Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is June’s highest grossing game in the US, with Xbox Series X | S leading in console revenues

Company NPD, which tracks the US gaming market, released a June 2023 report. Nintendo Switch again took first place in sales of consoles, for the 31st time in a row, but analysts called the star of the month Xbox Series X | Sa duo of new generation systems from Microsoft showed a sharp increase compared to May and for the first time took the top line of the ranking in terms of revenue from iron sales… This was facilitated by an increase in supplies.

“The demand is far from being satisfied, the supply situation remains very problematic,” said NPD spokesman Mat Piscatella.

The turnover from sales of console iron in dollar terms increased by the end of June 2023 by 112% compared to the same period a year earlier and reached $ 401 million. This is the best June in the US gaming market in 13 years. (since June 2008, when the turnover was $ 617 million).

  • Nintendo Switch – Best Selling Console of the Month, Best Selling Console in 2023 and Highest Grossing Console in 2023 as of the end of June in the US
  • Xbox Series X | S – the highest grossing console platforms in June 2023 in the United States. In terms of revenue from sales in dollars, last month was generally a record start of summer for the Xbox brand in its entire history. (the previous one was recorded during the Xbox 360 in June 2011).
  • Playstation 5 remains the fastest selling stationary console in the history of the American market (if we compare its sales in the first 8 months with sales of all other consoles in the first 8 months and exclude portable systems).

June’s bestseller in the United States was Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart for PlayStation 5… She demonstrated the best starting sales revenue in franchise history. surpassing the previous record holder, Ratchet & Clank (2016), more than doubled

True, it is worth noting here that Rift Apart costs almost twice as much as its predecessor – it is sold for $ 69.99, and the game of 2016 was sold for $ 39.99.

  • Released on June 25, Mario Golf: Super Rush for Nintendo Switch took the third place on the June chart of the highest grossing games in the United States. Its start in sales revenue also became the largest in the history of the series.… The previous record holder for nearly 20 years was the Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, which debuted on the GameCube in July 2003.
  • With the release of the Nintendo Switch version, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 Remastered Collection Jumps From Monthly 51st To 17th
  • Microsoft’s hit pirate adventure Sea of ​​Thieves has been featured in the Xbox Game Pass catalog for a long time, but that doesn’t stop it from staying on the charts. With the release of the A Pirate’s Life update, the game released in 2018 returned to the American TOP-20 (In May, it was in 36th place on the sales revenue chart).

Most successful June games in the United States by sales revenue (Nintendo games count only cartridges, others counts physical and digital copies):

Most successful on PlayStation platforms:

With the release of the PlayStation 5 reissue, the Final Fantasy VII remake climbed the PlayStation charts from 81st to 10th place.

Most successful on Xbox platforms:

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On Nintendo platforms:

All 10 positions on the Switch chart are occupied by games published by Nintendo.

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