While over half a million Wiis and a whopping one-million handhelds were sold in the United States over the Thanksgiving weekend stateside, and have also been locked in a tussle for bragging rights.

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According to Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg, the weekend was the 360's biggest of the year, "doubling" the previous week's tally - despite a lack of concrete figures.

Sony, meanwhile, were claiming of 440,000 consoles for the week ending November 29th - a hefty total indeed.

"The 2009 holiday season got off to an amazing start for PlayStation, with all key retailers showing a significant increase for PS3, and key holiday titles over Black Friday and the holiday weekend," offered word from Patrick Seybold on the matter.

"PlayStation 3 demand was at an all time high with the system selling more than 440,000 units for the week ending 11/29/09."

By Luke Guttridge