Sony has secured a seventh consecutive month at the top of the United States sales charts, as the PlayStation 4 brushed aside all other systems in the July NPD report. Unsurprisingly, this victory was partially propelled by The Last of Us Remastered, which combined with its PlayStation 3 predecessor to top the best sellers list. That’s a moderately impressive result, considering that it released right at the very end of the month – though it didn’t exactly have much competition.
In fact it was a reasonably solid month for the industry as a whole, as total physical sales increased by 16 per cent year-over-year to $514.3 million. Software sales did decrease by 15 per cent, but that can largely be attributed to the dearth of new titles to buy. Hardware sales, on the other hand, were up by a whopping 100 per cent, contributing an enormous $198.8 million to the overall spend. That’s mostly down to the launch of the PS4 and Xbox One.
And it’s Sony’s machine that continues to sell the best, with some multiformat games finishing first on its platform as well. FIFA 14 jumped into third on the back of the World Cup, while Watch Dogs stuck around in fourth. Minecraft built a path into second, as military shooters Call of Duty: Ghosts and Sniper Elite III fleshed out the rest of the chart. Interestingly, the former was the only next-gen release to perform best on the Xbox One, primarily due to price promotions.
We’ve included the list of best-sellers below. With titles like Diablo III and Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare due out this month, we’re expecting Sony to hold on to its lead in the Home of Hamburgers through August. Similarly, the Destiny bundle is likely to give the platform holder a big boost in September, which should carry it through October, too. The biggest test for the manufacturer will be November, so it’ll be interesting to see if it can land a clean sweep for 2014.
Top Ten Physical Retail Releases: July 2014
1. The Last of Us (PS4, PS3)
2. Minecraft (360, PS3)
3. FIFA 14 (360,PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Vita)
4. Watch Dogs (PS4, 360, PS3, Xbox One, PC)
5. Mario Kart 8 (Wii U)
6. Call of Duty: Ghosts (Xbox One, 360, PS4, PS3, Wii U, PC)
7. Grand Theft Auto V (360, PS3)
8. Sniper Elite III (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
9. NBA 2K14 (360, PS3, PS4, Xbox One, PC)
10. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (360, PS3, 3DS, DS, PS4, Wii U, Xbox One, Vita, PC)
[source venturebeat.com, via neogaf.com]
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I couldn't get into that game on the PS3, so I didn't get it on the PS4, but I understand why people like it. For PS4 still the best selling and TLOU topping the charts, it's rightfully deserved.
Can't be stop. Congrats Sony. PS4=Excellence.
I have no more puns based on recent events, so everything here is expected.
Love it. Absolutely love it.
PS4's momentum is unreal. Will it ever stop?!?!???
Is anyone else unable to access PSN?
People were pretty damn excited for a remaster so I can't say the results surprise me. It is a great game regardless.
The rest of the year will be interesting. I could see October going to MS if Sunset Overdrive gets more hype than expected, but agree that November is the real test. Call of Duty, as usual positioned as an Xbox exclusive, will be out and Halo: The Master Chief Collection is coming out and has been tracking high for pre-orders, at least in the U.S. LBP 3 had a huge bump on Amazon and Gamestop a week ago though when the Day One Edition was announced with all those cool pre-order bonuses and it is a well liked series so maybe PS4 could take Nov., we'll have to see.
Wow Lego Marvel is on there
There isn't one exclusive PS4 title in that top 10. That's sad.
Funny how last year many would have bet on M$ consistantly dominating the US but now Spencer keeps saying they are the underdog. Its telling how PS4. Is selling in the rest of the world
@N711
Well, I don't think anybody could've predicted MS going as stupid as it did under Don Mattrick's direction.
Shame we don't get actual hardware figures. I'd love to know what the sales difference is...
According to VGchartz even the Wii U is beating Xbone in global sales!
@Dodoo I wouldn't put too much confidence in their data, but that's still some pretty interesting news that I hope is actually true.
@Dodoo Unfortunately, VGChartz is a bit iffy. Not saying that's wrong, but it's also not necessarily accurate either.
@get2sammyb @WickedKnightAl - Yeah appreciate VGChartz is not too accurate but I doubt the overall picture is very different to that which they state.
Yeah, there isn't even an exclusive on there for the Xbox One, but we all know why that is. hehe
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