Wii continues to top Japanese hardware chart
New Super Mario Bros retains software sales lead
The Wii has topped the Japanese hardware chart for a subsequent week despite a rapid drop-off in unit numbers sold.
Units sales of Nintendo's console were 163,855 according to the latest chart figures, a number down from 215,129 the previous week.
A surge in popularity for the PlayStation Portable - 132,911 from 105,801 in the week prior - took the handheld from fourth place to second, and the PlayStation 3 took third position.
The DSi came fourth with 92,461 unit sales, however with other models - the LL and DS Lite - included the console shifted 180,492 units in total.
In the software chart, New Super Mario Bros Wii came out on top for another week with sales of over 250,000 despite a 47 per cent drop from the previous week.
Friend Collection climbed one place to number two, and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks took third place, down from two.
Final Fantasy XIII remained in fourth position with a 41 per cent sales decrease leading to just over 111,000 unit sales.
The full Media Create software chart for the week ending January 3 is as follows:
- 01 New Super Mario Bros Wii (Wii)
- 02 Tomodachi Collection: Friend Collection (DS)
- 03 The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (DS)
- 04 Final Fantasy XIII (PS3)
- 05 Wii Fit Plus (Wii)
- 06 Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (DS)
- 07 Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders (DS)
- 08 Wii Sports Resort (Wii)
- 09 Phantasy Star Portable 2 (PSP)
- 10 Professor Layton and the Devil's Flute (DS)
The full hardware chart is as follows:
- 01 Nintendo Wii - 163,855
- 02 PlayStation Portable - 132,911
- 03 PlayStation 3 - 114,368
- 04 Nintendo DSi - 92,461
- 05 Nintendo DSi LL - 70,643
- 06 Nintendo DS Lite - 17,388
- 07 Xbox 360 - 6878
- 08 PlayStation 2 - 4023
- 09 PSPgo - 3903