Days Gone secured the seventh biggest Sony-published debut in US history, but still couldn’t stop the Mortal Kombat 11 juggernaut, which topped the respective sales charts for all four formats it released on. According to NPD data, the brutal brawler is already the second best-selling title of 2019 in America, despite only being available for a handful of the tracked period’s days.
There’s plenty for Bend Studio to be proud of, however, as Deacon St John's inaugural adventure is already the developer’s best-selling game of all-time in terms of revenue. The platform holder can be equally proud of MLB The Show 19, which finished third in the April 2019 sales chart, and continues to be the best-selling entry in the franchise on a time-aligned basis.
As anticipated, the Nintendo Switch once again dominated hardware sales, with no indication of how the PlayStation 4 fared in comparison. Unless there are any price adjustments, we really can’t see Sony’s console winning back its crown this year, so the Japanese giant may have to settle for second place temporarily. Of course, it’ll be eager to take back the throne when the PS5 drops.
NPD Software Top 20: April 2019
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Days Gone
- MLB The Show 19
- 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: Game of the Year Edition
NPD PS4 Software Top 10: April 2019
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Days Gone
- MLB The Show 19
- 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
NPD Best Selling Games of 2019 So Far
- 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 The Show 19
* Digital sales not included
^ PC digital sales not included
# Minecraft digital sales on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One included
[source resetera.com]
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Days Gone has done incredibly well. Success like this practically guarantees a sequel.
OK - so who is still buying GTAV at this point?
@hi_drnick New console owners.
In the far future, human civilization as we know it might be dead and gone as vaccine-resistant diseases, climate change, and nuclear war take their toll on the fragile architecture of modem human existence. Our successors who survive us might have no sense of the whole of human history before them as the fires of human savagery wipe clean the slate of the world. Yet I firmly believe that, even if they don't understand what it is they're doing or why they're doing it, those people are somehow still going to be purchasing copies of GTA V.
@get2sammyb makes sense but @ralizah is much funnier.
It’ll honestly be interesting to see if they port GTA5 to PS5. Obviously you’ll be able to play it with BC anyway, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they do something like this.
Days Gone and mlb 19 the show are 2 of the best games this year.
Great to see Days Gone do well because it means Bend Studio will get to stick around for at least one more game. Unfortunately I don't think it'll be the Syphon Filter game that I've been waiting for since completely Logan's Shadow years ago on PSP but I'll take a Days Gone 2. There's a good foundation there, hopefully the next game can clean up some of the issues of the first, mainly the technical bugs. As much as I like Days Gone it does lack the polish of the typical first party PlayStation game.
If GTAV was re-released for a third time next gen with quicker loading speeds, better frame rate and updated visuals then I'd totally buy it again.
@get2sammyb
I'd be dumb enough to buy it. If it's basically PC ultra 4k 60fps all that jive...well, I guess I'm ready for another rerun 😅
@Ralizah Im certain some people eat these things. 😋
@ApostateMage Have not bought it will not buy it maybe GTA6. My last GTA game after Vice City.
DG probably huge every where else in the world. Bigger than in the US. I wonder if Bend is going to work on two games with a boost from Sony. We know they ve been working on another game already for a while.
Hopefully Anthem will drop out of the Best top selling games of 2019 soon lol
@hi_drnick i bought it for 14.99 love the 1st person perslective
@Ralizah 100% agree, i just bought gta 5 again to play in 1st person lolol
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