The NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella (via Twitter) has delivered the analyst company’s report on the best-selling games from July 2019, and unsurprisingly, EA Sports’s Madden NFL 20 took the top spot.
A sales juggernaut for nearly three decades now, the latest entry in the Madden franchise was able to fend off a major offensive from Nintendo that included two new games and several holdovers from earlier this year. Fire Emblem: Three Houses topped Nintendo’s July output, coming in at #2. It was followed two spots later at #4 by fellow new release Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order. June’s Super Mario Maker 2 was sandwiched in between at #3.
Several other Nintendo-published titles populated the Top 20, including Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (#7), Mario Kart 8 (#9), The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (#10), and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (#18). In addition to its software supremacy, the Nintendo Switch was also the best-selling console platform last month.
The entire game industry (hardware, software, and accessories) recorded $762 million in sales last month, a slight increase over July 2018’s total of $759 million.
You can find a full list of best-selling games from July 2019 after the break.
Best-Selling Games in July 2019
1. Madden NFL 20****
2. Fire Emblem: Three Houses**
3. Super Mario Maker 2**
4. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order
5. Minecraft****
6. Grand Theft Auto V
7. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate**
8. Mortal Kombat 11
9. Mario Kart 8**
10. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild**
11. Spider-Man
12. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
13. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4****
14. Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled
15. Red Dead Redemption 2
16. Tom Clancy’s The Division 2****
17. MLB 19: The Show
18. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe**
19. NBA 2K19
20. Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey** All Digital Sales Not Included
**** PC Digital Sales Not Included
