Many Americans are finding ways to trim their 2008 holiday budgets this year, but reports are showing that buying video games is one place consumers are not cutting back.

According to market researcher NPD Group, U.S. retail sales of video games totaled $2.91 billion in November, a 10 percent jump from a year ago. Overall sales this year through November are more than $16 billion, up 22 percent from 2007.