It's that time of the month again.  No, I'm not talking about the time when The Succubus gets moody and whines that I drink too much.  I'm referring to monthly sales figures from The NPD Group.

These reports are always a great source of entertainment.  Sure, they do a good job of keeping all interested parties informed of recent sales trends.  More importantly, however, this data always manages to get the most rabid of fanboys riled up on gaming sites.  Those who own the current top-selling console preen as if they actually helped engineer the fucking thing.  Those who own any other console wildly proclaim that the company responsible for said console is going to go belly-up any day now, its owners are flaming homosexuals, and their console is teh roxors.

Anyways, hardware sales for June were as follows:

Nintendo DS:  561,900
Nintendo Wii:  381,800
Sony PSP:  290,100
XBox 360:  198,400
PlayStation 3:  98,500

As for software, Mario Party 8 was the top-selling game, pushing 426,200 units.  Given its success, you can bet that a very, very similar sequel is guaranteed.  Meanwhile, I am going to be quite busy in the coming weeks, as I have to track down 426,200 people and kick them in the balls/ovaries.

(Disclosure Notice:  I did not play Mario Party 8, and I knocked it anyways.  I also didn't play 7 or 6.  After my fifth time partying with the plumber, I decided that I was fully qualified to criticize all future releases.)

The new Pokemon titles, Guitar Hero II, and The Darkness were also among the top ten.