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jkipp82
07-15-2011, 02:39 PM
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Yes, it's true. A startling (and vaguely insulting) number of American consumers ignored our review (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/10/duke-nukem-forever-review-fail-to-the-king-baby/#review) and purchased Duke Nukem Forever (http://joystiq.com/game/duke-nukem-forever), rocketing it to the #2 position on the NPD sales charts for the month of June.
Perhaps they just didn't want to ask for refunds on those 14-year-old pre-orders. The Duke occupies a position on the charts just under its equally retro (in a different way) Take-Two contemporary, L.A. Noire (http://joystiq.com/game/la-noire).

Also notable on the sales charts is the debut of another time-lost title, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (http://joystiq.com/game/the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-3d). At #5, it is the first 3DS exclusive to chart in the NPD top ten. Find the top ten best-selling games listed after the break.

It's definitely a triumphant month for the past, as total game sales were down from $1.15 billion in June of 2010 to $1.03 billion in June of this year. Once again, however, Microsoft is happy, declaring its Xbox 360 the only console in the US to show year-over-year growth. The Xbox was the top-selling console with 507,000 units which Microsoft claims is "nearly twice as many units as other current-generation platforms" this month.