October video game sales top $1.1 billion
news.com - U.S. sales of video game hardware and software jumped 73 percent in October, with Nintendo’s Wii console regaining its spot as the top-selling console, industry data showed on Thursday.
Total sales were $1.1 billion, compared with $643 million a year earlier, according to market research firm NPD.
Nintendo sold 519,000 Wiis while Microsoft sold 366,000 Xbox 360 consoles, and Sony Corp sold 121,000 of its PlayStation 3 machines.
