October NPD: Wii, DS dethrone Xbox 360 (Joystiq)

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Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business

After the NPD group's short-lived hesitation in providing monthly US console sales data spawned many an unhappy emoticon, it comes as a great relief to present October's magnificent results. This is especially true considering that all platforms have ducked out of last month's Halo effect and returned to their familiar positions -- the Wii and DS are back on top and the PlayStation 3 is, well, you know.

GameDaily notes that the industry once again saw over $1 billion dollars leaving wallets at uncanny speeds, placing total sales for the year (through October) at $10.5 billion. At the same time last year, the amount had "just" reached $7 billion.

• Nintendo Wii: 519K (5 million total)
  


• Nintendo DS: 458K (13.6 million total)


• Microsoft Xbox 360: 366K (7.1 million total)


• Sony PSP: 286K (8.8 million total)


• Sony PlayStation 2: 184K (39.4 million total)
  


• Sony PlayStation 3: 121K (1.9 million total)

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