Summary
- PlayStation has revealed its rumored Astro Bot bundles.
- Both the regular and digital editions of the slimmer PS5 will be getting Astro Bot bundles.
- The listing is already live but you won’t be able to buy the bundles until March 13, 2025.
Not many games have had the honor of being officially bundled with the PS5, but if there were any that should be, it’s Astro Bot. Six months on from the 2024’s Game of the Year’s release, PlayStation has revealed its newest mascot will be the star of his very own PS5 bundle when it gets a worldwide release next week.
The reveal of an Astro Bot PS5 bundle has been expected for a while. Reliable PlayStation leaker dealabs revealed the plans last month with some expecting the bundle to be shown off during February’s State of Play. Neither it nor the news about a whole new batch of speedrun levels, which began dropping the next day, made the SoP cut. Still haven’t been able to figure out the logic behind that one.
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The reveal of the PS5 bundle was saved far longer, and we now know when exactly it will be available. PlayStation shared in a tweet on Monday morning that its Astro Bot bundle will be available at “select retailers” globally starting next week. However, if you’re okay with buying the bundle through PlayStation Direct, it looks like you’ll be able to get your hands on it sooner.
Astro Bot Is Getting His Own PS5 Bundles
That Might Be Cheaper Than Buying The Console Separately
The listing for the bundle is already live on the PlayStation website, but don’t all go rushing there at once – you can’t buy it yet. Where you’d normally find the “add to cart” button, there’s a “coming soon” message. However, the listing does confirm that the bundle will be available to buy from March 13, 2025, so this Thursday.
PlayStation 5 Console – ASTRO BOT Bundle
PlayStation has bundled its slim PS5 models with Astro Bot. The bundles come with either a standard or digital edition of the slim PS5, a copy of Astro Bot, and a standard DualSense controller.
Unfortunately, the bundle includes a regular DualSense controller, not the limited edition Astro Bot one.
It also confirms how much the console is going to cost – $449.99 for the regular slim version of the PS5, and $399.99 for the digital bundle. What’s particularly interesting about these prices is, as they stand, they’re cheaper than buying the consoles by themselves. A regular slim PS5 is currently $499.99 through PlayStation Direct, while a digital edition costs $449.99.
If the bundles remain at that price when they go live later this week, it will further prove that PlayStation is eager to make Astro Bot as big a deal as possible. All we know about its numbers at this stage are that it has sold 1.5 million copies. Not only was it not clear whether PlayStation was happy about that figure or not, but it’s also a very outdated number. It was revealed in November, so we’ve had the holidays and Astro’s GOTY win to bump its sale since then. Hopefully its bundles will boost them even more.
- Released
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September 6, 2024
- ESRB
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E10+ For Everyone 10+ Due To Crude Humor, Fantasy Violence
- Developer(s)
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Team Asobi
- Publisher(s)
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Sony Interactive Entertainment