The DS found itself back in cozy old third place in this week's chart, as the hype from Metal Gear Solid 4 died down a bit in Japan:- PSP: 59,531 (
5,325) - Wii: 41,037 (4,527)
- NDS: 36,599 (2,602)
- PS3: 20,336 (54,975)
- PS2: 6,346 (951)
- Xbox 360: 2,555 (
392)
Yet overall, the DS had a relatively boring week in terms of software, with no exciting new releases to congratulate or poke fun at (unless you consider the budget-priced re-release of Puyo Puyo 15th Anniversary "exciting" and "new").
If you want to see what Japanese gamers were buying last week, though, just click on past the break.
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