https://www.mcvuk.com/days-gone-tops-monthly-charts-but-nintendo-shows-strength-in-depth/
after becoming the best selling game of its launch week, days gone has also managed to be the best selling game for the month of April, while being on the shelves for only 5 days.
here are the top 10 best selling games (physical only) in the UK, for the month of April:
1 Days Gone – NEW
2 Mortal Kombat 11 – NEW
3 Tom Clancy's The Division 2
4 FIFA 19
5 Red Dead Redemption 2
6 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
7 Yoshi's Crafted World
8 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
9 World War Z – NEW
10 New Super Mario Bros U. Deluxe
some additional info:
after becoming the best selling game of its launch week, days gone has also managed to be the best selling game for the month of April, while being on the shelves for only 5 days.
here are the top 10 best selling games (physical only) in the UK, for the month of April:
1 Days Gone – NEW
2 Mortal Kombat 11 – NEW
3 Tom Clancy's The Division 2
4 FIFA 19
5 Red Dead Redemption 2
6 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
7 Yoshi's Crafted World
8 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
9 World War Z – NEW
10 New Super Mario Bros U. Deluxe
some additional info:
- PS4-exclusive Days Gone was the biggest launch of the year, though by Sony's own high standards it looks less impressive as it shifted 38.8% less physical copies at launch than Horizon Zero Dawn, also a new IP. Some of this will be down to the digital shift but the lukewarm reception certainly is accountable too.
- As a result of Days Gone's launch, the PS4 market share went up in April, with Sony's console representing 49% of all physical games copies shifted in the UK in April.
- Mortal Kombat 11 debuted at No.2 in the monthly physical charts. The title had a 43.6% drop in launch sales from 2015's Mortal Kombat X but with Mortal Kombat 11 having the best launch of any Mortal Kombat title to date, it's more likely attributable to digital shift than fading interest.
- Last month's No.1, Tom Clancy's The Division 2, had its sales decreasing 67% month-on-month.
- The sales of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (having debuted at No.2 in March) are down 62%. Its physical sales figures are slightly below where Bloodborne was by its second month, though most of this can be attributed to the digital shift.
- Switch has taken over the Xbox One in terms of both unit sales and value in April, for the first time since January, with Nintendo also being the best-selling publisher of the month, replacing Ubisoft at the top.