April was a bad monthinteresting situation for the video game industry, since we saw the launch of titles like Stellar Blade. Along with this, the popularity of the Fallout series gave more attention to Bethesda games, while the Xbox ports performed well.
According to Mat Piscatella, Executive Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana, Stellar Blade became the best-selling game during the month of April 2024 in the United States, a good achievement considering that its launch took place during the last days of this month. For its part, Helldivers IIwhich is positioned as the best-selling game of the year, had a small decline to second place, although still ahead of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III in third place.
April 2024 Top 20 Best-Selling Premium Games – US (Dollar Sales, Physical and Digital from digital data sharing publishers, excludes add-on content) pic.twitter.com/fTWBm2ACXT
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) May 29, 2024
The interesting thing is that multiple games that had stayed away from the top 20 for years have returned to the top of the list. This is the case of Sea of Thieves in fourth place, followed by Fallout 4 in fifth position, as well as Fallout 76 in eighth place, and Grounded in place number 12. These are titles that enjoyed some type of relaunch or their popularity had a new air.
Let us remember that Sea of Thieves and Grounded They finally arrived on the PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch after years as Xbox exclusives. For its part, Amazon’s Fallout series reignited fan passion and encouraged a new audience to experience the series for the first timewhich explains the success of Fallout 4 and Fallout 76 in the last weeks.
Notably, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth It is not on the list of the 20 best-selling games of April overall, nor in the list of the 10 most successful PlayStation titles in the past month. On related topics, you can check our review of Stellar Blade here. Likewise, here we tell you if it is worth playing Grounded on Switch or not.
Author’s Note:
April was a busy month. Although it seems that the launch of Stellar Blade It was a long time ago, actually the game is only a month old since it hit the market. The interesting thing will be to see the position he will take Helldivers II in May, especially after its controversy on Steam.
Via: Mat Piscatella
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