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PS5 Best-Selling Console in the US in June, Diablo IV Debuts in 1st

PS5 Best-Selling Console in the US in June, Diablo IV Debuts in 1st - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 August 2023 / 8,329 Views

The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in the US in June 2023 in terms of units sold and dollar sales, according to figures from Circana (formerly The NPD Group). Circana includes the dates for the five week period of May 28 to July 1.

The PS5 saw double-digit growth in dollar sales, which was partially offset by declines in dollar sales of the Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series X|S.

The PlayStation had its best June in terms of units sold since June 2010, while for revenue it is its highest since June 2008.

The Nintendo Switch was the second best-selling console in terms of units sold and dollar sales. The PS5 saw triple digit growth year-on-year in terms of revenue.

The Xbox Series X|S was the third best-selling console in terms of units sold and dollar sales.

2023 year-to-date the PlayStation 5 is the best-selling console in terms of both units sold and dollar sales, while the Nintendo Switch is in second in both rankings, and the Xbox Series X|S comes in third.

Overall spending on video games in June was up nine percent year-on-year from $4.34 billion to $4.73 billion. Spending on video game content increased seven percent from $3.78 billion to $4.06 billion, while video game hardware sales jumped 22 percent from $371 million to $454 million.

Overall spending on video games in 2023 year-to-date is up less than two percent from $26.11 billion to $26.56 billion. Spending on video game content is down less than one percent from $22.88 billion to $22.79 billion, while video game hardware sales is up 23 percent from $2.13 billion to $2.61 billion.

"June 2023 U.S. consumer spending on video game content, hardware and accessories reached $4.7B, a 9% increase vs year ago," said Circana Executive Director and Video Game Industry Analyst Mat Piscatella. 

Piscatella added, "Spending on video game content increased by 7% in June when compared to a year ago, totaling $4.1 billion. Console & PC Digital Premium Download spending in the month increased by more than 50% year-on-year."

Piscatella on hardware stated the "PlayStation 5 was the best-selling hardware platform in both unit and dollar sales during June 2023. Consumer spending on PlayStation hardware reached its highest June total since 2008, while unit sales were the highest achieved since June 2010.

"PlayStation 5 continues to lead the 2023 hardware market across both units and dollars."

There were five new releases in the top 20 best-selling games. Diablo IV was the best-selling game in June 2023 and is already the third best-selling game of 2023, only behind Hogwarts Legacy and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Final Fantasy XVI debuted in second place, Street Fighter 6 debuted in third place, F1 23 debuted in 15th place, and Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life debuted in 17th place.

Launch month sales for Street Fighter 6 were more than double that of Street Fighter V and had the biggest launch month in terms of dollars for a head-to-head fighting game since 2019's Mortal Kombat 11.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in its second month dropped from first to fourth place, while Hogwarts Legacy fell from second to fifth place. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is down one spot to sixth place.

The two most recent Spider-Man games from Sony saw a bump in sales due to the release of the movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales jumped up from 31st to ninth place, while Marvel's Spider-Man climbed from 24th to 10th place.

Here are the top 20 best-selling games in terms of dollars for June 2023:

Here are the top 20 best-selling games in 2023 year-to-date:


A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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17 Comments
Signalstar (on 02 August 2023)

Strong month for PlayStation. Spider-verse boosted to Spider-Man games. Nice to see.

  • +7
jvmkdg (on 02 August 2023)

both Spider-Man then on the bestseller list in June. spider 2 will be amazing and should break god of war's sales record. It won't be long before ps5 hits 50 million maybe even before ps4. All that's missing is a new showcase showing the games for next year.

  • +5
Qwark jvmkdg (on 02 August 2023)

God of War is having them legs though, it still sells well to this day. Both will definitely come close to 30 million lifetime at this rate.

  • 0
firebush03 (on 03 August 2023)

Shame to see Pokémon on that list :/ Where’s Metroid Prime Remaster??

Also…what happened with GTAV? First time I’ve noticed it missing from the top sellers list.

  • 0
Geralt99 (on 02 August 2023)

Miles morales craked the year to date top 20 list in its third year. Quite uncommon for a Sony First party game.

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xMetroid (on 02 August 2023)

Glad Diablo 4 performed well. The interest in the franchise for many fans tanked after D3 and they managed to turn it around a little. Still the franchise is not close to what it was in it's prime, they are listening carefully to fans and the conversation around the game got a boost. D5 should still be a lock and will be big if they keep it up.

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Mars2001 (on 02 August 2023)

Switch surpass ps2 in Americas as second best ever console.In a few time we will see.52M believe.In first place remain DS of course.Disneys Spiderman push ps5 but still low compare with other consoles.I see ps5 like ps3 sales

  • -5
DekutheEvilClown Mars2001 (on 02 August 2023)

The switch is still 8m behind the PS2 in NA. What are you smoking?

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Mars2001 DekutheEvilClown (on 02 August 2023)

You have no idea.Switch 49M in NA until March.Now about 52M.Wait 12H more and look official N steatment.Switch is second best ever in NA instead of ps2.DS remain in First place

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DekutheEvilClown Mars2001 (on 02 August 2023)

Switch is 45.45m in NA until the end of May according to Vgchartz.

PS2 Was 53.65m in NA.

I don't know what number you're taking about. Is that the shipped number to North and South America combined?

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Mars2001 DekutheEvilClown (on 02 August 2023)

52M.All Americas.Shipped.From Original Nintendo steatment.

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DekutheEvilClown Mars2001 (on 02 August 2023)

The PS2 will be over 60m for all Americas though

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Mars2001 DekutheEvilClown (on 02 August 2023)

Have you any original sonys steatment?Or only fake steatment from others?

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the-pi-guy Mars2001 (on 02 August 2023)

"Disneys Spiderman push ps5 but still low compare with other consoles.I see ps5 like ps3 sales"

In what world are these low sales?
We're still a couple months away from Spider-Man 2, which will be massive. And probably a year or two away from Wolverine. Not to exclude any other big franchises that might see a game in that time.

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Mars2001 the-pi-guy (on 02 August 2023)

Yes.Disneys games.Not sonys games.

  • -5
the-pi-guy Mars2001 (on 02 August 2023)

What does that have to do with anything that I said?

  • +1
firebush03 Mars2001 (on 03 August 2023)

fanboy moment

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