Sales of the PS Vita tumbled to 72,500 units...
Sales of the PS Vita tumbled to 72,500 units in the handheld system’s second week available in Japan from 324,900 in week one (CED Dec 23 p7), according to Media Create data for the week ended Sunday. Sony Computer Entertainment’s…
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system fell three to No. 5 on the country’s hardware chart. SCE remained mum on initial PS Vita sales data, but Media Create’s data indicated that a total of 397,300 units were sold in Japan through Sunday. The weak game release slate for the PS Vita was even more apparent than in its launch week as not a single software title for the system cracked the top 30. It won’t ship in North America and Europe until Feb. 22. The 3DS remained Japan’s best-selling system, sales growing to 482,200 from 367,700 the prior week. Cumulative 3DS hardware sales grew to an estimated 4.06 million in Japan, according to Media Create’s data. All weekly sales estimates are rounded to the nearest 100. The older PSP outsold the PS Vita, sales improving to 101,100 units from 64,500 as the PSP moved up two to No. 2 on the videogame hardware chart. The Wii moved up two to No. 3 on the hardware chart, sales improving to 91,200 from 60,900. The PS3 dipped one to No. 4, but sales grew to 75,900 from 65,100. Sales of all other systems again trailed far behind. The DSi LL remained No. 6, but sales improved to 8,500 from 5,600. The DSi moved up one to No. 7, sales growing to 5,900 from 3,500. The Xbox 360 dipped one to No. 8, but sales improved to 4,200 from 3,600. The PS2 remained No. 9, but sales inched up to 1,600 from 1,400. The DS Lite was again in last place, sales again well below 100. Nintendo’s Mario Kart 7 for the 3DS moved up two to become the week’s best-selling videogame, sales growing to 260,800 copies from 182,400 the prior week. Tecmo Koei’s Warriors Orochi 2 for the PS3 was No. 2 in its first week, moving 200,500 copies. Nintendo’s Super Mario 3D Land for the 3DS moved up two to No. 3, sales growing to 174,600 from 112,500. Capcom’s Monster Hunter 3G for the 3DS fell two to No. 4, sales slipping to 155,100 from 208,400. Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII-2 for the PS3, the prior week’s No. 1 videogame, fell to No. 5 in its second week as sales tumbled to 118,800 from 524,200. Sony’s Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational was again the best-selling PS Vita game, but it tumbled to No. 37 in its second week from No. 7. Sony’s Uncharted: Golden Abyss for the PS Vita tumbled to No. 40 from No. 8. The only other PS Vita games in the top 50 were Tecmo Koei’s Dynasty Warriors Next, down 26 at No. 44, and Square Enix’s Lord of Apocalypse, down 30 at No. 49. There were 10 PS Vita games in the top 50 the prior week.