The analyst at NPD have released the top selling video games and hardware for the U.S. market in July. The new Xbox 360 model continues to do well, and this is actually the first time since Halo 3 launched that Xbox 360 was the best selling piece of hardware in the States. NCAA Football 11 from EA did best in the software department with a total of 692,000 units sold, ahead of Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 that did 401,000 units across a multitude of SKU's.
While video game sales was down somewhat for the month, the release of Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty did register a whopping 103 per cent year-on-year increase for PC game sales (reported separately). So overall, gaming did okay in July...
Software:
1. NCAA Football 11 / Xbox 360 368.0K
2. NCAA Football 11 / PS3 298.8K
3. Crackdown 2 / Xbox 360 208.8K (pictured)
4. Super Mario Galaxy 2 / Wii 193.0K
5. Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 / DS 141.7K
6. Red Dead Redemption / Xbox 360
7. Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 / Wii
8. Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies / DS
9. New Super Mario Bros. Wii / Wii
10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 / Xbox 360
Hardware:
1. Xbox 360 443.5K
2. Nintendo DS 398.4K
3. Wii 253.9K
4. Playstation 3 214.5K
5. PSP 84.0K