Wii becomes UK's Fastest Selling Console

Nintendo and UK Chart bosses Chart Track have confirmed that the Nintendo Wii is now the UK's fastest ever selling console.

At the end of last week, Nintendo announced that gamers all across the UK bought 50,000 Wii consoles within the first 12 hours of the console hitting stores.

The remaining consoles continued to fly out of stores over the weekend, with the end result being the Wii becoming the first console to sell more than 100,000 units in it's opening weekend in the UK.

Microsoft's Xbox 360 sold 70,000 units on it's launch day.

Of all the software on offer at launch with the Wii, a grand total of six made it into the top 40 games - the top being Zelda, debuting at number 5.

Meanwhile, Nintendo DS continues to go from strength to strength, selling 110,000 units in the Wii launch week.