DS pulls ahead in Japanese hardware chart

The Nintendo DS has remained the best-selling hardware format in Japan for another week, with combined sales of all versions totalling 36,459 units.

However, after a particularly poor week of software sales, hardware figures were down almost across the board, with DS sales down by almost 5000 units.

The PSP-3000 was the best-selling single hardware format this week, on 29,766 units. Combined sales with the PSPgo kept it in second place overall on 31,592 units - a drop of nearly 6000.

The PlayStation 3 remained in third place, despite sales falling by nearly 10,000 units to 28,973. By comparison Wii sales fell by only around 5500 units to 25,345.

Although it didn't have a single title in the software top 50, the Xbox 360 was the only format to buck the trend of the week with sales rising by a modest 500 units to 3218.

PlayStation 2 sales dipped slightly to 1425 units.

Japanese weekly hardware sales:

PSP: 29,766
PlayStation 3: 28,973
Wii: 25,345
Nintendo DSi XL: 19,372
Nintendo DSi: 13,738
Nintendo DS Lite: 3,349
Xbox 360: 3,218
PSPgo: 1,826
PlayStation 2: 1,425

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