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Sony Computer Entertainment America has just released an official statement outlining its hardware sales for the month of October. In general, this month has been an excellent one for the PlayStation brand with a 39% increase in total retail dollars generated year-over-year in the U.S.

Going to the specifics, SCEA said that it was able to sell more or less 120,000 PlayStation 3 units in America alone for the month of October. The company also cited results of own research pointing out to a great spike in sales with a 192% lift for the PS3 over the past two weeks.

The PlayStation Portable platform, on the other hand, remains strong as well with a total number of 286,000 units sold this month. Overall sales went up, according to SCEA, by 120% year over year due to the popularity of the slimmer and lighter PSP.