Driven by the release of the new Xbox 360 model revealed at E3, sales of the system in the U.S. bested every other piece of hardware, save for the Nintendo DS, in the month of June.
While the industry overall slumped 6% as compared to June of last year, console hardware sales revenue actually increased by 5%, owing to significant PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 purchases. “The Xbox 360 experienced its second largest non-holiday month after September ’07 when Halo 3 launched, and the PS3 has now garnered 11 consecutive months of year-over-year unit sales increases,” according to NPD Group analyst, Anita Frazier.
The resulting increase in the number of hardware unit sales as compared to June ’09 was a whopping 35%. U.S. hardware sales for the month of June were as follows:
| System | Sales |
| PlayStation 3 | 304,800 |
| PSP | 121,000 |
| Xbox 360 | 451,000 |
| Wii | 422,500 |
| Nintendo DS | 510,700 |
