Interesting video game stats for November 2007

The Wall Street Journal and Reuters have interesting articles today describing early holiday sales of video games. Some facts and figures... Hardware sales (November 2007, US only)The best selling video game devices, in order, were:1. Nintendo DS - 1.5 million units, up from 458,000 in October2. Nintendo Wii - 981,000 units, up from 519,0003. Microsoft Xbox 360 - 770,000 units, up from 366,0004. Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) - 567,000 units5. Sony PlayStation 3 - 466,000 units, up from 121,000Clearly, the PS3 price cut made a difference (the low-end model dropped from $499 to $399 in the month, though it also lost some features. That said, it wasn't enough to take the device out of last place.Software sales Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for Xbox 360 - 2+ million units in November, US onlyGuitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - 1.9 million units, various platforms (3.3 million sold overall; Rock Band tanked, meanwhile) Assassin's Creed - 1.36 million units, Xbox 360 and PS3Super Mario Galaxy for Wii - 1.12 million unitsMass Effect for Xbox 360 - 473,000 unitsHalo 3 for Xbox 360 - 387,000 unitsXbox 360Consumers spent $763 million on Xbox 360 hardware, games and accessories, about 30 percent of the month's total take. Four of the top 10 games run on the Xbox 360.Overall industry health Video game software sales in the US totaled $1.3 billion for November, up 62 percent from last year. Hardware sales jumped 52 percent. Overall, the US video game market was worth $2.63 billion for the month, up from $1.74 a year earlier.