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The July 2018 NPD report is in, and the Nintendo Switch exclusive Octopath Traveler

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This marks the second month in a row that a Switch exclusive topped the NPD charts, as Mario Tennis Aces held the top position in June . In fact, Nintendo’s flagship system is doing incredibly well in general, as five of the ten top-selling games in July were Switch exclusives, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey all making the list long after they were initially released.The July report also noted that the Switch is the only platform showing year-on-year growth in game sales, as its software dollar sales have increased by almost 70 percent compared to this time last year, even though digital sales on Nintendo platforms aren’t included in NPD reports. The Switch was also July’s best-selling hardware platform, both in dollars earned and total units sold.Though Nintendo performed exceptionally well, the rest of the industry had a great month too. PlayStation 4 remains the best-selling platform year-to-date, and dollar sales for Xbox One hardware grew almost 50 percent compared to last July, with year-to-date sales increasing by nearly 60 percent. July 2018 spending across hardware, software and accessories has increased by 14 percent when compared to July 2017.Grand Theft Auto V, which was released nearly five years ago, has managed to take the number two spot, and is the top-selling game in July for both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.Here are the top ten best-selling games for July 2018:Square Enix announced that Octopath Traveler had shipped over one million units earlier this month, and said we can definitely expect more games like Octopath traveler in the future. For more on Octopath Traveler, check out our review . In it, we called the game ‘amazing' saying its “beautiful style and outstanding take on traditional turn-based combat make it a game that pushes JRPGs forward rather than simply paying homage to the greats."

Colin Stevens is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter