NPD June 2021
June video game hardware dollar sales
jumped 112% when compared to June 2020, to $401M. This is the highest total achieved in a June month since 2008 ($617M). Year-to-date hardware consumer spending has
increased 45% compared to 2020's first half, to $2.3B.
Xbox Series was the best-selling hardware platform in dollar sales for the month of June, while
Nintendo Switch led in unit sales.
June dollar sales of Xbox consoles
set a new record for the Xbox platform, besting the previous high set in June 2011.
Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware platform during 2021's first half in both dollar and unit sales.
PlayStation 5 remains the fastest unit selling console hardware platform in U.S. history (lifetime sales through 8 months in market, excluding portables).
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart debuted as June's best-selling game, achieving the
highest launch month dollar sales of any title in franchise history. Launch month dollar sales more than doubled those of the previous high, set by Ratchet & Clank in April 2016
Mario Golf: Super Rush launched as the 3rd best-selling game of June 2021. Launch month dollar sales 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.