June 2020 NPD: The Last of Us Part 2 is the bestseller for the month and is one of the best PlayStation launches ever

Every month, the NPD Group releases information on the best-selling games, game consoles and accessories across all video game platforms in the United States. While it doesn't account for total worldwide sales, it does provide a nice look at one of the largest video game markets. Mat Piscatella, a fantastic analyst for NPD, has shared the results for June 2020.

We already knew that The Last of Us Part 2 had sold over 4 million copies in its first three days, so it shouldn't come as a surprise to learn it was the best-selling game of June 2020. Not only does this instantly make it the third best-selling game of the year so far but The Last of Us Part 2 had the second-biggest launch of any Sony-published game...ever. Only Marvel's Spider-Man had a bigger launch month. On the hardware front, the Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console of the month.

Like always, remember that NPD is based on dollar sales, not units sold.

Here are the June 2020 results:

• Total sales: $1.2 billion, up 26% year-over-year.
• PC and video games software: $540 million, up 49% year-over-year.
• Video games hardware: $191 million, down 17% year-over-year
• Video game accessories and game cards: $417 million, up 29% year-over-year.

June 2020 NPD: Here are the top 20 games sold in the U.S.

1. The Last of Us Part 2
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
4. Grand Theft Auto V
5. Mortal Kombat 11
6. Red Dead Redemption 2
7. Ring Fit Adventure
8. NBA 2K20
9. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*
10. Minecraft Dungeons*
11. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
12. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
13. Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition
14. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
15. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
16. Borderlands 3
17. Need for Speed Heat
18. P4G: Persona 4 Golden
19. Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated
20. Assassin's Creed Odyssey

• *Does not include digital Nintendo eShop sales
• **Does not include Steam sales
• ***Minecraft digital sales include Xbox One and PlayStation 4, but not other digital sales.

Here are the best-selling games of June 2020 by platform:

PlayStation 4

1. The Last of Us Part 2
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
3. Grand Theft Auto V
4. Mortal Kombat 11
5. Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition
6. MLB: The Show 20
7. NBA 2K20
8. Marvel's Spider-Man
9. Red Dead Redemption 2
10. Final Fantasy 7 Remake

Xbox One

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
2. Grand Theft Auto V
3. Mortal Kombat 11
4. Minecraft Dungeons
5. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
6. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops III
8. Minecraft: Xbox One Edition
9. Forza Horizon 4
10. NBA 2K20

Nintendo Switch

1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
2. Ring Fit Adventure
3. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe*
4. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
6. Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition*
7. Just Dance 2020
8. Pokémon Sword*
9. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
10. The Outer Worlds

Here are the top 10 best-selling games of 2020 in the U.S. so far:

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
3. The Last of Us Part 2
4. Final Fantasy 7 Remake
5. Grand Theft Auto V
6. NBA 2K20
7. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
8. MLB: The Show 20
9. Resident Evil 3
10. Maddden NFL 20

That's all we've got for this particular month. For a more in-depth look, you can consult Mat Piscatella's thread right here. If you'd like details on last month's NPD breakdown, you can find that right here.