April revenues from digital sales of the MMO shooter PLAYERUNKNOWN’s Battlegrounds amounted to $ 34 million, despite the fact that the game is in early access.
This is stated in the monthly report of the analytical company SuperData.
The highest-grossing games in April 2017PLAYERUNKNOWN’s Battlegrounds entered the April Top 10 highest-grossing games on the PC platform and took 7th place there.
At the same time, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands for the month dropped from 1st to 5th place in profitability in the console rating and left the PC chart, and Mass Effect: Andromeda completely dropped out of Top 10 box office games.
The decline occurred against the background of the appearance of reviews with average ratings of both games.
In general, the digital video game market in the world grew by 9% in April compared to April last year, reaching $9.9 billion. Mobile game revenues grew by 8%, and the MMO fritupley segment earned 27% more than in the same period last year.
Source: SuperData