A lack of major new releases saw US game console software revenues take a hit in the June, falling 15 per cent year-over-year to $531.3 million.
The only new titles to make the monthly top ten were the DS version of Toy Story 3, which entered at seven, and Warner’s Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 on Wii, which charted at nine. One notable absentee was Tiger Woods Woods PGA Tour 11. NPD said that it sold just 32 per cent of the total managed by last year's franchise release in its first month at retail. It can’t have been too far off the top ten though, with Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter suggesting it moved over 100,000 copies.
The top three remained unchanged from May. Red Dead Redemption has now sold close to 2.5 million copies in the US, making it the year’s biggest game so far, while Super Mario Galaxy 2 has cleared one million sales, according to Nintendo.
NPD analyst Anita Frazier said: "Software sales are down, but the top 10 SKU's for the month sold comparably to what the top 10 did last June - game sales are more concentrated this year on the top-selling games."
At the halfway stage of the year, software sales are down eight per cent year-over-year to $3.51 billion.
01. Red Dead Redemption (Take-Two, Xbox 360) - 582,900
02. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo, Wii) - 548,400
03. Red Dead Redemption (Take-Two, PS3) - 380,300
04. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo, Wii) - 200,900
05. Just Dance (Ubisoft, Wii) - 174,800
06. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo, Wii) - 148,000
07. Toy Story 3 (Disney, NDS) - 164,000
08. UFC 2010: Undisputed (THQ, Xbox 360)
09. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Warner Bros., Wii), 136,000
10. UFC 2010: Undisputed (THQ, PS3)
(Sales data for games outside of the top five provided by Nintendo, not NPD.)