Total sales down 25% YOY
[DC zombie sculpts byCasey Love Designs]
The NPD Group released US sales data for April 2013 two days ago, but a complete lack of enthusiasm on the part of the Destructoid staff has delayed our posting it. Not our fault! Look at the information below! It’s just so… boring!
DC crossover fighterInjustice: Gods Among Uscame out on top, while the middlingDead Island Riptidemanaged a silver medal performance. Somehow, even Trion Worlds’ MMO TV tie-inDefianceeked a top 10 performance, which completely mystifies me.
Only Microsoft was willing to provide hardware numbers — 130,000 units for Xbox 360 — but at least Nintendo was willing to share some software deets. Combining digital and retail versions,LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Beginssold 94,000 copies;Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moonscored 140,000 in April for a two-month total of 530,000; andNew Super Mario Bros. Uhit 770,000 after six months on the market.
Overall, the industry made $425.2 million, a decline of 25% from April 2012. This is clearly the result of fewer game releases as we transition into the upcoming generation. Like I said in the beginning, boring and hardly surprising. Regardless, do check the full top 10 list below.
Top 10 software chart (SKUs combined)
Superheroes and zombies couldn’t save U.S. game retail in April[Gamasutra]
