Hardware Sales for the month:

Platform	United States	Japan	Total	Year Over Year Change
PlayStation 2	117,800	8,159	125,959	-23.16%
Xbox 360	249,700	17,505	267,205	-33.30%
PlayStation Portable	174,600	170,493	345,093	-29.22%
PlayStation 3	320,600	127,165	447,765	+83.53%
Wii	506,900	115,511	622,411	-30.79%
Nintendo DS	457,600	200,501	658,101	-13.86%

Top Ten Software Sales in Japan for the month:

Title	Platform	Launch Date	Monthly Sales
Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver	DS	2009-09-12	502485
Wii Fit Plus	Wii	2009-10-01	413848
Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders – Fire/Blizzard	DS	2009-10-01	238461
Tomodachi Collection (Friend Collection)	DS	2009-06-18	228527
Bayonetta	PS3	2009-10-29	138430
Tekken 6	PS3	2009-10-29	120304
Final Fantasy Gaiden: 4 Warriors of Light	DS	2009-10-29	119634
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey	DS	2009-10-08	109415
Persona 3 Portable	PSP	2009-11-01	108343
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves	PS3	2009-10-15	83686

The Japan data source is weekly, so there is some slight edge of month bleed over (there is some sales data on titles released November 1)

Top Ten Software Sales in USA for the month:

Title	Platform	Launch Date	Monthly Sales
UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES	PS3	October 2009	537,000
WII FIT PLUS*	WII	October 2009	441,000
BORDERLANDS	360	October 2009	418,000
WII SPORTS RESORT*	WII	July 2009	314,000
NBA 2K10*	360	October 2009	311,000
HALO 3: ODST	360	September 2009	271,000
NBA 2K10*	PS3	October 2009	213,000
FORZA MOTORSPORT 3	360	October 2009	175,000
KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 DAYS	NDS	September 2009	169,000
FIFA SOCCER 10	360	October 2009	156,000

Wow, PS3 had 83.53% hardware sales growth year over year from October 2008!

Xbox 360 on the other hand dropped by 33.3% which is more than any other console including the PS2!