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Every month, the NPD Group releases information on the best-selling games, game consoles and accessories across all video game platforms in the United States. While it doesn’t account for total worldwide sales, it does provide a nice look at one of the largest video game markets. Mat Piscatella, a fantastic analyst for NPD, has shared the results for June 2020.
We already knew that The Last of Us Part 2 had sold over 4 million copies in its first three days, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise to learn it was the best-selling game of June 2020. Not only does this instantly make it the third best-selling game of the year so far but The Last of Us Part 2 had the second-biggest launch of any Sony-published game…ever. Only Marvel’s Spider-Man had a bigger launch month. On the hardware front, the Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console of the month.
Like always, remember that NPD is based on dollar sales, not units sold.
Here are the June 2020 results:
- Total sales: $1.2 billion, up 26% year-over-year.
- PC and video games software: $540 million, up 49% year-over-year.
- Video games hardware: $191 million, down 17% year-over-year
- Video game accessories and game cards: $417 million, up 29% year-over-year.
June 2020 NPD: Here are the top 20 games sold in the U.S.
The Last of Us Part 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
Grand Theft Auto V
Mortal Kombat 11
Red Dead Redemption 2
Ring Fit Adventure
NBA 2K20
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*
Minecraft Dungeons*
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Borderlands 3
Need for Speed Heat
P4G: Persona 4 Golden
Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
- *Does not include digital Nintendo eShop sales
- **Does not include Steam sales
- ***Minecraft digital sales include Xbox One and PlayStation 4, but not other digital sales.
Here are the best-selling games of June 2020 by platform:
PlayStation 4
The Last of Us Part 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Grand Theft Auto V
Mortal Kombat 11
Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition
MLB: The Show 20
NBA 2K20
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Red Dead Redemption 2
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Xbox One
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Grand Theft Auto V
Mortal Kombat 11
Minecraft Dungeons
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
Minecraft: Xbox One Edition
Forza Horizon 4
NBA 2K20
Nintendo Switch
Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
Ring Fit Adventure
Mario Kart 8: Deluxe*
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition*
Just Dance 2020
Pokémon Sword*
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
The Outer Worlds
Here are the top 10 best-selling games of 2020 in the U.S. so far:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
The Last of Us Part 2
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Grand Theft Auto V
NBA 2K20
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
MLB: The Show 20
Resident Evil 3
Maddden NFL 20
That’s all we’ve got for this particular month. For a more in-depth look, you can consult Mat Piscatella’s thread right here. If you’d like details on last month’s NPD breakdown, you can find that right here.
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