SaysWho? Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Here is the breakdown for April 2019: Total: $842 million (Up 1% from $838 million in April 2018) Hardware: $160 million (Down 29% from $225 million) PC and console software: $427 million (Up 15% from $370 million) Accessories: $256 million (Up 5% from $243 million) April 2019 tracked spending across video game hardware, software, accessories and game cards totaled $842 million, gaining 1 percent when compared to a year ago. Growth in software and accessory & game card spending offset declines in hardware. Year-to-date spending across tracked video game hardware, software, accessories & game cards is down 2 percent when compared to 2018, to $4.0 billion. Declines in hardware spending have offset growth in sales of accessories & game cards. Software (All notes refer to dollar sales) Dollar sales of tracked console, portable and PC video game software reached $427 million in April 2019, gaining 15 percent when compared to a year ago. Year-to-date dollar sales of tracked console, portable and PC video game software totaled $1.9 billion, 4 percent higher when compared to a year ago. Mortal Kombat 11 was the best-selling game of April and instantly becomes the 2nd best-selling game of 2019 year-to-date. Mortal Kombat 11 was the best-selling game of the month on all platforms on which it released: PC, PlayStation 4, Switch and Xbox One. Mortal Kombat 11 represents the first time a third-party published Nintendo Switch game was the platform's top seller in a month since Ubisoft's Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle topped the Nintendo Switch chart in September 2017. Days Gone was the 2nd best-selling game of April, with debut month sales that rank as the 7th highest in history for a Sony-published title. After just one month in market, Days Gone is the best-selling game produced by Sony Bend Studio in lifetime revenues. MLB The Show 19 ranks as the third best-selling game of April and is now the 10th best-selling game of 2019. It is also the best-selling sports title of 2019 year-to-date. MLB The Show 19 remains the best-selling game in franchise history on a time-aligned basis. Hardware & Accessories Hardware spending in April 2019 fell 29 percent when compared to a year ago, to $160 million. Nintendo Switch sales growth was offset by declines across all other hardware platforms. Total spending on accessories & game cards grew 5 percent in April 2019 when compared to a year ago, to $256 million. Gains for both game card and gamepad spending drove overall performance. Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware platform of both April as well as year-to-date across both unit and dollar sales. The Nintendo Switch 32GB with neon red and blue joy cons is the best-selling individual hardware item of 2019. Amiibo Super Smash Bros Series 1 Character Packs were the best-selling video game accessory of April, while the PS4 DualShock 4 Black Wireless Controller remains the best-selling accessory year-to-date. Software Rankings Top 20 best selling titles (March 2019) - Includes Physical and Digital sales Mortal Kombat 11 Days Gone MLB 19: The Show Tom Clancy's The Division 2^ Super Smash Bros. Ultimate* Grand Theft Auto V Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice^ Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII^ NBA 2K19 Yoshi's Crafted World* Red Dead Redemption II Mario Kart 8* Assassin's Creed: Odyssey Minecraft# New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe* Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild* Jump Force Battlefield V* Borderlands * Digital sales not included ^ PC digital sales not included # Minecraft digital sales on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One included Top 10 best selling titles (Year to Date 2019) Kingdom Hearts III Mortal Kombat 11 Tom Clancy's The Division 2^ Anthem^ Resident Evil 2 2019 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate* Red Dead Redemption II Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice^ Jump Force MLB 19: The Show Top 10 PS4 titles (April 2019) Mortal Kombat 11 Days Gone MLB 19: The Show Tom Clancy's The Division 2 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII NBA 2K19 Red Dead Redemption II Grand Theft Auto V Marvel's Spider-Man Top 10 Xbox One titles (April 2019) Mortal Kombat 11 Tom Clancy's The Division 2 Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII Grand Theft Auto V Red Dead Redemption II NBA 2K19 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Assassin's Creed: Odyssey Forza Horizon 4 Borderlands: The Handsome Collection Top 10 Switch titles (April 2019) Mortal Kombat 11 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate* Yoshi's Crafted World* Mario Kart 8* New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe* The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild* Super Mario Party* Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster Super Mario Odyssey* Labo Toy-Con 04 VR Kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Based on all of the hype about how well Days Gone has been selling, I was expecting it to be in the YTD top ten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameDadGrant Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Impressive numbers for Mortal Kombat 11...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 1 hour ago, mikechorney said: Based on all of the hype about how well Days Gone has been selling, I was expecting it to be in the YTD top ten. It's doing very well. Worldwide. Though it is #2 on the PS4 this year in the US, second to MK11 which did much better in North America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 1 minute ago, SaysWho? said: It's doing very well. Worldwide. Though it is #2 on the PS4 this year in the US, second to MK11 which did much better in North America. It's clearly #2 in April on PS4 -- are you sure it is YTD? I believe that MK11 outsold it by a wide margin in April. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 4 minutes ago, mikechorney said: It's clearly #2 in April on PS4 -- are you sure it is YTD? I believe that MK11 outsold it by a wide margin in April. Yes, according to NPD in the link: PlayStation 4’s best-selling games of April 2019 Mortal Kombat 11 Days Gone MLB 19: The Show Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 NBA 2K19 Red Dead Redemption II Grand Theft Auto V Marvel’s Spider-Man EDIT: Oh fuck me Yeah, fuck if I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 This paints a more representative picture of how Days Gone is selling in the US: Quote Game (Days of tracking) : Sales Spiderman (23 days) : > 2.6 million (incl. digital) God of War (16 days) : ~1.9 million. (incl. digital + bundles) God of War 3 (19 days) : 1.15 million Horizon Zero Dawn (33 days) : > 1 million (incl. digital) more than U4 / 648k physical alone The Last of Us (24 days) : 985k physical (> 1 million incl. digital) Uncharted 4 (19 days) : 828k physical / 879k (incl. bundles) / > 1m (incl. digital) Days Gone (9 days) God of War 2 (26 days) : 833k Uncharted 3 (28 days) : 700k / 838k (incl. bundles) With another week or so of tracking, it might have even climbed higher. Says something about just how well MK11 is doing too. I expect we'll hear something from Sony soon about worldwide sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Surprise winner is actually KHIII: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Probably beating a dead horse here but I'm still always surprised when I see GTAV charting on these lists. It just keeps selling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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