June NPD

June NPD headlines

• Even without PC sales, Overwatch was the best-selling game of June 2016 in the US

  Overwatch topped the sales chart of the NPD’s June 2016 report despite failing to turn in a third of its homework.

• Batman: Arkham Knight kept PS4 top of NPD charts for June

  Batman: Arkham Knight was the biggest thing to happen in June. Surprise!

• The PS4 has been the US's top-selling console for six months straight

  The Xbox One’s $100 price cut may have doubled its sales, but the PS4 is still leading the pack.

• NPD June: The Last of Us, Animal crossing top charts

  The 3DS was the clear winner at US retail this month, taking the top hardware spot and three slots on the software charts, including second place.

• NPD June - Lego Batman 2 tops, hardware plummets

  As predicted, the NPD is reporting US sales figures took a nosedive for the seventh consecutive month.

• 3DS has sold 5 million units in the US

  Nintendo has announced ahead of the NPDs Nintendo 3DS has now sold 5 million units in the United States.

• Pachter predicts 34% YOY decline in NPD's June sales report

  When the NPD Group releases its June sales report later this week, Michael Pachter isn’t banking on good news.

• NPD: LA Noire tops again, slumps in all sectors

  The NPD has revealed significant year-on-year decreases across the board during June 2011, with Microsoft and Take Two the winners of a lacklustre contest.

• NPD: Nintendo dominates the top 20 software chart

  NPD has released the top 20 software sales chart for June 2010, and games for Nintendo systems destroyed the competition, with the largest percent of titles on the list.

• NPD June 2010: Xbox 360 second only to DS, RDR moves 963K units

  NPD has released June sales figures for the US, showing big Xbox 360 hardware increases and more blistering numbers for Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption. However, the industry as a whole was down 6 percent for the month year-on-year.

• Analysts predict 8-15% industry decline in June for US

  Industry analysts are predicting an 8-15 percent decline in US hardware and software sales ahead of June’s NPD figures.

• Sims 3 tops June NPD PC chart

  The NPD Group has revealed that EA’s The Sims 3 was the best selling game for the PC last month. Unfortunately, the NPD Group no longer distributes PC sales data publicly, but it has revealed the above. EA said that The Sims 3 sold 1.4 million in June. Thanks, Edge.

• Pachter: Industry is suffering from price fatigue

  Wedbush Morgan analyst, Michael Pachter, has weighed in on the June NPDs and feels that the industry is suffering from price fatigue. “It appears to us that the weak results in March through June signify a weak trend that will continue at least one more month. It is easy to defend the poor results by […]

• Nintendo's take on June NPD: WiiMotion Plus sold 169K units without being bundled

  In June, combined DS and DSi sales showed movement of 766,000 units, more than all current-generation consoles combined with Wii marking its 21st consecutive month of being the best-selling console. Broken down: DSi sold 424,000 units and DS 342,000, and Wii 362,000. Wii Motion Plus moved 374,000 total – 205,000 were bundled with Tiger Woods […]

• June NPD: Fourth consecutive month of year-over-year declines

  The June NPDs are out and while the figures may show things brightening a bit, there is some bad news too. This is the fourth month of decline for the industry – down 31 percent to $1.17 billion – and the worst since September 2000 when the decline was at 41 percent. Even with the […]

• June NPD: Hardware show DS moving over 766K units

  The June NPD numbers have been released and US hardware sales for the month came in at $1,697,000 instead of the projected $1,547,800. Nintendo DS was the clear winner, moving 766,500 units, with Wii coming in second with 350,000 units. DS: 766,500 Wii: 361,700 360: 240,600 PS3: 164,700 PSP: 163,500 PS2: 152,700

• June NPD: Prototype clear winner with over 419K units moved

  The June NPD numbers have been released and Prototype was the clear winner last month, moving 419,00 units for the Xbox 360 version. UFC 2009: Undisputed came in a close second for Xbox 360, moving 338,300 units. Total software sales came in at $625.8 million, which was 1.56 percent more that the projected $616.2 million. […]

• June NPD gets analysed to death

  Edge, nee Next-Gen, has published its monthly NPD analysis feature, graphs and all. This one takes in the fact that six months is now up for the year, so is well worth your time. You need to be able to argue indefinitely in comments threads about American Xbox 360 sales curves, right?

• June NPD: Everything in one place

  E3’s, like, so last week. It’s not, obviously, but a day’s a long time in videogames. It’s a day long. NPD released June data last night, showing monster sales for PS3 and a major milestone broken by Nintendo with Wii. Everything you need’s below. June NPD: PS3 achieves almost 2:1 sales over 360 June NPD: […]