Quote:The DS has to date now sold 3,015,894 units in Japan since its launch. This year's sales have now surpassed the huge number of DS consoles sold last year (when the DS sold almost one and a half million units in its first five weeks).

Once again, the DS outsold all other consoles in Japan this week, selling nearly double the amount of PS2s (the DS sold 57,313 units, the PS2 - second place in the hardware charts - sold 27, 161). In comparison, the PSP sold 20,322 units.

Overall, the PSP has now sold 1,652,728 units in Japan since its launch, meaning the DS has sold 1,363,166 units more. A cause for celebration, although the situation is quite the reverse in the USA, and it remains to be seen how the DS will fare against the PSP in Europe now Sony's handheld has reached these shores.

We'll have the full Japanese hardware and software charts up soon.

Quote:- Here are the Top 10 Japanese console games for September 12 - 18:

1. Shin Sangoku Musou 4 Moushouden (PS2, Koei) - 203,000 units
2. Famicom Mini: Super Mario Bros. 20th Anniversary (GBA, Nintendo) - 187,000 units
3. Tamagotchi no PuchiPuchi Omisecchi (NDS, Bandai) - 150,000 units
4. World Soccer Winning Eleven 9: Ubiquitous Edition (PSP, Konami) - 107,000 units
5. Super Robot Taisen J (GBA, Banpresto) - 95,000 units
6. Gyakuten Saiban: Yomigaeru Gyakuten (NDS, Capcom) - 65,000 units
7. Dr. Mario & Panel de Pon (GBA, Nintendo) - 53,000 units
8. Kahashima Ryuuta Kyouju no Nouo Kitaeru Otona DS Training (NDS, Nintendo) - 37,000 [552,000] units
9. Mario Tennis Advance (GBA, Nintendo) - 34,000 units
10. Yawaraka Atamajuku (NDS, Nintendo) - 24,000 [491,000] units

- Here are the Japanese hardware sales for September 12 - 18:

1. GameBoy Micro - 170,306 units
2. Nintendo DS - 72,167 [1,698,283] units
3. PlayStation Portable - 70,152 [1,310,471] units
4. PlayStation 2 - 24,396 [1,426,676] units
5. GameBoy Advance SP - 11,147 [525,705] units
6. GameCube - 1,882 [157,124] units
7. GameBoy Advance - 624 [19,539] units
8. Xbox - 109 [10,402] units