In news that may well mark the moment that PS3 finally turned the corner, Sony has announced that North American sales of the console for October are up 70 per cent compared to the same month in 2008.
Also significantly up year-on-year are downloads from PSN, with October seeing more revenue generated from the download portal than any other month to date. In total 650m pieces of content have been downloaded to date, with the number of registered users passing 31m.