Nintendo sold 1.5 million consoles in one week

Japan's Nintendo said it sold more than 1.5 million consoles during the key week of Thanksgiving.

Nintendo estimated that over a week sold more than 550,000 Wii consoles and over a million of its Nintendo DS model and other handhelds.

The week of Thanksgiving, which kicks off the holiday shopping season in the U.S., is crucial to the annual revenues of companies.