And that's just in Japan. The latest hardware figures can be found inside...

Astonishing as it may sound, the DS has sold over a quarter of a million units in just one week in Japan. Crazy, no? In second place came the PSP will a paltry 35,000 units in comparison. The full figures can be found below:

• DS Lite: 262,453
• PSP: 35,938
• PS2: 22,288
• DS: 6,344
• GBA SP: 2,953
• Xbox 360: 1,472
• Game Boy Micro: 1,410
• Gamecube: 1,076
• GBA: 20
• Xbox: 0

Congratulations once again to the DS Lite - severe comiserations to the Xbox. Keep your fingers crossed and we'll have the software figures shortly.

Thanks to R-E reader Andre Delaney for the heads-up!