June 2017 NPD Sales Results
June was a great month for the video game industry. Total video game sales were up 7% year over year, with gamers spending over $765 million in June alone. Of that number, $231 million was spent on hardware, $343 million on console games, $32 million on PC software, and $159 million on accessories. The Top 20 selling games for June (by revenue) were:
Overall
- Tekken 7
- Injustice 2
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy
- Arms*
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*
- Overwatch**
- NBA 2K17
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III
- MLB 17: The Show
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
- Battlefield 1
- Minecraft
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind*
- FIFA 17
- Forza Horizon 3
*No digital sales
*No digital sales from Blizzard’s PC app
ARMS made a nice splash on the top 10 list, with only a couple of weeks on the tracking. It sold over 256,000 copies, which included both physical and digital sales. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sold 145,000 combined and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold 180,000 combined.
Below are the Nintendo console-specific breakdowns:
Nintendo Switch
- Arms*
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
- Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers*
- 1-2 Switch*
- Disgaea 5 Complete*
- Cars 3: Driven to Win*
- Cave Story +*
- Lego City: Undercover*
- Just Dance 2017*
3DS and Vita
- Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadow of Valentia*
- Pokemon Sun*
- Pokemon Moon*
- Ever Oasis*
- Super Mario Maker*
- Super Smash Bros.
- Mario Kart 7*
- Mario Sports Superstars
- Poochy and Yoshi’s Wooly World
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
The best selling console for June was once again the PlayStation 4. In addition to the Switch still being supply-constrained, the PS4 was heavily discounted in June down to $249.99 for the gold 1TB model. This was a fantastic deal and it obviously pushed sales in a month where things typically slow down for consoles.
[Source: Venturebeat]
Craig has been covering the video game industry since 1995. His work has been published across a wide spectrum of media sites. He’s currently the Editor-In-Chief of Nintendo Times and contributes to Gaming Age.
