U.S: Here’s The NPD Sales Results For July 2018

The latest NPD sales data has been released. This time, we’re able to see how well the gaming industry did for July 2018. Once again, Nintendo had a very successful month. Octopath Traveler debuted at the #1 on the overall software chart. In fact, a majority of the games in the top 10 of the overall software chart are titles that have released on a Nintendo console.

There were a lot of good words that NPD analyst Mat Piscatella and VentureBeat said about Nintendo’s software this month. VentureBeat declared that “if you’re thinking that Nintendo is just owning the lean summer months, well you’d be wrong. It has owned all of 2018 so far”. And according to Piscatella, “Nintendo is the top-selling full game software publisher for both July and year to date. Nintendo Switch is the only platform showing year-on-year growth in full-game dollar sales with gains of nearly 70 percent when compared to a year ago, despite digital sales on Nintendo platforms not currently being tracked by The NPD Group. Year-to-date sales of full-game software on Nintendo Switch have more than doubled when compared to a year ago”. Here’s the NPD sales data:

Software

These charts are sorted by dollar sales, not number of units sold.

1. Octopath Traveler*
2. Grand Theft Auto V
3. Mario Kart 8*
4. Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
6. Far Cry 5
7. Super Mario Odyssey*
8. The Crew 2
9. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
10. Mario Tennis Aces *
11. FIFA 18**
12. Lego Incredibles
13. God of War (2018)
14. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker*
15. NBA 2K18
16. Call of Duty: WWII
17. Detroit: Become Human
18. MLB 18: The Show
19. Minecraft**
20. Destiny 2**

*No digital sales
**No PC digital sales

Nintendo Switch*

1. Octopath Traveler
2. Mario Kart 8
3. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
4. Super Mario Odyssey
5. Mario Tennis Aces
6. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
7. Splatoon 2
8. Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy
9. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
10. Lego Incredibles

Nintendo 3DS*

1. Pokemon: Ultra Sun
2. Pokemon: Ultra Moon
3. WarioWare: Gold
4. Mario Kart 7
5. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
6. Super Smash Bros.
7. Super Mario 3D Land
8. Minecraft
9. Super Mario Maker
10. Detective Pikachu

The best-selling games of 2018 so far

1. Far Cry 5
2. God of War (2018)
3. Monster Hunter: World
4. Call of Duty: WWII
5. Grand Theft Auto V
6. Dragon Ball Fighterz
7. Mario Kart 8*
8. NBA 2K18
9. MLB 18: The Show
10. Super Mario Odyssey

The best-selling games over the last 12 months

1. Call of Duty: WWII
2. NBA 2K18
3. Destiny 2**
4. Madden NFL 18
5. Super Mario Odyssey
6. Far Cry 5
7. Star Wars: Battlefront II**
8. Assassin’s Creed: Origins
9. Grand Theft Auto V
10. God of War 2018

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