(Media Create Hardware: 12/22 - 12/28)

Japan - Sadly, the story remains the same: the PS3 can't crack fifty thousand despite a two hundred thousand-selling title in WKC. The 360, thought earlier this year by many a 360-enthusiast to be "making a real comeback in Japan," weighs in this week with a thud at thirteen thousand.

While Sony's sad PS3 story spirals downward, Nintendo's jubilant march upwards continues this week, with combined DS sales above two hundred and forty thousand. The Wii had a great week too, with one hundred and thirty five thousand consoles sold, almost three times what the PS3 sold.

The redemption for Sony this week comes from the feisty PSP, who refuses to go down against the onslaught of the DS. The PSP hit almost one hundred and twenty thousand and continues to churn out the hits on software.

Hardware
DSi 188,697
Wii 134,958
PSP 118,765
DS Lite 56,453
PS3 45,989
Xbox 360 13,011
PS2 10,404

Note: This is the hardware data that is released from Media Create a week late due to the Holiday period in Japan. Stay right here for last week's data, which will be the biggest for the entire year!

Full charts coming tonight.