If you are not familiar with The Nielsen Company, they collect and aggregate consumer data primarily from digital media and analyze it. In a recent publication dubbed, "Hottest June on Record for Video Games," it was outlined that over the past six months the Xbox 360 was the most active console in terms of percentage of users. Between January and June 2009, the Xbox 360 netted between 11 and 12% during any given Nielsen-metered minute.

The other notable stat given was that the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 are essentially tied at the top of the Minutes Played category. The average gamer logged 768 minutes of play during this past June and the PS2 and 360 combined for just under 50% of the total time played between themselves versus the rest of the field. (The rest of the field being the PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Gamecube, and the Original Xbox.)

For some other stats listed in the study, follow the break: