Activision’s Prototype 2 took the top spot in the latest NPD report of bestselling games. Another new release, the Xbox 360-exclusive Kinect Star Wars, “did the Han Solo” all the way up to #2.
The remainder of the list is overflowing with familiar faces from last Fall including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (#3), NBA 2K12 (#5), and Just Dance 3 (#9). It wasn’t a Fall release, but Mass Effect 3 continues to hold strong at #8 now that the controversy over the game’s ending has come to… an end.
In terms of dollars made, the game industry suffered a 32% drop in overall sales from April 2011 ($630.4 million versus $930.9 million) when Portal 2 and Mortal Kombat ruled the charts.
You can check out the NPD Group’s complete list of bestsellers for April 2012 after the break.
Bestselling Games in April 2012
1. Prototype 2 (Xbox 360, PS3)
2. Kinect Star Wars (Xbox 360)
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PC)
4. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 (Xbox 360, PS3)
5. NBA 2K12 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PC, PS2)
6. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (Xbox 360, PC)
7. Mario Party 9 (Wii)
8. Mass Effect 3 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
9. Just Dance 3 (Wii, Xbox 360, PS3)
10. MLB 12: The Show (PS3, Vita)
