Watch Dogs tops US retail sales in June

Ubisoft's Watch Dogs was the top-selling game at physical retail in US in June, according to NPD figures.

The open-world action game beat out Mario Kart 8 and Minecraft (PS3/360 editions), which rounded out the top-three. Notably, FIFA 14 placed fifth the charts, its first top-10 appearance in 2014 no doubt driven by the buzz surrounding the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Console software was up 6 percent in June 2014 over the same period last year, but failed to offset declines in portable software sales, which drove overall physical retail software sales down three per cent from $296.1 million to $286.8 million, according to NPD.

"Sales of launch titles in June 2014 did not compare favorably to those launched in June 2013, which included the PS3 exclusive The Last of Us, along with Nintendo's Animal Crossing: New Leaf, and a retail version of Minecraft for the Xbox 360," noted Callahan.

Here's the full list of top-10 physical retail titles in June:

1)Watch Dogs (PS4, 360, XBO, PS3, PC)
2)Mario Kart 8 (Wii U)
3)Minecraft (360, PS3)
4)UFC (PS4, XBO)
5)FIFA 14 (PS4, 360, XBO, PS3, Vita)
6)NBA 2K14 (360, PS3, PS4, XBO, PC)
7)Wolfenstein: The New Order (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3, PC)
8)Call Of Duty: Ghosts (360, PS4, PS3, XBO, Wii U, PC)
9)Tomodachi Life (3DS)
10)Grand Theft Auto V (360, PS3)

PS4 was the "top-selling US next-gen console in June" for the sixth consecutive month, according to Sony - a critical result after Microsoft launched a significantly cheaper Kinect-less Xbox One bundle which it claims saw June Xbox One sales 'more than double in US' over sales in May.