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Independent research group NPD Group has releases its US video game sales numbers for June 2008.

A few games dominated the month, especially Lego Indiana Jones, and Guitar Hero titles, which each took four of the top 20 sales spots (Guitar Hero: Aerosmith was three of them). Topping the chart was Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for PS3 at 774,600 units (not including games bundled with a system). May 2008’s top game, Grand Theft Auto IV for Xbox 360, dropped down to 11th and its partner release, GTA4 for PS3, came in 19th after being fourth the previous month. Thirteen of the top 20 selling games in June were released that month (June 2008).

The oldest game on the list is New Super Mario Bros. for the DS, and impressively coming in at 18th even after being released longer than two years ago (May 2006). The second oldest is another Nintendo release, WiiPlay (with the WiiMote) released in February 2007, way up in fifth.

As for total game sales, $1.69 billion was sold including hardware, software and accessories. The DS was the to-selling system for the month with 783,000 units followed by the Wii at 666,700, PS3 at 405,500 and the Xbox 360 at 219,800.

Here’s NPD’s top 20 video game sales chart for you to check out:

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