Astro Bot is already hitting 120 FPS on PC thanks to the KyTyPS5 emulator. Not long ago, the game was barely running at around 6–32 FPS. Now, with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and RTX 5090, it can reach 80–120 FPS in lighter areas. It’s still far from perfect, though. Performance can drop to around 20–30 FPS in heavier sections.

Ghost of Yotei: Complete Edition is adding armour sets based on Astro Bot, Journey, and Helldivers. They unlock in Most Wanted, a new roguelike mode of combat challenges that ends with a fight against one of the Yotei Six. The outfits can also be used in the main story. They appear to be cosmetic skins, not sets with their own perks.

Sony is looking to create another big character brand, and Astro Bot could be replaced. Sony Creative Products is working on original characters with the goal of building a business that could eventually compete with companies like Sanrio, the company behind Hello Kitty. One of its main characters right now is Nemu the Night Owl Bear, he’s a character who worries so much about problems in the world that he can’t sleep. Nemu already has more than 1 million followers, and Sony wants its character business to reach around ¥10 billion, or more than $60 million, in annual sales by 2030.

PS5 emulation has hit another impressive milestone. A Discord user named RSantila reportedly booted Astro Bot on a Windows PC using SharpEmu, an experimental PS5 emulator. This is huge since Astro Bot is a 2024 PS5 exclusive and shows how quickly PS5 emulation is advancing. One interesting detail is that Claude is listed as a contributor to the SharpEmu project on GitHub because people are using it to advance even faster. Apparently the community is contributing more after Sony’s recent announcement about ending physical game distribution in some markets. Don’t expect to play PS5 games on PC anytime soon, though. Booting a game is just the first step.

Sony’s dynamic pricing is affecting PS Store Black Friday deals, with different players getting different prices for the same games. Astro Bot ranges from $33.59 to $39.59, while Death Stranding 2 goes from $34.29 to $39.89 depending on the account. Sony hasn’t explained why some players get better discounts than others.