The Wii price is working as expected, as it bumps the refreshed PS3 off the top of the charts and outsells the DS at the same time..

While last month the Playstation 3 Slim topped the charts, the Wii’s price drop had only just come into effect and this month we see what effect that has had. The Wii has topped this month’s NPD with 506.9k units sold in North America. In second spot, a spot it’s not used to, is the DS on 457.6k - we can’t imagine it’ll sit there long. The PS3 did manage to remain well in front of the Xbox 360, however. As for the PSP Go? Gone, it seems.

Nintendo says that the Nintendo DS is now nearly at 34 million units sold in the United States and this year will surpass the all-time single-year hardware sales record for most consoles sold.

On the software side of things the brilliant Uncharted 2 took the top spot, with just over half a million copies sold. Not far behind was Wii Fit Plus on 441,000 copies sold. The only other Nintendo games in the list were Wii Sports Resort in 4th position and Kingdom Hears 358/2 Days on the DS in 9th position.

Guess all those Wii doomsayers will be eating some crow again, maybe.

Charts are belowl;

PlayStation 2 117.8K
PlayStation 3 320.6K
PSP 174.6K
Xbox 360 249.7K
Wii 506.9K
Nintendo DS 457.6K


UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES (PS3; Oct-09) 537,000
WII FIT PLUS* (WII; Oct-09) 441,000
BORDERLANDS (360; Oct-09) 418,000
WII SPORTS RESORT* (WII; Jul-09) 314,000
NBA 2K10* (360; Oct-09) 311,000
HALO 3: ODST (360; Sep-09) 271,000
NBA 2K10* (PS3; Oct-09) 213,000
FORZA MOTORSPORT 3 (360; Oct-09) 175,000
KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 DAYS (NDS; Sep-09) 169,000
FIFA SOCCER 10 (360; Oct-09) 156,000

(*includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)

Source: GoNintendo