Nintendo’s DS Lite dominated Japanese hardware sales during the week ended August 17, extending its lead over Sony’s PSP from 2,000 units to more than 14,000.

Weekly DS sales rose 18,000 units to close in on 80,000, no doubt aided by the fact that five DS titles made the top ten in the latest Japanese software chart, compared to just one PSP game.

Weekly hardware sales were up across the board, excluding Microsoft’s Xbox 360, with sales of Sony’s handheld jumping by 6,000 units, Wii sales by 15,000 units, and Sony’s PS3 and PS2 making narrower gains.

The Xbox 360, which sold 5,359 units during the week ended August 03 before shifting 24,962 units the following week to outsell the PS3 2.5-1, fell back to last place during the week ended August 17 with 7,358 sales. While it wouldn’t normally be regarded as a disappointing weekly total for the system in Japan, sales were no doubt hampered by the onset of stock shortages caused by a lack of foresight on Microsoft’s part, which has now resulted in the console being completely sold out in Japan until new shipments arrive in September.

DS Lite - 78,666
PSP - 64,413
Wii - 53,036
PlayStation 3 - 11,393
PlayStation 2 - 10,168
Xbox 360 - 7,358

Sales data compiled by Media Create.