Fallout games took three of the top 10 places on the UK sales chart in April.

That’s according to GSD data published by GamesIndustry.biz, which tracks all physical sales and digital sales from most major publishers.

Fallout 4 was “comfortably” the No.1 game ahead of EA Sports FC 24, which was a non-mover at No.2, and Helldivers 2, which had topped the UK chart in February and March.

Bethesda’s game took the No.1 spot on the back of some heavy discounts coinciding with the release of Amazon’s popular Fallout TV show.

Fallout 4 also received its long-awaited next-gen update last month, allowing players who own the PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game to upgrade to native PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions for free.

Fallout: New Vegas charted at No.8 in the UK in April, while Fallout 76 was at No.9 and Fallout 3 was at No.11.

The highest new entry on the chart was PlayStation‘s Stellar Blade, which debuted at No.12 based on its first week of sales.

Last month’s best-sellers included plenty of familiar faces, such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 at No.4, Grand Theft Auto 5 at No.5, Hogwarts Legacy at No.6 and Red Dead Redemption 2 at No.7, while WWE 2K24 rounded off the top 10.

Several games in the Fallout series saw their player counts increase sharply following the release of Amazon’s TV show on April 10.

The show attracted 65 million viewers in its first 16 days, making it the second most-watched show on Amazon’s streaming platform behind The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power, according to the company.

Posted: May 15, 2024 12:30 pm
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