In the previous month, Xbox 360 of Microsoft was the top selling video-game console in the United States bucking a software-led refuse that saw industry sales slouch to their lowest since October 2006.

Microsoft said in an e-mailed report that the sales of Xbox 360 augmented to 39% of 270,000 units from a year before, Redmond, Washington-based, citing industry tracker NPD Group Inc. Sony Corp. (6758), manufacturer of the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable, said its hardware sales increased 14%.  Microsoft sold over Xbox 360 consoles than some other platform 11 of the previous month in the . . . → Read More: Xbox 360 Becomes Top One in Opposing US Video-Game Industry Failure