Wii Fit, DS Tops in Japan

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The effects of Nintendo's mass market strategy can be felt worldwide, both in the US and in the game maker's homeland.

According to Famitsu (via Kotaku), the Nintendo DS sold over 6.3 million units during Japan's 2007 fiscal year, topping the hardware charts for the year in the country. The second slot belonged to the Wii, which managed over 3.7 million units, edging out number three PSP, which had over 3.4 million in sales.

Xbox 360, unsurprisingly, captured the last spot on the list.

Hardware charts are below (Famitsu didn't include sales of the PlayStation 2):

Nintendo DS: 6,343,547 units sold in 2007 (22,169,761 units cumulative)
Wii: 3,741,946 units in 2007 (5,695,579 units cumulative)
PSP: 3,427,971 units in 2007 (8,574,026 units cumulative)
PS3: 1,197,418 units in 2007 (2,009,492 units cumulative)
Xbox 360: 235,318 units in 2007 (602,558 units cumulative)

On the software front, the exercise-inspired Wii Fit was able to capture the top spot with 1.7 million sold. The rest of the top-selling software chart was nothing but other Nintendo titles:

1. Wii Fit: 1,762,193 copies sold
2. Mario Party DS: 1,659,315 copies sold
3. Wii Sports (unbundled in Japan): 1,616,377 copies sold (total: 2,840,389)
4. Super Smash Bros. Brawl: 1,554,852 copies sold
5. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: 1,354,447 copies sold