Top ten continues to look samey
There weren’t a ton of surprises this month for the July NPD report. Even thoughSplatoonplayers might be a little sad their beloved paint shooter is no longer in the top ten, you gotta admit, it had agood runwith the big boys.
For yet another consecutive month, the PlayStation 4 led hardware sales.Lego: Jurassic Worldjumped up two spots to number one thanks to bundled versions of PS4s that includedBatman: Arkham Knight— which don’t count as individual game sales for the all-important NPD.
The big takeaway here, though, is that the video game business as a whole is doing quite well. New hardware, software and accessories generated $541.9 million in July, according to NPD. That accounts for a 6 percent bump from the $513.3 million made during the same period last year.
Here’s your software top 10 for July 2015:
July 2015 NPD: Lack of new games doesn’t hurt industry — or PlayStation 4[VentureBeat]
