Forget scary costumes and trick-or-treating. Hard core gamers have their eyes on November — when Nintendo’s Wii and Sony’s PlayStation 3 video game consoles will finally be released. The hunt is already on to figure out how one of the scarce consoles can be secured.

According to Yahoo Shopping, for the week of October 15 21, searches for the Wii increased by 150 percent, while PlayStation 3 showed an increase of 161 percent and appeared twice in the top 20 searches. 

But not everyone has video games on the mind. Some are thinking about Christmas, which is now less than two months away. Searches for Christmas ornaments on Yahoo Shopping increased by 121 percent, while searches for Christmas decorations increased by 107 compared with the week before.

Here are the top 25 search terms on Yahoo Shopping for the week of Oct 15-21:

1. ipod 
2. shoes 
3. books 
4. gps
5. ipod nano 
6. tmx elmo 
7. psp 
8. cell phones 
9. cars 
10. xbox 360 
11. furniture  
12. tires 
13. halloween costumes 
14. pets
15. elmo tmx  
16. playstation 3
17. boots 
18. ps3
19. mp3  
20. cell phone 
21. toys 
22. nintendo ds 
23. nikon d80 
24. laptop 
25. digital camera