October NPD: Back where we belong

Well, to be honest, we belong in the top position, but we won't begrudge the Wii a little love when it comes to sales numbers, since we know there are still people suffering the slings and arrows of fate (and Best Buy) to get their hands on a console. No, we're cool with sharing the spotlight. We don't even have to move a lot of software to stay up there, either; two DS games appeared in the top ten, and neither above the midway point. People just like the hardware, and really, who can blame them?

• 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 PS2: 184K (39.4 million total)
  

• Sony PS3: 121K (1.9 million total)

Mosey on past the break to see the top-selling games.

1. Halo 3 (all three SKUs combined -- Xbox 360) -- 433.8K

2. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock w/ guitar (Xbox 360) -- 383.2K
   

3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock w/ guitar (Wii) -- 286.3K
   

4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock w/ guitar (PS2) -- 271.1K

5. Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) -- 262.8K

6. Wii Play (Wii) -- 239.7K

7. The Orange Box (Xbox 360) -- 238.4K

8. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock standalone (PS2) -- 231.7K

9. FIFA Soccer '08 (PS2) -- 129.7K

10. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day (DS) -- 116.9K