<s>
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
4	I-Application
:	I-Application
It	I-Application
's	I-Application
About	I-Application
Time	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2020	O
platform	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Toys	O
for	O
Bob	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Activision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
with	O
releases	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
and	O
Windows	O
following	O
in	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
the	O
eighth	O
main	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
series	O
and	O
a	O
retcon	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
that	O
originally	O
followed	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
:	I-Application
Warped	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
follows	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
and	O
his	O
sister	O
Coco	O
as	O
they	O
recover	O
the	O
all-powerful	O
Quantum	O
Masks	O
in	O
a	O
bid	O
to	O
prevent	O
Doctor	O
Neo	O
Cortex	O
and	O
Doctor	O
Nefarious	O
Tropy	O
from	O
taking	O
over	O
the	O
multiverse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commercially	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
the	O
highest	O
first-month	O
earnings	O
for	O
a	O
contemporary	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
title	O
,	O
topped	O
sales	O
charts	O
in	O
some	O
territories	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
four	O
awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
4	I-Application
:	I-Application
It	I-Application
's	I-Application
About	I-Application
Time	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
primarily	O
controls	O
either	O
the	O
titular	O
character	O
Crash	O
or	O
his	O
sister	O
Coco	O
,	O
who	O
are	O
tasked	O
with	O
saving	O
the	O
multiverse	O
from	O
domination	O
by	O
Doctors	O
Neo	O
Cortex	O
and	O
Nefarious	O
Tropy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epstein	O
commended	O
the	O
increased	O
frame	O
rate	O
and	O
faster	O
loading	O
times	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
version	O
,	O
observing	O
that	O
the	O
smoother	O
and	O
more	O
clearly	O
articulated	O
animations	O
resulted	O
in	O
faster	O
gameplay	O
and	O
improved	O
reaction	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
sold	O
402,000	O
units	O
digitally	O
in	O
its	O
first	O
month	O
,	O
a	O
lower	O
figure	O
than	O
those	O
of	O
the	O
recent	O
remastered	O
titles	O
;	O
by	O
comparison	O
,	O
the	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
N	O
.	O
Sane	O
Trilogy	O
sold	O
520,000	O
digital	O
units	O
within	O
the	O
last	O
day	O
of	O
June	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
Crash	B-Application
Team	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
Nitro-Fueled	O
sold	O
552,000	O
throughout	O
June	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
they	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
first-month	O
earnings	O
were	O
the	O
highest	O
for	O
a	O
contemporary	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
title	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
higher	O
price	O
tag	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
PS5	B-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X	I-Device
and	I-Device
Series	I-Device
S	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Switch	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
rose	O
to	O
No	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
30	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
NPD	O
Group	O
analyst	O
Mat	O
Piscatella	O
observed	O
that	O
console	O
sales	O
for	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
4	I-Application
:	I-Application
It	I-Application
's	I-Application
About	I-Application
Time	I-Application
were	O
being	O
sustained	O
by	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
mobile	O
runner	O
game	O
Crash	O
Bandicoot	O
:	O
On	O
the	O
Run	O
!,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
launch	O
on	O
the	O
Switch	O
and	O
continued	O
digital	O
promotion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
made	O
#1	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
physical	O
sales	O
charts	O
,	O
selling	O
1,000	O
copies	O
more	O
than	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
Squadrons	I-Application
,	O
but	O
physical	O
sales	O
were	O
80%	O
less	O
than	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
N	O
.	O
Sane	O
Trilogy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
version	O
sold	O
10,437	O
physical	O
copies	O
within	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
of	O
release	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
fifth	O
best-selling	O
retail	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
week	O
in	O
the	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
nominated	O
for	O
Outstanding	O
Control	O
Precision	O
,	O
Outstanding	O
Family	O
Game	O
(	O
Franchise	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Outstanding	O
Sound	O
Effects	O
in	O
the	O
20th	O
NAVGTR	O
Awards	O
,	O
but	O
lost	O
to	O
Spider-Man	B-Application
:	I-Application
Miles	I-Application
Morales	I-Application
,	O
Animal	O
Crossing	O
:	O
New	O
Horizons	O
,	O
and	O
The	B-Application
Last	I-Application
of	I-Application
Us	I-Application
Part	I-Application
II	I-Application
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
