The Nintendo Wii console has passed the 7 million sales mark in Japan. According to Enterbrain figures in Famitsu magazine, the Wii reached this landmark last week after it was boosted by sales of Animal Crossing: City Folk which debuted at number 1 on the software chart (for the period 17 - 23 November) with 303 000 copies.

Famitsu figures also reveal that the Wii is outselling the PS3 by almost three times in Japan. The PS3 has sold 2.37 million units (as at the end of September) in comparison to the Wii’s 6.83 million for the same period. The Xbox 360 lags even further behind. It has yet to reach the one million sales mark with current sales sitting at roughly 749 000 units.