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We talk to Team Asobi’s Nicolas Doucet about how Astro’s Playroom started out as a collection of tech demos for the PlayStation 5’s DualSense controller, and evolved into a celebration of PlayStation’s history.
(The book shown in b-roll is PlayStation Anthology by Mathieu Manent.)
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Captions by Megan Carnes
0:00 – Intro
1:30 – Origins of Team Asobi
4:03 – PS5 DualSense Tech Demos
6:36 – Creating a PlayStation Museum
9:30 – Hardware Collectibles
12:09 – Character Cameos
14:41 – Designing a Free Game
19:11 – Japanese Platformer Design
21:33 – The Song / Credits
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Getting a real "Little Computer People" (by Anthony Rother) vibe from that song at the end.
i unfortunately still haven't gotten my hands on a PS5, but I'm eager to, if for no other reason than the fact that ASTROBOT: Rescue Mission VR was one of the single greatest, most joyful gaming experiences that i've ever had; and i've been gaming for over 40 years. Kudos to Team Asobi. re-spect.
This Song had no right to be that good!!!💙💙💙
Wow, I have to say it would have been really easy in these COVID docs to just use the webcam footage as-is and leave it alone. But the amount of creativity on display with placing devs into the environments of their games really adds to the production value of the doc, great work as always!
I was hype for this because the guy from noclip has a great documentary voice but this ended up being a zoom interview with a b roll overlay
GPUUUUUUUUU
So, basically; Astro's Playroom is LittleBigPlanet remade.
Don't get me wrong, I like it and it has all the right to exist (and it's not the same game, as well as a demo). But LBP was already doing the references with cutesy characters and such.
16:53 – I agree. – Even though I might have been playing videogames since the early '90s and I've done some complex things with controllers like the Belkin SpeedPad (a.k.a. Razer Tartarus these days), with layering complex keyboard-layouts under one hand and all kinds of macros and such, I don't like when they just throw some kind of scheme at me when it comes to gamepads. – It's like "Oh my god!…" and you get discouraged to even continue because sometimes you can't just remember all of that right away. – And yea, you can learn as you go, but it's better to streamline and optimize controls, at least making them intuitive. – This is actually why I like the SpeedPad, as I can just program it to how I want to input things. – Everything needs to be thought out well.
They forgot VitaTV!
I honestly still can't believe this game was free with the PS5! It's amazing, I had so much fun playing it!
still the only PS5 game I've played lol. really enjoyed this!
Amazing video! I thoroughly enjoyed it! And the 4K is awesome~ Thank you for making this!
Astro’s playroom is gonna preserve the PlayStation legacy better than PlayStation itself
I really loved Astro's Playroom! I'm kinda hoping for a sequel…
I'm genuinely jealous of people who are only starting to get a hold of a PS5 and experiencing this gem of a game for the first time. I had it platinumed asap.
Astro's Playroom is the most heartwarming game i've ever played, it displays passion, love and care from their developers for the Playstation family like nothing ever has, it surely was a surprise from current Sony top leadership abandonment of those ideals this days.
GPU!!!!!!
Glad to see you guys are back!
Never played it but loved this.
That T-rex boss was exactly that. a love letter. I was lucky enough to get a PS5 at launch and play astro bot without any spoilers. I loved every minute of it, despite thinking I wouldnt care for it that much. The T-rex boss brought on a flood of childhood memories that were so wonderful to feel. I could still remember playing that demo in awe as I pressed buttons to open the jaw and 'mood walk' the t-rex across the screen. I want to thatnk the developer of astros playroom for making me feel that way, and many other ways. what you made was very special.
This is delightful, thank you! I really hope Astro gets a follow up in the not too distant future.
I'm hyped to see this
Soooo… has anyone an idea, why I don't get the 4k option? Watching on a 4k monitor in Chrome on a pc. No 4k for me to choose, only goes up to hd 🙁
Another quality production
This game is perfect. It made me feel like a kid again. And watching the console startups brought me to tears.
Insane production as always.
Astro Bot is technically the best PS5 exclusive.
Not only being a fun game that is well designed, but also uses all the features that console has to offer. It'll be very hard to top.
When Sony blessed us with this great love letter to the past, who would have thought that they would destroy all their history in just 5 months.
I hope the algorithm picks this up
I sincerely hope they turn Astro's Playroom into a flagship series that rivals Nintendos Super Mario 3D games. Imagine a Astro Bot game with the length and diversity of a Super Mario Odyssey…
Great stuff, that was super interesting to know more about this game ! Enjoyed every bit of it
Fantastic video guys
Awesome! You can hear the way he talks about the game how much love the team poured into it.
It's borderline criminal that Sony have closed Japan Studio. What is Jim Ryan's team doing??? So many bad decisions recently. They need to wake up.
A better potato 🥔
Another great documentary! Thanks for the content!
I love everything about this game. Its brimming with love, passion and nostalgia. Brought such a big smile to my face.
wonderful!
Oh wow. This hits right to the nostalgia vein. Makes me want to own PS5 one day! The inclusion of og T-Rex brought me such strong feels of happiness.
It’s always amazing to see people so excited about their work. But it also makes clear how much Sony’s corporate leadership sucks right now, this video should have been made by themselves. I dont get this faceless, characterless and none personal “relationship” to their customers…
♪♫ GPUUUUUUU ♫♫
Really nice work with this doc, I'm glad to see the trick you used with Tim Schaffer, the Nicolas feed was integrated quite well.
Dual Sense reminds me a lot on what Nintendo was doing with their own hardware, the wii, wii U and DS screens but third-party developers just really never utilized the tech, or at least as much as Nintendo did. I kind of expect that to happen with the dual sense. But honestly, Astro’s Playroom is probably the software I’d want to get the PS5 for. It’s pretty cool seeing those old consoles and pushing the emersion through that controller really does seem cool.
A shame Sony doesn't care about their past besides this game.
This is brilliant. Gotta say I really really enjoyed all aspects of Astros Playroom. Great game and it's the perfect length imo.
every NoClip docu has that same feeling of reverent nostalgia, much like Astro's Playroom