Quick sort is an in-place sorting algorithm, so its better suited for arrays. Merge sort on the other hand requires extra storage of O(N), and is more suitable for linked lists.
Unlike arrays, in liked list we can insert items in the middle with O(1) space and O(1) time, therefore the merge operation in merge sort can be implemented without any extra space. However, allocating and de-allocating extra space for arrays have an adverse effect on the run time of merge sort. Merge sort also favors linked list as data is accessed sequentially, without much random memory access.
Quick sort on the other hand requires a lot of random memory access and with an array we can directly access the memory without any traversing as required by linked lists. Also quick sort when used for arrays have a good locality of reference as arrays are stored contiguously in memory.
Even though both sorting algorithms average complexity is O(NlogN), usually people for ordinary tasks uses an array for storage, and for that reason quick sort should be the algorithm of choice.
EDIT: I just found out that merge sort worst/best/avg case is always nlogn, but quick sort can vary from n2(worst case when elements are already sorted) to nlogn(avg/best case when pivot always divides the array in two halves).