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UK April 2024: Fallout 4 #1, Helldivers 2 #3, Fallout: New Vegas #8, Stellar Blade #12

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Fallout 4 rules the roost in April | UK Monthly Charts

Fallout 4 was comfortably the best-selling game of April in the UK, according to the latest GSD data. It was a quiet mo…
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Overall

  • Software - 2.23 million (down 7% from 2023)
  • Hardware - 71k (down 39% from 2023, overall year-to-date is down nearly 30%)
    • PS5 - down 25% year to date
    • Switch - down 38% year to date
    • Xbox Series - down almost 25% year to date
  • Accessories - 530,000 - down 28% from March, up 7% from 2023
Software
There was no new major title released this month, with the highest ranking title being Stellar Blade at No. 12. Instead, the Fallout series was driven to the top by the TV show. Fallout 4 is No. 1, New Vegas is No.8, 76 is No. 9 and Fallout 3 misses the top 10 at No. 11. The rest of the charts are lead by the usual contenders of EA Sports FC, Helldivers, Call of Duty and GTA

Accessories
The accessories are a minor relative improvement over March with some year over year growth. The DualSense White returns to the top position while the Xbox White controller takes second. The Ear Force Recon 50X Headset for Xbox jumped two places to 3rd and the Super Mario SD Card rose to 4th

PositionTitlePublisher
1Fallout 4Bethesda
2EA Sports FC 24EA
3Helldivers 2Sony
4Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3Activision-Blizzard
5Grand Theft Auto 5Rockstar
6Hogwarts LegacyWarner Bros.
7Red Dead Redemption 2Rockstar
8Fallout: New VegasBethesda
9Fallout 76Bethesda
10WWE 2K242K Games

April 2023
March 2024
 
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ROcK said:
are digital sale included? Is this chart made in "money" sales or by unit?
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Yes the UK monthly charts include digital sales (except for Nintendo) and are sorted by units.

Fallout 4 was absolutely massive at launch in the UK and has continued to be a hugely popular game, so not too surprising to see this big rise with the deep sales and increased mindshare it's had.
 
New Vegas > Fallout 3 is a lovely thing to see.

I think we are going to see more game TV show tie ins in the future. Capcom really should have been closer to Resident Evil’s attempts. Elder Scrolls surely is a massive area to explore.
 
Turin said:



Additional context: PS5 sales are now trending behind PS4 for the same time period
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Not surprising, PS4 was selling for £250 bundled with a game in 2017. PS5 is almost double the price now and UK is in recession.
 
derby_440 said:
PS5: 35k
NSW: 25k
XBS: 15k
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low numbers, but to me the Switch ones hold better than anything else here

Turin said:



Additional context: PS5 sales are now trending behind PS4 for the same time period
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and this is way: to me was a little bit unexpected, instead it seems that UK too is slowing down PS5 adoption, as Spain and Japan: 2023 really peak year, until a meaningful price cut?
In Japan the increase in price surely didn't help, in Spain the frantic "temporary offer" are hurting the "weekly pace" nowadays, I wonder what's up in the UK too

storres said:
Yeah, ZOLED released two weeks before TotK.
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And this is why Switch hold doesn't sound that bad (+ it being a very old console of course)
 
Aostia82 said:
low numbers, but to me the Switch ones hold better than anything else here



and this is way: to me was a little bit unexpected, instead it seems that UK too is slowing down PS5 adoption, as Spain and Japan: 2023 really peak year, until a meaningful price cut?
In Japan the increase in price surely didn't help, in Spain the frantic "temporary offer" are hurting the "weekly pace" nowadays, I wonder what's up in the UK too



And this is why Switch hold doesn't sound that bad (+ it being a very old console of course)
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Also, we have to take into consideration the Mario movie. It would've pushed some consoles as well.
 
The EU market is going to be a huge struggle over the medium term.

High interest rates, salaries destroyed by inflation, higher prices compared to previous generations (hardware, software and subscriptions) with very little margins for price cuts as well, economy is completely flat...
 
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Astandahl said:
The EU market is going to be a huge struggle over the medium term.

High interest rates, salaries destroyed by inflation, higher prices compared to previous generations (hardware, software and subscriptions) with very little margins for price cuts as well, economy is completely flat...
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Holiday sales could be better than last year atleast. A next-gen only Assassins Creed and COD will lead many casuals to upgrade. Sony also needs to cut the price to 449 for the disc model.
Of course mid year 2024 will be very depressing.
 
chroeser said:
Holiday sales could be better than last year atleast. A next-gen only Assassins Creed and COD will lead many casuals to upgrade. Sony also needs to cut the price to 449 for the disc model.
Of course mid year 2024 will be very depressing.
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COD isn't going to be next-gen only unless they discontinue Warzone for PS4/XBO.
 
I honestly think consoles need a price-cut across the board and that $70 games will do more harm than good to the industry in the long run (as in the lost sales due to the price will not make up for the extra $10 per unit). The world is basically in recession right now and people will not spend what they're asking for hardware and and software when it's so hard to make ends meet as it is.
 
Clearly Europe is the region where PS5 is underperforming, I suppose economic conditions aren't allowing europeans to swallow the price as americans are doing.
 
Price cut is needed for PS5. Guess we'll see where Sony's at next week with the report release.

Stellar Blade has tanked in the UK.
 
allan-bh said:
Clearly Europe is the region where PS5 is underperforming, I suppose economic conditions aren't allowing europeans to swallow the price as americans are doing.
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I've highlighted this a few months ago https://www.installbaseforum.com/fo...nits-xbox-2-rev-units-up-yoy.2443/post-233475

When you combine a weaker economy that has been negatively impacted by high inflation and higher prices specifically for the gaming market (PS5 price actually went up compared to launch price instead of going down, which is unprecedented), you have a significant decline.
 
Belthazar said:
I honestly think consoles need a price-cut across the board and that $70 games will do more harm than good to the industry in the long run (as in the lost sales due to the price will not make up for the extra $10 per unit). The world is basically in recession right now and people will not spend what they're asking for hardware and and software when it's so hard to make ends meet as it is.
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Cutting prices doesn't seem to be an option. It would lead to negative profit.
 
2023 YTD:
PS5 : 110K
XBS : 130K

2023 YTD:
PS5 : 250K
XBS : 115K

2024 YTD:
PS5: ~190K
XBS: ~85K

Here's what I have. XBS numbers lineup pretty well but my PS numbers have some conflict (by monthly I had PS5 at 205K) . As always take it with a ~10% error margin.

I guess we can expect PS5 to be -140K by holidays and XBS -70K.
PS has the advantage of a Pro Model coming out. Both should be having price cuts.

So I don't see this % drops as anything bad. Expecting:
PS5 - 1100-1200K
XBS - 600-650K
 
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