DECEMBER 2006 – The new generation of consoles continues to gather momentum as the Wii goes worldwide and the Xbox 360 gets into gear. Nick Thorpe hops into his trusty time machine to bring you all the exciting action from this heavyweight holiday season
Japanese customers snapped up 371,936 consoles in the system’s first two days on sale, with being the most popular game with 176,880 copies sold. Nintendo announced that the Wii had sold out after just two days in Europe, setting a new record for the region’s fastest-selling console with 325,000 sales. shifted 240,000 copies, making it the region’s most-popular game. 32,901 Wii consoles were sold in the first four days in Australia, narrowly beating the national record of 30,000
