Wii sales were up 60 per cent in the UK last week, according to Nintendo.

The platform holder said that sales of the limited edition black Wii, released on November 6, doubled week-on-week, helping the platform lead home console sales during the period.

“Of course it would be wrong to attribute all of this to black Wii as we’re all starting to see a natural peak season uplift on all hardware,” Nintendo product manager Rob Lowe told MCV.

“We’re bringing in a decent supply of stock and hopefully retail will find it in plentiful supply this Christmas – although consumer reaction to the new colour might suddenly change that position. It is a limited edition version of the console so currently we only have plans for it to be available in 2009.”

The news comes shortly after UK sales monitor GfK Chart-Track said Wii had enjoyed its highest weekly sales this year.