Nintendo’s DSi comfortably held the top spot on the Japanese hardware chart during the week ended September 27.

Sales of Nintendo’s newest handheld were down by 2,500 units week-on-week, but were over 23,000 ahead of second placed PS3, which saw a decline of 11,100 units.

The PSP, which could see a boost in the coming weeks following an October 1 price cut, edged out Nintendo’s older DS to hold third place.

Wii slipped to fifth following a weekly drop of 5,000 sales, while Xbox 360 and PS2 again rounded off the chart with little change in the weekly sales of either console, according to data from Media Create.

DSi – 63,342
PS3 – 39,960
PSP – 17,334
DS Lite – 15,057
Wii – 11,731
Xbox 360 – 4,854
PS2 – 2,347

On the software front, Mii collecting game Tomodachi Collection jumped back to the top of the chart ahead of the now two million-plus selling Pokémon games Heart Gold and Soul Silver.

DS games took half of the top ten places, while Halo 3: ODST for Xbox 360 debuted in ninth place with 30,000 sales, around half the total managed by Halo 3 in its debut week nearly two years ago, reports Kotaku.

01. Tomodachi Collection (DS) - 97,000 / 1,220,000
02. Pokémon Heart Gold (DS) - 68,000 / 1,009,000
03. Pokémon Soul Silver (DS) - 64,000 / 1,010,000
04. Tales Of Vesperia (PS3) - 49,000 / 265,000
05. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 4 (PSP) - 42,000 / 146,000
06. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) - 36,000 / 1,226,000
07. SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu - Goddess Of Destiny (DS) - 32,000 / 124,000
08. Dragon Quest IX (DS) - 30,000 / 3,944,000
09. Halo 3: ODST (Xbox 360) - 30,000 / New
10. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 4 (PSP) - 14,000 / 65,000

2009 Japanese sales history