Prototype 2 tops dismal April sales

This is not a surprise, April was a rather weak month for games after the large splash Mass Effect 3 and others did in March.

wow witcher didnt get top honors prototype is horrible i thought the last game was stupid i did however finish it never to play it again. and this looks to be more of the same a hot mess.

This is surprising.  I didn't think there was much interest in this title at all.

This shows perfectly what's wrong with the industry. Except for Witcher 2, none of those Top 10 games got to the top because of quality. It's all marketing that got them there.

i am still right :P. 360 outsells all. is there any chance they wont outsell every1 till next gen like i said???? with killer games like star wars kinect i highly doubt it :) 

I'm no longer amazed when I hear that someone in the industry is spinning news to make everything seem OK. It's NOT ok. The economy is still quite bad :(

Ha X360 FTW!

Prototype 2 is wicked fun it should be number one out of them games.

Prototype 2 and Kinect Star wars outsold Witcher 2!? What's wrong with you people? 

I couln't care less about releases on both xbox and ps3, there's nothing new, all years the same games about the same stuff...why?, because those "developers" thought that DLC and "casual gaming" tactics would payoff forever.

Guess what?, "casual gamers" were that "casual" that they don't pay or play anymore, and we the "hardcore" pc, xbox, ps3 players got tired of the EXTREME casualness of games, that's why Skyrim still sells, because is the closest thing to old PC gaming with mods and low DRM above all (not thanks to DLC).

So go on, about how wonderful another COD XXV is, the fact is that if these guys don't find or do anything new with games, the money will stop going into their bank account.

JUST LOOK AT THAT LIST OF GAMES!!!! the only game worth a dime there is the witcher 2, and its an old game on pc.....sad times, I'll jus play diablo 3 until these guys get it thogether....

.....modern warfare 3....I played something like it in 2007, I'm REALLY tired of that now.

Also, if companies would stop dog-piling all their releases with the holiday season and spread them out a bit better, they MIGHT do a little better all around.

Prices are too high for systems. Less systems = less software sales. As mature as the current consoles are, they really, REALLY need to be at least $100 less than what they're going for now. The PS2 was $129 by this point, after all.

Additionally, while I love AAA-development as much as the next gamer, companies need to address the simple fact that high-cost games with high-cost price-tags are not great in the current economic climate. I think there needs to be a focused effort on getting good quality games out, new, for $40. Yes, that means lower budgets and not as pretty, but something has to give. Its easier to recoup costs on a $10 million game than it is a $30 million one, and honestly?

This is the point where a console is supposed to be widely mass-market, with titles for all ages, all price points. The costs of this generation have kept prices up high for hardware and software, and when coupled with the economy? Yeah, no wonder things are slowing down... the market is saturated at the current price points.

It's sad to see the Witcher 2 not getting good love. CD projekt red really did good by Xbox users by releasing it on the console. I never played it on PC and picked it up immediately. It was refreshing to have a story I really could dig into after playing so many other games where that takes a backseat.

Im so glad the somewhat low score that both Gamespot and IGN gave to Prototype 2 was ignored by the majority of gamers.It's a great, fun game.

Sums up the industry.

I don't think it's the used game sales,  we need new IP's  that deliver quality content. 

Star Wars Kinect is second? Wow, I guess people really DID want to dance as Han Solo in the carbonite chamber.

Retail sales are going down, and digital sales are going up.

 @Boddicker It's not the developers who get to choose the price point. It's Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo. And you are crazy if you think they are going to lower the price just because they blocked out used games. Nothing will change because we will have no other choice.

This is why I think next gen consoles blocking used would be a good thing.  Developers would be able to lower prices and stray from formulaic and dumbed down games.  Win/win for both parties involved.

Prototype 2 is a really good game. I was very impressed I never even played the first one soo i took a gamble.

It's be hard to post UK figures when they don't collate such information... I'd say neck and neck between PS3 and 360... lots of people still boycotting the PS3 over the way Sony treat European users... later launches, higher prices, features removed... and so on.

One of these days Gamespot.co.uk will actually do us the pleasant service of providing figures for the UK industry..

Prototype 2 may not be the smartest game around but its alot of fun. I enjoy a good story but not every game needs to have one or have a plot full of twists and turns. Lets relax for a while and slaughter some pixels.... :D

Just looking at that top ten is a clear indicator of why sales have been so dismal. All of those games are pretty bad, with the exception of The Witcher 2 (which most people who want to play will have played on the PC) and the acceptable Mass Effect 3.

I was browsing around for a good game yesterday and I came home with a Bluray instead. It's THAT bad.

I tickles me to watch you children argue about things you don't know anything about.

So do preorders don't count as sales until a game is actually released?  That by itself probably would have made D3 the most popular game of the month.

Regardless, May is going to be huge month for sales just from D3 alone.

Top 1 for May will be Diablo 3

Also I wonder how Online Multiplayer has impacted sales.  If people play the same game (a la CoD) for a year how many other new games do they actually buy?  THe industry may be humping itself.

Prototype 2 outsold the Witcher?   Wow.

I wish just once they would factor in the 360 replacement rate into it's sales.  I know people on their 6th Xbox.