June 2009 NPD sales figures coverage: May 31 - July 4, 2009. NPD analyst Anita Frazier comments: The video games industry realized a significant decline when compared to June 2008, the fourth consecutive month of year-over-year declines. The first half of the year has been tough largely due to comparisons against a stellar first half performance last year, but still, this level of decline is certainly going to cause some pain and reflection in the industry. Because the question invariably arises, this month saw the greatest year-over-year monthly decline since September 2000 when the industry declined 41% . Even with the industry down 12% year-to-date, with a strong back-half performance, full year sales could still be flat to slightly up to 2008's record-breaking performance. Of course,