The PS Vita was again outsold in Japan by...
The PS Vita was again outsold in Japan by the 3DS, PS3 and PSP, according to the latest Media Create data, released Friday. The 3DS easily remained Japan’s best-selling system, but sales tumbled to 100,700 from 240,800 the prior week…
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(CED Jan 17 p14). Cumulative 3DS hardware sales grew to an estimated 4.6 million in Japan, according to Media Create’s data. All weekly sales estimates are rounded to the nearest 100. The PS3 remained Japan’s No. 2 hardware system, but sales tumbled to 30,300 from 74,500. The PSP repeated at No. 3, but sales slid to 22,500 from 71,000. The Vita outsold the Wii this time, moving up one to No. 4, but sales tumbled to 18,400 from 42,900. The new Sony system’s Japan installed base grew to 501,300. The Wii dipped one to No. 5, sales tumbling to 14,200 from 49,500. The Xbox 360 moved up two to No. 6, but sales fell to 1,500 from 2,700. The DSi LL dipped one to No. 7, sales slipping to 1,500 from 4,000. The DSi slid one to No. 8, sales dropping to 1,200 from 3,600. The PS2 remained No. 9, sales falling to only 800 from 1,300. Namco Bandai’s Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin II for the PSP became Japan’s best-selling videogame its first week available, moving 81,900 copies. Nintendo’s Mario Kart 7 for the 3DS, the prior week’s No. 1 title, dipped to No. 2 as sales tumbled to 52,300 from 157,200. Games for Nintendo’s handheld 3D system dominated the top five software chart again other than the No. 1 title. Capcom’s Monster Hunter Tri G was No. 3 with 44,600 sold (down from 98,400 the prior week), Nintendo’s Super Mario 3D Land was No. 4 with 40,200 sold (down from 119,100), and Level-5’s Inazuma Eleven Go was No. 5 with 20,800 sold (down from 56,100). The weak game release slate for the Vita continued to take a toll as not a single software title for the system cracked the top 20 again. Sony’s Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational was again the best-selling Vita game. It moved up six to No. 23 in its fifth week. There were only three Vita games in the top 50, down from four the prior week. The Vita won’t ship in North America and Europe until Feb. 22.