As Nintendo's dual-screened wonder breaks through the three million mark in the land of the rising sun, we compare its sales to the PSP...

The DS has to date now sold 3,015,894 units in Japan since its launch. This year's sales have now surpassed the huge number of DS consoles sold last year (when the DS sold almost one and a half million units in its first five weeks).

Once again, the DS outsold all other consoles in Japan this week, selling nearly double the amount of PS2s (the DS sold 57,313 units, the PS2 - second place in the hardware charts - sold 27, 161). In comparison, the PSP sold 20,322 units.

Overall, the PSP has now sold 1,652,728 units in Japan since its launch, meaning the DS has sold 1,363,166 units more. A cause for celebration, although the situation is quite the reverse in the USA, and it remains to be seen how the DS will fare against the PSP in Europe now Sony's handheld has reached these shores.

We'll have the full Japanese hardware and software charts up soon.