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It’s amazing to see how popular the Nintendo DS and Wii are in Japan. Understandingly, the Wii will dominate the Xbox 360 because Japanese folks aren’t big fans of the 360 console.

But Microsoft aside, Nintendo makes Sony look bad in their own country. The DS Lite sold 163,888 units by the week ending in June while the Wii sold 65,582 units. Sony’s PSP rolled in third at 32,984 units sold and their last-generation console marked 11,962 units.

Is it the price? Or the game selection? For PSP vs. DS it seems the game selection is key to victory but the Wii console and PlayStation 3 console are both new and have very few games. Nintendo knows what Japanese gamers want and feed them a selection of games that strive to be hit titles.

The PlayStation 3 sold 9,581 unit, far below the figures of even the PS2 product line. The Wii is significantly cheaper in cost and a DS or PSP are cheaper still.

Is it the low cost console or the casual game titles that keep Japanese drawn to the Nintendo products like moths to a flame?

(Thanks, gamespot)