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[Kenji Ramon]

From Venture Beat:

Consumer spending across video game hardware, content, and accessories totaled $3.6 billion in July 2020, increasing 32% when compared to a year ago,” NPD analyst Mat Piscatella said. “Double-digit percentage spending gains in accessories, subscription, mobile, and both digital full game as well as post launch spending on console and PC offset a slight decline in hardware.”

Ghost of Tsushima is developer Sucker Punch Productions’ fastest selling release in history. Ghost of Tsushima also debuts as 2020’s 5th best-selling game year-to-date.”

July 2020 NPD: Paper Mario and Ghost of Tsushima have strong debuts

The July 2020 NPD gaming report is in, and it's another big one for software and content sales. Paper Mario: The Origami King and Ghost of Tsushima lead.

venturebeat.com

 

[mejin]

Great fuckn game. Well deserved.

Although I already did everything I could in the game, I will come back to check ps5 upgrade later.

 

[Fake]

GoT is a beast.

 

[SilentUser]

Wow, nice to see the industry doing so well! Massive increase when compared to last year.

Also, congrats Sucker Punch and Sony on Ghost of Tsushima!

 

[CormacMcNulty]

A top 20 without GTAV

It'll come back next month.

 

[Kenji Ramon]

 

[MDSLKTR]

And tlou2 is 4th.

 

[Raonak]

Ghost and TLOU2 beasting!

 

[R6Rider]

I'm surprised to see NFS Heat that high.

 

[Dee_Dee]

TLOU2 at fourth. But everyone said it fell off a cliff after a week...

 

[Airbus Jr]

Ghost of Tsushima kicked Neil Druckman game

Nice

 

[DiddyKongRacing69]

Paper Mario Sticker Star 3 charting BLEHH!

Now i know we'll never get a Thousand Year Door style game.

 

[Fake]

TLOU2 at fourth. But everyone said it fell off a cliff after a week...

If you think USA is the only country of the world, yes.

 

[Chiggs]

Microsoft's sole publisher entry is for a PS4 version of Minecraft. Congrats, Microsoft.

 

[Bryank75]

Excellent sales, looks very healthy... loving the combination of Nintendo and PlayStation dominance in the chart.

 

[BluRayHiDef]

The Last of Us Part II is still high on the list, despite accusations that it's been doing poorly after its initial weekend. Good.

 

[Fake]

Top 10 best-selling games so far this year

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
3. The Last of Us: Part II
4. Final Fantasy VII: Remake
5. Ghost of Tsushima
6. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
7. MLB: The Show 20
8. Resident Evil 3
9. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe*
10. Mortal Kombat 11

 

[Dee_Dee]

The Last of Us Part II is still high on the list, despite accusations that it's been doing poorly after its initial weekend. Good.

Wonder what the excuses will be if/when Sony announces 10 million sold

 

[Chiggs]

Wonder what the excuses will be if/when Sony announces 10 million sold

It will be, "Well, they didn't even finish the game."

In my case, it was true.

 

[Bruno_Arrais85]

Remember that clown Pachter saying that GoT would not sell very well....

 

[mejin]

Wonder what the excuses will be if/when Sony announces 10 million sold

It will be like....2 sold only half of the first game.

 

[Chiggs]

Remember that clown Pachter saying that GoT would not sell very well....

The fact this man still has a career is proof of a loving, caring God.

 

[Stilton Disco]

The Last of Us: Part II
“The Last of Us: Part II was July’s fourth-best-selling title, and it remains the third best-selling game of 2020 year-to-date. Life-to-date dollar sales of The Last of Us: Part II are now the 3rd highest for a Sony published game in history, trailing only Marvel’s Spider-Man and 2018’s God of War.”

Depending on wording that could mean it's sold less than those two games had at this point post release, or it's already sold more than any other exclusive full stop.

Notably it's missing any details on total sales or percentage increase, so I would personally not like to say it's sales are proving the haters entirely wrong, but it's definitely not slowing down in the US as it has elsewhere.

 

[Reindeer]

TLOU2 at fourth. But everyone said it fell off a cliff after a week...

It was released towards the end of June so you wouldn't expect massive drop off in July, but it's still very disappointing numbers for the biggest Sony release of this gen in its first month on retail. TLOU2 is being comfortably beaten by a new Sony IP, something not many people would have expected. The August NPD numbers will be more telling.

 

[Panajev2001a]

Depending on wording that could mean it's sold less than those two games had at this point post release, or it's already sold more than any other exclusive full stop.

Notably it's missing any details on total sales or percentage increase, so I would personally not like to say it's sales are proving the haters entirely wrong, but it's definitely not slowing down in the US as it has elsewhere.

High life to date dollar sales are an indication of high ASP, so not of a bargain bin bomb essentially.

 

[Amiga]

Zelda and Spider-Man still on the charts. even when Sony are giving away SM free on PSNow.

 

[H-I-M]

TLOU2
FF7R
GOT

All in the yearly top5.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Wonder what the excuses will be if/when Sony announces 10 million sold

Its selling less than Animal Crossing so obviously is a failure.

 

[Amish Prince]

After doing some quick maths, from what I can gather about GoTs sold numbers currently, it should be sitting at about 4.5million sold. After one month that's great. I think it has a small chance of catching tlou2 eventually down the road. Great numbers for a new IP.

 

[BluRayHiDef]

It will be, "Well, they didn't even finish the game."

In my case, it was true.

Blame yourself.

 

[Kenji Ramon]

It was released towards the end of June so you wouldn't expect massive drop off in July, but it's still very disappointing numbers for the biggest Sony release of this gen in its first month on retail. TLOU2 is being comfortably beaten by a new Sony IP, something not many people would have expected. The August NPD numbers will be more telling.

Uhh what? TLOU2 is the fastest selling PS exclusive - it sold over 4 million in just 3 days and is most likely on track to beat Spider-Man.

 

[llLeonhart]

Well deserved for GOT. I hope it has legs too. Likely one of the 3 best Sony exclusives this gen, alongside GoW and Bloodborne.

 

[[Sigma]]

Go exclusives go!!! Congrats to SuckerPunch. GoT is my favorite open world game this gen. Naturally im happy this game is selling so well.

 

[Reindeer]

Uhh what? TLOU2 is the fastest selling PS exclusive - it sold over 4 million in just 3 days and is most likely on track to beat Spider-Man.

Initial sales were very high yes, but it also saw the biggest drop off since then compared to other Sony games. The initial sales were likely driven by hype around the first game, but it lost that momentum once the knowledge of politics and direction of the sequel became widespread.

 

[Le Big Mac]

It was released towards the end of June so you wouldn't expect massive drop off in July, but it's still very disappointing numbers for the biggest Sony release of this gen in its first month on retail. TLOU2 is being comfortably beaten by a new Sony IP, something not many people would have expected. The August NPD numbers will be more telling.

This is a very good point. I don't have skin in the game, TLOU2 can do as well as it wants but we've seen from divisive entries like in TLJ, franchises get shafted subsequently with future releases.

Sales for TLoU2 were always gonna be high, the level of goodwill ND has is like Nintendo level.

There was a huge concerted marketing and (games media) push to ensure its success. But this game is also tremendously expensive and sales at least 10mil might get them to break even - I doubt it has legs after the sales in Jun/July to sustain a sizeable profit to what Sony expects

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

It will be like....2 sold only half of the first game.

Or 'that only happened as people couldn't buy it second hand because of the pandemic so they had to buy it new, thus increasing it's sales figures fartificially'.

 

[Javthusiast]

Initial sales were very high yes, but it also saw the biggest drop off since then compared to other Sony games. The initial sales were likely driven by hype around the first game, but it lost that momentum once the knowledge of politics and direction of the sequel became widespread.

 

[FrozenFlame]

Zelda and Spider-Man still on the charts. even when Sony are giving away SM free on PSNow.

Spider Man is no longer available on PS Now (it was removed July 7).

 

[Klayzer]

Lol. Facts kinda shut his opinion down thoroughly.

 

[Knitted Knight]

Thread tempting. But I've had my fill of fun with the little agenda's. Still.... tempting.

 

[Bo_Hazem]

The list is filled with first party studios! People need to take notes.

Ghost of Tsushima is a masterpiece, can't wait for the sequel!

 

[Poplin]

Paper Mario Sticker Star 3 charting BLEHH!

Now i know we'll never get a Thousand Year Door style game.

Dont forget that's excluding digital. Including digital it's entirely possible it would have been 2, or maybe even 1. This is pretty huge for a paper mario game.

 

[dezzy8]

Happy to see Star Wars still on the charts. I hope to see a sequel for the next gen systems. GoT is GoTY!!!

 

[Bo_Hazem]

Microsoft's sole publisher entry is for a PS4 version of Minecraft. Congrats, Microsoft.

Maybe they should drop it and join the happy family:

Spoiler

I fucking hate Minecraft!

 

[Bo_Hazem]

This is a win for singleplayer games, and for first party studios. What a wonderful list to look at:

 

[SkylineRKR]

Tsushima is my GOTY so far, I think Cyberpunk might topple it, but I'm not sure if I am going to play that on PS4 or just wait for PS5 version. But Tsushima is my favourite Sony open world game this generation and also the best one on the system bar TW3. I platted it which I rarely do (I didn't even plat TW3 which is my fave game, granted its a much tougher plat). The next-gen loading and the overall feel of the game helped making it very smooth to do so.

I did also notice the TLOU2 drop off. July should've been its first full month on sale. Though it had almost 2 weeks in June. Personally I'd give TLOU2 an 83% and Tsushima a 90%. The press had it the other way around, but luckily it doesn't seem to impact sales that much. The game is making waves and especially the word of mouth is strong, Japanese developers are outspoken about it as well. TLOU2's word of mouth was worse.

 

[demigod]

Anyone know the hardware numbers for June or July?

 

[harry mason 1989]

looks like usa will carry last of us 2 sells
same happened with mortal kombat 11
both games had bad lags everywhere but usa carried them

 

[VALCON 82]

Frankly i am appalled that GTAV is not in this list.. it has been the only constant that we could count on for the last few years let alone 2020 when our collective world has been torn asunder wi... i can't keep this up!

But Holy Hell @ Sword Art Online making top 10!!

 

[Reindeer]

Again, those were very high initial sales as I mentioned, but the drop off has been tremendous and the game has one of the lowest player retentions compared to other major Sony IPs this gen.