US Sales | Nintendo Wii Climbs Back Above Xbox 360 for October

The latest software and hardware numbers are now in for the month of October over in the US, courtesy of the NPD Group, showing that Nintendo's Wii has climbed back to the top of the tree after last month's Xbox 360 boost. Check out the hardware and software numbers below:

• Wii - 519,000 [ TOTAL: 5,038,685 ]
• Nintendo DS - 458,000
• Xbox 360 - 366,000 [ TOTAL: 7,092,151 ]
• PlayStation Portable - 286,000
• PlayStation 2 - 184,000
• PlayStation 3 - 121,000 [ TOTAL: 1,980,649 ]

1.) Halo 3 (360, Microsoft) - 433,800 [ Year Total: 3,700,000 ]
2.) Guitar Hero III (360, Activision) - 383,200
3.) Guitar Hero III (Wii, Activision) - 286,300
4.) Guitar Hero III (PS2, Activision) - 271,100
5.) The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (NDS, Nintendo) - 262,800
6.) Wii Play (Wii, Nintendo) - 239,700 [ Year Total: 2,500,00 ]
7.) Half Life 2: Episode 2 The Orange Box (360, EA) - 238,400
8.) Guitar Hero III (without guitar) (PS2, Activision) - 231,700
9.) FIFA Soccer 08 (PS2, EA) - 129,700
10.) More Brain Training (NDS, Nintendo) - 116,900

NEW) Guitar Hero III (PS3, Activision) - 105,800
NEW) Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (PSP, Square Enix) - 98,100
NEW) Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (PS3, Sony) - 74,500
NEW) Project Gotham Racing 4 (Xbox 360) - 38,300
NEW) Ace Combat 6 (360, Bandai Namco) - 92,500
NEW) Guitar Hero III (without guitar) (360, Activision) - 107,700
XX) Metroid Prime 3 (Wii, Nintendo) - 45,200

[ Year Total, All Formats ] - Madden NFL 08 - 3,200,000
[ Year Total, All Formats ] - Guitar Hero 2 - 2,800,000
[ Year Total, All Formats ] - Pok