April Sales Released, With Mortal Kombat Koming Out on Ktop

Salesality.

Is that word? Did it have to be done? No.

But what it represents is true: Mortal Kombat dominated the charts in April, selling 900,000 copies across both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, according to the latest data released by the NPD Group. Portal 2, which also had a PC and Mac release, came up a close second, but sales data wasn't released. Less than 900K, obviously!

SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy Seals did not chart in the top ten in April, but that's because NPD did not combine the sales of the regular $59.99 game and the more expensive PlayStation Move bundle. Had the two numbers been combined, NPD noted, SOCOM 4 would have broken into the top ten list.

Here are the top ten games for the month:

1. == TEASER ==Mortal Kombat
2. Portal 2
3. Lego Star Wars III: Clone Wars
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops
5. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters
6. Crysis 2
7. Just Dance 2
8. Michael Jackson: The Experience
9. Pokemon White
10. NBA 2K11

In terms of hardware, Microsoft came out on top, pushing 297,000 units. Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PSP all say year-over-year sales improvements from April 2010, while Nintendo's Wii did not. An upcoming price drive to $150, however, should spur Wii into more hands, as Nintendo prepares to transition hardware.

cool.

ugh, NPD on GB?

2K11 still hangin' in there. Such an incredible game.

I should probably get MK.

I figured as much- considering how many are talking about it and how awesome the game is it deserves the sales. Portal 2 deserves its place as well- Only thing I wasnt sure of is which sold more.

Both well deserving games- they're both worth buying.

Portal 2 doing well on consoles, good to see.

" ugh, NPD on GB? "

That's.... a good title. Kongrats!

i really need to buy Mortal Kombat...Marvel VS Capcom 3 left a bad taste in my mouth for fighting games.

Damn I thought Portal 2 would come out on top.

I don't get the COD fanbase....they bitch non-stop but keep buying it in tenfolds.

I bet if they had steam sales, portal 2 would be number one.  Whatever though, MK and Portal are both awesome.

" ugh, NPD on GB? "

" cool.

gotta admit, i thought portal 2 would have sold more. Especially with it going on sale super quick. I bought both though.

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Guess I shouldn't be surprised Black Ops is still up there, but I am.  How can there be that many people still buying that game?  Figured they'd have all bought it well before now, but I guess not.  

Pokemon White? That's racist.

no surprise here, Mortal Kombat is awesome!

Where in the top ten would SOCOM have come? Crysis 2 is still selling but I was surprised to see the drop off in player numbers for Crysis 2 on Xbox360 at least. It wasn't even in the top 20 games played last week.

NPD on Giant Bomb? this was like the one place to get away from NPD numbers. damn you Patrick!

Good on the people for buying Lego Star Wars III !

I liked to see this, you should keep doing this Patrick!

I haven't played enough NBA 2K11.

Por Portal :(

" I haven't played enough NBA 2K11. "

" "Portal 2, which also had a PC and Mac release, came up a close second, but sales data wasn't released."Did you divine that it was a close second? "

" I liked to see this, you should keep doing this Patrick! "

" Good on the people for buying Lego Star Wars III ! "

Guessing this doesn't include Steam sales of Portal 2, so Mortal Kombat probably lost and rightly so.

" I bet if they had steam sales, portal 2 would be number one.  Whatever though, MK and Portal are both awesome. "

" Por Portal :( "

" @TomP said:

" I haven't played enough NBA 2K11. "

Is it really that good? "

I think across all 4 (or 3.5) platforms Portal 2 definitely sold more.  However MK did win out on consoles and a solid showing for a game that deserves it.

Ed Boon also mentioned on his twitter that they actually sold over 1 million including the special/tournament editions!

So more congrats to Mortal Kombat!!!

Three Ks?  KKK?   What kind of message is Patrick trying to send us in the title of this article?

" Wow, didn't expect that. I'm not surprised it sold well, but topping Portal 2 is quite a feat. "

I'm glad Crysis 2 is no where near the top

just commenting to let you guys know ktop is hilarious.

Who the hell is still buying Black Ops and NBA 2K11? I mean I love NBA, play it all the time, but for those two titles to be shifting enough to make the charts this many months after release... shocking to me.

The Ktop in the title of this post is an absolute travesty.

" i really need to buy Mortal Kombat...Marvel VS Capcom 3 left a bad taste in my mouth for fighting games. "

Hey guys

Portal 2 sold a lot of Steam Copies

... probably would push them over MK if it counted.

" @TomP said:

" I haven't played enough NBA 2K11. "

Is it really that good? "

Steam doesn't disclose their sales so you're likely missing a very large chunk of the picture.