Nintendo was the big winner in July in terms of video game sales. The Japanese game maker had the best-selling video game in June with Mario Tennis Aces and the best-selling video game of July with Octopath Traveler.
Octopath Traveler was the best-selling video game of July 2018.Credit: Square Enix
In fact, Nintendo held five of the top ten spots for the month of July despite the NPD Group not tracking the company's digital sales. That's very impressive and should help ease some investor concerns over the Nintendo Switch.
For July, total video game hardware sales were $217 million, up 19% from July 2017. Video game software sales totalled $246 million, down 12% from last year. And accessories and game cards were a whopping $286 million, up fully 49% from a year ago.
Year-to-date, video game hardware sales are at $1.9 billion, up 21% from 2017. Year-to-date software sales are at $2.8 billion, up 5% from a year ago. And accessories and game cards are up 33% over last year at $2.06 billion in the United States.
Here are the top 20 best-selling games of July:
Octopath Traveler*
Grand Theft Auto V
Mario Kart 8*
Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
Far Cry 5
Super Mario Odyssey*
The Crew 2
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege
Mario Tennis Aces*
FIFA 18^
LEGO Incredibles
God of War 2018
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker*
NBA 2K18
Call of Duty: WWII
Detroit: Become Human
MLB 18: The Show
Minecraft^
Destiny 2^
As you can see, of the top 10 fully 5 of these are Nintendo games. Octopath Traveler, Mario Kart 8 and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild were all in the top 5.
Once again, Grand Theft Auto V continues to impress, this time leaping to the #2 spot despite being five years old.
Here are the top 10 year-to-date best-selling video games of 2018:
Far Cry 5
God of War 2018
Monster Hunter: World
Call of Duty: WWII
Grand Theft Auto V
Dragon Ball: Fighterz
Mario Kart 8*
NBA 2K18
MLB 18: The Show
Super Mario Odyssey*
Far Cry 5 and God of War continue to be the best-sellers with Monster Hunter: World rounding up the top three. Both Call Of Duty: WWII and GTAV also manage to make the top 5.
Finally, here are the top 10 best-selling video games of the past 12 months (rolling):
Call of Duty: WWII
NBA 2K18
Destiny 2^
Madden NFL 18
Super Mario Odyssey*
Far Cry 5
Star Wars: Battlefront II 2017^
Assassin's Creed: Origins
Grand Theft Auto V
God of War 2018
Still mostly games from 2017 or earlier, but both Far Cry 5 and God of War manage to make it on the list this month.