PS3 Slim Sells More Than 2x Nintendo DS in Japan

The new slim build of the PlayStation 3 has already been a massive success in Europe, but also has sparked a rise in Japan. However, despite the fact that the combined sales of all PlayStation 3 models was more than double that of the DS family, software sales were hardly boosted, with most people simply picking up the new Gundam game, rather than dipping into the system's rich back catalogue. Gundam Senki hit No.1 with nearly 180,000 sales, but was closely followed by seven games on Wii and DS, with new entries for Konami's Love Plus at No.4 and Level 5's 2nd Sloane and MacHale adventure at No.8, whilst Nintendo and Nikkei's financial title nearly doubled its total sales in its second week of release thanks to good word-of-mouth.

Check out the data below:

Media Create Top 50: 31st August-6th September, 2009
1.) Kidou Senshi Gundam Senki: Lost War Chronicles (PS3, Namco Bandai) - 177,868 | NEW
2.) Friend Collection (NDS, Nintendo) - 86,720 | 977,000
3.) Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (NDS, Square Enix) - 50,063 | 3,844,000
4.) Love Plus (NDS, Konami) - 46,426 | NEW
5.) Wii Sports Resort (Wii, Nintendo) - 43,014 | 1,128,000
6.) Monster Hunter 3 (Wii, Capcom) - 21,692 | 857,000
7.) Sloane and MacHale's Mysterious Story 2 (NDS, Level 5) - 19,052 | NEW
8.) You'll Incur Losses if You Remain Ignorant: How Money and Things Work DS (NDS, Nintendo) - 15,981 | 37,000
9.) Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST) (PSP, Capcom) - 14,847 | 939,000
10.) 428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de (PS3, Spike) - 14,613 | NEW
11.) Puyo Puyo 7 (NDS, SEGA) - 11,000 | 150,000
12.) Way of the Samurai 2 Portable (PSP, Spike) - 11,000 | NEW
13.) SD Gundam G Generation Wars (PS2, Namco Bandai) - 8,800 | 295,000
14.) Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny (PSP, Namco Bandai) - 8,800 | 40,000
15.) Little King's Story (Wii, Marvelous) - 6,500 | NEW
16.) A Penguin's Troubles X: 7 Warriors of the Sky (NDS, Konami)
17.) Dream C Club (360, D3 Publisher) - 6,500 | 50,000
18.) Welcome Home! Chibi-Robo! Happy Rich Big Cleaning! (NDS, Nintendo) - 6,500 | 107,000
19.) Sweet Honey Coming (PS2, Kadokawa Shoten) - 6,500 | NEW
20.) Tales of Vs. (PSP, Namco Bandai) - 6,500 | 213,000
21.) Super Robot Gakuen (NDS, Namco Bandai) - 6,500 | 31,000
22.) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriot (BEST) (PS3, Konami) - 6,500 | 27,000
23.) Nanashi no Game: Eye (NDS, Square Enix) - 6,500 | 15,000
24.) Wii Fit (Wii, Nintendo) - 6,500 | 3,519,000
25.) Mario Kart Wii (Wii, Nintendo) - 4,100 | 2,322,000
26.) Anpanman to Touch de Waku Waku Training (NDS, Namco Bandai) - 4,100 | NEW
27.) Minna no Golf 5 (BEST) (PS3, SCEI)
28.) Pro Yakyuu Spirits 6 (PS3, Konami)
29.) Colour Changing Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love (NDS, Nintendo) - 4,100 | 75,000
30.) Simple 2500 Series Vol. 12: The Fuhyou 2 (PSP, D3 Publisher) - 3,800 | NEW
31.) Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3 the Best) (PS3, Capcom)
32.) Blood of Bahamut (NDS, Square Enix)
33.) Hakuouki: Zuisouroku (PS2, Idea Factory)
34.) J-League Winning Eleven 2009: Club Championship (PS2, Konami) - 3,700 | 68,000
35.) Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven Portable (PSP, From Software)
36.) Valkyria Chronicles (Playstation 3 the Best) (PS3, Sega)
37.) Melty Blood: Actress Again (PS2, Ecole)
38.) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo)
39.) Pro Baseball Spirits 6 (PS2, Konami)
40.) Hakuouki Portable (PSP, Idea Factory)
41.) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3 the Best) (PS3, SCE) - 3,700 | NEW
42.) Pokemon Platinum (NDS, The Pokemon Company)
43.) Paul Sloane & Des MacHale's Mysterious Story (NSD, Level 5)
44.) Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo)
45.) Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes (PS2, Namco Bandai)
46.) Taiko Drum Master Wii (Wii, Namco Bandai)
47.) Armoured Core 3 Portable (PSP, From Software)
48.) SD Gundam G Generation: Wars (Wii, Namco Bandai)
49.) Sly Wolf (PSP, Konami)
50.) Rhythm Paradise (NDS, Nintendo)
XX.) LittleBigPlanet (PS3 the Best) (PS3, SCE) - 1,200 | NEW
XX.) Trusty Bell: Chopin no Yume Reprise (PS3 the Best) (PS3, Bandai Namco) - 840 | NEW
XX.) Ridge Racer 7 (PS3 the Best Reprint) (PS3, Bandai Namco) - 830 | NEW
XX.) Afrika (PS3 the Best) (PS3, SCE) - 780 | NEW
XX.) The Munchables (Wii, Bandai Namco) - 580 | NEW
XX.) Yamamura Misa Suspense: Kyoto Kurama Sansou Satsujin Jiken (PSP, Marvelous Entertainment) - 550 | NEW

System - This Week | Last Week | 2009 Sales | Lifetime Sales
1.) PlayStation 3 (all models) - 151,783 | 1,040 | 804,264 | 3,426,732
2.) Nintendo DS (all models) - 68,728 | 67,185 | 2,500,052 | 27,619,687
3.) PlayStation Portable (all models) - 22,184 | 26,081 | 1,458,033 | 12,816,136
4.) Wii - 21,557 | 25,038 | 977,879 | 8,456,856
5.) Xbox 360 - 6,827 | 7,254 | 286,234 | 1,115,671
6.) PlayStation 2 - 3,001 | 3,179 | 168,958 | 21,568,487
XX.) Nintendo DSi - 60,419 | 59,881 | 2,117,624 | 3,348,983
XX.) Nintendo DS Lite - 8,309 | 7,304 | 382,428 | 17,685,233