The latest (and somewhat delayed) figures are in from the of A, revealing that - as predicted - the console was the system to beat during the month of September across the pond.

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The PS3 was the month's best selling console with of nearly 492,000, followed by the with 463,000 - the somewhat off the pace on just under 353,000.

The remained America's best selling game platform for the month overall with over 524,000 sales - although the month clearly belongs to Sony, who cut the price of the console and introduced the Slimline SKU during September.

The PSP, on the other hand, could only muster a mediocre 190,000 sales - although it must be noted that this tally comes ahead of the Go's arrival, which took place on October 1st. The was last with a still-respectable 146,000 console sales.

More NPD news soon.

By Luke Guttridge