Sales of the Nintendo DSi on its home turf were way up this week after dipping into “just awesome enough” territory the week prior. Nintendo moved another 126K, according to Media Create.
Wii was up. PSP was down. PS3 was down. Nintendo DS Lite was down. Xbox 360 was down. PS2 was up. Look, that’s all the color you’re gonna get, guys. Sorry. Writing about hardware and software sales all day is mind-numbing. I’m going to go look at pictures of puppies or something while you enjoy this week’s hardware chart.
• Nintendo DSi - 126,648
• Wii - 56,702
• PSP - 54,782
• PlayStation 3 - 30,309
• Nintendo DS - 12,096
• Xbox 360 - 9,988
• PlayStation 2 - 5,743
Level 5’s newest portable puzzle-venture retains the top spot on the charts this week, with Professor Layton fending off the Dragon Ball Z crew — and everyone else. Even the Japanese release of Fallout 3.
We knew that there were a lot of shoot ‘em ups for the Xbox 360. We didn’t know exactly how many. At the recent “Xbox 360 Shooting Festa!” in Tokyo, Microsoft provided a breakdown:
No, that’s not a kitchen appliance. That’s the SOM, a hands free you-know-what machine. Ironically named game developer Overflow has synchronized the “dream” device with its erotic game Cross Days. 
Thought only Tecmo’s Team Ninja were the masters of in-game boob physics? Ha! Japanese game developers AC Gateway and Gadgetsoft seem to have invested a lot of energy into perfecting boob physics.
English is hard. But, really, if you are a Japanese developer making video games, there is one English word you should know how to spell: “Battle.” 
The Nintendo DSi is still the best-selling platform in Japan, with its camera-less predecessor similarly selling in the tens of thousands. But Sony’s PlayStation 3 saw the biggest gains this week, thanks to Konami.
We’re approaching the end of the year. Time to look back at all that we’ve done and all that we didn’t plan on doing. Internet trend site Goo has a poll up that asks about this year’s impulsive shopping. Here’s the question:
