NPD: in July, the American gaming market earned $4.6 billion

In July, Americans spent $4.6 billion on video games, hardware and accessories, according to analysts from the NPD Group. Iron sales grew the most in annual terms. This was largely due to the high demand for the PlayStation 5.The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD

Key data

The total turnover of the US gaming market in July amounted to $4.6 billion — an increase of 10% year-on-year.

• Of this amount, $4.1 billion was spent on content (games on consoles, PCs, mobile devices, as well as cloud and subscription services) — an increase of 6% year-on-year.
• Last month, Americans spent $323 million on iron — an increase of 98% in annual terms.
• The Nintendo Switch remained the leader in devices sold, but the PlayStation 5 took the lead in revenue in dollars.Accessory sales increased by 11% year-on-year to $180 million.
• The best-selling gaming accessory of July was joycons in the style of the remaster of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.Top 20 best-selling games of July

Important: NPD tracks sales of physical copies from retailers and receives data on the “figure” from publishers.

But not all companies provide information. For example, Nintendo does not disclose digital sales of exclusives, and Activision Blizzard does not share information from Battle.ne t.

The rating is also based on net sales of games (without microtransactions and subscriptions). An asterisk marks titles in which digital sales were not taken into account. And the familiar ones are titles that did not take into account sales in the “figure” on Xbox.

• 1) The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD* (new)2) Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War
• 3) Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (new)
• 4) Mario Kart 8*
• 5) Minecraft
• 6) Mario Golf: Super Rush*
• 7) MLB:
• The Show 21^8) Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• 9) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
• 10) Super Smash Bros.
• Ultimate*11) Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• 12) Animal Crossing:
• New Horizons*13) Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2
• 14) Super Mario 3D World*
• 15) Mortal Kombat 11
• 16) Neo:
• The World Ends with You (new)17) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
• 18) Pokémon: Sword/Shield*
• 19) Resident Evil: Village
• 20) Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla