PS3 outsells Wii in Japan

The PlayStation 3 has overtaken the Nintendo Wii in the Japanese hardware sales chart, notching up 38 per cent more sales for the week ending November 11.

The Nintendo DS continued to sit atop the chart, selling 78,884 units while the PlayStation Portable also remained largely unchanged selling 58,964 according to Media Create.

But the PlayStation 3 more than trebled its previous week's sales, shifting 55,924 consoles.

By contrast the Wii continued to slide, falling just under 10 per cent to 34,456 units, despite the recent release of major title Super Mario Galaxy.

Meanwhile the PlayStation 2 dropped below the 10,000 mark, while the Xbox 360 also fell back to more normal sales levels after some software-related bursts in the past month.

The full sales list is as follows:

1. Nintendo DS: 78,884
2. PlayStation Portable: 58,964
3. PlayStation 3: 55,924
4. Nintendo Wii: 34,456
5. PlayStation 2: 9043
6. Xbox 360: 5817