"Fire Emblem: Three Houses"/Nintendo
"Fire Emblem: Three Houses" is a Nintendo Switch exclusive, and debuted at #2 on July's sales charts.
- Six of the 10 best-selling games between July 7 and August 3 were exclusive to the $4, $4
- Despite $4's dominant month, "Madden NFL 20" was the best-selling game during that span, even though it launched on August 2.
- The Nintendo Switch continues to be the best-selling video game console of the year, after leading console sales in 2018. $4 is set to launch in September.
- $4
The Nintendo Switch has dominated video game sales this year, taking advantage of a slow year from Microsoft and Sony. Both of Nintendo's primary competitors are gearing up to $4 opening a broad window for Nintendo to sell millions of its hybrid portable console in the meantime.
The Switch is now two years old and Nintendo continues to roll out exclusive releases from its high-profile franchises. Six of the top 10 best-selling games in July were Nintendo exclusives, $4 from July 7 to August 3.
The Switch was also the best-selling console of the month, continuing a trend that made it the best-selling console of 2018. The Nintendo Switch pro controller also outsold the PlayStation 4 in July, though the PS4 controller remains the best-selling controller of the year so far.
Nintendo is also preparing to $4 on September 20, which will likely boost the console's popularity even further during the holiday season.
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"Fire Emblem: Three Houses" was released on July 26 and was the second best-selling game of the month, while Nintendo's "Super Mario Maker 2" earned the third spot on the list. Another Nintendo exclusive, $4 capitalized on the popularity of Marvel's Avengers and was the fourth best-selling game after a July 19 launch.
July's biggest release was $4 Though the game officially launched on August 2, players who preordered the game were able to play a few days early. $4 "Madden" has been the best-selling game in the month it was released for 20 straight years, and is the best-selling sports franchise of all time.
These are the best-selling games of July 2019: