Fallout 4 was the UK's best-selling game last month, as the popularity of the TV adaptation from Amazon Prime keeps on fuelling sales. Combined with deep discounts across the entire series, Christopher Dring of GamesIndustry.biz said the Bethesda RPG earned top spot "comfortably", with the second-placed EA Sports FC 24 presumably not even close to matching its sales.
The data provided by GSD combines physical and digital purchases, which will have lent Fallout: New Vegas and Fallout 76 a helping hand as they also appear in the overall top 10 for April 2024. The beloved Obsidian spin-off was the eighth best-selling game of the month in the UK, while Fallout 76 sold slightly less in ninth.
The rest of the top 10 for the region is made up of Helldivers 2, GTA 5, Hogwarts Legacy, Red Dead Redemption 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and WWE 2K24. As for PS5 release Stellar Blade, it debuted in 12th place, but the title only released on 26th April 2024, so it had just five days of data to account for.
The new TV show from Amazon Prime — which is now preparing a second season — has sent sales of the games on all platforms skyrocketing, with purchases up 7,500 per cent across the whole of Europe. The likes of the PS Store had Fallout 4 on a heavy discount in the lead-up to its new PS5 version (it cost £3.99 in the UK), which allowed the titles to enter bargain bin territory.
UK's Top 10 Best-Selling Games of April 2024 (Physical + Digital)
- Fallout 4
- EA Sports FC 24
- Helldivers 2
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Fallout 76
- WWE 2K24
[source gamesindustry.biz]
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Fallout 4 cost €5.00 on PSN where I am last month.
Was it similarly priced everywhere else?
I already had a physical PS4 copy, but I bought it again at that price for the convenience.
I hadn't played it since I quit half way through the Nuka Cola expansion back in the day, but that game is addictive when you get into it.
Hogwarts Legacy still killing it.
@Shepherd_Tallon yeah it was on sale a, couple of weeks before the PS5 upgrade launched for about £4 or £5 and was standard price again a few days before launch.
@Shepherd_Tallon That price Everywhere on all platforms.
Huh not sure how to feel about the complete lack of new releases on that list. Only sequels, Live services and IPs. HD2 is the only 2024 game on that list.
They should have remade it like Sony LOU part 1
@Shepherd_Tallon 😆 Nuka World not Cola. I also remember quitting that expansion halfway, think it was all just capturing capturing or something that got old quickly.
@TheArt Yeah I can't remember what it was exactly that made me leave it, but after the first few missions I just felt like I had done it all before and quit.
@TheArt Not the best expansion by any means. It's fine. Far Harbor is worth the price of the expansion pass alone. One of the best pieces of Fallout DLC period.
The strategy worked: release the current gen upgrade along side the show. Certainly helped that the show is being widely praised.
@Shepherd_Tallon yup, still £4 on C*KEYS, and 3 and NV £1.
I always find it amazing how well GTA 5 is selling. I get RDR2 as it's possibly the greatest game ever made but at this point who is still buying Gta5....
One day it or GTA online will be on phones and the sales will continue
@Stickleman Nagging children and folks that turned the correct age to play, my uncle who is now in his fifties bought it recently because he wanted to get back into gaming a little bit and he played the old ones so that's definitely one of the other reasons why it still sells well today.
Bit of a shame 3 and New Vegas aren't available on current Playstation consoles.
I've been having a great time revisiting the Fallout games and will likely be still playing them in the months ahead
Consoles are selling less and less through the years.
Yes, the future is PC only.
I’ve been playing Fallout 3, which is apparently the ginger of the bunch lol. Good game btw!
Replaying FO4 right now. It’s great. Tons of content. The RPG aspect is great. Combat is pretty good. Not GoW or Jedi Survivor good though
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