Astrobot looks phenomenal for what it wants to be (cartoony Platformer). Astrobot games are all about smooth fun gameplay anyway
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BlackTron
Gold Member
I don't know how many video game properties were in Lego Dimensions had but it minimally had Sonic.
Again I don't think it's a big coincidence this is based on a game. This is being framed almost like, oh why did Lego need to do this to Sony, couldn't they use something else. It was used intentionally IMO.
TheDarkPhantom
Member
I'm not a huge fan of the LEGO games but I've enjoyed the ones I've played (Marvel, Harry Potter, LoTR). Might check this out but I'm more intrigued by the possibility of other PlayStation IP having a LEGO game, I'd be all over an Uncharted or God of War game 
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Balducci30
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I love astrobot gameplay wise - I will enjoy that much more than this. I just expected them to update the graphics from playroom at least lighting wise
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You can actually see some slight details improved on Astro himself, he is visibly damaged in that Trailer on the Desert with the Fennex Fox. Look at the cracks on his Metalhead
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
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Dr.brain64
Gold Member
Heck yes! I love lego games so this is day one for me.
F the haters
F the haters
Moses85
Member
Alphagear
Member
Why not Switch ports of Astro Bot or something else from Sony?
No one forces anything. Companies come to agreements and it is pretty obvious Lego wanted this game on Switch in exchange for the license.
Sony know they can make more money with it on Switch so agreed.
The Lego license is too big to refuse. I doubt this is the last Sony Lego game we see.
Pedro Motta
Member
Having a soft brain is not something to be proud of.
DJ12
Member
MS obviously don't want to support their own platform by paying for it to be on gamepass.
Xbox owners are conditioned not to buy games now so why should Sony bother.
Doesn't appear that travellers tales are involved so probably won't have the charm of other lego games. Hope theres going to be a demo.
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Fredrik
Member
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Seems normal. How many other lego games use an ip without any previous video games?
Lego City Undercover is all I can think of, and Ninjago.
I think this is brilliant. I sometimes play the Horizon games for my kids when I know there are no human enemies around. Robots and dinosaurs, can it get any better!? And the Lego games gets played a lot here so this seems perfect for the young ones, will get it on Switch unless it runs like crap.
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Killjoy-NL
Member
Because barely anyone cares about Xbox.
DForce
NaughtyDog Defense Force
The copium is just immense here. People acting like Sony had a gun to its head when they signed the deal.
If they didn't want to release a Switch version, then this game wouldn't have happened. These Sony execs aren't your friends and never have been.
This concept makes a lot of sense for kids (of course NeoGAF posters won't like it, it's not made for the 30-40yr old forum poster).
It also makes a lot of business sense for Sony to open up to Nintendo and not Xbox.
Bro the PS Blog post mentions Switch. Give it up.
LEGO Horizon Adventures launches Holiday 2024
Guerrilla’s iconic hunter Aloy is back for more adventure in a brand-new multi-platform game in a world made of LEGO bricks.blog.playstation.com
It's not about being forced, it's about coming to a mutual agreement.
So it's not "coping" to say LEGO probably wanted this game to be released on multiple platforms as part of the agreement.
VitoNotVito
Member
Xbox people buy games? News to me…
Fabieter
Member
MisterXDTV
Member
People don't buy games on Xbox, that's why....
vaibhavpisal
Member
This looks great.
Loved Minecraft Dungeons. Getting same vibes here.
Loved Minecraft Dungeons. Getting same vibes here.
midnightAI
Member
It's not hard to see that this will also help grow the brand, regardless of what NeoGaf thinks, both Lego and Horizon are incredibly popular, it's mutually beneficial to put this game on multiple platforms as well as make the accompanying Legos (I'll buy some and customise with LED's and some airbrushing maybe)
Life Diff
Neo Member
Don't know if those 10 sales would of made a difference
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
It's crazy to think that this is going to sell the most on Switch.
What a generation this has been.
What a generation this has been.
Fabieter
Member
The could release it on the wii and it would probably sell more than pc and PlayStation.
DJ12
Member
You're trying too hard to get your narrative going.
Looking a little desperate.
As to your final attempt, it won't.
PS5 version of lego star wars sold better than switch when there were far less PS5s around. Stands to reason now theirs more the sales will be skewed more in favour of PS5.
midnightAI
Member
Dun dun dunnnnn.... We have a winner
Little Chicken
Member
Nobody gives a fuck about LEGO HORIZON, except Sony fans trying to self-soothe.
HisExcellency
Neo Member
Because both PS and Xbox know that PS gamers actually buy games while Xbox gamers do not.
midnightAI
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xHunter
Member
Simply because, although some here want to point out other reasons, SONY considers XBOX its main competition and that is why it pays for console exclusives and that is why it will avoid whenever it can support XBOX. Just imagine the image damage and controversy that launching a first party SP day one game on XBOX would have generated at a time when there is talk of its move to multiplatforming.
Of course, that's why Lego games sell very good on XBOX (the last one was on the bestseller list 2022), and of course that's why 99% of publishers and studios release their games on XBOX knowing that they are not going to sell anything........
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midnightAI
Member
Oh, another thing, just think of the possibilities for collectors editions etc. game and Lego bundled.
DenchDeckard
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Right, so it's absolutely no big deal at all that a Sony IP is heading to switch. No big deal at all.
Can you imagine a mario lego game on playstation. It would be bonkers. Or mario rabbids
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AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
Knew I'd wake up to a mult-pager on this one.
Playstation studios IP day one on Switch is pretty hoopy. I know it's because it's Lego.
For the folks who wonder who's going to play this at all, kids that are into Lego in general aren't going to care that it's something they've never heard of. They're going to see the lady with the cool hair fighting robot dinosaurs with the funny banana man and want to play it. It's not gonna smash any records, but it's a neat thing to see.
Playstation studios IP day one on Switch is pretty hoopy. I know it's because it's Lego.
For the folks who wonder who's going to play this at all, kids that are into Lego in general aren't going to care that it's something they've never heard of. They're going to see the lady with the cool hair fighting robot dinosaurs with the funny banana man and want to play it. It's not gonna smash any records, but it's a neat thing to see.
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Killjoy-NL
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Nvm
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DJ12
Member
If they did a lego mario I wouldn't be surprised if it was on other platforms either.
you're trying to hard to make xbox demise a #sonytoo issue.
graywolf323
Member
Nintendo would never agree to it which is why we’ll never see that
but yeah people are trying really really hard to tie Sony agreeing to this to them following Xbox becoming a third-party
BlackTron
Gold Member
This has been the most eye-opening event of all time on this board, for me. I now realize that denial and copium expand to fill a space no matter how large it is, which is a fair bit larger than my imagination previously went.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Nope. I'm literally highlighting that it's wild to see a Sony franchise on switch. PC day one was one convo and then it's also switch day one.
As if its not in anyway a significant thing.
Topher
Gold Member
I think there have been a few different narratives that folks have been trying to contrive out of something that really isn't a big deal at all, frankly. Not sure why folks need to believe Lego is beholden to Sony or Sony is beholden to Lego in any of this. This is a clear collaboration between two different franchises: Horizon and Lego. Something Lego has done numerous times before as we all know too well. So what is the big take-away from all this? Not a damn thing.