DS back atop Japanese sales charts

Media Create, the Japanese market research firm, has released Japanese hardware sales figures for the week ending January 22 according to publication Next-Gen. While the PSP enjoyed a two week stint at the top spot of the hardware chart, the DS is back to number one after shortage replenishments of the Nintendo handheld have presumably been filled. The DS also managed to sell 8 of the top 10 software titles. Here's how it all went down with the number in parenthesis representing total units sold since January 1, 2006:

1. DS: 64,515 (210,177)

2. PSP: 38,271 (228,714)

3. PS2: 26,271 (146,097)

4. GBASP: 7,912 (35,338)

5. GBM: 4,653 (22,813)

6. GC: 4,490 (23,378)

7. X360: 3,616 (17,200

8. GBA: 236 (1,033)

9. Xbox: 83 (358)