Sales tracking and research firm The NPD Group recently released its report on US videogame sales for the month of June 2011, revealing revenues of $1.03 billion for the industry across software, hardware and accessories categories – a ten percent drop in sales compared to June 2010 when revenues of $1.15 billion were recorded.

June 2011 Software Sales

Sales in the software category during June 2011 in the US totalled $469.5 million, which represents a drop of twelve percent compared to the same period last year, or $531.3 million, while Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter reported that poor performance in Wii software sales contributed a whopping 75 percent to this decline – roughly $46 million.

Take 2’s LA Noire was once again the best-selling game this month following its dominant performance in May, while debut June release Duke Nukem Forever achieved a shaky second place on the sales listing, followed by inFamous 2 at third. Another debut title, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D appeared at fifth place after LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean, while new titles Shadows of the Damned and Alice: Madness Returns failed to enter the Top Ten.

Here’s the full Top Ten list:

June 2011 Software Sales Chart

• 1.) LA Noire (360, PS3) - Take 2 Interactive – 419 000 units
• 2.) Duke Nukem Forever (360, PS3, PC) - Take 2 Interactive - 376,300 units
• 3.) Infamous 2 (PS3) - Sony – 369 200 units
• 4.) Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (Wii, 360, NDS, PS3, 3DS, PSP, PC) - Disney Interactive Studios
• 5.) Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS) - Nintendo – 283 200 units
• 6.) Call of Duty: Black Ops (360, PS3, Wii, NDS, PC) - Activision Blizzard
• 7.) NBA 2K11 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP, PC) - Take 2 Interactive
• 8.) Mortal Kombat 2011 (PS3, 360) - Warner Bros. Interactive
• 9.) Cars 2 (NDS, Wii, 360, PS3, PC) - Disney Interactive Studios
• 10.) Just Dance 2 (Wii) - Ubisoft

In addition, an unconfirmed posting on NeoGAF suggests sales numbers for the following titles:

• Alice: Madness Returns: Less than 120 000 units (with Xbox 360 outselling PlayStation 3)
• Child of Eden: Less than 35 000 units
• Shadows of the Damned: Less than 35 000 units (with Xbox 360 outselling PlayStation 3)
• Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition: Less than 20 000 units (with PlayStation 3 outselling Xbox 360)
• Wii Play Motion: Less than 30 000 units

June 2011 Hardware Sales

Videogame hardware sales dropped nine percent in June 2011, down to $366.6 million compared to June 2010’s revenues of $401.7 million. Xbox 360 was the top-selling console overall this month with a very impressive 507 000 units shifting off of store shelves.

The Xbox 360 was the only console to enjoy a year-over-year sales increase, thus breaking the PlayStation 3’s good run for the last few months.

Videogame accessories also saw decreases in revenue, down eleven percent to $158.9 million from $177.7 million, as sales of this category’s principle contributor, the Kinect for Xbox 360, begin to weaken.

Here’s the list of console sales figures for June 2011 in the US:

June 2011 Hardware Sales Chart

• Xbox 360 – 507 000
• DS – 386 000
• PS3 - +/- 276 000
• Wii – 273 000
• 3DS – 143 000

June 2011 Videogame Industry Sales Totals

May 29th 2011 through July 2nd 2011

• June 2011 Videogame Sales - $1.03 billion (-10%)
• June 2011 Videogame Hardware Sales - $366.6 million (-9%)
• June 2011 Videogame Software Sales - $469.5 million (-12%)
• June 2011 Videogame Accessories Sales - $158.9 million (-11%)

Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony have each since responded to June’s NPD results - read over their messages over here.

You can read over NPD’s sales results for the month of May 2011 over here.

Source: NPD