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Nintendo named King (Queen) last week for pre-Christmas console sales in Japan, with sales of Wii and DS Lites higher than all others combined.

The DS topped the chart (again) with unit shipments totalling 279,551 consoles for the week of 23 December 2007, according to Japan’s Media Create organisation. As you can see from the chart below, the console’s week-by-week sales growth continues to go unchallenged.

Japanese Consoles Sales

Source: Media Create

The Wii, with weekly sales of 232,907 units. For the last four weeks, the total rises to 593,286, well behind the DS Lite’s 794,529 but ahead of the PSP’s 522,521 sales. Sony’s handheld sales of 171,804 units last week, down on the previous seven-day period’s tally.

PS3 sales were down to, 58,167 units. Japanese consumers aren’t taking it to the their hearts. Gamers are, however, suggested by the weekly sales, mirrored in the continuing demand for the Xbox 360 and the PS2, which racked up weekly sales of 7,908 and 20,391  respectively.

Four-week sales totals of the PS3, PS2 and 360 are 197,102; 64,106; and 31,977.