God of War was the Best Selling Game in the Month of April

Santa Monica Studio decided to completely revamp the storyline, and explore the soft side of Kratos by having him interact with his son. God of War follows the journey of Kratos and his young son Atreus to spread the ashes of Kratos’s wife. Along their tumultuous journey, they encountered battled with monsters and various entities from the Norse World, perhaps most noteworthy was Baldur, a Norse god with a nasty grudge. The game went on to become the best launch month ever for a PlayStation 4 exclusive in terms of sales, despite being launched in late of April. It allowed PlayStation 4 to set new software records for any platform, according to sales figures released by analysts at the NPD group.

If one was to judge the game purely from technical viewpoint, art design, gameplay elements and visuals, then God of War has set new records which come dangerously close to what Uncharted 2 did with the PlayStation 3 back in 2009 by pushing the hardware to its limits.  Santa Monica handled Kratos’s relationship with his son shrewdly, and found innovative ways to make even the most plain ‘dad’ jokes sound epic, perhaps that is the reason behind God of War’s success.

The change in approach allowed the developer to resurrect their franchise which was assumed by many to have been long past its peak. While God of War isn’t exactly perfect, it came very close to the definition of ‘perfection’, and can serve as an impressive achievement which does justice to the decades of development, investment and trust Sony has poured into its exclusive IP.

If you instantly loved the look and feel of games like Horizon Zero Dawn and Bloodborne, then God of War is a must buy title, and given Sony’s past history, it’s not the only PlayStation exclusive you can expect to buy this year.  

God of War’s instant ascension to the top spot was followed up by Far Cry 5, the open world adventure game which remains the best seller of 2018, making Ubisoft the top selling publisher year to date.

MLB 18: The Show retained its spot at the No.3 spot after a strong start, which shows that players are willing to spend on the popular baseball video game.

Here are the 5 best selling games for the month of April 2018:

• God of War 2018

• Far Cry 5

• MLB 18: The Show

• Labo Variety Kit

• Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Nintendo has had a very good month because Labo Variety Kit debuted at the fourth place. Perhaps the more baffling figure is how Grand Theft Auto 5 still manages to remain the top 10 list for sales each month. GTA 5 has sold over 95 million copies since it first released in 2013, and has accumulated a staggering $6 billion in revenue.

For now, God of War has launched itself into the ranks of games like The Last of Us, the Uncharted series, The Last Guardian and Shadow of the Colossus.