The Nintendo DS has topped the Japanese Hardware Chart for another week. It recorded sales of 124 627 units for the week ending the 2nd of December, up from last week’s 116 694 units. These sales figures bring its life-to-date sales to 20 million, 284K and with that the PS2’s record life-to-date sales of 20 million, 851K firmly within its reach.

If you take a closer look at the life-to-date sales figures of the Nintendo GameCube and the Wii, you will notice that the GameCube is sitting at 4 million, 179K while the Wii is just behind with 3 million, 945K. Keep your eye on this figure because the Wii is sure to overtake its predecessor in the next couple of weeks, an impressive feat given that the Wii was launched just over a year ago in Japan on the 11th of November 2006 while the Nintendo GameCube was launched almost six years ago now in Japan on the 14th of September 2001.

The real surprise of the week comes with the Wii beating Sony’s PSP. The Wii rockets to second place on the chart with 74 764 units, streaks ahead of last week’s 54 362 units, pushing Sony’s handheld into third place with 74 626 units, marginally lower than last week’s 75 027.

The PS3 experiences a considerable drop from 50 564 units last week to just 37 092 units while the PS2 remains steady at 13 703 units in comparison to 14 875 units last week. The Xbox 360 records slightly lower sales from last week’s 7 117 units with 6 632 while the GBA sold 33 units and the Nintendo GameCube 32 (both down from 82 and 44 last week, respectively).

To catch up on last week’s Japanese Hardware Chart, head over to Nintendo DS sells over 100K, Wii back on top. Also make sure you check out this week’s Japanese Software Chart Prof. Layton tops, Wii Fit performs well.

Hardware Chart

Source: Media Create