The NPD Group has revealed the top ten best-selling games in the United States for the month of April.
Total game sales for the month were $495.2 million (down 25% compared to April 2012), with software specifically down 17% to $254 million.
The best-selling titles in the United States for the period between April 7th and May 4th were the following:
- Injustice: Gods Among Us (360, PS3, NWU)**
- Dead Island Riptide (360, PS3, PC)**
- BioShock Infinite (360, PS3, PC)**
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II (360, PS3, PC, NWU)**
- Defiance (360, PS3, PC)**
- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS)
- NBA 2K13 (360, PS3, WII, NWU, PSP, PC)**
- Skylanders Giants (WII, 360, PS3, 3DS, NWU)**
- Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins (3DS)
- MLB 13: The Show (PS3, Vita)
**(includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)
NPD analyst Liam Callahan reports that “despite overall declines, April title launches in 2013 fared better than games that launched in April 2012, up 118% in unit sales and 130% in dollar sales. This increase was driven by games like Injustice: Gods Among Us, Dead Island Riptide, and Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins.” Injustice marks “the first time since April 2011 with Mortal Kombat that a fighting game ranked in the top spot.”
Callahan added that “overall declines are stemming from the performance of games launched prior to April; for example, the decrease in sales performance of March launches. Specifically, when looking at video games launching in March 2012, month 2 sales represented 25% of the total first two months of sales, which contracted to 17% for March 2013 launches. One reason for this might be the decrease in the number of new titles, which can cause sales of a title to be ‘front loaded’ with a greater amount of sales happening in the first month of its release.”
On the hardware side, Callahan commented that Xbox 360 “was the top selling hardware platform, based on unit sales, for 21 months in a row.” He also notes that as far as accessories, “though every accessory type experienced year-over-year declines in April 2013, year-to-date trending increased by over 20% for the combined sales of point cards, headsets/headphones, and all other accessories (which includes Skylanders).”
According to Microsoft, 130,000 Xbox 360s were sold in April, holding 42% of current-gen console sales. Microsoft reports that U.S. consumers spent $208 million on Xbox 360 hardware, software and accessories in April.
This story will be updated once we receive statements from Sony and Nintendo.
Andrew Goldfarb is IGN’s news editor. Keep up with pictures of the latest food he’s been eating by following @garfep on Twitter or garfep on IGN.
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