Final Fantasy 7 Remake Tops US Sales Charts in April – NPD Group

The NPD Group revealed its latest data for video game hardware and software spending for April 2020. Total spending hit $1.5 billion, as per GamesIndustry.biz, which was 73 percent higher compared to the same period last year and a new record high for the month in history. Total dollar sales for tracked software came to $662 million.

Leading the charts was Final Fantasy 7 Remake, which also became the third best selling game year-to-date and is now the best-selling game of the year for PS4. It also set a new launch month record for the franchise in unit and dollar sales, surpassing Final Fantasy 15 when it debuted in December 2016. In second place was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare which is the fourth fastest selling tracked release in US history when taking dollar sales for its first seven months into account.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which took the US market by storm in March, managed to rank as the third best-selling game for April. It’s also still the second best-selling game of the year-to-date and the best-selling title on Switch for the one year period ending April 2020. For the full top 20 best-selling games for the period between April 5th and May 2nd 2020 based on dollar sales, see below:

1. Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
4. NBA 2K20
5. Grand Theft Auto 5
6. Resident Evil 3
7. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered
8. MLB: The Show 20
9. Madden NFL 20
10. Red Dead Redemption 2
11. Just Dance 2020
12. FIFA 20
13. Mortal Kombat 11
14. Borderlands 3
15. Predator: Hunting Grounds
16. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe*
17. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
18. Persona 5 Royal
19. Need for Speed: Heat
20. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

*Digital sales not included.