The NPD Group has revealed the top ten bestselling games for the month of July and NCAA Football 12 jumped to the head of the class. None of the rest of the month’s new releases managed to crack the list (including the awesome Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon or the alluring Catherine). Even the heavily-hyped Duke Nukem Forever was unable to maintain its place in the top ten.
With few new releases, only 17 titles were released during the month, gamers spent their money on other things in July. According to The NPD Group’s Anita Frazier, July was the “lowest month [for game sales] since October 2006.”
Maybe that’ll show publishers that the gaming community is pretty desperate for new games in the Summer. So maybe they shouldn’t backload every worthwhile game into the September-November period. In the meantime, check out the full top ten after the break.
1. NCAA Football 12 (Xbox 360, PS3)
2. Cars 2 (DS, Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360, PS3, DS, Wii, PC)
4. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (Wii, DS, Xbox 360, PS3, 3DS, PSP, PC)
5. Just Dance 2 (Wii)
6. Major League Baseball 2K11 (Xbox 360, Wii, DS, PS3, PS2, PSP, PC)
7. Zumba Fitness: Join the Party (Wii, Xbox 360, PS3)
8. Fallout: New Vegas (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
9. New Super Mario Bros. DS (DS)
10. Mortal Kombat (Xbox 360, PS3)
