![]() The Last of Us Remastered Hits - PlayStation 4 That one game was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, a game that comes out in October 2019 (GameStop includes pre-orders in its sales ranks). Pokemon Sword & Pokemon Shield Double PackĪt GameStop ( $GME), a store that specializes only in videogames, only one of the top-10 sellers was rated "Mature". Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order This chart can be downloaded as an image below. Other mature titles in the top-10 included Battlefield 1, Grand Theft Auto V, and Dying Light, a zombie survival game. Interestingly, the best-serller, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, is a 2018 release, but its discount price ($10 as of today) vaulted it to the top of Walmart's sales ranks. Minecraft Story MODE Season Pass Disc - Xbox 360Īt, four of the store's ten best-selling videogames - including the #1 best-seller - are rated "Mature" by the ESRB. Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar Games, PlayStation 4ĭying Light: Following Enhanced Edition, WHV Games, Xbox One, 883929530502 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, 045496590420īattlefield 1, Electronic Arts, PlayStation 4, 014633733891 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Nintendo, Nintendo Wii U, 045496904159 Walmart July top-10Ĭall of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Activision, PlayStation 4, 047875878556 Of those 7, 4 were sold at Walmart, one was sold at GameStop, and two were sold at Amazon. ![]() Of the 30 best-selling games at the three retailers (top-10 for each), just 7 were categorized as "Mature" by the ESRB (Entertainment and Software Ratings Bureau). For context, we also looked at July best-sellers for GameStop and Amazon. We took a look at the best-selling games at Walmart, GameStop, and Amazon in the weeks leading up to the tragic shooting at an El Paso Walmart August 2 to understand how many violent videogames are being sold at Walmart (and other places), and how this might affect those games' product placements moving forward. ![]() But we can look at some objective data here: exactly what games is Walmart selling that could be deemed 'violent?' Whether this will work is the subject for another story and perhaps another site. The move was in reaction to critics and pundits relating the sale of violent video games to mass shootings. Following a mass shooting in one of its Texas stores, Walmart ( $WMT) said its stores would remove displays and ads for violent videogames. ![]()
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