Aside from us, it appears that a couple of other known game industry analysts have gotten a whiff of NPD's sales report for last month. Jesse Divnich has recently stated his own opinions, which delves into how Metal Gear Solid 4 may give the PS3 its big break, and a possible price cut from Microsoft's camp. Further details are available in the full article.

Time to stop twiddling thumbs people, and go over the NPD results for top hardware and software sales for the month of May. Wii still maintains its lead, as well as the DS, and Niko Bellic is still on top of the food chain with the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV. And oh, what's this? The PS3 overtakes Microsoft Xbox 360? Check out the hardware and software charts in the full article.

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.

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.

Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) has decided to release a statement regarding the March 2008 NPD results. The company's CEO, Jack Tretton, spoke about their year-on-year gains in both software and hardware sales and more. To find out what he had to say, be sure to click on the "read more" link below.

Even with all the hype surrounding the current-generation platforms, the NPD group says these game systems haven't been able to tap into the online gaming market. The most recent reports suggest that PC online gaming is still the dominant medium, while consoles come in a far second. The study also says a lot of people don't seem keen on owning more than one game system. More details after the jump.

February's turning out to be a big deal for the console wars, as Sony's PlayStation 3 has outsold the Xbox 360 for the second month in a row. This victory was underlined by Blu-ray's victory over the HD DVD format last month. What does Sony have to say on the matter? Read the full article to find out.

(Editor's note: With the Comment of the Week compendium over and done with, we've got a lot more in store for you guys! Another special edition is already brewing on the side, but that'll come soon enough. for now, more regular weekly updates!)

QuickPeek 33 was a good issue to set the chess pieces for this week. New Dark AleX homebrew, some GTA4 updates, and oh, what's this? Toshiba withdrawing support? Oooh. Juicy.