Grand Theft Auto V 5 PS4 May 2020 NPD

Video game sales in the United States were up an unfathomable 52 per cent year-over-year in May 2020, according to the latest NPD report. Total industry spend reached almost $1 billion, which is just short of the $1.2 billion record set in May 2008. That was the month that Grand Theft Auto IV released, but the aging Grand Theft Auto V continues to be a best-seller seven years after its debut.

Rockstar’s open worlder finished in 2nd position in the software charts, behind only Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. This wasn’t a big month for new releases, with Minecraft: Dungeons and Saints Row The Third Remastered being the only real noteworthy new names in the PlayStation space. We’ve compiled all of the relevant software charts below.

NPD Software Top 20: May 2020

  1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  2. Grand Theft Auto V
  3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
  4. NBA 2K20
  5. Mortal Kombat 11
  6. Red Dead Redemption 2
  7. Minecraft*
  8. Final Fantasy VII: Remake
  9. Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
  10. Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order
  11. Madden NFL 20
  12. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe*
  13. Need for Speed: Heat
  14. Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition*
  15. Minecraft Dungeons*
  16. Saints Row: The Third Remastered
  17. MLB: The Show 20
  18. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
  19. Call of Duty: Black Ops III
  20. FIFA 20

NPD PS4 Software Top 10: May 2020

  1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  2. Grand Theft Auto V
  3. Final Fantasy VII: Remake
  4. NBA 2K20
  5. Mortal Kombat 11
  6. Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition
  7. MLB: The Show 20
  8. Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order
  9. Madden NFL 20
  10. Red Dead Redemption 2

NPD Best Selling Games of 2020 So Far

  1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
  3. Final Fantasy VII: Remake
  4. Grand Theft Auto V
  5. NBA 2K20
  6. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
  7. MLB: The Show 20
  8. Resident Evil 3
  9. Madden NFL 20
  10. Red Dead Redemption 2

* Digital sales not included

[source venturebeat.com]