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2020/06

U.S. NPD Group Releases Top 20 Games For May 2020

As a clarification, although we are in June, the U.S. NPD Group reveals numbers and sales data related to the games industry a month later. With that said, for June’s update on May, the firm reveals that Activision and Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is the top-selling game during this year’s May.

I should explain that website gamesindustry.biz sourced the U.S. NPD Group to relay the following numbers/info. With that said, the numbers for the U.S. portion of the games industry for May have reached $977 million — up 52% year-over-year reaching the highest ever since May 2008.

It’s worth noting that May’s performance as of this year did not outpace April’s performance. The latter month’s overall sales were up by 73% year-over-year.

Moreover, software sales for May reached 67% year-over-year equating to $438 million. Hardware sales topped out at 56%, which equals out to $235 million. Accessories and game cards trailed behind software and hardware sales, reaching 32% or $304 million.

If you want to learn more about the performance for May and the amount of money the month accrued (whether it be in monetary units or percentage), the above website has the official info.

Furthermore, the top 20 games sit below with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare topping said chart, followed by the notorious Grand Theft Auto V, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons:

This Month Games/Titles
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 3
20 FIFA 20

Lastly, the asterisk symbol (*) stands for the exclusion of digital sales since Nintendo doesn’t offer out info on eShop numbers.

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