Japanese charts: Wii sales top 3 million

Sales of the Nintendo Wii have now passed the 3 million mark in Japan, according to the latest figures from Media Create.

In the week ending July 15, just under 110,000 Wii units were sold. DS sales have now reached 18 million, with 142,000 sold during the same week.

PSP sales rose by 12 per cent to reach 37,500, while 15,800 PS2 units were sold. The figure for PlayStation 3 fell by 500 units to hit 13,500.

There was more success for Nintendo when it came to the software chart, with every title in the top ten published for either DS or Wii.

In at No. 1 was Wii title Dragon Quest Swords, of which more than 305,000 units were sold during its debut week. Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass was at two, followed by new entry My Housekeeping Diary in third place.

Wii Sports remains popular at No. 4, followed by DS Ganriki Training, Hajimete no Wii and Chikasete! Chibi-Robo! at seven.

The top ten was rounded out with three new entries - Kirarin Revolution, Monster Rancher DS and Rockman ZX Advent.