By Todd Bishop, TechFlash.com

The bumpy economy continued to take a toll on U.S. console gaming market in October, the last full month before the peak holiday sales season. Overall sales of video games hardware, software and accessories fell 19 percent compared with the same month last year, according to the NPD Group research firm.

Sony’s PlayStation 3 continued to improve its position, with 320,600 units sold in the country for the month, up considerably from its October 2008 result of 190,000 units. Nintendo’s Wii reclaimed the top spot for the month, with 506,900 units sold, but that was down from more 800,000 units sold a year ago. (more…)