The NPD Group has announced the state of video games in the United States during the month of June. As Venture Beat reports, it was both the Xbox Series X|S and the Nintendo Switch family of systems which came out on top last month. The Xbox Series X|S was the best-selling hardware platform in dollar sales and the Nintendo Switch has been the best-selling hardware platform during the first half of 2021 in regards to both dollar and unit sales. The best -selling game for the month of June was Ratchet & Clank: A Rift Apart for Sony’s PlayStation 5 console. Nintendo’s Mario Golf: Super Rush performed well though at No.3 and it’s the best-selling Mario Golf game since Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, which launched for the GameCube in July 2003.
“Xbox Series X/S was the best-selling hardware platform in dollar sales for the month of June, while Nintendo Switch led in unit sales.”
Matt Piscatella
“Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware platform during 2021’s first half in both dollar and unit sales.”
Matt Piscatella
And the supply-constrained PlayStation 5 continues to set records of its own.
“PlayStation 5 remains the fastest unit-selling console hardware platform in U.S. history for lifetime sales through eight months on the market excluding portables.”
Matt Piscatella
“Mario Golf: Super Rush launched as the third best-selling game of June 2021,” said Piscatella. “Launch month dollar sales of Mario Golf: Super Rush were the highest ever achieved by a Mario Golf game. The previous high was set by Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, which launched for the Nintendo GameCube in July 2003.
Matt Piscatella
| All Platforms | |||
| Rank | Last Month Rank | June 2021 Top 20 Games (Physical and Full Game Digital from the Nintendo eShop, PlayStation, STEAM and Xbox platforms for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel) ranked on dollar sales | Publisher |
| 1 | NEW | Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart | Sony (Corp) |
| 2 | 4 | Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War | Activision Blizzard (Corp) |
| 3 | NEW | Mario Golf: Super Rush* | Nintendo |
| 4 | 3 | MLB: The Show 21^ | Sony (Corp) |
| 5 | NEW | Scarlet Nexus | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| 6 | 1 | Resident Evil: Village | Capcom USA |
| 7 | 7 | Mario Kart 8 * | Nintendo |
| 8 | 10 | Minecraft | Multiple Video Game Manufacturers |
| 9 | 12 | Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales | Sony (Corp) |
| 10 | 6 | Mortal Kombat 11 | Warner Bros. Interactive |
| 11 | 9 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons* | Nintendo |
| 12 | 11 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) | Activision Blizzard (Corp) |
| 13 | 14 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate* | Nintendo |
| 14 | 17 | Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla | Ubisoft |
| 15 | 13 | Super Mario 3D World* | Nintendo |
| 16 | 2 | Mass Effect: Legendary Edition | Electronic Arts |
| 17 | 51 | Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 | Activision Blizzard (Corp) |
| 18 | 19 | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild* | Nintendo |
| 19 | 20 | Pokemon: Sword/Shield* | Nintendo |
| 20 | 36 | Sea of Thieves | Microsoft (Corp) |
| * Digital sales not included | |||
| ^ Xbox Digital sales not included |
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