Mortal Kombat was the best selling game in the month of April, according to the latest figures released by the NPD Group. It sold nearly 900,000 units between the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions. Portal 2 was the next best-selling game, although no specific numbers for Valve’s latest game were cited. That’s just as well, as the game undoubtedly sold a great deal through Steam, the numbers from which would not be included in the NPDs.
Call of Duty: Black Ops, which was the best-selling game from its release until March, managed to still make a very respectable appearance at number four. It was topped by Lego Star Wars III at number three which shot up several spots from its debut at number six in March. Just Dance 2 and Michael Jackson: The Experience returned to the top ten, and NBA 2K11 continues to sell well, thanks in part to the lack of competition from EA. Homefront and Dragon Age II, two of March’s top games, fell from the list completely. Five games sold over 250,000 units during the month, up from two during April 2010.
SOCOM 4 and Pokemon Black both would have made the top ten if sales across all platforms weren’t combined. SOCOM 4 also would have made the list if the game’s PlayStation Move bundle had its sales combined with those of the standalone game. Keep in mind that the PSN downtime began on April 20 which could have impacted sales of online-focused PS3 games, including SOCOM, although it was thought that it would be back online within a matter of days at the time.
