Support NeoGAF

[xiskza]

PlayStation Store: September 2021’s top downloads

NBA 2K22, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, and Deathloop top September's PS5 charts

blog.playstation.com

Greetings! The numbers are in and we’ve got some piping-hot charts for ya.

NBA 2K22 was the big winner last month, topping the PS5 US, PS4 US, and PS4 EU lists (and earning the runner-up spot for PS5 EU). Kena: Bridge of Spirits and Deathloop round out the top three for PS5, with big debuts from other newcomers like Diablo II: Resurrected and Death Stranding: Director’s Cut.

Peep the full charts below, then mosey over to the comments to let us know which games you think are going to make a splash this month.

PS5 Games​

	US/Canada	EU
1	NBA 2K22	Kena: Bridge of Spirits
2	DEATHLOOP	NBA 2K22
3	Kena: Bridge of Spirits	Diablo II: Resurrected
4	Diablo II: Resurrected	DEATHLOOP
5	Madden NFL 22	Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT
6	Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT	DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
7	Tales of Arise	Tales of Arise
8	Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales	Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
9	DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT	Assassin's Creed Valhalla
10	Life is Strange: True Colors	F1 2021
11	Assassin's Creed Valhalla	Life is Strange: True Colors
12	TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX SIEGE	TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX | SIEGE
13	Marvel's Avengers	It Takes Two
14	HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED	HITMAN 3
15	Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart	Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
16	Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War	Marvel's Avengers
17	STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order	Metro Exodus
18	HITMAN 3	No Man's Sky
19	Demon's Souls	STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order
20	Aliens: Fireteam Elite	Watch Dogs: Legion

PS4 Games​

	US/Canada	EU
1	NBA 2K22	NBA 2K22
2	Madden NFL 22	Grand Theft Auto V
3	Diablo II: Resurrected	Minecraft
4	Grand Theft Auto V	Red Dead Redemption 2
5	Minecraft	Diablo II: Resurrected
6	Red Dead Redemption 2	Need for Speed Heat
7	Need for Speed Heat	Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
8	Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War	The Forest
9	Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales	Gran Turismo Sport
10	Insurgency: Sandstorm	eFootball PES 2021 SEASON UPDATE
11	Batman: Arkham Knight	TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX | SIEGE
12	God of War	The Crew 2
13	Tales of Arise	F1 2021
14	THE FOREST	Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
15	TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX SIEGE	Assassin's Creed The Ezio Collection
16	Marvel's Spider-Man: Game of the Year Edition	Kena: Bridge of Spirits
17	Dead by Daylight	Assassin's Creed Valhalla
18	Assassin's Creed Valhalla	Assassin's Creed Origins
19	Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition	Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition
20	Sonic Colors: Ultimate	Insurgency: Sandstorm

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Diablo II right up there and it launched on Sept 23.

 

[CrimsonSquall]

Great ranking for Kena. Gotta play this someday soon. Just finished Deathloop. Great game. Starting the Death Stranding journey soon.

 

[xiskza]

Nice to see Kena at #1 in EU. Apparently its also #1 in Brazil/LATAM

 

[elliot5]

Kena being #3 in na for PS5 but not anywhere on PS4 is weird. I guess it just has to do with volume of the user base

 

[SlimySnake]

Kena being #3 in na for PS5 but not anywhere on PS4 is weird. I guess it just has to do with volume of the user base

It's not weird at all. People who traditionally buy video games on Day 1 tend to be early adopters. The big spenders who dont mind paying full price for games on Day 1. We saw this last gen with games like Watch Dogs and Destiny selling the vast majority of their copies on next gen consoles. The splits will only increase as more and more people upgrade. Watch Dogs and Destiny were at around 75% next gen/PC and last gen consoles. By the time MGSV rolled around a year later, the split was 95 to 5%.

Thats why I never bought this excuse that cross gen is more consumer friendly since its for people who cant upgrade. Nah, those people wouldnt upgrade at $500 if you paid them. So you are essentially prioritizing people who wont buy your game over people who will pay full price for a game like Kena.

 

[Cert.in.Death]

HOT WHEELS!

 

[Mercenary09]

Very impressive that Kena beat out all those other big games in Europe and most of them in the US.

 

[Portugeezer]

EU

 

[xiskza]

Kena being #3 in na for PS5 but not anywhere on PS4 is weird. I guess it just has to do with volume of the user base

its #16 on PS4 EU

 

[Aenima]

And ppl here was complaining Kena had no marketing. Congrats to the devs. Still have to buy it.

 

[elliot5]

its #16 on PS4 EU

I meant nowhere on NA lists

 

[Heisenberg007]

Kena outsold Madden and Diablo! And outsold Deathloop as well as in the UK. What a mighty impressive debut from Ember Labs.

 

[xiskza]

Kena outsold Madden and Diablo! And outsold Deathloop as well as in the UK. What a mighty impressive debut from Ember Labs.

Sony is probably paying attention

 

[Heisenberg007]

Sony is probably paying attention

They should be.

 

[R6Rider]

Hitman 3 has legs. Glad to see it.

 

[SoraNoKuni]

Really happy about the EU rankings.

 

[[Sigma]]

Go Kena go! No seems to want the PS4 version though lol .

 

[mckmas8808]

It's not weird at all. People who traditionally buy video games on Day 1 tend to be early adopters. The big spenders who dont mind paying full price for games on Day 1. We saw this last gen with games like Watch Dogs and Destiny selling the vast majority of their copies on next gen consoles. The splits will only increase as more and more people upgrade. Watch Dogs and Destiny were at around 75% next gen/PC and last gen consoles. By the time MGSV rolled around a year later, the split was 95 to 5%.

Thats why I never bought this excuse that cross gen is more consumer friendly since its for people who cant upgrade. Nah, those people wouldnt upgrade at $500 if you paid them. So you are essentially prioritizing people who wont buy your game over people who will pay full price for a game like Kena.

100% correct. I didn't see this coming, but I wish Sony thought more like you 2 years ago. I think Horizon 2 looks GREAT, but this is even more reason why it shouldn't have been made on the PS4.

 

[kyliethicc]

100% correct. I didn't see this coming, but I wish Sony thought more like you 2 years ago. I think Horizon 2 looks GREAT, but this is even more reason why it shouldn't have been made on the PS4.

Except Miles Morales is selling well on PS4. They'd have lost out on 2-3 million units extra in sales without PS4.

And Horizon FW was always designed as a PS4 game. (One that I'm sure Sony wanted to have been released already.)

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

Wish Death Stranding sold a bit better. Love the game. Ah well.

 

[mckmas8808]

Except Miles Morales is selling well on PS4. They'd have lost out on 2-3 million units extra in sales without PS4.

And Horizon FW was always designed as a PS4 game. (One that I'm sure Sony wanted to have been released already.)

Launch games are different, so Spiderman: Miles was cool and understandable. And if Horizon 2 had came out this year, I'd feel differently about my stance. But alas........

 

[ReBurn]

Grand Theft Auto V WTF Edition

 

[nowhat]

Wish Death Stranding sold a bit better. Love the game. Ah well.

I imagine many interested in it already owned it and just bought the upgrade, I think that wouldn't show up in these charts (or otherwise there'd be at least some popular DLC/MTX in there as well).

 

[EverydayBeast]

Expect to see lots of battlefield sales next month that were placed this month and last month