The Best-Selling Games And Consoles For April 2022 Revealed (US)
The NPD Group has released its latest monthly sales report for April 2022, revealing the best-selling games and hardware of the month, and also shining a light on the general health of the business.
Starting with games, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga was April 2022's best-selling game overall and is now the No. 2 best-selling game of 2022 so far (Elden Ring is No. 1). Additionally, The Skywalker Saga was the best-selling game of the month on Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam.
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The Nintendo angle specifically is of note, given The Skywalker Saga is the first game not developed by Nintendo to rank as the No. 1 best-selling game on a Nintendo platform since March 2021 when Capcom's Monster Hunter: Rise topped the charts.
The Skywalker Saga also broke franchise sales records, reaching the highest launch-month dollar sales for any Lego title in history. After just one month of sales, The Skywalker Saga is already in the top six best-selling Lego games all time, though the other five were not announced.
Warner Bros. Games, which published The Skywalker Saga, announced that the game sold 3.2 million copies worldwide over its first two weeks on all platforms to set a new franchise sales record.
The Skywalker Saga was developed by TT Games alongside Lucasfilm Games. The game was delayed numerous times before it finally launched in early April. These delays reportedly led to «extensive crunch» for developers at TT Games. Some developers reported
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