The NPD Group has released their full North American sales data for July 2020, and once again numbers were up big-time year-on-year due to players being trapped at home by COVID-19. Players spent $3.2 billion on games, additional content, and hardware in July, up 32 percent year-on-year. As usual, the Nintendo Switch was the top-selling console.

　　July’s top game was Ghost of Tsushima, which is Sucker Punch’s fastest-selling game to date. Paper Mario: The Origami King came in at #3, selling more in its first month than any previous Paper Mario game. The only other new addition to the chart is Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris at #10. Meanwhile, The Last of Us Part II held fairly strong at #4, with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Animal Crossing: New Horizons filling out the rest of the top 5.

　　Here are July’s top 20 games according to NPD:

　　Ghost of TsushimaCall of Duty: Modern WarfarePaper Mario: The Origami KingThe Last of Us Part IIAnimal Crossing: New HorizonsRing Fit AdventureMortal Kombat 11Mario Kart 8 DeluxeSuper Smash Bros. UltimateSword Art Online: Alicization LycorisMinecraftThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the WildRainbow Six SiegeNew Super Mario Bros. U DeluxeMLB The Show 20Star Wars Jedi: Fallen OrderNeed for Speed: HeatMarvel’s Spider-ManAssassin’s Creed OdysseyCall of Duty: Black Ops IIIAnd here are the top-10 best-selling games of 2020 so far:

　　Call of Duty: Modern WarfareAnimal Crossing: New HorizonsThe Last of Us Part IIFinal Fantasy VII RemakeGhost of TsushimaDragon Ball Z: KakarotMLB: The Show 20Resident Evil 3Mario Kart 8 DeluxeMortal Kombat 11Another good month for Sony! Will Ghost of Tsushima and The Last of Us Part II continue to have legs as we head into the holiday season? We shall see.