Nintendo's Wii has finally surpassed Sony's PlayStation 2 in Australia. Released on 7th December, 2006 in that territory, Nintendo's new console has sold more than 68,000 units to date, with 17,000 of those coming in 2007 alone. In comparison, the Xbox 360 has sold a total of 153,000 units since launch early in 2006 and has cracked 13,000 units sold so far this year. As for the PlayStation 2, 265,000 units were sold in 2006 and sale tracker GfK states "It's still a very strong console."

Despite being so strong, though, the Wii has finally managed to edge ahead in terms of overall popularity thanks to a supply of strong games, increased hardware stock and people not buying PS2s due to waiting for the impending PlayStation 3.

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