An impressive number of video game consoles in November were sold by Nintendo, moving more than 2m Wiis in the US alone and smashing sales records for a non-December month... twice.

If adhered to the market bean-counting firm, NPD, Wii shipments in the US totaled 2.04m in November. The nearest competitor for the month of November was Microsoft's Xbox 360, with shipments of 836,000 units. However, Sony’s PlayStation 3 was left far behind for the month of November with only 378,000 units shipped.

The Nintendo DS shipped 1.57m units for the portable consoles thus marking the second-highest total of game console shipments for a non-December month, whereas Sony PSP moved 421,000 units in November.

Details of November US console shipments:    

* Nintendo Wii: 2.04m   

* Nintendo DS: 1.57m   

* Microsoft Xbox: 836,000   

* Sony PSP: 421,000   

* Sony PlayStation 3: 378,000    

* Sony PlayStation 2: 206,000