Wii, 'Call of Duty' top U.S. charts in November

Nintendo's Wii held on to its spot as the No. 1 video game console in the United States in November, selling 981,000 units, industry data showed on Thursday. It was the Wii's best showing for the console since its November 2006 launch, topping last December's sales figure by 60 percent, according to market research firm NPD.

Microsoft's Xbox 360 console sold 770,000 units while Sony's PlayStation 3 sold 466,000 units, NPD said. Activision had the top-selling video game, Call of Duty 4, which sold more than 2.01 million copies for the Xbox 360 and PS3, NPD said. Activision's Guitar Hero 3 sold 1.9 million copies for the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, and Sony's older PlayStation 2.

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