The 10 Best-Selling Video Games in June
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Sony has scored a certifiable hit with its PlayStation 4 exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn. The game reentered the top-10 sales chart in June after placing 12th in May.
10. Horizon: Zero Dawn
Image source: Sony.
Take-Two Interactive’s NBA 2K17 debuted last September and has been among North America’s top-10 best-selling games in each subsequent month.
Image source: Take-Two Interactive.
9. NBA 2K17
Activision Blizzard’s Overwatch continues to light up the sales charts, coming in at No. 8 in June. That’s a laudable achievement for a game that debuted in May 2016.
8. Overwatch
Image source: Activision Blizzard.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe debuted in April as the month’s best-selling game, placed second in May, and seventh on the June charts. That’s a great run for one of the most important games on Nintendo’s Switch console.
7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Image source: Nintendo.
Nintendo’s latest Legend of Zelda game continues to be an impressive performer, and the title’s recently released downloadable-content expansion is also likely to put up great sales.
Image source: Nintendo.
6. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
With Nintendo’s Arms debuting at the No. 5 spot in its release month, three games for the company’s Switch console made the top-10 list in June.
5. Arms
Image source: Nintendo.
Despite releasing on June 28, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy still came in as the month’s fourth-best-selling game. Crash’s sales performance is welcome news for Activision Blizzard, which is only launching a handful of other games this year.
4. Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Image source: Activision Blizzard.
The staying power of Grand Theft Auto V has been at the heart of Take-Two Interactive’s impressive stock performance. The game has made the retail top-10 list every month this year.
Grand Theft Auto V
Image source: Take-Two Interactive.
Time Warner’s Injustice 2 debuted at the top of the charts last month and delivered another strong performance in June. The game looks to be a significant hit for Warner’s game division.
2. Injustice 2
Image source: Time Warner.
The latest entry in Bandai Namco’s long-running fighting game series proves the franchise still has plenty of kick. Tekken 7 scored great reviews and claimed the No. 1 spot in the June sales chart.
1. Tekken 7
Image source: Bandai Namco.
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