The NPD Group has released its report for the month of June and the sales figures are in on the top hardware and software performers of the past 30 days. This has been a big month for the PlayStation 3, but Nintendo's DS and Wii combo is still on top. Details in the full article up ahead.

NPD Group has released the market performance results for May 2008, and already the PR armies at Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony have began to churn out their reformatted versions of the results. Of course, each one talks only about what they've achieved so far in the fifth month of the Year of the Rat, but what happens when we put them all together? Yes, we get the full NPD May story.

Ahead of the NPD Group's report on video game sales, analysts have given out their predictions for the month of May, including everyone's favorite analyst, Michael Pachter. So what's he up to now? Find out after the link.

Microsoft has released a statement regarding the recent April 2008 NPD sales results. The company had a lot to say about the numbers including how it helped boost Xbox Live membership and more. To find out what they had to say, head on over to the full article by clicking on the "read more" link below.

The performance of Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto IV (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) back in the prime of springtime was a grand turnout for both the developers and publisher Take-Two Interactive. For all it's million selling feats though, it couldn't improve the sales of either Microsoft or Sony's next generation consoles. And as you can guess, the Nintendo Wii reigns supreme over all in hardware sales by as much as 3 to 1. Get the facts straight at the full story.

January and February were Sony months so to speak, as the PlayStation 3 outsold the Xbox 360 for both periods. The record was broken when the March sales figures were published by the NPD, but industry analyst Michael Pachter believes that the PS3 will prove to shine once again in April. More Pachter predictions of the NPD's April numbers in the full article.

 What do you do when there's something you don't agree with? Well, one possible response is to question it. That's precisely what Sony is doing about Microsoft's claim regarding the best-selling Grand Theft Auto 4. According to Aaron Greenberg, the Xbox 360 version of the game is outselling its PS3 version two-to-one. More questioning ensues in the full article after the jump.

We're only a quarter a way into the year and we've already seen several big games come out. Reports from the NPD Group indicate that both hardware and software sales are up, up, up. However, with GTA IV and Wii Fit to be released in the next few months, what's left for the rest of the year? One analyst worries that after those games, the video game business is going to experience a slump. Save your comments for the full article.

The NPD Group reports that Call of Duty 4 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) has sold a total of nine millions copies since its launch. If you think those figures are pretty impressive, then you'll also want to hear about the figures tallied up for the game's new map pack on Xbox Live. Details are available in the full article.

It's been around a month since the last NPD Group sales data were reported, and the new results are in for the month of March. According to the report, Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Brawl, proved to be a "smash" hit.

That's not the only game that did well last month, though. More on the statistics in the full article after the jump.