Who would have thought that during the week of Thanksgiving — home to the dreaded retail rush known as Black Friday — that sales would increase?

Today, Sony Computer Entertainment America announced that PlayStation brand unit sales actually increased by 178%. Additionally, sales dollars also saw an increase, up by 154%. Other fascinating figures, guaranteed to blow your mind:

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All of these numbers were taken from sales figures from the top ten retailers in the US, and are evidence of one thing — more people shop on Black Friday than any other day of the year. With that in mind, I think that next year, stores should be prepared to have crowds on that day. Maybe they could even have big sales or something.

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