and is themed around players dealing with water and ice using slow-mo.
Accessible after finishing the base game, it offers "shiny presents", new VIP Bots, and other surprises for players to discover.
Astro Bot, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, and Silent Hill 2's remake also saw week-on-week increases in sales in the region.
Both are also nominated for Game of the Year, alongside Balatro, Black Myth: Wukong, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, and Metaphor: ReFantazio.
Though the platformer has added its last piece of currently announced DLC, more could be on the way, its updated end credits seem to indicate.
Team Asobi's critically acclaimed platformer launched on September 6th for PS5. It's since received several levels and Bots for free.
Other new releases such as The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, and others also occupy spots in the newest monthly software charts.
A new level and Special Bots will be added weekly until November 14th. Team Asobi also teases "even more surprises" soon.
Team Asobi and Sony's 3D platformer's launch month sales beat Sonic Frontiers and Crash Bandicoot 4 by 34 percent and 52 percent respectively.
With many wondering why there's no Final Fantasy representation in the recently released Astro Bot, the platformer's director says, "We really respect the choice of each publisher."
The platformer's upcoming free DLC will add five new online speedrun levels and ten new bots to rescue at no additional cost.
NBA 2K25 was the only game to sell higher than Sony and Team Asobi's widely acclaimed platformer in the United States across the week that it came out.
Sony and Team Asobi's 3D platformer, which launched for the PlayStation 5 this week, is currently the best-reviewed game of the year.
