Not only was New Super Mario Bros. the top-selling video game in the U.S. in May, but it was also the
top-selling videogame in the U.S. for June as well, selling over 400,000 copies , and combined with May sales (of which it only sold in the later half of the month) netted over half a million copies sold. Considering that there's only something like 1.2 million DS console systems out there, it's a pretty substantial number of copies sold. For me, it's further evidence that what gamers want is not hyper-realistic graphics, but rather good solid gameplay. Xbox 360 and PS2 titles fared well on the top 10, but the PSP seems rather like a dead platform, not having a single title make the top 10.
The list of the top 10 games (console and pc) in the extended.
TOP 10 CONSOLE GAMES, JUNE 2006
1) New Super Mario Bros. (DS, Nintendo)
2) Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (PS2, Rockstar/Take-Two)
3) Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (DS, Nintendo)
4) Cars (PS2, THQ)
5) Hitman: Blood Money (Xbox 360, Eidos)
6) Cars (Game Boy Advance, THQ)
7) FIFA World Cup 2006 (PS2, Electronic Arts)
8) Big Brain Academy (DS, Nintendo)
9) Hitman: Blood Money (PS2, Eidos)
10) Cars (GameCube, THQ)
TOP 10 PC GAMES, JUNE 2006
1) World of Warcraft (Blizzard/Vivendi)
2) The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2K Games/Take-Two)
3) Guild Wars Factions (NCsoft)
4) The Sims 2 (EA)
5) Heroes of Might & Magic V (Ubisoft)
6) The Sims 2: Open for Business Expansion (EA)
7) Age of Empires III (Microsoft)
8) Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends (Microsoft)
9) Star Wars: Empire at War (LucasArts)
10) Civilization IV (2K Games/Take-Two)
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