July 2018 NPD: Octopath Traveler and Grand Theft Auto V own the charts

The games industry in the United States generated $749 million in revenue in July, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. That’s up 14 percent from $655 million during the same period in 2017. Hardware and accessories drove most of that growth, although a big new Nintendo release and Grand Theft Auto V were able to help save the software sales side.

But software along with hardware and accessories have had a strong 2018 overall.