Forbes is reporting November’s NPD numbers for game consoles sold, including black Friday and Cyber Monday, the bottom line; it is good to be Nintendo.

On Friday, the NPD Group, a research firm, released its November sales report for game consoles. At the top of the pack was Nintendo with 981,000 Wii consoles sold. Behind Nintendo, was the Microsoft XBox 360, with 770,000 consoles sold, and the Sony Playstation 3, with 460,000 units sold, less-than half of Nintendo’s figure. Source: Forbes

Not a bad showing for Nintendo, and not a bad showing for Microsoft either, although Halo 3 sales probably bumped that up a bit. Sony still stuck in last place, even with the price drop and the 40Gig model on the streets. There is little wonder that they did not want to talk about anything until the NPD numbers came out.

It will be interesting to see how Sony responds, if they do, as the PS2 sold 496,000 units in November, more than they sold PS3’s. December’s numbers should be equally interesting, and could cement Sony in a solid 3rd place.