The download charts in the PS Store for August are known. What is interesting: There is no PS4 game from 2019 in the top 10. The strongest game from 2019 is an MMORPG at number 11: Black Desert.
What are the PS Store charts? Sony published a list on the PlayStation blog of PS4 games that were downloaded most often in the PlayStation Store in August 2019. These are currently the most popular and “strongest” PlayStation 4 games according to the PS Store charts.
This is noticeable: The best-selling games are PS4 games that came out years ago. Games released in 2019 are in short supply and do not appear at all in the current top 10.
This shows that 2019 has been a relatively weaker gaming year so far. While several blockbuster titles launched in 2017 and 2018, no titles have managed to establish themselves long-term in the PS Store charts this year. This is also reflected in the current list for August.
It should be noted that many older games are now offered at reduced prices and that several store sales attracted players in August. Therefore, players are now jumping in, as they didn’t want to pay full price back then. This partly explains the lack of this year’s PS4 games in the list – although games like The Division 2, Anthem, Days Gone, or Metro Exodus were also available at a lower price.
Top 10 best-selling games in August – no PS4 games from 2019
These were the strongest games in August: These games sold the most in the European PS Store last month according to official information:
- Rank 1: GTA 5 – Release 2014 for PS4
- Rank 2: Minecraft – Release 2014 for PS4
- Rank 3: Rainbow Six: Siege – Release 2015
- Rank 4: FIFA 19 – Release 2018
- Rank 5: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Release 2015
- Rank 6: Red Dead Redemption 2 – Release 2018
- Rank 7: The Forest – Release 2018
- Rank 8: Marvel’s Spider-Man – Release 2018
- Rank 9: PUBG – Release 2018 for PS4
- Rank 10: The Crew 2 – Release 2018
This is particularly noteworthy about the top ten list: The long-lasting favorites GTA 5 and Minecraft dominate over all other PS4 games. This was the case last month as well. The two games from 2014 are still being actively purchased. But two other older games, Rainbow Six: Siege and The Witcher 3, also remain in the top 10.
Otherwise, many games from the strong gaming year 2018 are present – PS4 games from 2019 are completely absent.
Following are:
- Rank 11: Black Desert
- Rank 12: No Man’s Sky
- Rank 13: Horizon Zero Dawn
- Rank 14: ARK: Survival Evolved
- Rank 15: Need for Speed Payback
- Rank 16: Rocket League
- Rank 17: Remnant: From the Ashes
- Rank 18: F1 2019
- Rank 19: EA Sports UFC 3
- Rank 20: Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2
The best game from 2019 in the list: While older games like Rocket League are also present in the lower ranks, there is one game from 2019 in position 11: Black Desert.
This is Black Desert – the best-selling PS4 game from 2019 in August
The key information about Black Desert for PS4:
- Release: 22.08.2019 for PS4
- Features: MMORPG, Open World, Sandbox, PvP
- Model: Buy2Play – currently, the standard edition of Black Desert costs 29.99 euros in the PS Store
This is Black Desert: “Black Desert Online” is a sandbox MMORPG from Korea, which was released in Europe for PC in 2016. At that time, it made a splash with impressive graphics and an action-packed combat system.
In spring 2019, it became available for Xbox One, and in mid-August 2019, it was also released for PS4 – where it quickly slipped into the top 11 of the best-selling PS4 games in the PS Store.
What is the objective in Black Desert Online? Since Black Desert is a sandbox MMORPG, you have the freedom to choose what you want to do. You can traditionally explore the world, fight monsters, and complete quests.
There is also PvP and large battles. If you like, you can specialize in crafting and profitably sell your goods at remote markets with a donkey cart.
Black Desert has often made headlines due to its extensive editor, with which you can customize your characters in detail.
Here you can find out which other MMORPGs will be released in 2019:
More download charts in the PS Store in August 2019
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- Blood & Truth
- Beat Saber
- Astro Bot Rescue Mission
- Superhot VR
- Arizona Sunshine
These were the 5 strongest Free2Play games:
- Fortnite
- Apex Legends
- Brawlhalla
- Genesis
- Warface
