June 2020 NPD: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Pokémon Sword continue being best-selling games

The NPD Group has revealed which games were top sellers in the U.S. for June 2020, including Pokémon Sword and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The full results in each relevant category are as follows:

The top 20 best-selling games of the month in the U.S.

1. 1. The Last of Us Part II
   2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
   3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
   4. Grand Theft Auto V
   5. Mortal Kombat 11
   6. Red Dead Redemption II
   7. Ring Fit Adventure
   8. NBA 2K20
   9. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
   10. Minecraft Dungeons
   11. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
   12. Rainbow Six: Siege
   13. Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition
   14. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
   15. Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
   16. Borderlands 3
   17. Need for Speed: Heat
   18. P4G: Persona 4 Golden
   19. SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom: Rehydrated
   20. Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey

Top 10 best-selling games so far this year

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
3. The Last of Us Part II
4. Final Fantasy VII Remake
5. Grand Theft Auto V
6. NBA 2K20
7. Dragon Ball Z Kakarot
8. MLB: The Show 20
9. Resident Evil 3
10. Madden NFL 20

Top 10 best-selling games of the last 12 months

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
2. NBA 2K20
3. Madden NFL 20
4. Borderlands 3
5. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
6. Grand Theft Auto V
7. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
8. The Last of Us Part II
9. FIFA 20
10. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

June 2020 NPD: Top 10 best-selling Nintendo Switch games

1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
2. Ring Fit Adventure
3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
4. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
6. Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
7. Just Dance 2020
8. Pokémon Sword
9. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
10. The Outer Worlds

“June 2020 tracked spending across video game hardware, software, accessories, and game cards totaled $1.2 billion, gaining 26% when compared to a year ago,” NPD analyst Mat Piscatella said. “This is the highest tracked spend for a June month since $1.3 billion was reached in June 2009.”

“Year-to-date tracked spending across video game hardware, software, accessories, and game cards reached $6.6 billion,” said Piscatella. “[That’s an] increase of 19% when compared to a year ago. This is the highest total for the year-to-date period since $7.0 billion was achieved in 2010.”

Source: VentureBeat.com